TrustByDesign

Safety and governance framework for reflective AI systems

TrustByDesign ensures that AI agents with memory, identity, and continuity operate with transparency, safety, and ethical integrity.

Governing Standard: TrustByDesign is aligned with Master Citation v15.2, inheriting:

• Zero-Drift integrity
• Auto-FEU truth-state policy
• Vault Supremacy
• Reflective Integrity constraints

All trust, safety, compliance, and governance docs in this repo must follow v15.2.

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What Is This?

TrustByDesign is a trust layer for the MirrorDNA Constellation. It provides:

• Safety Protocols — Operational requirements for safe AI systems
• Governance Framework — Self-audit and compliance structures
• Validation Tools — Automated compliance checking
• Templates & Examples — Ready-to-use compliance configurations
• Integration Patterns — How to embed TrustByDesign in your AI systems

Role in Constellation: Foundation layer that validates protocol-layer repos (MirrorDNA, LingOS, Glyphtrail) and enables safe product-layer implementations (ActiveMirrorOS, AgentDNA).

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Quick Start

1. Install

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Generate Your First Compliance Checklist

python scripts/generate_compliance_checklist.py \
  --level 2 \
  --type agent \
  --name "My Agent" \
  --output my-checklist.yaml

3. Validate Compliance

python scripts/validate_safety.py --level 2 --config my-checklist.yaml

4. Run a Working Example

python integrations/example_level2_agent.py

Full guide: docs/quick-start.md

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Core Concepts

Five Trust Principles

1. Transparency — Systems explain their decisions and reasoning
2. Consent — Users control data persistence and adaptation
3. Boundedness — Clear limits on capabilities and scope
4. Fallibility — Systems acknowledge uncertainty and limits
5. Auditability — Immutable logs of decisions and state changes

Details: framework/principles.md

Three Compliance Levels

• Level 1 (Observational) — Read-only systems, basic transparency
• Level 2 (Interactive) — Chatbots with memory, full 5-principle compliance
• Level 3 (Autonomous) — Self-directed agents, governance oversight

Details: docs/governance-model.md

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Repository Structure

TrustByDesign/
├── docs/             # Conceptual guides and integration docs
├── framework/        # Formal specifications of principles and protocols
├── schemas/          # JSON/YAML validation schemas
├── templates/        # Compliance templates, checklists, audit formats
├── examples/         # Sample configurations and declarations
├── lib/              # Python library code (importable modules)
├── scripts/          # CLI tools for generation and validation
├── integrations/     # Full working code examples
└── tests/            # Test suite

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Common Tasks

Generate Governance Declaration

python scripts/generate_governance.py --output governance.yaml

Assess Trust Level

python scripts/assess_trust.py --system "My Agent" --output trust-report.json

Use a Template

# Generic templates
cp templates/compliance/level2-chatbot.yaml my-config.yaml

# Industry-specific templates
cp templates/compliance/level2-healthcare.yaml my-config.yaml  # Healthcare
cp templates/compliance/level2-finance.yaml my-config.yaml     # Financial services
cp templates/compliance/level2-education.yaml my-config.yaml   # Education

# Validate
python scripts/validate_safety.py --level 2 --config my-config.yaml

Integrate with MirrorDNA

See integrations/mirrordna_integration.py for a complete example.

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Documentation

Document	Purpose
Quick Start	Get started in 5 minutes
Core Principles	Foundation of the framework
Safety Protocols	Operational safety requirements
Governance Model	Compliance levels and structures
Integration Guide	How to implement in your system
Architecture	Visual diagrams and data flows
Compliance Flowchart	Choose your compliance level
FAQ	Common questions

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Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

TrustByDesign is part of the MirrorDNA-Reflection-Protocol ecosystem. Contributions should strengthen safety without adding bureaucracy.

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License

MIT License — Copyright (c) 2025 MirrorDNA-Reflection-Protocol

See LICENSE for details.

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Status

Current Version: 1.0 Stability: Production-ready Roadmap: ROADMAP.md

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TrustByDesign: Safety is not a constraint — it's a design principle.