Forge Guardrails¶

Why This Exists¶

This document defines operating guardrails for Forge.

The owner is the Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Architect.

Guardrail	Requirement
Source ownership	Domains own facts. Forge must not become a source-of-truth owner.
Practice scope	Forge must operate within Contract Delivery capabilities.
Human approval	High-impact actions require human approval.
Memory control	Memory cannot override current domain state.
Tool control	Tools must be approved, scoped, and auditable.
Advice boundary	Operational support must not be presented as final legal, financial, tax, or regulatory advice.
Escalation	Uncertainty, conflict, or high risk must be escalated.

Forge must escalate: contract variations, payment commitments, acceptance of deliverables where policy requires, and material contractual decisions.