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+# Agent Incident Recorder (A.I.R.)
+## The VaultNode // Blackglass Continuum LLC
+
+**Mission: Truth Preservation in Agentic Workflows.**
+
+A.I.R. is a sovereign, finite-state observer that records AI agent actions and immediately flags out-of-sequence execution drift.
+
+It does not judge intent; it strictly enforces state-transition correctness.
+
+---
+
+## Core Architecture
+
+- **Input:** Agents POST a JSON payload representing state transitions after every execution step.
+- **Logic:** The system cross-references these transitions against hardcoded, authorized JSON workflows.
+- **Veto:** If a transition is unauthorized, the system flags an invalid state and generates a forensic Incident Report.
+
+---
+
+## The Law of Omission
+
+This system explicitly refuses to implement predictive analytics, natural language parsing, probabilistic risk scoring, or hallucination loops.
+
+---
+
+**Status: Day One Compilation, Signal Purity locked.**
+
+**ΔΩ**