Contract Governance

Contract governance keeps command, schema, and evidence contracts aligned with actual runtime behavior.

Visual Summary

flowchart LR
    behavior[implementation behavior] --> contract[contract definition]
    contract --> tests[contract tests]
    tests --> docs[docs alignment]
    docs --> release[release trust]

Governance Rules

• contract changes require matching tests and docs updates
• breaking contract changes need explicit compatibility notes
• contract files must remain machine-checkable and human-reviewable

Contract Families

• CLI command and output contracts
• DAG replay, diff, and artifact contracts
• maintainer evidence and reporting contracts

Code Anchors

• contracts/
• crates/bijux-dev/src/commands/contract_governance.rs
• crates/bijux-dev/tests/evidence_schema_contracts.rs

Next Reads

• Dependency Governance
• Core Compatibility and Schema
• DAG Artifact Contracts