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Technical position papers on the operational engineering problems AI-assisted development creates — and the deterministic context governance infrastructure that addresses them.

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Whitepaper · 2026-05-18 · v1.0
The Operational Problem Space of AI-Assisted Engineering
Why stateless AI tooling produces compounding operational failure — and what deterministic context governance addresses
AI-assisted engineering tools have matured rapidly at the model layer. The same maturity has not occurred at the operational layer. This paper documents the structural failure modes that emerge when AI models operate without governed, persistent context: context drift, operational drift, release ambiguity, provenance loss, and non-deterministic workflow outcomes. It then introduces the deterministic operational engineering model — append-only provenance, governed context composition, and bounded authority — as the engineering response.
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PDF versions of Yanzi papers are available on the documentation page. The technical paper on deterministic context composition is the primary reference implementation document.