2026-02-10 - Operationalize Unified Field Formula runtime with adapters

Timeline

(Context) Shifted from conceptual formula exploration to full operational runtime design under _00_UNIFIED_FIELD_FORMULA.
(Action) Built strict governance specs and a runnable run-intent loop with adapter lifecycle support.
(Action) Added boundary manifests, authority protocol, recovery catalog, invariant definitions, and uncertainty policy artifacts.
(Action) Implemented run-intent state transitions, audit ledger output, and deterministic run controls in uff_runtime.py.
(Action) Added executor adapter infrastructure (registry plus PDF and website executor modules) with a formal contract and addition workflow.
(Action) Formalized style and visual aesthetic as structured fields in schema, profile defaults, and questionnaire intake.
(Observation) Verified runtime behavior with py_compile / run-intent smoke runs, and golden suite execution.
(Observation) Confirmed fail-closed authority behavior by running execute without approval text and receiving hold.
(Open Thread) Publish/deploy gate policy exists as spec but is not yet wired into a dedicated runtime command.
(Open Thread) Style ontology and quality-rule vocabulary are defined; stricter enum-level enforcement can be added in the verification engine.

Shifted from pure UFF theory toward executable governance mechanics to make the formula operational for real project work.
Selected strict defaults for first implementation: fail-closed, exact approval phrase, no-network by default, low retries, categorical uncertainty.

Built strict governance specs and a runnable run-intent loop with adapter lifecycle support.
Added concrete specs for state machine, invariants, authority protocol, recovery catalog, boundaries, uncertainty policy, quality vocabulary, style ontology, capability matrix, publish/deploy gate, failure taxonomy, and versioning policy.
Upgraded profiles (pdf_professional_report_v1, website_product_catalog_v1) to include executor binding, structured style defaults, and adapter/style verification tokens.
Extended schema and questionnaire to include style plus runtime control fields, then aligned golden intents with these requirements.
Implemented adapter loading and hook execution (prepare, execute, verify, finalize) and surfaced adapter outcomes in run summaries.
Added and ran a golden test suite to validate end-to-end behavior across both profile families.

Golden test suite passed cleanly (runtime test suites) after adapter and style formalization.
run-intent now yields traceable run directories with audit.jsonl, run_manifest.json, and summary.json including executor identity and invariant outcomes.
Authority gating behaves predictably: exact phrase approval permits execution; missing approval blocks with hold.

Wire publish_deploy_gate_v1.json into an explicit release command path (e.g., release-intent) with independent approval phrase handling.
Enforce style ontology normalization (lowercase_snake_case) and unknown-value rejection directly in runtime verification.
Expand adapter verification rules from baseline checks to domain-specific quality metrics (e.g., PDF render checks, web accessibility thresholds).

Boundary Reminder: Seeds. No maintenance. No roadmap.