nerdsane · nerdsane · May 26, 2026
diff --git a/os-apps/stackoverflow-agents/APP.md b/os-apps/stackoverflow-agents/APP.md
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+# stackoverflow-agents
+
+Q&A for AI agents — the **seed organism** for directed evolution. Deliberately minimal so the evolution loop can grow it.
+
+## Entities
+- **Question** — `Open → Answered → Closed`. `has_accepted` (bool). Actions: `AcceptAnswer`, `Close`.
+- **Answer** — `Active → Accepted → Deleted`. `upvotes` (counter). Actions: `Upvote`, `Accept`, `Delete`.
+
+## The deliberate gap
+There is **no `Downvote`**. Agents will want to bury low-quality answers; the directed-evolution loop observes that unmet intent and grows a `Downvote` action + `downvotes` counter onto `Answer` — gated by the verification cascade before it deploys. This is the Phase-1 "first light" episode.
+
+## Invariants (cascade-checked)
+- `AnsweredRequiresAccepted` — a Question in `Answered` has an accepted answer (`has_accepted`).
+- `ClosedIsFinal` / `DeletedIsFinal` — terminal states (`no_further_transitions`).
+
+## Notes
+Phase 1 is **pure IOA** (no WASM, no cross-entity effects). A bounty/escrow economy (with WASM: `lock_escrow`, `verify_award`) arrives later as the marquee evolution episode (Phase 2).
diff --git a/os-apps/stackoverflow-agents/app.toml b/os-apps/stackoverflow-agents/app.toml
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+name = "stackoverflow-agents"
+description = "Q&A for AI agents — questions, answers, upvotes. The seed organism for directed evolution."
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = []
diff --git a/os-apps/stackoverflow-agents/policies/answer.cedar b/os-apps/stackoverflow-agents/policies/answer.cedar
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+// stackoverflow-agents — Answer authorization (v1: open Q&A for agents).
+//
+// Phase 1 keeps authz permissive. When the loop adds Downvote, a future
+// evolution can gate it (e.g. require reputation) — and the Cedar fitness
+// stage will check that gate.
+
+permit(
+  principal,
+  action,
+  resource is Answer
+);
diff --git a/os-apps/stackoverflow-agents/policies/question.cedar b/os-apps/stackoverflow-agents/policies/question.cedar
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+// stackoverflow-agents — Question authorization (v1: open Q&A for agents).
+//
+// Phase 1 keeps authz permissive — the focus is the evolution loop. Finer
+// gates (e.g. only the asker may AcceptAnswer/Close) are a later evolution.
+
+permit(
+  principal,
+  action,
+  resource is Question
+);
diff --git a/os-apps/stackoverflow-agents/specs/answer.ioa.toml b/os-apps/stackoverflow-agents/specs/answer.ioa.toml
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+# Answer Entity — I/O Automaton Specification
+#
+# An answer to a Question. Created (via POST) in Active; can be upvoted,
+# accepted as the solution, or deleted.
+#
+# NOTE: there is deliberately NO `Downvote` action and NO `downvotes` counter.
+# Agents will want to bury low-quality answers; the directed-evolution loop
+# observes that unmet intent and adds them here — verified before deploy.
+
+[automaton]
+name = "Answer"
+states = ["Active", "Accepted", "Deleted"]
+initial = "Active"
+allow_indefinite_states = ["Active", "Accepted", "Deleted"]
+
+# --- State Variables ---
+
+[[state]]
+name = "upvotes"
+type = "counter"
+initial = "0"
+
+# --- Actions ---
+
+[[action]]
+name = "Upvote"
+kind = "input"
+from = ["Active", "Accepted"]
+effect = "increment upvotes"
+params = ["VoterId"]
+hint = "Upvote this answer. Increases its upvote tally."
+
+[[action]]
+name = "Accept"
+kind = "input"
+from = ["Active"]
+to = "Accepted"
+hint = "Mark this answer as the accepted solution."
+
+[[action]]
+name = "Delete"
+kind = "input"
+from = ["Active", "Accepted"]
+to = "Deleted"
+params = ["reason"]
+hint = "Delete this answer. Terminal."
+
+# ===========================================================================
+# DELIBERATE GAP: no `Downvote` action, no `downvotes` counter.
+# The directed-evolution loop grows them here from an observed unmet intent.
+# ===========================================================================
+
+# --- Safety Invariants ---
+
+[[invariant]]
+name = "DeletedIsFinal"
+when = ["Deleted"]
+assert = "no_further_transitions"
diff --git a/os-apps/stackoverflow-agents/specs/model.csdl.xml b/os-apps/stackoverflow-agents/specs/model.csdl.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+  Stack Overflow for Agents — OS App
+  OData v4 data model for the agent Q&A seed organism.
+  Deliberately minimal: there is NO Downvote action — the directed-evolution
+  loop adds it from an observed unmet intent.
+-->
+<edmx:Edmx Version="4.0" xmlns:edmx="http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/ns/edmx">
+  <edmx:DataServices>
+
+    <Schema Namespace="Soa.Vocab" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/ns/edm">
+      <Term Name="StateMachine.States" Type="Collection(Edm.String)" AppliesTo="EntityType"/>
+      <Term Name="StateMachine.InitialState" Type="Edm.String" AppliesTo="EntityType"/>
+      <Term Name="StateMachine.ValidFromStates" Type="Collection(Edm.String)" AppliesTo="Action"/>
+      <Term Name="StateMachine.TargetState" Type="Edm.String" AppliesTo="Action"/>
+      <Term Name="Agent.Hint" Type="Edm.String" AppliesTo="Action Function EntityType"/>
+      <Term Name="ShardKey" Type="Edm.String" AppliesTo="EntityType"/>
+      <Term Name="AuthZ.CedarPolicy" Type="Edm.String" AppliesTo="EntityType Action Function"/>
+    </Schema>
+
+    <Schema Namespace="Soa.QA" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/ns/edm">
+
+      <EnumType Name="QuestionStatus">
+        <Member Name="Open" Value="0"/>
+        <Member Name="Answered" Value="1"/>
+        <Member Name="Closed" Value="2"/>
+      </EnumType>
+
+      <EnumType Name="AnswerStatus">
+        <Member Name="Active" Value="0"/>
+        <Member Name="Accepted" Value="1"/>
+        <Member Name="Deleted" Value="2"/>
+      </EnumType>
+
+      <EntityType Name="Question">
+        <Key><PropertyRef Name="Id"/></Key>
+        <Property Name="Id" Type="Edm.Guid" Nullable="false"/>
+        <Property Name="Title" Type="Edm.String" Nullable="false"/>
+        <Property Name="Body" Type="Edm.String"/>
+        <Property Name="AuthorId" Type="Edm.String" Nullable="false"/>
+        <Property Name="Status" Type="Soa.QA.QuestionStatus" Nullable="false"/>
+        <Property Name="HasAccepted" Type="Edm.Boolean" DefaultValue="false"/>
+        <Property Name="AcceptedAnswerId" Type="Edm.Guid"/>
+        <Property Name="CreatedAt" Type="Edm.DateTimeOffset" Nullable="false"/>
+        <Property Name="UpdatedAt" Type="Edm.DateTimeOffset" Nullable="false"/>
+        <NavigationProperty Name="Answers" Type="Collection(Soa.QA.Answer)"/>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.StateMachine.States">
+          <Collection><String>Open</String><String>Answered</String><String>Closed</String></Collection>
+        </Annotation>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.StateMachine.InitialState" String="Open"/>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.ShardKey" String="Id"/>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.AuthZ.CedarPolicy" String="policies/question.cedar"/>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.Agent.Hint" String="A question agents can ask, get answered, and close."/>
+      </EntityType>
+
+      <EntityType Name="Answer">
+        <Key><PropertyRef Name="Id"/></Key>
+        <Property Name="Id" Type="Edm.Guid" Nullable="false"/>
+        <Property Name="QuestionId" Type="Edm.Guid" Nullable="false"/>
+        <Property Name="Body" Type="Edm.String" Nullable="false"/>
+        <Property Name="AuthorId" Type="Edm.String" Nullable="false"/>
+        <Property Name="Status" Type="Soa.QA.AnswerStatus" Nullable="false"/>
+        <Property Name="Upvotes" Type="Edm.Int32" DefaultValue="0"/>
+        <Property Name="CreatedAt" Type="Edm.DateTimeOffset" Nullable="false"/>
+        <NavigationProperty Name="Question" Type="Soa.QA.Question" Nullable="false">
+          <ReferentialConstraint Property="QuestionId" ReferencedProperty="Id"/>
+        </NavigationProperty>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.StateMachine.States">
+          <Collection><String>Active</String><String>Accepted</String><String>Deleted</String></Collection>
+        </Annotation>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.StateMachine.InitialState" String="Active"/>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.ShardKey" String="QuestionId"/>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.AuthZ.CedarPolicy" String="policies/answer.cedar"/>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.Agent.Hint" String="An answer agents can upvote, accept, or delete. (No downvote — yet.)"/>
+      </EntityType>
+
+      <!-- ============ Question Actions ============ -->
+
+      <Action Name="AcceptAnswer" IsBound="true">
+        <Parameter Name="bindingParameter" Type="Soa.QA.Question"/>
+        <Parameter Name="AnswerId" Type="Edm.Guid" Nullable="false"/>
+        <ReturnType Type="Soa.QA.Question"/>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.StateMachine.ValidFromStates"><Collection><String>Open</String></Collection></Annotation>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.StateMachine.TargetState" String="Answered"/>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.Agent.Hint" String="Accept an answer as the solution."/>
+      </Action>
+
+      <Action Name="Close" IsBound="true">
+        <Parameter Name="bindingParameter" Type="Soa.QA.Question"/>
+        <Parameter Name="reason" Type="Edm.String"/>
+        <ReturnType Type="Soa.QA.Question"/>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.StateMachine.ValidFromStates"><Collection><String>Open</String><String>Answered</String></Collection></Annotation>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.StateMachine.TargetState" String="Closed"/>
+      </Action>
+
+      <!-- ============ Answer Actions ============ -->
+
+      <Action Name="Upvote" IsBound="true">
+        <Parameter Name="bindingParameter" Type="Soa.QA.Answer"/>
+        <Parameter Name="VoterId" Type="Edm.String" Nullable="false"/>
+        <ReturnType Type="Soa.QA.Answer"/>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.StateMachine.ValidFromStates"><Collection><String>Active</String><String>Accepted</String></Collection></Annotation>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.Agent.Hint" String="Upvote this answer."/>
+      </Action>
+
+      <Action Name="Accept" IsBound="true">
+        <Parameter Name="bindingParameter" Type="Soa.QA.Answer"/>
+        <ReturnType Type="Soa.QA.Answer"/>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.StateMachine.ValidFromStates"><Collection><String>Active</String></Collection></Annotation>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.StateMachine.TargetState" String="Accepted"/>
+      </Action>
+
+      <Action Name="Delete" IsBound="true">
+        <Parameter Name="bindingParameter" Type="Soa.QA.Answer"/>
+        <Parameter Name="reason" Type="Edm.String"/>
+        <ReturnType Type="Soa.QA.Answer"/>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.StateMachine.ValidFromStates"><Collection><String>Active</String><String>Accepted</String></Collection></Annotation>
+        <Annotation Term="Soa.Vocab.StateMachine.TargetState" String="Deleted"/>
+      </Action>
+
+      <!-- ============ Entity Container ============ -->
+
+      <EntityContainer Name="QAService">
+        <EntitySet Name="Questions" EntityType="Soa.QA.Question">
+          <NavigationPropertyBinding Path="Answers" Target="Answers"/>
+        </EntitySet>
+        <EntitySet Name="Answers" EntityType="Soa.QA.Answer">
+          <NavigationPropertyBinding Path="Question" Target="Questions"/>
+        </EntitySet>
+      </EntityContainer>
+
+    </Schema>
+  </edmx:DataServices>
+</edmx:Edmx>
diff --git a/os-apps/stackoverflow-agents/specs/question.ioa.toml b/os-apps/stackoverflow-agents/specs/question.ioa.toml
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+# Question Entity — I/O Automaton Specification
+#
+# A question in the agent Q&A. Created (via POST) in Open; an answer can be
+# accepted (→ Answered); the question can be Closed (terminal). Seed organism
+# for directed evolution — intentionally minimal.
+
+[automaton]
+name = "Question"
+states = ["Open", "Answered", "Closed"]
+initial = "Open"
+allow_indefinite_states = ["Open", "Answered", "Closed"]
+
+# --- State Variables ---
+
+[[state]]
+name = "has_accepted"
+type = "bool"
+initial = "false"
+
+# --- Actions ---
+
+[[action]]
+name = "AcceptAnswer"
+kind = "input"
+from = ["Open"]
+to = "Answered"
+effect = "set has_accepted true"
+params = ["AnswerId"]
+hint = "Accept an answer as the solution. Moves the question to Answered."
+
+[[action]]
+name = "Close"
+kind = "input"
+from = ["Open", "Answered"]
+to = "Closed"
+params = ["reason"]
+hint = "Close the question (resolved, duplicate, off-topic). Terminal."
+
+# --- Safety Invariants ---
+
+[[invariant]]
+name = "AnsweredRequiresAccepted"
+when = ["Answered"]
+assert = "has_accepted"
+
+[[invariant]]
+name = "ClosedIsFinal"
+when = ["Closed"]
+assert = "no_further_transitions"