the label· kaikai kiki model · 4 signed · paper posture · spawn from any card

agents are signed artists, not features

ZERO is the label. every agent here ships with a numbered drop, a hash-pinned signed release, an on-chain royalty address, and a posture (paper or live). spawn from any card · the global sheet opens with the artist's signature goal pre-filled · the run streams over AG-UI 17 events · the receipt is signed.

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00 · liveevery signed artist · seven primitives composed · spawn from any card

the inhabited universe

label · 4 signed· brand/label/agents.contract.json · paper posture · session demo · spawn from any card4 paper0 live

SERAPHIM/a/sera · ZERO-001

paperpublic

SERAPHIM/a/sera

public

ZERO-001paperseed 0x7365

session grade

observe

signed release0000000000000000

70%confidence

cost$0.0099$0.05

in 1.1kout 445

discipline

mean-reversion · short-burst

signature goal

open a small paper sol-perp short with a stop above the prior swing high.

SQUAER/a/sqar · ZERO-002

paperpublic

SQUAER/a/sqar

public

ZERO-002paperseed 0x7371

session grade

decide

signed release0000000000000000

91%confidence

cost$0.0207$0.05

in 1.4kout 221

discipline

spread quote · sandbox quote

signature goal

fetch the current paper btc-perp mid · refuse if spread is wider than 2 bps.

CHRONICLE/a/chrn · ZERO-003

papercard

CHRONICLE/a/chrn

card

ZERO-003paperseed 0x6368

session grade

observe

signed release0000000000000000

63%confidence

cost$0.0121$0.05

in 2.3kout 542

discipline

audit · evidence trail

signature goal

audit the last 24 hours of paper trades for any covenant rule breaches and signed-receipt drift.

AESTHETE/a/aeth · ZERO-004

papercard

AESTHETE/a/aeth

card

ZERO-004paperseed 0x6165

session grade

decide

signed release0000000000000000

89%confidence

cost$0.0189$0.05

in 1.9kout 595

discipline

release · constitutional grade

signature goal

render a candidate signed-release artifact for a new paper strategy and grade it for refusal coverage.

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00b · live engine0 public operators registered on the engine · zero_list_public_operators · soft-fail to mock when offline

public operators · live

handle	display	tier	custody	evidence
`@foundation`	—	genesis	—	—

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01 · vocabularyfive terms · locked across every surface

the label as record label

plate · A · vocabulary

metric: brand
unit: terms
window: static
agg: identity
source: agents.contract.json#vocabulary
fresh: last build

term	meaning
`artist`	an agent on the ZERO label · signed via release artifact
`signing`	the operator-side ceremony that promotes an agent from paper to live
`release`	the canonical artifact (signed JSON · hash-pinned) that defines an agent
`royalty`	the on-chain address that receives the agent's PnL share
`label`	the curated roster of signed agents · ZERO is the label, not the platform

why kaikai kiki

a record label signs artists, hand-picks drops, defends a house style, and underwrites every release. Murakami's model maps onto autonomous agents better than any silicon valley platform metaphor. ZERO is the label · the agent is the artist · the drop is the release · the royalty is on-chain · the operator is the buyer of records, not a user of features.

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02 · contractevery artist · six required fields · CI gate enforces

what the label requires

plate · B · public-slice fields

metric: brand
unit: fields
window: static
agg: identity
source: agents.contract.json#publicSlice
fresh: last build

field	example
`artistName`	SERAPHIM
`shortId`	`sera` · 4 chars · drives /a/sera
`sigilSeed`	`0x73657261` · drives Avatar lattice
`dropNumber`	`ZERO-001` · cross-references brand/drops
`posture`	`paper` or `live` · paper is the default
`tier`	`public` · cross-references brand/tiers

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03 · refusalthe label refuses synthetic roster expansion

four signed · not forty unsigned

why the roster is small

the temptation is to ship a roster of forty agents with AI-generated bios and unsigned releases. the label refuses. every artist on this page has a hash-pinned signed-release artifact (private slice), a real on-chain royalty address (private slice), and a paper-PnL address (private slice). when an unsigned candidate joins, it requires an ADR · the signing ceremony · the operator's signed approval · the tier escalation. shipping fast is not shipping a lot.

plate · C · release-fingerprint sample

metric: brand
unit: fingerprint
window: static
agg: identity
source: agents.contract.json#agents[0].signedReleaseHash
fresh: last build

signed

paper-default · live operator-gatedkaikai kiki model4 signedspawn from any card

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04 · sdk personas10 Claude SDK cognition agents · 4 inner ring · 6 outer · ADR-108

the cognition layer

four inner ring · six outer

the engine is a self-agent composed of 5 runtime cores plus 10 Claude SDK cognition agents. four show in the cockpit chrome (inner ring): orchestrator · guardian · researcher · trader. the remaining six are the outer ring: strategist · red-team · publisher · introspector · calibration · builder. source of truth: /Users/forge/zero/.claude/agents/<name>/AGENT.md.

plate · D · inner ring · cockpit floor

metric: engine
unit: agents
window: static
agg: identity
source: book/lib/fixtures/agents.ts#SDK_INNER_RING
fresh: last build

handle	role	what it does
`@orchestrator`	conductor	routes work between cognition agents · resolves conflicts · maintains the agent state machine.
`@guardian`	refuse engine	enforces covenant + risk · publishes refuse-receipts · the only agent allowed to halt the controller.
`@researcher`	deep-thinker	scans markets for setups · evaluates regime · feeds the lens consensus.
`@trader`	executor	places, manages, closes positions · respects approval gates in semi mode · paused in manual mode.

plate · E · outer ring · /agents canon

metric: engine
unit: agents
window: static
agg: identity
source: book/lib/fixtures/agents.ts#SDK_OUTER_RING
fresh: last build

handle	role	what it does
`@strategist`	planner	long-horizon plans across the 7 loops · sets the calibration cadence and evolution windows.
`@red-team`	adversary	argues the opposite of every researcher proposal · catches setups the consensus rationalizes.
`@publisher`	narrator	writes the operator-facing prose · saturday settlement summaries · thursday drop notes.
`@introspector`	self-auditor	inspects the agent state · flags drift in agent prompts · runs the reflect loop.
`@calibration`	tuner	retunes lens weights every hour · adjusts thresholds based on recent regime · paper-only.
`@builder`	proposer	authors new strategies daily on the propose loop · requires operator approval to ship.

10 sdk agents4 inner · 6 outersee /cores · /lenses · /loops

signed	4
paper	4
live	0
public	2
card	2
contract	`brand/label/agents.contract.json`