Agent operating contract

Use Forma as a presentation boundary, not an application runtime.

Agents reuse canonical patterns, preserve native semantics, and leave behavioral and domain authority in the systems that own it.

Required sequence

Identify the user task and domain state.
Find the closest canonical pattern under patterns/.
Preserve its semantic elements, class structure, labels, IDs, and ARIA relationships.
Supply application content and rendered state.
Put non-native behavior in the consuming application/Limen.
Keep legal transitions, permissions, obligations, and scoring in Ordo/application state.
Run repository and site verification before claiming completion.

Concern	Owner
Typography, color, spacing, layout, responsive presentation	Forma
Checked/open/required/disabled and native state	Native HTML rendered by the application
Async search, ranking movement, rule editing	Application / Limen
Legal transitions, capabilities, obligations, permissions	Ordo/application domain state
Scores and assessment interpretation	Application domain logic

Add runtime JavaScript or WebAssembly to Forma.
Replace native HTML only to obtain a custom appearance.
Create duplicate components for presets an existing semantic pattern represents.
Infer domain meaning from color, order, or CSS state.
Make drag, hover, pointer input, or color the only usable path.
Fork a pattern in an application merely to change visual styling.

npm install
npm run build
npm run check
npm run site:check
./ros registry check
./ros validate

The repository source of truth for this contract is docs/AGENT-USAGE.md.