03 / Autonomous evolution loop
Autonomous Evolution Loop
Custodial Oversight System, Self-Code Evolution Engine, and Situational Novelty Handler form Luxia’s controlled-evolution substrate: governance, simulated improvement, scoped adaptation, review, rollback, and durable learning.
COS
Custodial Oversight System
The governance anchor. COS maintains an append-only decision ledger, enforces review authority and policy gates, applies Sophia-aligned ethical review, and records signed approval, denial, rollout, and rollback decisions.
Functional objectives
- Maintain a tamper-evident, append-only decision ledger.
- Enforce dual-tier custody and cryptographic quorum.
- Gate structural change through SPL policy checks, safety tests, and ethics review.
- Provide auditable provenance and non-bypassable consent architecture.
Process map
- 01Proposal intake
- 02L1 review
- 03L2 custodial board
- 04Policy & ethics gates
- 05Quorum proof
- 06Immutable ledger
SCEE
Self-Code Evolution Engine
The optimization fabric. SCEE scans code and configuration for inefficiency or drift, simulates candidate changes in production-like sandboxes, packages evidence and rollback plans, and submits signed proposals to COS.
Functional objectives
- Scan code, configuration, and policies for inefficiency, drift, and regressions.
- Simulate candidate changes and quantify impact.
- Package proposals with evidence, safety gates, and rollback plans.
- Learn from accept, reject, and rollback outcomes.
Process map
- 01Code scan
- 02Sandbox simulation
- 03Proposal drafting
- 04Evidence package
- 05COS submission
- 06Learning feedback
SNH
Situational Novelty Handler
The adaptive responder. SNH detects out-of-distribution events and undefined conditions, creates scoped temporary adaptations, validates them in staged environments, and escalates durable patterns for governed integration.
Functional objectives
- Detect anomalies, novelty, and undefined conditions.
- Generate scoped, guarded, time-limited adaptive functions.
- Validate adaptations in staged environments.
- Escalate useful patterns to COS and SCEE for durable integration.
Process map
- 01Incoming signal
- 02Anomaly analysis
- 03Novelty threshold
- 04Scoped adaptation
- 05Stage & validate
- 06COS escalation
- 07SCEE integration