The Synthetic Membrane: a coordination layer for multi-agent AI systems
Alex JonesJuly 2026 · revised September 2026v2.2
v2.2Revised position paper: a coordination contract for shared evidence, selective access and action ownership, with explicit limits and an evaluation plan.
- bounded hypothesis and prior-art comparison
- authority and consistency contract
- worked incident scenario with explicit limits
- matched baselines and mechanism ablations
v2First revision of the paper under the coordination-layer framing.July 2026 · superseded
v1Original position paper proposing a six-layer membrane architecture. Withdrawn from the site; superseded by the revisions above.April 2026 · withdrawn