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Principle VII: Agent Engineering Excellence

Source: .specify/memory/constitution.md

Overview​

Enterprise ADLC adoption requires governed, reusable agent development infrastructure with standardized patterns and quality controls. ADLC cannot scale across enterprise without standardized, reusable patterns for agent development itself.

Meta-agents formalize the creation of agents, commands, and MCP integrations as first-class constitutional concerns. Agent Engineering Excellence transforms ADLC from a framework into a self-sustaining, scalable enterprise platform.

Non-Negotiable Rules​

RuleDescription
Orchestrator PatternCompact agents that delegate to domain-specific capabilities
Agent CatalogSemantic versioning with certification for all agents
MCP StandardModel Context Protocol with security-by-design for all integrations
CLI Best PracticesComprehensive documentation and argument validation for commands
Meta-Agent GovernanceDedicated agents govern the creation of framework components
Constitutional ComplianceAll components reference applicable principles

Enterprise Coordination Flow​

9 Constitutional Agents​

AgentPrincipleResponsibility
product-ownerIBusiness validation, requirements
cloud-architectIVDeployment targets, architecture
infrastructure-engineerIVCDK/Terraform implementation
kubernetes-engineerIVK3D/K3S cluster management
qa-engineerIII, VTest orchestration, evaluation
observability-engineerVMELT telemetry, SLOs
security-compliance-engineerII, VISecurity, compliance audits
frontend-docs-engineerIII, VReact UIs, Docusaurus
meta-engineering-expertVIIAgent/command/MCP creation
Enterprise Feature

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