ai-agents-research-frontier

# AI Agents Research Frontier <!-- vendor-portability: contributor-facing knowledge pack for the rjmurillo/ai-agents repo itself; intentionally references upstream paths (.agents/, .claude/, scripts/, build/) because its audience is repo contributors, not plugin consumers (issue #2050) --> Open problems where this repository can advance the state of the art, ranked in owner-confirmed priority order. This skill tells you WHAT is worth working on and what "done" would look like. It does not teach experiment discipline (that is `ai-agents-research-methodology`) and it is not the portability battle plan (that is `ai-agents-portability-campaign`). Honesty contract for this document: every asset claim below was re-verified against the working tree on 2026-07-03. Anything labeled PROPOSED is not policy. Anything labeled UNVERIFIED could not be confirmed and must be checked before you build on it. ## Triggers - `research frontier` - `open problems` - `what should we research next` - `frontier programs` ## The Three Programs at a Glance | Rank | Program | Anchor artifacts | Status (as of 2026-07-03) | Falsifiable milestone (short form) | |------|---------|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------| | 1 | Verified governance | ADR-069, `scripts/eval/eval-rule-activation.py` | ADR-069 is PROPOSED; eval tool exists, 7 rule scenario fixtures exist | Controlled eval shows gated-corpus sessions beat ungated on N scenarios with defensible stats...