KCC 13

Reference Examples

Concrete examples that illustrate the KCC model in operation — illustrative, not prescriptive.

Reference ExamplesWorked examplesIllustrativespec-writer case study
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Why Examples Matter

This section provides concrete examples that illustrate the model in operation. The examples are illustrative, not prescriptive; specific implementations will vary. They use a fictional spec-writer capability as a recurring case study.

The point of the references is to make the structure concrete, not to provide a fully working capability.

The Six Reference Examples

SectionExampleIllustrates
13.1A Capability SpecificationComplete agent contract across all 9 surfaces
13.2A Butler Scoring ExampleHow gating decisions are made per invocation
13.3Inspector Pattern DetectionHow patterns surface across cells
13.4A Decision TraceWhat a full trace looks like after invocation
13.5Specialist InterrogatorsDecomposing ideation into one brief per concern
13.6The Architecture CriticProducer/critic separation as an adversarial review surface