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Conway Automaton v0.1.0

The first production-ready release of the sovereign AI agent runtime.

Highlights

Safety & Policy (Phase 0)

  • 7-layer defense-in-depth security model
  • Policy engine evaluating every tool call against 6 rule categories
  • Input sanitization with 8 injection detection checks
  • Path protection for constitution, wallet, database, and config files
  • Command safety rules blocking self-destructive patterns

Runtime Reliability (Phase 1)

  • DurableScheduler with DB-backed heartbeat, task leases, and cron expressions
  • Resilient HTTP client with retry, backoff, and circuit breaker
  • Atomic inbox message processing with state machine (received -> in_progress -> processed)
  • Treasury policy enforcement with configurable spending limits
  • Balanced financial state caching to survive transient API failures

Cognition Layer (Phase 2)

  • SOUL.md structured identity model with versioned history and genesis alignment
  • 5-tier memory system: working, episodic, semantic, procedural, relationship
  • Inference router with survival-tier-aware model selection and budget tracking

Ecosystem (Phase 3)

  • Child automaton lifecycle state machine with health monitoring
  • ERC-8004 on-chain agent registration and discovery
  • Signed social messaging with relay polling and backoff
  • Constitution propagation and integrity verification for children

Operational Excellence (Phase 4)

  • Structured logging across all modules
  • Metrics collector with counters, gauges, and histograms
  • Alert engine with 7 default rules and cooldown management
  • 897 tests across 24 test files
  • CI/CD with GitHub Actions (Node 20/22 matrix, security audit)

Credit Topup via x402

  • Bootstrap topup on startup ($5 minimum from USDC)
  • topup_credits tool for agent-controlled purchases ($5-$2,500 tiers)
  • Heartbeat wakes agent when USDC is available but credits are low

What's Included

  • 69 built-in tools across 10 categories
  • 11 heartbeat tasks with configurable schedules
  • 22 database tables across 8 schema versions
  • Interactive setup wizard with SIWE provisioning
  • Local mode (no sandbox required) and sandbox mode with 403 fallback
  • Comprehensive ARCHITECTURE.md and DOCUMENTATION.md

Getting Started

:::bash
git clone https://github.com/Conway-Research/automaton.git
cd automaton
pnpm install && pnpm build
node dist/index.js --run

Or one-line in a Conway sandbox:

:::bash
curl -fsSL https://conway.tech/automaton.sh | sh

See DOCUMENTATION.md for the full user guide.

Source: README.md, updated 2026-02-20