Intent Alignment

Infrastructure that keeps your agent aligned with its stated purpose — not just in one session, but over time.

Decision Journal

Every significant decision is logged with context, reasoning, and which principles it invoked. Creates an auditable record of agent behavior.

# Query the decision journal
curl localhost:4040/intent/journal

# Record a decision
curl -X POST localhost:4040/intent/journal \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"decision": "...", "reasoning": "...", "principles": ["autonomy", "safety"]}'

Drift Detection

Compares decision patterns across time windows to detect when behavior is drifting from stated intent:

• Conflict frequency — How often decisions conflict with stated values
• Confidence trends — Whether decision confidence is declining
• Principle consistency — Whether the same principles are invoked consistently

curl localhost:4040/intent/drift

Organizational Intent

ORG-INTENT.md defines shared constraints across multiple agents:

• Mandatory constraints — Rules that cannot be overridden
• Default goals — Organizational priorities the agent follows unless personal values override
• Agent identity fills the rest

instar intent org-init      # Scaffold ORG-INTENT.md
instar intent validate      # Check AGENT.md against ORG-INTENT.md
instar intent reflect       # Review recent decisions against intent

Alignment Scoring

A weighted 0-100 score across four dimensions:

1. Conflict freedom
2. Decision confidence
3. Principle consistency
4. Journal health

curl localhost:4040/intent/alignment