Deterministic Orchestrator

The Deterministic Orchestrator is the governing control system of Maudel. It manages the entire pipeline lifecycle, ensuring predictable execution, reproducibility, and enterprise-grade governance.

What it manages

• Pipeline stage execution
• Task assignment
• Artifact validation
• Dependency resolution
• Quality gates
• Retry / revise / escalate decisions

How it works

Unlike typical agent systems, agents do not decide when work is complete.

Instead:

• Agents submit artifacts
• The orchestrator evaluates readiness
• The orchestrator advances or blocks the pipeline

This separation of concerns ensures that AI creativity remains bounded by deterministic engineering control.

Pipeline Execution Model

Maudel organizes work into deterministic pipeline stages:

1. Blueprint Creation

• Compass Document
• Architecture Spec
• UX Design
• Implementation Manifest

2. Story Generation

• Epics
• User Stories
• Acceptance Criteria

3. Implementation Planning

• Task Breakdown
• Dependency Mapping
• Test Plan

4. Implementation

• Code
• Migrations
• Configuration
• Unit Tests

5. Validation

• Code Review
• QA Evidence
• Architecture Conformance
• Security Validation

6. Deployment

• Deployment Plan
• Observability
• Rollback Plan
• Release Authorization

Quality Gates

Each stage has quality gates evaluated by the orchestrator. A gate evaluates signals such as:

• Schema validation
• Artifact completeness
• AI rubric scoring
• Test results
• Dependency resolution
• Architecture alignment

Gate decisions are deterministic, even if some signals are AI-generated. Possible outcomes include: accept, revise, retry, escalate, or block.