Coordination Architecture Theory Papers
By Wenxin Li (Independent Researcher) — ORCID 0009-0004-8065-3235
Research papers on the Coordination Knowledge Substrate (CKS) pattern — a human-governed, AI-mediated coordination architecture. By Wenxin Li.
All papers are released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
Foundational Trilogy
The three core theory papers introducing and extending the Coordination Knowledge Substrate (CKS) pattern. Each has a dedicated landing page with citation metadata.
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Coordination Outside the Model: A Human-Governed Substrate Pattern for AI Systems
April 2026Landing page · PDF · Markdown
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The Instinct/Reasoning Separation Outside the Model: Extending the Coordination Knowledge Substrate Pattern to AI Selves under Human Governance
April 2026Landing page · PDF · Markdown
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Substrate-Mediated Coordination Across the Inter-Self Perimeter: Extending the Coordination Knowledge Substrate Pattern to Cross-Organizational Coordination and Population Scope under Unified Human Governance
May 2026Landing page · PDF · Markdown
Corpus Papers
Standalone deep-dive treatments — one paper per architectural commitment, integrating frame, sub-claim, composition, and anti-pattern in the CKS pattern. Each paper formalizes one aspect of the framework in operational depth.
Browse the full corpus on GitHub →
Source Repository
All source files (Markdown and PDF) are versioned in the GitHub repository.