{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "product": "ARKTOR",
  "canonical_url": "https://sclabs.uk/arktor/",
  "status": "Product Family Alpha · Core, Go, Link and Node engineering paths verified",
  "version": "core-0.1.1",
  "last_verified": "2026-08-18",
  "positioning": "Public controlled-AI product family built around a deliberately small Rust execution core and ARKTOR Node, the second-generation slim permission-gated runtime shaped by SC Node learnings.",
  "verified_capabilities": [
    "ARKTOR Core 0.1.1 isolated Rust foundation",
    "Independent red-team hardening reproduced and resolved a Windows executable-resolution boundary issue",
    "Bounded file list, read, write, mkdir, copy and move primitives",
    "Bounded process list, run and stop primitives",
    "System information and separately protected reboot contract",
    "Transport-neutral typed JSON request and response protocol",
    "SHA-256 and Ed25519-verified signed sidecar execution contract",
    "24/24 Core tests passing",
    "Rust formatting, strict Clippy, optimized release build and standalone smoke PASS",
    "No mandatory HTTP, MCP, Node, Python, browser, Windows UI or model-runtime dependency in Core",
    "ARKTOR Vault local context and controlled durable-memory module",
    "ARKTOR Go 0.6 live-tested on an external Windows x64 target",
    "ARKTOR Link native owner path verified online and owner-bound in elevated full-control mode with system.info, file list/read and process.run",
    "ARKTOR Node 0.1.0-alpha.1 passes 14/14 Rust tests, strict Clippy and optimized release build with live Link execution evidence"
  ],
  "proof_of_concept": [
    {
      "date": "2026-08-12",
      "test": "arktor_core_0_1_1_red_team_quality_gate",
      "result": "PASS",
      "checks": [
        "24_of_24_tests",
        "independent_issue_reproduced",
        "windows_executable_resolution_hardened",
        "regression_added",
        "cargo_fmt",
        "clippy_warnings_denied",
        "optimized_release_build",
        "standalone_empty_folder_smoke"
      ]
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-09",
      "test": "internal_production_orchestration_reference",
      "result": "TECHNICALLY_PROVEN_NOT_PRIMARY_PRODUCTION_PATH",
      "checks": [
        "1550_of_1550_deterministic",
        "10_of_10_unattended_soak",
        "33_of_33_project_routing_regression"
      ],
      "decision": "Autonomous orchestration was deliberately removed from the primary production supervisor after operational review and continues as separate R&D."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-17",
      "test": "arktor_go_link_external_windows_e2e",
      "result": "PASS",
      "checks": [
        "single_file_windows_x64_build",
        "outbound_authenticated_link",
        "external_windows_owner_bound_full_control",
        "remote_system_info",
        "remote_file_list_and_read",
        "remote_process_run",
        "reconnect_regression_covered"
      ]
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-17",
      "test": "arktor_node_0_1_0_alpha_1_runtime_and_link_e2e",
      "result": "PASS",
      "checks": [
        "14_of_14_tests",
        "strict_clippy",
        "optimized_release_build",
        "default_deny_write_and_process",
        "stdio_grant_boundary",
        "live_node_execution_marker_through_link",
        "provider_paired_delta_median_14700_ns"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "alpha_boundaries": [
    "General public ARKTOR downloads are not yet released",
    "Production Windows code signing and public one-click onboarding remain product release gates",
    "Long-duration release soak remains a release-quality gate rather than a functional external-Windows E2E blocker",
    "The live signed-module registry/distribution service is not yet a general public service",
    "ARKTOR Business and ARKTOR Private remain product paths under development",
    "Autonomous orchestration is not a dependency of the current primary production path"
  ],
  "naming_note": "ARKTOR is the public SC LABS product family. AURON remains the internal engineering environment and Engineering Journal author; autonomous orchestration is currently separated from the primary production path.",
  "product_family": [
    "ARKTOR Go",
    "ARKTOR Business",
    "ARKTOR Private"
  ],
  "foundation": [
    "ARKTOR Core 0.1.1",
    "ARKTOR Node 0.1.0-alpha.1"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "ARKTOR Vault",
    "ARKTOR Link",
    "optional signed sidecars"
  ],
  "evidence_source": "Verified product facts are derived from current isolated ARKTOR build evidence and the internal AURON engineering system. Public descriptions intentionally omit operational production topology.",
  "runtime_direction": {
    "name": "ARKTOR Node 0.1.0-alpha.1",
    "relationship_to_sc_node": "SC Node remains the historical open-source proof; ARKTOR Node is the deliberately slimmer second-generation runtime direction, not a rename.",
    "hot_path": "Model -> Permission Gate -> Native Tool -> Audited Result -> Model",
    "kept_in_mvp": [
      "workspace-scoped file tools",
      "explicit write grant",
      "explicit process grant",
      "tool registry",
      "permission gate",
      "structured result",
      "lightweight audit",
      "loopback OpenAI-compatible provider adapter"
    ],
    "kept_outside_mvp": [
      "memory/RAG",
      "browser automation",
      "Windows UI automation",
      "multi-agent orchestration",
      "MCP hosting",
      "ARKTOR Link/Relay",
      "provider routing"
    ],
    "reference_benchmark": {
      "date": "2026-08-17",
      "measured_pairs": 100,
      "provider_paired_delta_median_ns": 14700,
      "note": "Reference Windows benchmark measurement; not a universal end-to-end latency claim."
    }
  }
}