Core Concepts¶
Identity OS gives your AI agent a persistent behavioral identity that adapts to context, detects drift, and tightens constraints under pressure — all through a simple API.
The Four Pillars¶
1. Behavioral Modes¶
Your agent's behavior emerges from 7 coexisting dimensions (Perception, Exploration, Order, Assertion, Connection, Identity, Stress Response). Each mode activates based on the observations you feed in.
You don't need to configure these manually — just send observations, and the engine determines the optimal mode balance.
2. Stress-Adaptive Constraints¶
When your agent encounters failures, retries, or contradictions, stress rises automatically through 4 levels: LOW → MED → HIGH → OVER. As stress rises, the system tightens behavioral constraints — fewer allowed actions, more conservative decision style.
3. Drift Detection¶
Every behavioral change is classified on a 4-level scale: D0 (noise) → D1 (context) → D2 (adaptive) → D3 (corrupt). Critical drift triggers automatic rollback to the last stable state.
4. ExecutionContract¶
After each observation, Identity OS emits an ExecutionContract — a deterministic constraint set that tells your agent what it can and can't do. Your agent reads this contract to make decisions.
How It Works (Developer Perspective)¶
Your Agent Identity OS
| |
|-- POST /process ------------>|
| (observation: what |
| the agent just did) |
| |--- Engine evaluates
| |--- Updates state
| |--- Detects drift
| |
|<-- ExecutionContract --------|
| (allowed_actions, |
| forbidden_actions, |
| stress_level, etc.) |
| |
|-- Agent uses contract ------>|
| to decide next action |
That's it. One API call per turn. The engine handles all the complexity internally.