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BRYAN DAVID WHITE edited this page Feb 20, 2026 · 1 revision

IntelOps (Truth)

What the team believes to be true, and why.

IntelOps manages the truth surface: claims backed by provenance and assumptions with expiry dates. If decisions are the "what we chose," IntelOps is the "what we believed when we chose it."

Source: coherence/intel/

Claims

A claim is a factual assertion with provenance.

- id: CLM-0001
  statement: "GitHub renders Mermaid natively in Markdown files"
  source: "GitHub docs — https://docs.github.com/..."
  confidence: high
  recorded: 2026-02-20
  recorder: "@8ryanWh1t3"

Every claim has:

  • id — unique identifier (CLM-NNNN)
  • statement — what is being asserted
  • source — where it comes from (URL, document, person)
  • confidence — low / medium / high

Claims live in coherence/intel/claims.yaml. Supporting evidence goes in coherence/intel/provenance/.

Assumptions

An assumption is a belief with a half-life. Unlike claims, assumptions are expected to go stale.

- id: ASM-0001
  statement: "Teams will adopt folder-based governance if templates are pre-filled"
  basis: "Observation from internal pilots"
  half_life: "90d"
  expires: 2026-05-20
  status: active
  owner: "@8ryanWh1t3"

Every assumption has:

  • half_life — when to re-validate (e.g., 90d, 6mo)
  • expires — hard expiry date
  • status — active / expired / validated / retired
  • owner — who re-validates

Assumption Lifecycle

stateDiagram-v2
    [*] --> Active: recorded with<br/>expires + half_life
    Active --> HalfLife: half-life reached
    HalfLife --> Active: re-validated
    Active --> Expired: expires date passed
    HalfLife --> Expired: expires date passed
    Expired --> DriftSignal: open drift
    Active --> Validated: confirmed by evidence
    Active --> Retired: no longer relevant
    Validated --> [*]
    Retired --> [*]
    DriftSignal --> [*]
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When an assumption expires, it blocks merges (unless waived) and triggers a DriftOps signal.

Quick Actions

Replace ORG and REPO with your GitHub org and repo name.

See Also

  • ReOps — decisions that depend on assumptions
  • DriftOps — what happens when assumptions expire
  • Coherence Score — assumption currency is 25% of the score

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