@llm-dev-ops/contracts

📜 @llm-dev-ops/contracts

The Authoritative Contract Layer for the Agentics Platform
Enforceable · Versioned · Strongly Typed · Zero Bypass

Getting Started · Domains · Lifecycle Specs · Enforcement · Licensing

⚠️ Licensing

This package requires a valid license for use in production environments.

Use Case	License Required	Contact
🔍 Evaluation & Development	✅ Free	—
🏢 Commercial / Production	💼 Commercial License	[e-mail]
🎓 Academic / Research	📄 Academic License	[e-mail]
🤝 Open Source Integration	📄 OSS License	[e-mail]

By installing or using this package, you agree to the License Terms. Unauthorized use in production without a valid license is prohibited.

🏛️ Constitutional Authority

This repository is the single source of truth for all request/response contracts in the Agentics platform. Every service, CLI tool, and agent MUST validate against these contracts.

Principle	Guarantee
🔒 Authoritative	Contracts define what is valid — no other source
⚖️ Enforceable	Validation is mandatory, not optional
🏷️ Versioned	Breaking changes require new major versions
🚫 No Bypass	Requests failing validation MUST be rejected

📋 Table of Contents

#	Section	Description
1	🚀 Getting Started	Installation and basic usage
2	🏗️ Platform Architecture	Layer overview and service map
3	📦 Contract Domains	All schema domains and their purpose
4	🔄 Lifecycle Specs	Canonical lifecycle state machines
5	🏷️ Versioning Rules	Semver policy and breaking change rules
6	🖥️ CLI Consumption	CLI integration patterns
7	⚙️ Service Consumption	Service-side validation patterns
8	🔗 Execution Graph Proof	Cryptographic layer-traversal proof
9	🛡️ Enforcement Model	Failure modes and enforcement points
10	📐 Schema Design Rules	What belongs (and doesn't) in this repo
11	🤝 Contributing	How to add or modify contracts
12	📄 Licensing	Full license terms

🚀 Getting Started

Installation

npm install @llm-dev-ops/contracts

Quick Start

const contracts = require('@llm-dev-ops/contracts');
const Ajv = require('ajv');
const addFormats = require('ajv-formats');

const ajv = new Ajv({ allErrors: true });
addFormats(ajv);

// 📌 Load any schema by domain / version / name
const schemaPath = contracts.getSchema('simulation', 'v1', 'request');
const validate = ajv.compile(require(schemaPath));

// ✅ Validate before sending
const valid = validate(payload);
if (!valid) throw new Error(JSON.stringify(validate.errors));

TypeScript

import contracts = require('@llm-dev-ops/contracts');

const path: string | undefined = contracts.getSchema('lifecycle', 'v1', 'simulationLifecycle');
const domains: string[] = contracts.getDomains();

Direct Import

// Import schemas directly via package exports
const schema = require('@llm-dev-ops/contracts/lifecycle/v1/simulation-lifecycle');
const policy = require('@llm-dev-ops/contracts/governance/v1/policy');

🏗️ Platform Architecture

The Agentics platform is organized into distinct layers. Every layer MUST validate against contracts defined in this repository.

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  🔺 APEX LAYER                                                   │
│  Dev Platform · CLI · Console · API Gateway · Agent Runtime      │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  🧩 LAYER 3 — CORE BUNDLES                                      │
│  Intelligence · Security · Automation · Governance · Data · ...  │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  🧠 LAYER 2 — INTELLIGENCE SERVICES                             │
│  CoPilot · Simulator · Benchmark · Gateway · Vault · Research    │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  🔧 LAYER 1 — FOUNDATIONAL SERVICES                             │
│  Test-Bench · Observatory · Shield · Sentinel · Memory-Graph     │
│  Latency-Lens · Forge · Edge-Agent · Optimizer · Incident · ...  │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  📜 @llm-dev-ops/contracts — THIS REPOSITORY (SOURCE OF TRUTH)  │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

🔧 Layer 1 — Foundational Services

Service	Purpose
LLM-Test-Bench	Automated testing framework for LLM behaviors
LLM-Observatory	Real-time monitoring and observability
LLM-Shield	Prompt injection & jailbreak prevention
LLM-Sentinel	Continuous security monitoring & threat detection
LLM-Memory-Graph	Persistent memory and context management
LLM-Latency-Lens	Performance profiling and latency analysis
LLM-Forge	Model fine-tuning and customization pipeline
LLM-Edge-Agent	Edge deployment and local inference
LLM-Auto-Optimizer	Automatic prompt and config optimization
LLM-Incident-Manager	Incident detection, escalation, and resolution
LLM-Orchestrator	Multi-agent coordination and workflow management
LLM-CostOps	Cost tracking, budgeting, and optimization
LLM-Governance-Dashboard	Visual governance and compliance monitoring
LLM-Policy-Engine	Policy evaluation and enforcement runtime
LLM-Registry	Service discovery and model registry
LLM-Marketplace	Model and plugin marketplace
LLM-Analytics-Hub	Analytics aggregation and reporting
LLM-Config-Manager	Configuration management and distribution
LLM-Schema-Registry	Schema versioning and compatibility checking
LLM-Connector-Hub	Integration connectors for external systems

🧠 Layer 2 — Intelligence Services

Service	Purpose
LLM-CoPilot-Agent	Interactive AI assistant with multi-modal capabilities
LLM-Simulator	Simulation engine for what-if scenarios
LLM-Benchmark-Exchange	Benchmark sharing and comparison platform
LLM-Inference-Gateway	Unified inference API with routing & load balancing
LLM-Data-Vault	Secure data storage with encryption & access control
LLM-Research-Lab	Experimental features and research integrations

🧩 Layer 3 — Core Bundles

Bundle	Services	Purpose
Intelligence-Core	CoPilot, Simulator, Auto-Optimizer	Primary intelligence
Security-Core	Shield, Sentinel, Data-Vault	Security & protection
Automation-Core	Orchestrator, Config-Manager, Forge	Automation
Governance-Core	Policy-Engine, Governance-Dashboard	Compliance
Data-Core	Memory-Graph, Analytics-Hub, Data-Vault	Data management
Ecosystem-Core	Registry, Marketplace, Connector-Hub	Integrations
Research-Core	Research-Lab, Benchmark-Exchange	Research
Interface-Core	Gateway, Edge-Agent, CoPilot	User-facing

🔺 Apex Layer

Component	Purpose
Agentics Dev Platform	Unified development environment & SDK
Agentics CLI	Command-line interface for all platform operations
Agentics Console	Web-based management console
Agentics API Gateway	Unified API surface for external consumers
Agentics Agent Runtime	Production runtime for deployed agents

📦 Contract Domains

Overview

Domain	Directory	Schemas	Purpose
🔗 Execution	execution/v1/	3	Execution graphs, metadata, telemetry
🧪 Simulation	simulation/v1/	3	Simulation requests, responses, errors
🎯 Intent	intent/v1/	1	User intent parsing and routing
📤 Exporters	exporters/v1/	1	Data export request formats
✅ Diligence	diligence/v1/	1	Compliance and due diligence checks
💰 ROI	roi/v1/	1	ROI calculation and reporting
⚖️ Governance	governance/v1/	2	Policy definitions and enforcement
🔄 Lifecycle	lifecycle/v1/	5	Canonical lifecycle state machines

🔗 Execution Contracts

execution/v1/execution-graph.schema.json

Cryptographic proof that a request traversed all required layers.

{
  "executionId": "uuid",
  "timestamp": "ISO-8601",
  "layers": [
    {
      "layerId": "layer-1",
      "service": "LLM-Shield",
      "entryTime": "ISO-8601",
      "exitTime": "ISO-8601",
      "status": "completed",
      "hash": "sha256-of-input-output"
    }
  ],
  "rootHash": "merkle-root-of-all-layer-hashes"
}

execution/v1/execution-metadata.schema.json

Execution context and environment metadata.

execution/v1/telemetry-envelope.schema.json

Standard envelope for all telemetry data emitted during execution.

🧪 Simulation Contracts

simulation/v1/request.schema.json

{
  "simulationId": "uuid",
  "scenario": { "name": "string", "parameters": {}, "constraints": [] },
  "executionMetadata": {}
}

simulation/v1/response.schema.json

Simulation results including outcomes, metrics, and recommendations.

simulation/v1/errors.schema.json

Standardized error format for simulation failures.

🎯 Intent · 📤 Exporters · ✅ Diligence · 💰 ROI

Each domain provides a request.schema.json governing the input contract for its respective service. See individual schema files for full property definitions.

⚖️ Governance Contracts

governance/v1/policy.schema.json

Policy definitions with rules, conditions, enforcement modes.

governance/v1/definitions.schema.json

Shared type definitions: UUIDs, semver, timestamps, layer enums, principals, resources.

🔄 Lifecycle Specs

New in v1.1.0 — Canonical lifecycle state machines consumed by all downstream repos.

Every lifecycle spec defines 10 ordered stages, each tracked by a uniform stage_record:

{
  "status": "pending | in_progress | completed | failed | skipped",
  "entered_at": "ISO-8601",
  "completed_at": "ISO-8601",
  "initiated_by": "principal-or-service",
  "error": { "code": "...", "message": "...", "recoverable": true },
  "artifacts": [{ "artifact_type": "...", "artifact_id": "uuid", "uri": "..." }]
}

🧪 SimulationLifecycleSpec

📄 lifecycle/v1/simulation-lifecycle.schema.json

#	Stage	Description
1	simulation_requested	Simulation run formally requested
2	plan_created	Simulation plan generated from request
3	plan_evaluated	Plan evaluated for feasibility and risk
4	plan_approved	Required approvals obtained
5	execution_started	Simulation execution begins
6	execution_completed	Execution finishes (success or failure)
7	telemetry_recorded	Telemetry data persisted
8	cost_recorded	Resource and financial costs captured
9	governance_recorded	Compliance artifacts recorded
10	results_indexed	Results indexed for querying and analysis

🚀 DeploymentLifecycleSpec

📄 lifecycle/v1/deployment-lifecycle.schema.json

#	Stage	Description
1	intent_received	Deployment intent received and validated
2	pre_checks_passed	Health, capacity, and policy checks passed
3	artifacts_resolved	Images, configs, and secrets resolved
4	approval_granted	Human or automated approvals obtained
5	rollout_started	Deployment rollout begins
6	rollout_completed	Rollout finished across all targets
7	verification_passed	Smoke tests and health checks passed
8	traffic_shifted	Traffic shifted to new deployment
9	telemetry_recorded	Deployment telemetry persisted
10	governance_recorded	Compliance records filed

Includes a rollback block for tracking rollback triggers, timestamps, and target versions.

⚖️ PolicyLifecycleSpec

📄 lifecycle/v1/policy-lifecycle.schema.json

#	Stage	Description
1	policy_drafted	Policy authored in draft form
2	policy_reviewed	Peer or compliance review completed
3	policy_approved	Required approvals for activation
4	policy_published	Published to governance registry
5	enforcement_started	Enforcement activated across services
6	compliance_verified	Initial compliance verification
7	audit_recorded	Audit trail persisted
8	review_scheduled	Periodic review cycle scheduled
9	policy_expired	Reached expiration or superseded
10	policy_archived	Archived for historical reference

Metadata includes enforcement_level, compliance_frameworks (SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR, etc.), and target_layers.

💰 RoiLifecycleSpec

📄 lifecycle/v1/roi-lifecycle.schema.json

#	Stage	Description
1	analysis_requested	ROI analysis formally requested
2	baseline_captured	Current-state baselines captured
3	cost_data_collected	Compute, license, labor costs gathered
4	benefit_data_collected	Throughput, savings, quality metrics gathered
5	projection_calculated	ROI projections and payback period calculated
6	projection_validated	Projections validated against actuals/benchmarks
7	report_generated	ROI report generated
8	stakeholder_reviewed	Stakeholders reviewed and acknowledged
9	governance_recorded	Governance artifacts filed
10	results_indexed	Results indexed for trend analysis

Metadata includes time_horizon_months, currency (ISO 4217), and analysis_type.

🏢 ErpLifecycleSpec

📄 lifecycle/v1/erp-lifecycle.schema.json

#	Stage	Description
1	sync_requested	ERP sync operation requested
2	connection_established	Connection to external ERP established
3	schema_validated	Source/target schemas validated for compatibility
4	data_extracted	Data extracted from source system
5	data_transformed	Data transformed to match target schema
6	data_loaded	Transformed data loaded into target
7	reconciliation_completed	Source and target data reconciled
8	telemetry_recorded	Sync telemetry (rows, latency, errors) persisted
9	governance_recorded	Data lineage and compliance records filed
10	sync_finalized	Operation finalized, connections released

Supports: SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Fusion, Microsoft Dynamics 365, NetSuite, Workday, Sage Intacct, Custom. Metadata includes erp_system, sync_direction (inbound/outbound/bidirectional), and record_count.

🏷️ Versioning Rules

Semantic Versioning

All contracts follow Semantic Versioning 2.0.0:

Change Type	Version Bump	Example
🔴 Breaking (remove field, change type)	MAJOR	v1 → v2
🟢 Additive (new optional field, new schema)	MINOR	v1.0 → v1.1
🔵 Fix (description, constraint widening)	PATCH	v1.0.0 → v1.0.1

❌ Breaking Changes

A change is BREAKING if it:

• Removes a required field
• Adds a new required field without a default
• Changes the type of an existing field
• Narrows validation constraints
• Changes enumeration values
• Modifies the semantic meaning of a field

✅ Non-Breaking Changes

A change is NON-BREAKING if it:

• Adds an optional field
• Widens validation constraints
• Adds new enum values (when consumers handle unknowns)
• Improves descriptions or examples
• Adds new schemas to an existing version

🚫 No Silent Mutations

Schema files MUST NOT be modified after publication without a version increment. Every change requires:

• Version increment (patch minimum)
• Changelog entry
• Consumer notification

🖥️ CLI Consumption

The Agentics CLI validates all requests against contracts before making network calls.

┌──────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐
│ 📝 User      │ ──→ │ 📜 Load      │ ──→ │ ✅ Validate  │
│ Command      │     │ Contract     │     │ Request      │
└──────────────┘     └──────────────┘     └──────┬───────┘
                                                  │
                     ┌──────────────┐             │ only if valid
                     │ 🌐 Network   │ ←───────────┘
                     │ Call         │
                     └──────────────┘

const contracts = require('@llm-dev-ops/contracts');
const Ajv = require('ajv');
const ajv = new Ajv();

const schemaPath = contracts.getSchema('simulation', 'v1', 'request');
const validate = ajv.compile(require(schemaPath));

function sendSimulationRequest(request) {
  if (!validate(request)) {
    console.error('❌ Contract validation failed:', validate.errors);
    process.exit(1);  // HARD FAILURE — no bypass
  }
  return fetch('/api/simulation', { method: 'POST', body: JSON.stringify(request) });
}

CLI Commands

# Validate a request payload against a contract
agentics validate --schema simulation/v1/request --file request.json

# List all available contracts
agentics contracts list

# Show contract schema
agentics contracts show lifecycle/v1/simulation-lifecycle

⚙️ Service Consumption

Every service MUST validate incoming requests and outgoing responses.

Node.js Express Middleware

const contracts = require('@llm-dev-ops/contracts');
const Ajv = require('ajv');
const addFormats = require('ajv-formats');

const ajv = new Ajv({ allErrors: true });
addFormats(ajv);

function contractMiddleware(domain, version, schemaName) {
  const schemaPath = contracts.getSchema(domain, version, schemaName);
  const validate = ajv.compile(require(schemaPath));

  return (req, res, next) => {
    if (!validate(req.body)) {
      return res.status(400).json({
        error: 'CONTRACT_VALIDATION_FAILED',
        contract: `${domain}/${version}/${schemaName}`,
        violations: validate.errors
      });
    }
    next();
  };
}

app.post('/api/simulation',
  contractMiddleware('simulation', 'v1', 'request'),
  async (req, res) => { /* ✅ Request is guaranteed valid */ }
);

Python (FastAPI)

import json
from pathlib import Path
from jsonschema import validate, ValidationError
from fastapi import Request, HTTPException

class ContractValidator:
    def __init__(self, contracts_path: str):
        self.base = Path(contracts_path)
        self._cache = {}

    def get_schema(self, domain: str, version: str, name: str) -> dict:
        key = f"{domain}/{version}/{name}"
        if key not in self._cache:
            path = self.base / domain / version / f"{name}.schema.json"
            self._cache[key] = json.loads(path.read_text())
        return self._cache[key]

    def validate(self, domain: str, version: str, name: str, data: dict):
        validate(instance=data, schema=self.get_schema(domain, version, name))

🔗 Execution Graph Proof

The execution graph is the cryptographic proof that a request traversed all required layers.

Why Execution Graphs Exist

Guarantee	How
🔒 All required layers participated	Layer entries are mandatory
📊 Correct execution order	Entry/exit timestamps enforce sequence
🔐 Data integrity	SHA-256 hash chain between layers
⏱️ Timing accountability	Per-layer execution time recorded

Structure

{
  "executionId": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
  "layers": [
    {
      "layerId": "layer-1-shield",
      "service": "LLM-Shield",
      "version": "2.3.1",
      "entryTime": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.100Z",
      "exitTime": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.150Z",
      "status": "completed",
      "inputHash": "sha256:abc123...",
      "outputHash": "sha256:def456..."
    }
  ],
  "rootHash": "sha256:merkle-root",
  "valid": true
}

Every API response MUST include an execution graph proving layer participation.

🛡️ Enforcement Model

🚨 Core Principle: No Optional Participation

Every layer defined in the architecture MUST participate. There is no concept of "degraded mode."

• 🔒 Security layers (Shield, Sentinel) — cannot be bypassed for performance
• ⚖️ Governance layers (Policy-Engine) — cannot be bypassed for convenience
• 📊 Observability layers (Observatory) — cannot be bypassed to reduce overhead

Failure Modes

Scenario	HTTP	Recovery
Request fails validation	400	Fix request format
Required layer unreachable	503	Retry with backoff
Layer rejects (policy violation)	403	Address policy issue
Layer times out	504	Retry or escalate
Response fails validation	500	Service bug — escalate
Execution graph missing layers	502	Infrastructure issue

🚫 Prohibition on Bypassing

IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN TO BYPASS CONTRACT VALIDATION.

Attempted Justification	Response
"It's just for testing"	Use test contracts or mock data
"The schema is too strict"	Fix the schema or fix your data
"Performance is critical"	Validation is measured in microseconds
"It's an emergency"	Emergencies don't justify invalid data
"My team doesn't have time"	Invalid data costs more time to debug

Detected bypass attempts trigger: immediate rejection → incident creation → audit logging → escalation.

📐 Schema Design Rules

✅ Schemas MUST

• Be pure validation — no business logic
• Be deterministic — same input → same result
• Be self-contained — minimize external $ref dependencies
• Be documented — description for all fields
• Be testable — include valid examples

❌ Schemas MUST NOT

• Contain default values encoding business rules
• Reference external URLs (all refs must be local)
• Include conditional logic based on environment
• Embed API endpoints or service URLs
• Include authentication/authorization logic

🤝 Contributing

Adding New Schemas

• Create schema in {domain}/v1/{name}.schema.json
• Follow JSON Schema Draft 07 specification
• Include $id, $schema, title, and description
• Add comprehensive field descriptions
• Update index.js to register the schema
• Update index.d.ts with type declarations
• Run npm run validate to verify

Schema Template

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "$id": "https://agentics.org/schemas/{domain}/v1/{name}.schema.json",
  "title": "{Schema Title}",
  "description": "Detailed description of what this schema validates",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "example_field": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Description of this field"
    }
  },
  "required": ["example_field"],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Contract Compliance Checklist

• All request handlers validate against contracts
• All response builders validate against contracts
• No hardcoded bypasses of validation
• No environment flags that disable validation
• Execution graph entries added correctly
• Error responses conform to error contracts

📄 License Terms

Copyright © 2025 Global Business Advisors. All rights reserved.

This software and associated documentation files (the "Software") are the proprietary property of Global Business Advisors.

Permitted (with valid license)

• ✅ Use in internal development and testing environments
• ✅ Integration into licensed production systems
• ✅ Schema validation in downstream services

Prohibited (without written authorization)

• ❌ Redistribution or sublicensing
• ❌ Use in production environments without a commercial license
• ❌ Modification of schema $id URIs or authorship metadata
• ❌ Removal of license notices from source files

Obtaining a License

Contact [e-mail] to obtain a commercial, academic, or open-source integration license.

Use of this package constitutes acceptance of these terms.

📜 These contracts are LAW. No bypass. No exceptions. No excuses.

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