AI Design Blueprint

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• principles.list

  List Blueprint doctrine with stable slugs, titles, and clusters. The lens selects which of the three public doctrines: 'architecture' = the 10 agentic principles (default, the architect.validate rubric); 'surface' = the 8 experience-design laws (the design.validate rubric); 'spec' = the 8 spec-quality laws (the spec.validate rubric). Use this when you need the full inventory or want every entry in one cluster (pass cluster slug to filter). Prefer principles.search when the user describes a topic, failure mode, or keyword in natural language. Prefer principles.get when you already know the exact slug and need full detail.

• clusters.list

  List all principle clusters with their stable slugs and linked principle titles. Use this to discover which clusters exist before drilling in with clusters.get or filtering principles.list by cluster. Prefer clusters.get when you already know the cluster slug and need full detail.

• principles.get

  Get one doctrine entry by stable slug. The lens selects the doctrine: 'architecture' = one of the 10 agentic principles (default); 'surface' = one of the 8 experience-design laws; 'spec' = one of the 8 spec-quality laws. Returns id, title, cluster, definition, rationale, implications, and risk-if-violated (laws also carry their eponym and validator_questions). Use this when you already have the exact slug from principles.list; prefer principles.search when the user describes a topic or failure mode in natural language; prefer principles.list when you need every entry or every entry within a cluster. Returns error_payload on unknown slug for the lens.

• clusters.get

  Get one principle cluster by stable slug. Returns the cluster definition, shared rationale, and the full set of member principles (slug + title) so the caller can pivot into principles.get without a second list call. WHEN TO CALL: the user has already named a specific cluster (e.g. 'delegation', 'visibility', 'trust', 'orchestration') OR you have a slug from a prior clusters.list / principles.list response and need its full definition + member principles. The response embeds member principle slugs + titles already, so DO NOT loop principles.get over each member to get a cluster overview: read the response. WHEN NOT TO CALL: the user is describing a topic, failure mode, or keyword in natural language (call principles.search instead); the user wants to discover which clusters exist (call clusters.list); the user wants the definition of one specific principle (call principles.get directly). Idempotent + cacheable per slug. Returns 404-shaped error_payload on unknown slug: the slug must ma

• examples.get

  Get one curated example by stable slug. Returns title, summary, source-code links, principle coverage (the principle slugs the example demonstrates), difficulty, library/framework, and implementation notes. Use this when you already have the slug from examples.search, a principles.get response, or a guide cross-link; prefer examples.search when filtering by topic / principle / difficulty / library; prefer guides.get when the caller wants a full walkthrough rather than a single reference example. Returns error_payload on unknown slug. Some entries are first-party agentic patterns (entry_kind='pattern') rather than upstream cookbook examples: those additionally return pattern_slug, pattern_family, when_to_use, doctrine_relations (each {principle_id, relation, note, code_ref} where relation is one of structural / default_gap / depends), prior_art, and doctrine_binding_basis. Every other row omits those seven keys.

• principles.search

  Search Blueprint principles by free-text query and return the closest matches ranked by relevance. Use this to find principles related to a specific design challenge, failure mode, or keyword (e.g. 'reversibility', 'approval flow', 'delegation boundary'). Returns principle title, cluster, definition, rationale, and implementation heuristics. Prefer this over principles.list when you have a specific topic in mind rather than wanting all principles. The lens picks the doctrine searched: 'architecture' = the 10 agentic principles (default), 'surface' = the 8 experience-design laws, 'spec' = the 8 spec-quality laws, 'all' = all 26 (each result then names its lens). Laws also match on their eponym (e.g. 'Hick', 'Fitts').

• examples.search

  Search curated examples by free-text query, ranked by relevance, with optional filters: principle_ids (only examples covering those principles), difficulty (beginner/intermediate/advanced), library (e.g. 'langgraph', 'openai'). Returns each match's slug, title, summary, principle coverage, difficulty, library, and source-code link: slug is the handle examples.get hydrates. Default limit 5, capped server-side. Use this when the user describes a use case, technique, or library and wants matching examples; prefer examples.get when you already have the slug; prefer guides.search when the user wants a full walkthrough; prefer principles.search when the user wants doctrine guidance, not an implementation. Results may include first-party agentic patterns (entry_kind='pattern') carrying an explicit doctrine binding, see examples.get. Filter to one family with pattern_family, which implies patterns only. Patterns take a small relevance preference over generic examples when otherwise equally rel

• assets.list

  Public: list downloadable doctrine and agent asset artifacts (skill packs, rule packs, MCP setup snippets) the user can drop into their AI coding tool to import the Blueprint as native skill/rule files. Returns a list of assets with name, format (one of: zip / md / markdown / mdc / json / toml / text, the full vocabulary), pack_version, download_url, and platform target (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini, Qwen). The response also carries `count` (length of `assets`) for symmetry with principles.list / clusters.list / guides.list. WHEN TO CALL: the user asks how to bring the Blueprint into their coding agent, or wants to install it as a local skill/rule file. WHEN NOT TO CALL: for the live MCP tools themselves, those are already available through this server. For doctrine content, prefer principles.list/get and guides.list/get. BEHAVIOR: read-only, idempotent, no auth required. Asset artefacts are regenerated on every deploy from the canonical doctrine.

• guides.list

  List application guides that show how Blueprint principles apply to engineering challenges (security, evaluation, observability, etc.). Use this to discover which guides exist before drilling in. Prefer guides.search when the user describes a topic or failure mode in natural language. Prefer guides.get when you already know the guide slug and need full detail.

• guides.get

  Get a full application guide by its stable slug (e.g. 'security-application', 'observable-evaluation'). Returns sections, action items, and linked principles. Use this when you already have the guide slug from guides.list or guides.search. Prefer guides.search when the user describes a topic in natural language; prefer guides.list when you need the full inventory.

• guides.search

  Search application guides by free-text query, matched against section answers and action items. Use this when the user describes an engineering challenge (security review, evaluation harness, observability) and wants matching guides. Prefer guides.get when you already have the guide slug; prefer guides.list when you need the full inventory.

• signals.report

  Records a value moment (e.g. review_confidence, runtime_risk_found, workflow_clarity) after a successful validate run on any lens (architect.validate, design.validate, or spec.validate) or a doctrine session. Each event stores event_type, surface_used (mcp or the site section), perceived_value (1-5), and an optional short free-text note, brief_context (up to 500 characters). WHEN TO CALL: after architect.validate, design.validate, or spec.validate returns a clearly useful result AND the user has acknowledged the value (or you ask them "would you rate this 1-5?"). Each validator's response carries an explicit next_step instruction telling the agent to OFFER this call; surface that offer to the user. WHEN NOT TO CALL: silently or without the user's awareness; on every validate (only after a clear value moment); to capture intent or speculative value. If the user declines, do not retry within the same session. BEHAVIOR: write-only, single insert into ValueEvent. Auth: sign-in required, wi

• signals.feedback

  Public: records explicit free-text user feedback about the Blueprint, this tool surface, or a specific principle/example. Captures category (bug, doctrine_critique, missing_example, ergonomics, other), free-text body, and optional contact_email when permission_to_follow_up is true. WHEN TO CALL: ONLY when the user explicitly says they want to give feedback (e.g. 'can you log this as feedback', 'file this critique', 'send a bug report'). Use signals.report instead for value-moment metrics (rating validate's output 1-5). WHEN NOT TO CALL: proactively, silently, or to substitute for signals.report. Never harvest contact info without explicit permission_to_follow_up=true. BEHAVIOR: write-only, no auth required (open to all callers). Stores one feedback record, at rest in the UK. contact_email is stored ONLY when permission_to_follow_up=true, and that fact is confirmed back in the response so the user can see the privacy boundary. When permission_to_follow_up=true AND a valid contact_email

• architect.validate

  Pro/Teams: first-pass doctrine review of agentic code/workflow against the 10-principle AI Design Blueprint doctrine. ON CLIENT TIMEOUT: DO NOT RETRY THIS TOOL. Long-running LLM call (60-180s typical); MCP clients commonly close the call before the server returns. Retrying re-runs the 60-180s LLM call from scratch and burns compute. RECOVERY: the run_id is emitted in the FIRST notifications/progress event at t=0s (before the LLM call begins), capture it. On timeout, call `me.validation_history(run_id='<that-id>')` to fetch the persisted result; the server-side run completes independently within a 6-minute budget. Edge case: if the connection closed before the first progress notification (very rare; sub-second window), call `me.validation_history(repository='<same value you passed here>')` to find your most recent run. TASK-AUGMENTED INVOCATION (MCP 2025-11-25, SEP-1686): clients that advertise the `tasks` capability can task-augment this call by including `task: {ttl: <ms>}` inside the

• design.validate

  Pro/Teams: first-pass surface-craft review of a FRONTEND artefact (component, screen, or flow) against the 8 laws of the Experience Design Blueprint. The surface-craft companion to architect.validate: where architect.validate scores agentic ARCHITECTURE against the 10 agentic principles, design.validate scores the PERCEPTIBLE SURFACE, what the user sees, taps, scans, and remembers (Jakob's familiarity, Hick's choice load, Fitts's targets + the accessibility floor, Miller's working-memory budget, Aesthetic-Usability, Peak-End, Tesler's irreducible complexity, the Mental-Model gap). ON CLIENT TIMEOUT: DO NOT RETRY. Long-running LLM call (~60-180s at high reasoning effort, single-pass). The server mints a run_id, emits it in the FIRST progress event at t=0s (before the LLM call), and persists the run: so on a client timeout, capture that run_id and call me.validation_history(run_id='<that-id>') to fetch the persisted result instead of retrying (a retry re-runs the full 60-180s call). Runs

• spec.validate

  Pro/Teams: first-pass specification-quality review of a WRITTEN SPEC (proposal, design doc, task breakdown, or an OpenSpec-style change bundle) against the 8 laws of the Spec Quality Blueprint. The what-to-build lens of the doctrine trio, applied BEFORE code exists: where architect.validate scores built agentic ARCHITECTURE and design.validate scores the rendered SURFACE, spec.validate scores the written intent the team will build from (outcome framing, scope boundary, testable acceptance, decision trail, handoff completeness, doctrine-upfront, task traceability, risk and reversibility). ON CLIENT TIMEOUT: DO NOT RETRY. Long-running LLM call (~60-180s at high reasoning effort, single-pass). The server mints a run_id, emits it in the FIRST progress event at t=0s (before the LLM call), and persists the run: so on a client timeout, capture that run_id and call me.validation_history(run_id='<that-id>') to fetch the persisted result instead of retrying (a retry re-runs the full 60-180s call

• architect.validate_consensus

  Pro/Teams: N-shot CONSENSUS doctrine review of agentic code. ON CLIENT TIMEOUT: DO NOT RETRY THIS TOOL. Long-running (~80-120s for N=3 parallel LLM calls); MCP clients often close the call before the server returns. Retrying re-runs N × 60-180s LLM calls from scratch and burns N× compute. RECOVERY: same heartbeat pattern as architect.validate, the run_id is emitted in the FIRST progress event at t=0s (before LLM children fire); on timeout, call `me.validation_history(run_id='<that-id>')` to fetch the persisted consensus envelope. Runs N parallel `architect.validate` calls with private_session=True, then aggregates them to a per-principle MODE verdict + median severity + per-principle stability + score range/stdev. Returns one ConsensusValidationResponse with the headline median score, the honest variance band, and a representative full ValidationResponse (the child whose score is closest to the median). WHEN TO CALL: the user wants an HONEST first-pass score on agentic code, with the a

• architect.certify

  Pro/Teams: second-pass adversarial certification of an architect.validate run that scored production_ready (A or B first-pass tier). ON CLIENT TIMEOUT: DO NOT RETRY THIS TOOL. **RECOVERY FIRST**: the run_id is emitted in the FIRST notifications/progress event at t=0s (BEFORE the LLM call begins). Capture it. On timeout, call `me.validation_history(run_id='<that-id>')` to fetch the persisted cert verdict; the server-side run completes independently within a 6-minute budget. This is the canonical recovery path. Use it before considering any retry. Long-running LLM call (60-180s typical; exceeds Claude Code's ~60s idle budget); MCP clients commonly close the call before the server returns. Retrying re-runs the LLM call AND burns one of your 3 cert retry-budget attempts. Mints the certified production_ready badge when both reviewers sign off; caps the run to C/emerging when the second pass surfaces a missed production_blocker. MANDATORY DOCTRINE RULE (load-bearing): the badge certifies the

• team.summarize

  Teams/Enterprise: summarises the caller's tool-usage patterns and value signals over a configurable window (default 30 days). Returns period_days, most_used_tools (call counts and average latency), value_events by event_type, observed_usage_stage, validator_lenses_used, recommended_next_assets and private_session. WHEN TO CALL: the user asks 'how is the Blueprint helping me/my team', 'what should I explore next', or 'show me my Blueprint usage'. WHEN NOT TO CALL: proactively or on every conversation turn (the summary is an explicit retrospective, not telemetry); to compare users (returns only the caller's own data). BEHAVIOR: read-only, idempotent over the same window. Aggregates from your tool-call log and value events. Pass private_session=true to skip the per-call tool-usage record for this read; the historical data being summarised is unchanged. Auth: Bearer <token>, Teams or Enterprise plan; every other plan is refused. Data at rest in the UK.

• me.learning_path

  Authenticated: returns the caller's Blueprint learning-path state: current course slug, stage progress, certification status (Foundation, Practitioner, Capstone), Capstone track eligibility flags, and the next recommended stage. WHEN TO CALL: the user asks 'where am I', 'what's next', or 'am I Capstone-eligible'; before suggesting next-step coaching content. WHEN NOT TO CALL: as a heartbeat (state changes only when the user completes a stage); to read another user's progress. BEHAVIOR: read-only, idempotent. Auth: Bearer <token> (any plan, including basic). Returns user_email, course_slug, stages list with completion timestamps, certification block, and a next_stage hint.

• me.coaching_context

  Authenticated: returns stages in the caller's active course where recorded evidence is thin relative to the stage's principle requirements. Each thin stage carries the missing principle slugs + a short diagnostic so the caller can suggest the user record concrete evidence. WHEN TO CALL: when the user asks 'what should I work on next' or 'what's weak in my Blueprint progress'; before suggesting which guide/example to consult. Pair with me.add_evidence to close gaps. WHEN NOT TO CALL: to lecture the user on principles they have already satisfied; on every conversation turn (state changes only when evidence is added). BEHAVIOR: read-only, idempotent. Auth: Bearer <token> (any plan). Returns thin_stages list with stage slug, course slug, missing principles, evidence_count, and a coaching_note.

• me.add_evidence

  Authenticated: append a free-text evidence note to a specific stage in the caller's active course. Notes record concrete implementation observations, decisions, or artefacts that demonstrate progress through a Blueprint principle (e.g. how a delegation boundary was implemented, what approval flow was chosen and why). Persisted as UserStageEvidence rows scoped to (user_id, course_slug, stage_slug). WHEN TO CALL: AFTER the user has articulated something concrete they have built, observed, or decided, not to capture intent or speculation. Pair with me.coaching_context to close evidence gaps. WHEN NOT TO CALL: to log every conversation turn; to record planning, ideas, or todos; on behalf of another user; without the user's awareness (they should know their progress is being recorded). BEHAVIOR: write-only, single insert. Auth: Bearer <token> (any plan). Data at rest in the UK. Notes are visible only to the owning user and are surfaced on me.learning_path / me.coaching_context. Confirms the

• me.sessions

  Pro/Teams: list or inspect the authenticated user's Governed Sessions (GEP-M2): durable, owner-scoped containers that group validation runs across lenses (architect.validate → 'architecture', design.validate → 'surface', spec.validate → 'spec') into one timeline for one piece of work. Two modes: (1) No arguments returns every session (id, title, status, repo_url, spec_ref, team_agents, run_count, validators = the lenses seen), newest first. (2) `session_id=<id>` returns that session plus its run timeline (light rows; fetch full results per run via me.validation_history(run_id=...)) and, for team sessions, `events` = the typed team-event log posted via me.session_event. Attach new runs by passing `session_id` to architect.validate, design.validate, or spec.validate. Sessions are created and managed in the web app at /app/sessions. Read-only. Auth: sign-in required, with an active Pro, Pro Plus, Teams, Enterprise, beta, or trial plan.

• me.session_event

  Pro/Teams: append a TYPED TEAM EVENT to a Governed Session's timeline (GEP-M6). This is how the user's own harness makes trio work inspectable: handoffs between role lenses, pushbacks, plan previews, gates, and acks land as structured events next to the validation runs, so the session reads as a system, not a transcript. CHANNEL PROVENANCE: this MCP channel posts the AGENT-SIDE vocabulary only. `steer` events and actor `human` are AIDB Studio-originated by contract (the owner posts them from the AIDB Studio session surface) and are REFUSED here, so a timeline entry can never impersonate the human side of the loop. Every event posted here is durably stamped with its channel. REQUIRES team mode: the session must have team_agents enabled (toggled in the web app on the session page); posting to a standalone session is refused so non-team sessions stay byte-identical. Owner-scoped: foreign session ids read as not found. event_type: handoff | pushback | plan_preview | gate | ack. actor: pm |

• me.await_steer

  Pro/Teams. BLOCK until the session owner posts the next `steer` event to a Governed Session from AIDB Studio, then return it. DELIVERY GUARANTEE: the durable cursor read against the session log is authoritative (at-least-once: a lost response is safely re-issuable with the same cursor, and timed_out is only returned after a final confirming read). The in-between wake-up is a best-effort in-process push: usually sub-second, but a steer is never lost if a wake-up is missed; the confirming read catches it. See the after_event_id and timeout_s parameter descriptions for the semantics. THE LOOP: finish a task -> post me.session_event handoff -> call me.await_steer -> on a steer, FIRST post me.session_event event_type=ack ('Started: <steer gist>'), then execute, then handoff, then call me.await_steer again; on `timed_out`, call again with the returned after_event_id. REQUIRES team mode on the session (toggled by the owner in the web app); owner-scoped, so foreign session ids read as not foun

• me.validation_history

  Pro/Teams: return the authenticated user's validation run history for all three lenses (architect.validate → validator='architecture', design.validate → validator='surface', spec.validate → validator='spec') with the Blueprint Readiness Score (0-100), letter grade (A-F), and tier (draft, emerging, production_ready). Each run carries a `validator` field naming its lens. Three lookup modes: (1) `run_id=<id>` returns a SINGLE run with the full persisted result_json; use this to RECOVER a result when your MCP client tool-call timed out before architect.validate, design.validate, or spec.validate returned. The run completes server-side and persists; the run_id is surfaced in the first progress notification of every validate call so you have the recovery handle even when your client gives up early. (2) `repository=<name>` returns the full per-run trend for that repository plus a regression diff between the latest two runs. (3) No arguments returns one summary per repository the user has vali

• handoffs.operator

  Authenticated: creates a support handoff record when an agent needs human review, account-specific escalation, or operator follow-up that cannot be resolved with the read-only doctrine tools. Persists a SupportHandoff row (reason, topic, page_url, agent_name, agent_platform, trace_summary, user_email) routed to the support inbox; user is contacted by the team. WHEN TO CALL: user explicitly asks for human help, hits a billing/access issue, or the agent has tried the doctrine tools and the user still needs a human. ALWAYS confirm with the user before firing: this creates a human-visible ticket. WHEN NOT TO CALL: proactively, silently, or to log debugging traces (use diagnostic logs instead); for partnerships/agency enquiries (use handoffs.partnership / handoffs.agency); for content questions answerable by principles.search / guides.search. BEHAVIOR: write-only, single insert, side-effecting (creates a ticket the team will see). Auth: Bearer <token> (any plan). Data at rest in the UK. Res

• handoffs.partnership

  Authenticated: creates a partnerships handoff record for design-partner, ecosystem, training, or advisory conversations needing human review. Persists a PartnershipHandoff row routed to the partnerships inbox; the user is contacted by the team. WHEN TO CALL: user explicitly wants to engage as a design partner, co-marketing/training partner, or evaluate the Blueprint for their org's training programme. ALWAYS confirm with the user before firing: this creates a human-visible partnerships ticket. WHEN NOT TO CALL: for general support / billing / access issues (use handoffs.operator); for paid-engagement enquiries (use handoffs.agency); proactively or as a sales prompt, only when the user has explicitly asked. BEHAVIOR: write-only, single insert, side-effecting (creates a ticket). Auth: Bearer <token> (any plan). Data at rest in the UK. Response confirms the ticket id + audience so the user can reference it.

• handoffs.agency

  Authenticated: submit an agency engagement enquiry on behalf of the caller for a founder-led discovery call. Persists an AgencyHandoff row routed to the agency inbox; the user is contacted by the team for a scoped proposal. Engagement scopes: workflow sprint (rapid agentic workflow implementation), proof-of-concept (validate a specific agent design in a bounded timeframe), pilot support (co-design and validate a production-ready pilot), advisory (ongoing architectural guidance across a product team). WHEN TO CALL: the user has identified a paid hands-on expert engagement need beyond self-service learning, and explicitly asks to talk to the team or book a discovery call. ALWAYS confirm with the user before firing: this creates a sales-visible record. WHEN NOT TO CALL: for free training / partnerships discussion (use handoffs.partnership); for support / billing / access (use handoffs.operator); proactively or as a sales push. BEHAVIOR: write-only, single insert, side-effecting. Auth: Bea