RFC-012: Artifact Lifecycle Protocol (ALP) — 11. Summary
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11. Summary
ALP is a lifecycle governance protocol for artifacts produced by AI agents. Every artifact script, template, config, policy progresses through a deterministic lifecycle (DRAFT REVIEW APPROVED EXECUTING COMPLETED | FAILED ARCHIVED) with explicit approval gates, cryptographic hash-signing at each transition, and mandatory compensation for executable artifacts. ALP completes the runbook-service governance stack: AIGP (RFC-010) controls what agents can do, ACP (RFC-011) controls what agents can know, and ALP (RFC-012) controls what agents produce and how those products reach execution. Together, the three protocols ensure that no artifact exists without provenance, no execution occurs without approval, and no failure goes uncompensated.