---
id: ITC-WP-0005
type: workplan
title: "Retrieval Agent Briefs And Interface Cards"
repo: info-tech-canon
status: planned
priority: medium
created: "2026-05-23"
updated: "2026-05-23"
depends_on_workplans:
  - ITC-WP-0003
  - ITC-WP-0004
---

# ITC-WP-0005 - Retrieval Agent Briefs And Interface Cards

## Goal

Make InfoTechCanon retrievable and usable by agents, tools, and consumer
repositories without requiring them to read every full standard.

## Intent

The canon needs compact, source-linked retrieval artifacts that preserve the
important distinctions: Actor vs Subject vs Principal, Organization Role vs
AccessRole vs CARING role, Policy vs Control vs Evidence, and similar rules.

## Tasks

### T01 - Agent briefs

```task
id: ITC-WP-0005-T01
status: planned
priority: high
```

- Place the global agent brief under `infospace/agent/`.
- Add per-standard and per-model agent briefs.
- Validate that agent briefs point back to full source artifacts.

### T02 - Retrieval index

```task
id: ITC-WP-0005-T02
status: planned
priority: high
```

- Generate `infospace/agent/retrieval-index.md` and a JSON/YAML equivalent.
- Include stable IDs, canonical paths, summary, owned concepts, imports,
  warnings, and common distinctions.

### T03 - Canon Interface Card template

```task
id: ITC-WP-0005-T03
status: planned
priority: medium
```

- Define a Canon Interface Card template.
- Include fields for owned concepts, produced concepts, consumed concepts,
  implemented profiles, mappings, validation expectations, and consumer needs.

### T04 - Consumer brief templates

```task
id: ITC-WP-0005-T04
status: planned
priority: medium
```

- Create brief templates for user-engine, railiance-fabric, and repo-scoping.
- Keep actual adoption workplans in those repos.

## Acceptance

- Agents can start from compact briefs and retrieve full standards when needed.
- Interface Card templates are ready for first consumers.
- The retrieval index is generated and validated.