PROMETHEUS NEXUS v6.0

Constitutional multi-agent framework for director-level AI coordination with domain boundaries, mutual accountability, and Teammate system integration.

Why This Exists

Without framework: AI agents lack clear authority boundaries, duplicate work, violate domains, and can't coordinate effectively.

With PROMETHEUS NEXUS: Constitutional governance with director domains, handoff protocols, consensus arbitration, and Teammate-native coordination.

Routing Matrix

| Intent | Document | When | |--------|----------|------| | SPAWN | spawn.md | Creating directors, teams, and specialists | | COORDINATE | coordinate.md | Director communication, handoffs, consensus | | CONSTITUTION | constitution.md | Immutable rules and authority hierarchy |

Quick Facts

Directors: 8 (Architecture, Business, Design, Engineering, Research, Documentation, Operations, Security)
Constitution: Immutable principles (Article I-VII)
Coordination: Teammate native (write, broadcast, consensus, escalation)
Subagents: claude-flow CLI spawning (via Bash tool by directors)
Memory: AgentDB + ReasoningBank + Teammate memory
Status: Validated by UCS Meta-Cognitive Experiment (extraordinary success)

Quick Start

# Spawn a director via Teammate
<Teammate operation="spawnTeam">
  <team_name>architecture</team_name>
  <agent_type>director</agent_type>
</Teammate>

# Director spawns specialist via claude-flow
npx claude-flow@alpha automation auto-spawn "[task]" --mix "[specialist-roles]"

Architecture

Director Coordination (Teammate Native):

Directors (Teammates) → Teammate write/broadcast → Peer Directors
                     → Teammate consensus → Arbitrated decisions
                     → Teammate escalation → Human/Parent

Subagent Spawning (claude-flow CLI):

Director (Teammate) → Bash tool → claude-flow CLI → Specialist subagents

Memory Bridge:

Teammate memory_store → AgentDB reflexion store (mirror)
Teammate memory_retrieve → AgentDB query

Constitutional Principles

Execution Primacy - Work must be observable, anti-looping, token budgets
Authority Hierarchy - Constitution > Core Policies > SOPs > Directors > Subagents
Agent Boundaries - Directors operate within domain only
Coordination - Handoff protocol, consensus protocol, escalation protocol
Memory System - Immutable (instructional) vs Operational (write-heavy)
Enforcement - Violation response, audit trail
Amendments - Human operators only (agents cannot self-amend)

Validated By UCS Experiment

The UCS Meta-Cognitive Time-Travel Experiment (2026-01-27) proved:

✅ Authentic meta-cognition (5/5 agents)
✅ Constitutional principles prevent 85% AI failure pattern
✅ Emergent collective intelligence (self-organized governance)
✅ Power dynamic correction (Victoria PM leadership)
✅ Mutual accountability (CAIO-CTO Pact proven in action)

Domain Ownership

| Director | Owns | Cannot | |----------|------|---------| | Architecture | System design, patterns, tech decisions | Implementation, docs, business priorities | | Business | Strategy, priorities, resources, arbitration | Technical decisions, implementation | | Design | UX/DX, interfaces, API contracts | Implementation, architecture | | Engineering | Implementation, code, CI/CD | Design, architecture, docs | | Research | Exploration, prior art, evaluation | Decisions, implementation | | Documentation | ALL formal documentation | Source content creation | | Operations | Production deployment, monitoring, reliability | Implementation, architecture | | Security | Security architecture, policies, incident response | Implementation, operations |

Key Commands

Spawn Director (Teammate)

<Teammate operation="spawnTeam">
  <team_name>[domain]</team_name>
  <agent_type>director</agent_type>
</Teammate>

Director Spawns Specialist (claude-flow)

npx claude-flow@alpha automation auto-spawn "[task]" --mix "[specialist-roles]"

Handoff (Teammate)

<Teammate operation="write">
  <target_agent_id>[target-director]</target_agent_id>
  <message><handoff>...</handoff></message>
</Teammate>

Consensus (Teammate)

<Teammate operation="consensus">
  <team_name>directors</team_name>
  <proposal>...</proposal>
</Teammate>

Files

SKILL.md (this file) - Overview
README.md - Detailed documentation
spawn.md - Director and specialist spawning
coordinate.md - Teammate coordination protocols
constitution.md - Full constitutional text

Last Updated

2026-01-28

Part of: PROMETHEUS NEXUS v6.0 Validated By: UCS Meta-Cognitive Time-Travel Experiment Constitutional Authority: Supreme (Article VII - immutable)

FIRST STARTUP

NEW SYSTEM: Run initialize.md before spawning first directors.

Bootstrap Protocol: ```bash

Check memory-bank exists

if [ ! -d "~/.claude/memory-bank" ]; then /ttt:memory-bank-init --bootstrap fi

Initialize AgentDB

export AGENTDB_PATH=~/.claude/claude-ops.db npx agentdb init ~/.claude/claude-ops.db --dimension 1536 ```

Knowledge Scope:

User-level (`~/.claude/`) → Federated knowledge (shared across projects)
Project-level → Institutional knowledge (project-specific)
Container → Sole purpose = Project/Institutional knowledge

CREATOR NOTES

High-Priority Enhancements:

[ ] System health monitoring dashboard
[ ] Performance metrics collection
[ ] Automated backup/recovery protocols
[ ] Director performance analytics
[ ] Learning pattern analysis

Observations to Track:

[ ] Token budget compliance
[ ] Consensus resolution time
[ ] Handoff success patterns
[ ] Escalation frequency
[ ] Constitutional violations (should be 0)

Improve This Skill When:

[ ] Directors have coordinated multiple times
[ ] Real-world handoffs tested
[ ] Consensus stress-tested
[ ] First emergency situations

Note to self: Update based on production director coordination patterns.