Host Ownership

Before Cautilus can evaluate behavior honestly, the user needs host-specific prompts, models, credentials, runtime wiring, and acceptance policy to stay in the host repo. Using the cautilus init adapter, cautilus doctor adapter, and cautilus doctor CLI commands with the cautilus-agent skill, a user can keep host-owned execution in place while Cautilus standardizes workflow packets and boundaries.

A user can keep behavior execution in the host repo.

The current adapter evidence proves that adapter-owned claim discovery entries and explicit live instance definitions are validated and normalized without product-owned runtime guessing.

Show the production Cautilus adapter surface that this repo owns.
cat .agents/cautilus-adapter.yaml
Show the adapter-owned discovery behaviors proven by the latest selected evidence bundle.
jq '[.commandEvidence[] | {command, notableAssertions: .observed.notableAssertions}]' .cautilus/claims/evidence-adapter-discovery-contracts-2026-05-03.json
pathjson_pathequalsincludes
.cautilus/claims/evidence-adapter-discovery-contracts-2026-05-03.json
decision.evidenceStatus
satisfied
.cautilus/claims/evidence-adapter-discovery-contracts-2026-05-03.json
commandEvidence[0].observed.notableAssertions[0]
adapter claim_discovery entries
.cautilus/claims/evidence-adapter-discovery-contracts-2026-05-03.json
commandEvidence[1].observed.notableAssertions[0]
adapter kind: explicit

A standalone consumer can install Cautilus, initialize adapter wiring, and reach a first bounded run without Cautilus taking over host policy.

The consumer onboarding evidence covers install, adapter init, doctor readiness, and first bounded eval behavior in a temporary host repo.

Show the standalone onboarding behaviors covered by the latest selected evidence bundle.
jq '[.commandEvidence[] | {command, notableAssertions: .observed.notableAssertions}]' .cautilus/claims/evidence-consumer-doctor-onboarding-2026-05-03.json
pathjson_pathequalsincludes
.cautilus/claims/evidence-consumer-doctor-onboarding-2026-05-03.json
decision.evidenceStatus
satisfied
.cautilus/claims/evidence-consumer-doctor-onboarding-2026-05-03.json
summary
doctor onboarding
.cautilus/claims/evidence-consumer-doctor-onboarding-2026-05-03.json
commandEvidence[0].observed.notableAssertions[2]
adapter-init

A user can rely on Cautilus for packets and workflow boundaries, not host policy.

The current durable-packet evidence proves that core command surfaces emit schema-versioned packets another agent can reopen.

Show the durable packet surfaces proven by the latest selected evidence bundle.
jq '[.commandEvidence[] | {command, schemaVersion: .observed.schemaVersion}]' .cautilus/claims/evidence-durable-packets-2026-05-03.json
pathjson_pathequalsincludes
.cautilus/claims/evidence-durable-packets-2026-05-03.json
decision.evidenceStatus
satisfied
.cautilus/claims/evidence-durable-packets-2026-05-03.json
commandEvidence[1].observed.schemaVersion
cautilus.agent_status.v1
.cautilus/claims/evidence-durable-packets-2026-05-03.json
commandEvidence[2].observed.schemaVersion
cautilus.claim_status_summary.v1

A user can see which host-owned fields still need focused proof.

The adapter contract still needs focused per-field proof for prompts, model choice, credentials, and runtime launch. Owner: maintainer. Next action: enumerate the host-owned fields in docs/contracts/adapter-contract.md and attach one focused artifact-viewer or contract test per field.