Philosophy

Narrative articles on how the Tempo agent harness is built — and why. Start with the Overview, then dig into the pillars, the guardrails, the gates, security, the specialists, the memory, and the anatomy of a single skill.

• Overview — the north star: the closed loop, the five pillars, the spine.
• The five pillars — context, tools, memory, guardrails, specialists.
• Guardrails — onion-ordered surface-then-confirm, the gate, circuit-breakers.
• Gates — checkpoints you pass only on proof: tokens, the quality gate, the independence gate.
• Security — the posture, the crown jewel, severity-by-evidence, the gate split by decidability.
• Agents & specialists — isolation for independence, read-only judges, synthesis.
• Memory — learnings as durable memory, and the graduation pipeline.
• Anatomy of a skill — every part of a skill, and the why behind it.
• Brainstorming — the double diamond, the blind passes, and how each piece is wired.