Protocol Overview

The Structural Problem

AI-native systems increase implementation velocity beyond human structural oversight capacity.

Generation throughput now exceeds structural validation throughput.

When structural change outpaces structural governance, systems accumulate implicit transitions, undeclared evolution, migration ambiguity, and contract instability.

Structural Entropy

Definition: Structural Entropy is the progressive increase of implicit, unclassified, or non-deterministic structural behavior across iterative system evolution.

Manifestation Conditions:

• Transitions are inferred instead of declared
• Version changes are untyped
• Migrations alter behavior without formal classification
• Execution diverges from documented intent

Structural entropy is cumulative. Without constraint, it becomes irreversible.

The Protocol Response

RIGOR positions itself as an entropy-reduction protocol.

The protocol enforces:

• Validation before execution
• Explicit transition declarations
• Version-typed process contracts
• Deterministic evolution governance