---
type: "Runbook"
title: "Runbook — how governed work clears"
description: "The Auth·Clear·Settle lifecycle and the network rules every governed action follows — the operating procedure an agent should read before acting."
resource: "/operating-regulations/"
tags: ["governance", "runbook"]
timestamp: "2026-06-25"
---

The lifecycle: an action is **authorized** (Constitution + scope), **cleared** (executed + attested), then **settled** off-network. Disputes follow reason-coded SLAs.

# Schema
- phases: authorize → clear → settle
- every attestation carries `network_rules_version`
- disputes: reason codes + SLA clocks + arbitration

# Citations
Rulebook: [Operating Regulations (or-1)](/operating-regulations/). Lifecycle: [acs kernel](/acs-kernel/). Disputes: [rules kernel](/rules-kernel/). Replay an action causally: [trajectory kernel](/trajectory-kernel/). Regulator view: [lineage kernel](/lineage-kernel/).