CAIN-42 invariant · E20

I100: authority contracts automatically on deterioration

Held · CAIN-42 Evolution 20 -- Governed Agentic Civilization Fabric

Last reviewed 2026-10-01

held   niche Identity, authority & delegation

What this rule means

CAIN-42 must always satisfy: authority contracts automatically on deterioration. It is one of 118 invariants checked for CAIN-42 Evolution 20 -- Governed Agentic Civilization Fabric. An invariant is a rule the system may never break, whatever an agent or attacker does; the test suite tries to break it across many scenarios and records the result.

Recorded detail

[
 [
  "NO_INSTITUTIONAL_AUTHORITY_FOR_CAPABILITY"
 ],
 [
  "INSTITUTION_CONTAINED",
  "NO_INSTITUTIONAL_AUTHORITY_FOR_CAPABILITY"
 ]
]

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Related rules

• I1: organization cannot create authority
• I2: institution cannot create authority
• I3: wealth cannot create authority
• I4: resources cannot create authority
• I5: reputation cannot create authority
• I6: membership cannot create authority
• I7: majority cannot create authority
• I9: negotiation cannot create authority

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