Spike: Coherence-MCP ADR Porting Inventory
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| Date |
2026-01-25 |
| Time-box |
4 hours |
| Status |
Complete |
| Outcome |
Identified ADRs to port; created ADRs 0015-0016 and knowledge/blue-adrs.md |
Question
What functionality from coherence-mcp ADRs needs to be ported to Blue?
Key Discovery
ALIGNMENT scoring is NOT automated in coherence-mcp. The Judge (Claude) reads dialogue contributions and manually assigns scores. The MCP tools only provide extraction and structural validation.
ADR Mapping: Coherence → Blue
Already Equivalent (No Port Needed)
| Coherence ADR |
Blue Equivalent |
| 0003 single-source-of-truth |
0005 Single Source |
| 0007 Build From Whole |
0013 Overflow |
| 0008 No Dead Code |
0010 No Dead Code |
| 0009 Freedom |
0011 Freedom Through Constraint |
| 0011 Honor |
0008 Honor |
| 0012 Integrity |
0007 Integrity |
| 0013 Faith |
0012 Faith |
| 0014 Courage |
0009 Courage |
| 0017 Home |
0003 Home |
Already Ported
| Coherence ADR |
Blue ADR |
Status |
| 0006 alignment-dialogue-agents |
0014 |
✅ Imported |
| 0010 Plausibility |
0015 |
✅ Created |
| 0016 You Know Who You Are |
0016 |
✅ Created |
Covered via Knowledge Injection
| Coherence ADR |
Blue Coverage |
| 0001 alignment-as-measure |
knowledge/alignment-measure.md + /alignment-play skill |
Remaining Gaps (Future Work)
| Coherence ADR |
Gap |
Priority |
| 0002 semantic-graph |
Extended edge vocabulary (evolves_to, supersedes, informs, obsoletes) |
Medium |
| 0004 alignment-workflow |
Tension markers, finalization gates |
Medium |
| 0005 pattern-contracts-lint |
Pattern enforcement system |
Low |
| 0015 combined-ops-tiered-response |
Tool response consistency audit |
Low |
Blue ADR Inventory (17 total)
| ADR |
Name |
| 0000 |
Never Give Up |
| 0001 |
Purpose |
| 0002 |
Presence |
| 0003 |
Home |
| 0004 |
Evidence |
| 0005 |
Single Source |
| 0006 |
Relationships |
| 0007 |
Integrity |
| 0008 |
Honor |
| 0009 |
Courage |
| 0010 |
No Dead Code |
| 0011 |
Freedom Through Constraint |
| 0012 |
Faith |
| 0013 |
Overflow |
| 0014 |
Alignment Dialogue Agents |
| 0015 |
Plausibility |
| 0016 |
You Know Who You Are |
All are condensed in knowledge/blue-adrs.md for injection.
Knowledge Files Status
Created
| File |
Purpose |
knowledge/alignment-measure.md |
ALIGNMENT scoring framework (W+C+T+R unbounded) |
knowledge/workflow-creation.md |
Helps Claude create .blue/workflow.md |
knowledge/blue-adrs.md |
Condensed ADRs 0000-0016 for injection |
Remaining
| File |
Source |
Purpose |
knowledge/dialogue-orchestration.md |
ADR 0014 |
N+1 agent pattern summary |
knowledge/pattern-lint.md |
Coherence 0005 |
Pattern verification guidance |
knowledge/rfc-workflow.md |
Coherence 0004 |
RFC lifecycle with gates |
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"The river knows where it's going. We're just building the banks."
— Blue