# Venture-Autonomy Status Report

**Report Type:** QA Matrix & Health Atlas
**Generated:** 2026-02-21
**Auditor:** AI Agent (Claude Opus 4.6)

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## Executive Summary

| Metric | Score | Status |
|--------|-------|--------|
| **Overall Health** | 3/10 | 🟡 SPEC-ONLY PHASE |
| **Documentation Completeness** | 9/10 | ✅ Excellent |
| **Implementation Progress** | 0/10 | 🔴 None |
| **Architecture Quality** | 9/10 | ✅ Excellent |
| **Test Coverage** | 0/10 | 🔴 None |
| **FR Coverage (Designed)** | 100% | ✅ Complete |
| **FR Coverage (Implemented)** | 0% | 🔴 Not Started |

**Verdict:** Project is specification-only with no implementation. Architecture is well-designed with 45+ comprehensive functional requirements, 6 detailed user journeys, and 35 WBS tasks across 7 milestones. Ready for implementation kickoff.

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## Project Overview

| Aspect | Value |
|--------|-------|
| **Name** | Venture (Parpour repository) |
| **Purpose** | Autonomous AI economic civilization - venture orchestration platform |
| **Stack** | Python (FastAPI/FastMCP), PostgreSQL, NATS JetStream, Redis |
| **Orchestration** | process-compose |
| **Target Users** | Founders, Finance Controllers, External Auditors |

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## Current Codebase State

### Implementation Status

| Component | Status | LOC | Tests | Notes |
|-----------|--------|-----|-------|-------|
| `control-plane-api` | ❌ Not Started | 0 | 0 | REST + WebSocket for founders |
| `policy-engine` | ❌ Not Started | 0 | 0 | Tool allowlist, validation |
| `artifact-compiler` | ❌ Not Started | 0 | 0 | IR → render → export |
| `treasury-api` | ❌ Not Started | 0 | 0 | Authorization, double-entry ledger |
| `compliance-engine` | ❌ Not Started | 0 | 0 | Policy evaluation, audit trail |
| `venture-orchestrator` | ❌ Not Started | 0 | 0 | DAG execution, L1/L2/L3 dispatch |
| `agent-runtime` | ❌ Not Started | 0 | 0 | L1/L2/L3 agent execution |
| `ledger-db` | ❌ Not Started | 0 | 0 | PostgreSQL schema |
| `event-bus` | ❌ Not Started | 0 | 0 | NATS JetStream config |

**Total Implementation:** 0 lines of code

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## Functional Requirements Audit

### By Domain

| Domain | FR Count | Designed | Implemented | Tested | Coverage |
|--------|----------|----------|-------------|--------|----------|
| **ORCH** (Orchestration) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| **TREAS** (Treasury) | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| **ARTIF** (Artifact Compiler) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| **COMPL** (Compliance) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| **AGENT** (Agent Runtime) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| **CTRL** (Control Plane) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| **XC** (Cross-Cutting) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| **TOTAL** | **48** | **48** | **0** | **0** | **0%** |

### Critical P0 Requirements Status

| FR ID | Description | Priority | Status |
|-------|-------------|----------|--------|
| FR-VNT-ORCH-001 | Portfolio Management API | P0 | ❌ Not Started |
| FR-VNT-ORCH-002 | Workstream DAG Execution | P0 | ❌ Not Started |
| FR-VNT-ORCH-003 | L1/L2/L3 Task Dispatch | P0 | ❌ Not Started |
| FR-VNT-TREAS-001 | Money Intent Creation | P0 | ❌ Not Started |
| FR-VNT-TREAS-002 | Authorization Decision (Default-Deny) | P0 | ❌ Not Started |
| FR-VNT-TREAS-003 | Double-Entry Ledger | P0 | ❌ Not Started |
| FR-VNT-ARTIF-001 | Artifact IR Registration | P0 | ❌ Not Started |
| FR-VNT-ARTIF-002 | Deterministic Build & Replay | P0 | ❌ Not Started |
| FR-VNT-COMPL-001 | Policy Rule Evaluation | P0 | ❌ Not Started |
| FR-VNT-COMPL-002 | Audit Trail | P0 | ❌ Not Started |
| FR-VNT-AGENT-001 | L2 Specialist Agent Dispatch | P0 | ❌ Not Started |
| FR-VNT-AGENT-002 | Tool Permission Checking | P0 | ❌ Not Started |
| FR-VNT-CTRL-001 | Founder Task Submission API | P0 | ❌ Not Started |
| FR-VNT-CTRL-003 | Kill-Switch (Global Pause) | P0 | ❌ Not Started |

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## User Journey Readiness

| Journey | Description | Readiness | Blockers |
|---------|-------------|-----------|----------|
| **UJ-1** | Founder onboarding → first revenue | 0% | All components missing |
| **UJ-2** | Portfolio review & rebalancing | 0% | No portfolio, no metrics |
| **UJ-3** | Treasury crisis → freeze → resolution | 0% | No treasury, no alerts |
| **UJ-4** | New venture launch | 0% | No venture system |
| **UJ-5** | Compliance audit (90-day evidence) | 0% | No audit trail |
| **UJ-6** | Scale-up expansion | 0% | No scaling system |

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## Architecture Assessment

### Strengths ✅

1. **Event Sourcing**: Immutable events, no CRUD for state, full audit trail
2. **Default-Deny Authorization**: Treasury requires explicit approval for all spend
3. **Double-Entry Ledger**: Financial integrity guaranteed
4. **L1/L2/L3 Agent Hierarchy**: Scalable dispatch model
5. **Tamper-Evident Logs**: Checksum chains, cryptographic signatures
6. **Policy-Driven**: All actions flow through policy engine
7. **Workload Identity**: Short-lived credentials per task
8. **Multi-Provider Artifact**: Claude, Veo, Banana fallback routing

### Design Quality

| Aspect | Rating | Notes |
|--------|--------|-------|
| Service decomposition | ✅ Excellent | Clear bounded contexts |
| Data flow design | ✅ Excellent | Intent → Policy → Auth → Execute → Audit |
| Security model | ✅ Excellent | mTLS, tool allowlists, workload identity |
| Scalability model | ✅ Good | NATS cluster, PG HA, horizontal agents |
| Failure handling | ✅ Good | Retries, timeouts, escalation |
| Compliance built-in | ✅ Excellent | DSAR, deletion, audit trail first-class |

### Potential Issues 🔴

| Issue | Risk | Mitigation |
|-------|------|------------|
| Python performance | Medium | Consider Rust for hot paths (policy engine) |
| NATS complexity | Low | Good documentation, established tech |
| L3 subprocess management | Medium | Need robust timeout/signal handling |
| Determinism for artifacts | Medium | Non-deterministic providers (Veo, Banana) |
| Cross-crate sharing with civ | Low | Could share policy engine, event schemas |

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## Milestone Progress (PLAN.md)

| Milestone | Description | Tasks | Progress | Dependencies |
|-----------|-------------|-------|----------|--------------|
| **M0** | Foundation | 5 | 0% | None |
| **M1** | Core Services | 6 | 0% | M0 |
| **M2** | Treasury & Compliance | 5 | 0% | M1 |
| **M3** | Agent Runtime | 6 | 0% | M1 |
| **M4** | Artifact Compiler | 5 | 0% | M1 |
| **M5** | Control Plane | 4 | 0% | M2, M3, M4 |
| **M6** | Integration | 4 | 0% | M5 |

**Critical Path:** M0 → M1 → M2/M3/M4 (parallel) → M5 → M6

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## Critical Gaps (Top 10)

| # | Gap | Impact | Recommendation |
|---|-----|--------|----------------|
| 1 | No code at all | Blocking all work | Create project scaffold |
| 2 | No database schema | No state storage | Design PostgreSQL tables |
| 3 | No event envelope | No event sourcing | Define EventEnvelopeV1 |
| 4 | No FastAPI services | No REST endpoints | Create service stubs |
| 5 | No NATS config | No event bus | Set up JetStream |
| 6 | No process-compose | No orchestration | Create compose.yaml |
| 7 | No policy rules | No authorization | Define rule schema |
| 8 | No tool layer | No agent tools | Implement tool allowlist |
| 9 | No test framework | Quality risk | Add pytest + coverage |
| 10 | No CI/CD | Regression risk | Add GitHub Actions |

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## Recommended Next Steps

### Immediate (Week 1-2) - M0 Foundation

1. **Create project scaffold**:
   - `pyproject.toml` with FastAPI, asyncpg, nats-py, redis
   - Directory structure per service
   - Dockerfile + docker-compose for local dev

2. **Database schema**:
   - Create `ledger-db` schema with events, workflows, tasks tables
   - Add append-only constraint on events
   - Add audit_checkpoints table

3. **Event envelope**:
   - Define `EventEnvelopeV1` TypedDict
   - Create event emitter utility
   - Add NATS JetStream config

4. **First service stub**:
   - Create `control-plane-api` with `/health` endpoint
   - Add process-compose entry
   - Add basic logging

### Short-term (Week 3-6) - M1 Core

1. **Policy engine**:
   - Tool allowlist schema
   - Policy validation endpoint
   - Redis caching

2. **Treasury API**:
   - Money intent creation
   - Authorization decision logic
   - Double-entry ledger posting

3. **Venture orchestrator**:
   - Portfolio management endpoints
   - Task queue management
   - L3 worker pool (subprocess spawning)

### Medium-term (Week 7-12) - M2/M3/M4

1. **Agent runtime**: L2 specialist agents + L3 copilot integration
2. **Compliance engine**: Rule evaluation, audit trail, DSAR
3. **Artifact compiler**: IR schemas, build pipeline, provenance

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## Technology Stack Assessment

| Component | Choice | Alternatives | Verdict |
|-----------|--------|--------------|---------|
| **Language** | Python | Rust, Go | ✅ Good for LLM integration, fast dev |
| **Web Framework** | FastAPI | Flask, Django | ✅ Excellent (async, OpenAPI) |
| **Database** | PostgreSQL | MySQL, CockroachDB | ✅ Excellent (ACID, RLS) |
| **Message Bus** | NATS JetStream | Kafka, RabbitMQ | ✅ Good (simpler than Kafka) |
| **Cache** | Redis | Memcached | ✅ Excellent |
| **Orchestration** | process-compose | Kubernetes, Docker Compose | ✅ Good for single-node |

### Shared Opportunities with CIV

| Component | Potential Sharing |
|-----------|-------------------|
| Event schema | Both use EventEnvelopeV1 |
| Policy engine | Similar rule evaluation |
| Ledger model | Double-entry patterns |
| Test utilities | Property-based testing |

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## Metrics Summary

| Category | Current | Target (M6) | Gap |
|----------|---------|-------------|-----|
| Services implemented | 0/7 | 7/7 | 7 |
| Test coverage | 0% | 80% | 80% |
| FR implemented | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| User journeys | 0/6 | 6/6 | 6 |
| API endpoints | 0 | ~50 | 50 |
| Event types | 0 | ~30 | 30 |

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## Conclusion

Venture has **exceptional documentation and architecture** but **zero implementation**. The spec-first approach is commendable, with 48 comprehensive functional requirements, 6 detailed user journeys, and a clear WBS with 35 tasks.

**Key Strengths:**
- Default-deny authorization model
- Event sourcing with immutable audit trail
- Double-entry ledger for financial integrity
- Clear service boundaries

**Key Recommendation:** Begin M0 foundation immediately. Focus on database schema and event envelope first, as all other components depend on them. Consider Python/Rust hybrid for performance-critical paths.

**Estimated Time to First Revenue (UJ-1):** 8-12 weeks with focused effort.

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## Next Focus

- Create project scaffold (pyproject.toml, services structure)
- Design and implement PostgreSQL schema
- Implement event envelope and NATS integration
- Build first service (control-plane-api)
- Set up process-compose orchestration
