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Frameworks #
Conceptual models for running the allocation cycle. Grouped by stage of the cycle - see the thesis for the full lattice.
Stage 1
Find #
· Where are the mispriced edges in the operating graph?
[The Factory Typology →
Knowledge work is manufacturing - but which factory? The archetype to borrow from is a function of your input, process, and output signature. Name it and inherit a mature industry's operations playbook. Work in progress, building in public.](/frameworks/factory-typology/)[
Your Chart of Accounts Is a Directed Graph →
Every cost and revenue line is a node. Every causal relationship is an edge. Walk the graph and find the mispriced edges where value is leaking.](/frameworks/directed-graph/)[
The Performance Frontier →
A protocol for locating where excellence lives when nobody agrees what good looks like. Map the distribution, find the 99th percentile, compute the gradient toward it.](/frameworks/performance-frontier/)[
The Demand Field →
Demand is a force field on your optimization landscape. It is fixed, hidden, and acts on your product whether you measure it or not. Map it or crash into it.](/frameworks/demand-field/)
Stage 3
Construct #
· Which instruments, in what combination, given risk tolerance?
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Capital Allocation →
Every operating decision is a capital allocation decision. Rank instruments by risk-adjusted return, map your tolerances, handle correlations, and construct the portfolio. Markowitz (1952) applied to operating investments.](/frameworks/capital-allocation/)[
Kill Protocol →
The most important allocator skill is saying no. Three decision gates for identifying dominated instruments - marginal Sharpe, left-tail survivability, base rate verification - and reallocating the slot.](/frameworks/kill-protocol/)[The Operating Efficient Frontier →
Markowitz (1952) applied to operating investments. The set of portfolios that maximize expected return at each level of risk. By definition, points below the frontier are dominated; the question is which point the firm wants.](/frameworks/efficient-frontier/)[The Risk Tolerance Map →
The function that maps firm-level constraints - cash, runway, covenants, narrative - into the preferred point on the efficient frontier. Two firms with identical inputs pick different points. Both can be correct.](/frameworks/risk-tolerance/)[Correlated Execution Risk →
Operating portfolios are not sums of individual NPVs. Two projects that share a team, stack, or review queue share a failure mode. Correlation is the input that makes Stage 3 different from Stage 2.](/frameworks/correlation/)
Stage 4
Execute #
· How do you realize the returns?
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Designed Convergence →
Design the game so that convergence to the desired outcome is a structural guarantee, not a hope. Mechanism design meets Bayesian ratchet search.](/frameworks/designed-convergence/)[
The Deity Problem →
Your AI is trying to serve you but cannot read your mind. Three evidence channels for learning what the operator actually wants: structured elicitation, revealed preference, and direct query.](/frameworks/deity-problem/)[
Quality Hillclimb →
Apply ratcheted quality gates to stochastic agent output. The agent doesn't need a plan - the gates create ascent. Rejection sampling with a monotone ratchet.](/frameworks/quality-hillclimb/)[
The Promotion Protocol →
A 3-state progression for safely giving AI more independence. Promote on demonstrated performance, roll back on drift. Formally: Autonomy State Machine.](/frameworks/promotion-protocol/)
Stage 5
Compound #
· How do you build the appreciating asset?
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Knowledge Work as Capital →
Every piece of knowledge work either compounds or depreciates. Models decay. Data appreciates. Verifiers learn. The dual curve determines where to invest.](/frameworks/knowledge-capital/)[
The Capital Value of Verifiers →
The verifier is one of the only capital assets that appreciates through operating use. Every failure it catches gets encoded; the next run inherits the catch. Use raises the floor instead of lowering it.](/frameworks/verifier-capital/)
Frameworks tell you where to look for enterprise value. Once you find a soft spot, the AI Operations Tools tell you what to do about it - diagnose, calibrate, invest, value.
The Lexicon defines the shared vocabulary that makes the whole system teachable.
See also: AI Operations Tools · Lexicon