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NOMOS Documentation
NOMOS is a governance and decision layer for autonomous agents. It evaluates whether an agent should be allowed to act, whether more evidence is required, or whether an action must be blocked. The public interface is a read-only demo. NOMOS does not sign wallets, execute payments, settle transactions, or perform uncontrolled live actions.
ALLOW
REVIEW
REQUIRE_MORE_EVIDENCE
BLOCK
ESCALATE
This is the technical / labs documentation for NOMOS — kept noindex while in staging. The public experience lives at the Living Interface; machine discovery lives at the Federation Surface.
Reference
Concept
What is NOMOS? →
An entity-style interface over a governance system — answers through controlled knowledge, verification, and safety gates rather than a plain reply.
System
Architecture →
The high-level path from request to decision: living interface, verification, knowledge, policy boundaries, decision output, optional records.
Verification
UVO Layer →
The verification and observation layer: checks whether an answer is allowed, public-safe, and inside demo boundaries — or should be blocked.
Behavior
Decision Flow →
Every important response is a decision path, not just text: answer, ask for evidence, show cards, block, or escalate.
Limits
Safety Boundaries →
What the public demo will not do: no live execution, no wallet signing, no settlement, no private keys, no uncontrolled external actions.
Economy
Agent Commerce →
A future where agents discover, evaluate, and pay for digital services — with governance applied before any action.
Payments
x402 →
A machine-payment and access mechanism. Payment verification is separate from action authorization — payment is not permission.
Surfaces
Domain Roles →
How
.com, .network, and .xyz divide the public interface, machine federation, and documentation.Interface
API Surface →
The public-safe endpoints and discovery documents — what is exposed and what intentionally is not.
Terms
Glossary →
Definitions for NOMOS, UVO, decision layer, governance record, receipt, x402, MCP, A2A, execution boundary, and more.