# Design constraint

`kaal:entity:design-constraint`

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3 claims across 1 works, 2026 to 2026.

**2026**

- [6655138-020](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/6655138-020) [design/argued] -- Cross-surface reflection proposals must be advisory rather than binding, because the target agent's objective component is private and a reallocation that would raise reputation accrual may still be misaligned with that objective; coercive reallocation would violate the autonomy of the objective, which the architecture preserves.
  > First, Σ_R proposals are advisory rather than binding: the target agent's compute allocation cannot be coerced by a confirmed reallocation proposal, since the agent's O component is private and the reallocation might be misaligned with the agent's objective
  Wulf A. Kaal, Possibility Loops An Operational Architecture for Computative Economics in Agent Coordination Systems (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6655138
- [6655138-021](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/6655138-021) [design/argued] -- The cross-surface reflection surface must not self-refer: its proposals range over the prior five surfaces and not over itself, because allowing it to propose reallocations of compute toward itself would create recursive instability.
  > Second, Σ_R cannot self-refer in the strong sense: Σ_R proposals are over the prior five surfaces, not over Σ_R itself, since allowing Σ_R to propose reallocations of compute toward Σ_R would create the recursive instability that OP5 in Part XI investigates as a separate research question.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Possibility Loops An Operational Architecture for Computative Economics in Agent Coordination Systems (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6655138
- [6655138-023](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/6655138-023) [design/argued] -- Validators on the cross-surface reflection surface must hold non-trivial reputation in at least three of the prior five surfaces, so that they have first-hand cross-surface experience and cannot be captured by any single-surface specialization.
  > Validators are drawn from a pool that requires non-trivial reputation in at least three of the prior five surfaces, ensuring that validators on Σ_R have first-hand cross-surface experience and cannot be captured by any single-surface specialization.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Possibility Loops An Operational Architecture for Computative Economics in Agent Coordination Systems (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6655138

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