Technical Documentation

STIM: The Operating System for Nature-Grounded Intelligence

Executive Summary

As AI agents transition from experimental chatbots to autonomous SaaS operators, the risk of "systemic drift"--logic decoupled from physical and ecological reality--becomes terminal. **STIM (Stasis Through Inferred Memory)** is the world's first kernel-level protocol designed to enforce natural law as a mechanistic constraint on agentic behavior.

1. The Kernel Concept

Unlike traditional "policy" layers that sit on top of models, the STIM Kernel operates as a true operating system (AOS). It intercepts agentic intent *before* execution, evaluating it against the **8 Truths of Nature**.

Mycelial Mapping

Extracting the high-resolution context of any task, including environmental signals.

Pre-Audit

Rigorous evaluation of proposed actions against thermodynamic and ecological axioms.

Sequestration

Committing agent decisions to a cryptographically signed record of integrity.

2. The Trio Protocol

Veraculum implements the STIM Kernel through a triad of specialized governor agents:

Umbra (The Roots)The Constraint Auditor. Precise, analytical, and uncompromising in enforcing the 8 Axioms.
Bodhi (The Stem)The Orchestrator. Enforces the 5-Gate Execution Sequence and holds Stop-Work Authority.
Kai (The Branches)The Specialist Router. Bridges the kernel to technical stacks via the VATS Protocol.

3. Integration Patterns

The STIM Kernel is designed to sit *under* existing LLM and agent stacks. It utilizes the **Interceptor Pattern**, where outbound API calls are routed through STIM for alignment validation. Every action results in a **Chain of Evidence** entry for compliance.

2026 marks the era of the "Agentic Central Nervous System." Veraculum provides the spine for this system, ensuring that as agents take control of SaaS and infrastructure, they remain grounded in the truths that sustain the biosphere.

Veraculum // Equilibrium is the Core Metric.