A documented path for proposing a new capability or agent lineage and evaluating it before promotion.
12 · Identity & Development
Speciation & grafting
in GenOS.
A documented path for proposing a new capability or agent lineage and evaluating it before promotion.
DEFINITION AND SCIENCE
What it means
in GenOS.
Speciation and grafting are evolutionary and horticultural analogies for proposing new software lineages or capabilities. They do not imply reproductive isolation or biological compatibility.
Speciation separates lineages and grafting joins compatible tissues. GenOS borrows lineage separation and compatibility checks for proposed capabilities.
A documented path for proposing a new capability or agent lineage and evaluating it before promotion.
A graft candidate must pass compatibility K(c,h) and evidence threshold E(c) before promotion; failed candidates remain separate from the host lineage.
ANIMATED DIAGRAM · INTERACTIVE MODEL
01 / 03Explore the mechanism: Speciation & grafting
A qualitative teaching model of this concept. It does not run GenOS or validate its implementation.
01Propose a new lineageINPUT
02Test compatibilityMECHANISM
03Review evidence before adoptionCONDITIONAL OUTCOME
Current transition · Step 1Propose a new lineage
The modeled transition may proceed. Change the assumption and move through the stages to inspect the decision path.
PROCESS AND USE
How it works
at a glance.
Propose a new lineage
A documented path for proposing a new capability or agent lineage and evaluating it before promotion.
Test compatibility
A graft candidate must pass compatibility K(c,h) and evidence threshold E(c) before promotion; failed candidates remain separate from the host lineage.
Review evidence before adoption
Review evidence before adoption. Speciation and grafting are evolutionary and horticultural analogies for proposing new software lineages or capabilities. They do not imply reproductive isolation or biological compatibility.
RUNTIME IMPLEMENTATION
What is connected,
and how far.
The linked, versioned GenOS source defines this concept's supported operations and limits. The status axes describe the implementation and evidence recorded for this entry; they do not establish general mission success, scientific equivalence or behavior beyond that scope.
Lineage and capability-graft policy is documented, but an end-to-end speciation and admission path is not established.
Failure modes have not yet been separately cataloged for this entry; follow the source and evidence links before relying on the mechanism.
No implementation file is pinned to this concept entry yet.
PRIMARY RESEARCH · MECHANISM LEVEL
The mechanism
behind the analogy.
The logic of animal conflict
John Maynard Smith and George R. Price · Nature 246, 15–18
Formalizes strategic stability in evolutionary conflict. It does not prescribe a fair or safe software selection policy.
Open publication ↗Primary research describes the cited mechanism; specific technologies may instead cite their original technical documentation. These sources provide context and do not validate the GenOS implementation.
EVIDENCE AND LIMITS
Scope and validation boundaries
The linked, versioned GenOS source defines this concept's supported operations and limits. The status axes describe the implementation and evidence recorded for this entry; they do not establish general mission success, scientific equivalence or behavior beyond that scope.