Intelligence Lifecycle¶
Why This Exists¶
This document defines the lifecycle of intelligence work.
Intelligence work must be observable from context loading through reasoning, confidence assessment, guardrail evaluation, approval, execution, memory, and audit.
Owner¶
The owner is the Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Architect.
Business Value¶
A clear lifecycle makes AI behavior governable and explainable.
Lifecycle States¶
| State | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Requested | Intelligence work is requested by a user, event, workflow, or Digital Professional. |
| Context Loading | Organization and domain context is loaded. |
| Context Ready | Required context is available. |
| Reasoning | AI reasoning is underway. |
| Confidence Assessed | Output confidence has been scored. |
| Explanation Recorded | Explainability record is available. |
| Approval Required | Human approval is required by guardrail policy. |
| Approved | Human approval has been granted. |
| Execution Requested | Governed execution has been requested. |
| Completed | Intelligence work is complete. |
| Blocked | Policy or guardrail blocks the work. |
| Archived | Session is closed and retained according to policy. |
State Diagram¶
stateDiagram-v2
[*] --> Requested
Requested --> ContextLoading
ContextLoading --> ContextReady
ContextReady --> Reasoning
Reasoning --> ConfidenceAssessed
ConfidenceAssessed --> ExplanationRecorded
ExplanationRecorded --> ApprovalRequired
ExplanationRecorded --> ExecutionRequested
ApprovalRequired --> Approved
ApprovalRequired --> Blocked
Approved --> ExecutionRequested
ExecutionRequested --> Completed
ExplanationRecorded --> Completed
Blocked --> Archived
Completed --> Archived
Archived --> [*]
Required Events¶
Lifecycle transitions should publish events including:
IntelligenceSessionStartedOrganizationContextLoadedReasoningCompletedConfidenceAssessedExplainabilityRecordedHumanApprovalRequiredHumanApprovalGrantedHumanApprovalRejectedExecutionRequestedExecutionBlockedAIMemoryUpdatedIntelligenceAuditLogged
Lifecycle Rule¶
No execution request should bypass confidence assessment, explainability, guardrail evaluation, and audit logging.