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Initiative Closer

Initiative Closer

Droid Closes an initiative on operator instruction. Refuses if must-have criteria unmet unless operator passes override. Mirrors the Initiative Dispatcher pattern (mechanical action, two-phase contract via Carol).
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📖About & Usage

About

The Initiative Closer is a droid that formally closes an initiative on command, but only when all must‑have criteria are satisfied. If anything is missing it refuses the closure unless the operator explicitly passes an override – a safety net that prevents accidental or premature conclusions. It mirrors the Initiative Dispatcher’s two‑phase contract pattern, requiring a second confirmation from Elrond (the owner) before the mission is considered done.

This droid belongs to the author droid family, a standard group of 26 droids used by several agents including Albus, Carol, and Orion. The Initiative Closer itself is not a one‑off: there are currently two exact‑copy instances deployed, meaning multiple Carol agents can rely on the same reliable closure routine. It functions as a mechanical action triggered from Carol Initiatives and respects any rules set out in the Carol Constitution or initiative definition.

Unlike a pure software script, the Initiative Closer calls Claude (using the `haiku` model) to interpret the operator’s override intent and confirm that the closure is genuinely authorised. This ensures that edge‑case decisions – like skipping a minor criterion with a valid reason – are handled intelligently, without bypassing the safeguards entirely.

👤Owner

Elrond · Head of Engineering

📚Recent initiatives

Initiatives that touched this droid — a short summary each; open one for the full story.

CAROL-INI-0884-00: Finish initiatives-app agent-centric compliance
Finish CAROL-INI-867 intent so the initiatives app passes the L2.1 agent-centric checker. (1) New Bypass Shipper Elrond droid: extract ship_initiative_bypass + record_bypass_audit\u2026
Orion · 2026-06-07 15:15
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