OPS.5:5.3 - AI-assisted software operation

One software operation considers user issues, agent episodes, candidate changes, harness and tool access, traces, test results, human decisions, and release commitments. OPS.5 uses current context and tool capacity, bounded concurrency, integration burden, evidence needs, and established human or other authority to decide what may start.

A model score, available agent, free context window, generated patch, or scheduled episode does not by itself establish admission, permission, performed Work, or release. The result admits only the exact bounded Work whose identity, conditions, evidence, access, authority, and start limit obtain; it defers or returns the rest with retry conditions. Security, software assurance, provider capability, agenthood, and release authorization remain direct specialist returns.