arXiv AI

Runtime-Independent Persistent Agents: Preserving Identity, Memory, and Code Across Models, Harnesses, and Servers

arXiv:2609. 00546v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Agent systems are commonly described by the model and harness that currently produce their behavior.

arXiv AI
Jul 3

ECM Contracts: Contract-Aware, Versioned, and Governable Capability Interfaces for Embodied Agents

arXiv:2604. 13097v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Embodied agents increasingly rely on modular capabilities that are installed, upgraded, composed, and governed at runtime, yet the interfaces between these modules are specified only at the level of message types, so integration failures surface only during execution.

By Xue Qin, Simin Luan, Cong Yang, Zhijun Li
arXiv AI
Oct 2

Authorization for Self-Modifying AI Agent Populations: Conserving Authority across Replacement, Forking, and Rollback

The paper introduces "authorization succession," a framework that preserves authority across self‑modifying AI agent populations that can replace, fork, or roll back. It defines a protocol binding each generation to a manifest, root, unique parent, lineage, and population sequence, and establishes invariants that control root‑lifetime consumption and population exposure. The authors prove properties such as population‑safe succession, fork conservation, and rollback non‑reminting, and validate the approach with an executable evaluation covering 32 decisions and external adapters for two mutation systems.

By Genliang Zhu, Chu Wang
arXiv AI
Aug 28

Persona-Execution Separation: An Architecture Pattern for Evolving LLM Agents under Execution Audit

The paper introduces Persona‑Execution Separation (PES), an architecture pattern that splits an LLM agent’s persona—its instructions, tone, and self‑presentation—from its execution—stateful, auditable work—by placing them in distinct trust domains linked through a governed contract bridge. PES allows the persona to evolve freely while keeping execution traceable, using mechanisms such as an approval matrix, data‑loss‑prevention exceptions, and continuous identity. A pilot implementation on a regulated digital‑employee platform demonstrated that PES successfully decouples persona drift from execution audit, preventing re‑validation or fingerprinting of hard‑asserted fields.

By Yisen Xi