ORRO

ORRO = Observed Run & Review Orchestrator.

ORRO is the Observed Run & Review Orchestrator.

ORRO is the user-facing workflow surface for observed agent execution and review.

Depone verifies; witnessd executes; ORRO exposes the workflow.

Current Status

Today:

• ORRO is the product and workflow surface for observed run and review.
• This repository keeps ORRO docs, product boundary, locks, thin wrapper package metadata, assurance contract checks, and integration-surface policy.
• The runnable orro command is ORRO-owned and delegates to witnessd.
• No standalone ORRO package has been published.
• The local wrapper package exposes both orro and orro-wrapper.

Current focus:

• Make AI-assisted work reviewable.
• Prevent handoff/report/proof/approval confusion.
• Grow automation only through checkpointed workflows.
• Keep integration surfaces plugin-first and MCP-optional.

Can I use ORRO today?

Yes for development dogfood through Depone and witnessd. No as a standalone published ORRO package.

Current split:

• ORRO owns the runnable orro workflow command surface and delegates execution to witnessd.
• This ORRO repository owns the product boundary, documentation, locks, wrapper package metadata, and assurance contracts.
• orro-wrapper remains a compatibility alias for the same wrapper module.

What ORRO Is

ORRO turns a goal into an evidence-governed workflow:

advise -> init/doctor/engine-lock -> scout -> flowplan -> proofrun -> proofcheck -> handoff -> report

This repository is the product, documentation, examples, distribution, and wrapper-planning home for ORRO.

What ORRO Is Not

This repository is not an execution engine, verifier engine, or monorepo migration.

• No Depone verifier implementation lives here.
• No witnessd runtime implementation lives here.
• No proofcheck logic is duplicated here.
• No proofrun, scheduler, observer, or team-lane logic is duplicated here.
• ORRO does not become a third engine.

Engine Repositories

• Depone: https://github.com/Moonweave-Systems/Depone
• witnessd: https://github.com/Moonweave-Systems/witnessd

Current command source: the orro command is exposed by this ORRO package and delegates to python -m orro.

Future goal: one user-facing ORRO install that pins compatible Depone and witnessd engine versions without merging the engines.

Pinned Engine E2E

ORRO repo e2e CI uses engine-lock/orro-e2e-engine-lock.json to checkout a pinned witnessd and Depone engine pair, then runs the local smoke runner against those checkouts. The e2e engine lock is distribution and CI metadata, not proof, not verifier truth, not approval, and not assurance.

The runner orchestrates engines but does not implement proofrun, proofcheck, runtime scheduling, observer, fan-in, team-ledger, or verifier logic.

Release Metadata

release/orro-release-manifest.v0.json records the current ORRO product release candidate metadata and the pinned engine pair validated by e2e CI. The release manifest is product/distribution metadata, not proof, not verifier truth, not approval, and not assurance. No ORRO package is published by this manifest.

Engine-lock update discipline is documented in docs/engine-lock-update-process.md, and validated engine pairs are listed in docs/compatibility-matrix.md. Published ORRO package remains future work.

Use scripts/update_orro_engine_lock.py for future pin updates so the e2e engine lock, release manifest, and compatibility matrix stay aligned. The helper edits metadata only; it does not fetch, execute engines, verify evidence, approve merge, or raise assurance.

Bootstrap Setup Planner

scripts/bootstrap_orro.py reads the pinned e2e engine lock and can produce a local setup plan, check existing witnessd and Depone checkouts, or explicitly prepare pinned checkouts when --execute --allow-network is supplied.

The bootstrap is setup/distribution orchestration. Bootstrap output is setup metadata, not proof, not verifier truth, not approval, and not assurance. It contains no engine code, does not implement proofrun or proofcheck, and does not run proofrun/proofcheck/handoff by default. The ORRO-owned orro command delegates runtime behavior to witnessd.

python3 scripts/bootstrap_orro.py \
  --dry-run \
  --workspace /tmp/orro-workspace \
  --json

Packaging Decision

docs/packaging-decision.md and packaging/wrapper-package-plan.v0.json record the v0 wrapper packaging decision. The packaging decision is product metadata, not proof, not verifier truth, not package publish, not approval, and not assurance.

The current command source is the ORRO-owned orro console script. Published ORRO package remains future work. Future wrapper work must contain no engine code and must not implement proofrun, proofcheck, scheduler, observer, fan-in, team-ledger, or verifier logic.

Pinned Engine Fallback

docs/pinned-engine-fallback.md and packaging/pinned-engine-fallback-policy.v0.json define the fail-closed fallback when pinned witnessd or Depone engines are missing, mismatched, or unavailable.

The fallback policy is product/distribution metadata, not proof, not verifier truth, not package publish, not approval, and not assurance. It forbids silently using latest main, rewriting the engine lock during bootstrap, or auto-selecting alternate engine commits. Moving to a different engine pair requires an intentional engine-lock update PR.

Thin Wrapper Skeleton

The ORRO-owned orro command is the thin wrapper surface in this repository. orro-wrapper remains a compatibility alias. Both can report wrapper boundary metadata and delegate commands to the existing witnessd engine command.

python3 -m pip install -e .
orro-wrapper boundary
orro boundary
orro-wrapper self-test
orro-wrapper delegate -- --help

The wrapper is not proof, not verifier truth, not package publish, not approval, and not assurance. It contains no engine code and does not implement proofrun or proofcheck.

The wrapper install smoke verifies the editable package and installed orro and orro-wrapper console scripts without publishing a package or calling engine repos:

python3 scripts/check_orro_wrapper_install.py --json

The install smoke is setup/test metadata, not proof, not verifier truth, not package publish, not approval, and not assurance.

Wrapper Distribution Smoke

The wrapper distribution smoke builds a local wheel, installs it into a temporary virtual environment, and verifies that orro and orro-wrapper are exposed:

python3 scripts/check_orro_wrapper_distribution.py --json --allow-network

The distribution smoke checks that the wheel contains no Depone or witnessd packages and no proofrun/proofcheck runtime implementation files. The explicit network flag authorizes pip build isolation to provision the declared setuptools>=61 build requirement in a clean build environment.

The distribution smoke is local test metadata, not proof, not verifier truth, not package publish, not approval, and not assurance.

ORRO Command Migration

The executable orro command is ORRO-owned, thin, and delegates to witnessd. The command migration is documented in docs/orro-command-migration.md.

The migration does not publish a package, does not move engine code, and does not change verifier or runtime semantics. orro-wrapper remains a compatibility command for the same thin wrapper module.

scripts/check_orro_command_migration_dry_run.py is the dry-run harness for the former plan-only wave. Dry-run metadata is not proof; committed package metadata is now the command ownership source of truth.

Install Reality

git clone https://github.com/Moonweave-Systems/Depone.git
git clone https://github.com/Moonweave-Systems/witnessd.git
cd witnessd
python3 -m pip install -e .
orro init --home .witnessd --depone-root ../Depone

For the local ORRO wrapper package:

cd ORRO
python3 -m pip install -e .
orro-wrapper boundary
orro boundary
orro-wrapper self-test

The wrapper is product/distribution metadata and a thin delegation surface. It is not proof, not verifier truth, not package publish, not approval, and not assurance.

Normal ORRO Loop

orro advise "fix parser bug" --repo . --home .witnessd --json
orro init --home .witnessd --depone-root ../Depone
orro doctor --home .witnessd --json
orro engine-lock --home .witnessd --out .witnessd/orro-engine-lock.json
orro scout "fix parser bug" --repo . --home .witnessd
orro flowplan "fix parser bug" --root . --profile code-change --out .witnessd/workflow-plan.json
orro proofrun "fix parser bug" --repo . --home .witnessd --workflow-plan .witnessd/workflow-plan.json
orro proofcheck .witnessd/runs/<run-dir> --home .witnessd --out .witnessd/runs/<run-dir>/proofcheck-verdict.json
orro handoff .witnessd/runs/<run-dir> --out .witnessd/runs/<run-dir>/orro-handoff.json
orro report .witnessd/runs/<run-dir> --home .witnessd

Trust Boundaries

• Workflow plans are intent, not proof.
• Role-lane plans are executable intent, not proof.
• Reports are summaries, not proof.
• Handoff is review packaging, not merge approval.
• Engine-lock is distribution metadata, not proof.
• Depone proofcheck is the verifier.
• witnessd executes and emits evidence.
• ORRO exposes the workflow.

Phase 0 Evidence Limitations

The current Phase 0 safety patch makes release claims narrower while the evidence substrate is being hardened. ORRO version metadata, wrapper smokes, and engine locks are product/distribution checks. They are not proof of code correctness, complete artifact binding, full tamper resistance, or verifier truth. Evidence-core gaps such as complete artifact indexing, runlog chain-hardening, and provider event normalization remain Phase 1 work.

Documentation

• Architecture
• Install
• Workflow Reference
• ORRO Strategic Review Spec
• Security Policy
• Contributing
• Workstyle Doctrine
• Evidence Model
• Engine Contract
• Product Reality Check
• E2E Smoke Contract
• E2E Smoke Runner
• Engine-Lock Update Process
• Compatibility Matrix
• Bootstrap
• Packaging Decision
• Pinned Engine Fallback
• ORRO Command Migration
• Thin Wrapper
• Wrapper Distribution Smoke
• Repository Strategy

Compatibility

Superflow/superflow remains historical compatibility naming in engine repos. New product documentation should use ORRO/orro.