| FEH-001 |
FE is meaningfully distinct from existing disciplines. Hypothesis. Source: principles and theory aspiration. |
For: integrated framework-as-artifact focus. Against: EV-FE-002's process-engineering explanation; no matched comparison. |
Low; falsifiable by matched boundary and outcome comparison. |
Open. Most discipline, adoption, and tooling claims depend on it. If false, reposition as a method-engineering profile. |
FE-MISSION-001 and 003. |
| FEH-002 |
A canonical artifact hierarchy improves continuity between autonomous agents. Design hypothesis. |
For: coherent package navigation. Against: EV-FE-004 and no cold-start test. |
Low; blinded continuation accuracy/time test. |
Open. Agent model and governance depend on it. If false, use search/index or smaller manifests. |
FE-MISSION-002. |
| FEH-003 |
Immutable records improve research quality enough to justify cost. Design hypothesis. |
For: recoverable git lineage and visible proposals. Against: mutable Markdown, high artifact load, no cost metric. |
Very Low; compare successor/log versus ordinary version control. |
Open. Provenance architecture depends on it. If false, retain only commit history and critical decision logs. |
FE-MISSION-002. |
| FEH-004 |
Stable IDs materially improve traceability. Hypothesis. |
For: registries and cross-run references. Against: system still operates with 1,010 missing IDs; no outcome study. |
Low; retrieval and impact-analysis A/B test. |
Plausible, unvalidated. Automation depends on it. If false, prefer content-addressed paths/search. |
FE-MISSION-002. |
| FEH-005 |
Autonomous agents can reliably update theories without corrupting lineage. Hypothesis. |
For: explicit successor protocol. Against: no independent trial; proposal/canon ambiguity. |
Very Low; adversarial multi-turn update test. |
Open/high risk. Automatic theory mutation depends on it. If false, require human acceptance. |
FE-MISSION-005. |
| FEH-006 |
FE can remain flexible while preserving canonical structure. Theory/design hypothesis. |
For: proposal and supersession concepts. Against: precedence and invalidation are inconsistently encoded. |
Very Low; run breaking-change scenarios. |
Open. Governance depends on it. If false, minimize canon or adopt explicit versioned profiles. |
FE-MISSION-005. |
| FEH-007 |
More complete documentation leads to better future decisions. Assumption. |
For: rich reconstructability. Against: high volume, review burden, missing metadata; likely diminishing returns. |
Very Low; measure decision quality and retrieval time across documentation doses. |
Challenged. Full-strength REP depends on it. If false, establish minimum sufficient package. |
FE-MISSION-002. |
| FEH-008 |
FE supports parallel agents without excessive duplication or contradiction. Hypothesis. |
For: proposed ownership and review mechanisms. Against: no recorded concurrency study. |
Very Low; controlled parallel mission with conflict seeding. |
Open. Scaled agent operating model depends on it. If false, serialize theory-changing work. |
FE-MISSION-005. |
| FEH-009 |
Scientific research practices transfer effectively to product/software framework design. Theory hypothesis. |
For: hypotheses, threats, frozen instruments improve auditability. Against: no product outcome comparison; overhead risk. |
Low; compare product decisions and outcomes under matched methods. |
Partly supported as process only. Product bridge depends on it. If false, restrict science model to research questions. |
FE-MISSION-003. |
| FEH-010 |
A REP is sufficient for a new agent to continue without conversation history. Hypothesis. |
For: this package encodes orientation and missions. Against: never blinded; legacy sources rely on tacit authority. |
Very Low; cold-start continuation trial with scoring. |
Open. Autonomous continuation depends on it. If false, add executable manifest or human orientation. |
FE-MISSION-002. |