Open Framework Commons is the small set of shared principles and boundaries for Brad Groux's Open Framework Ecosystem.
This release is scoped to exactly five independent products:
- AI-Native Operating Framework
- Influence Operating Framework
- AI Dev Days
- Relationship Operating Framework
- Focus Operating Framework
Commons is documentation. People and agents can read it before using or changing an ecosystem product so they understand the philosophy those products share.
Commons is not a framework for accomplishing product-specific work. It is not an operating system, application, runtime, compatibility layer, certification, shared data model, or parent product.
This diagram answers how five independent products can share Commons without becoming modules of it.
flowchart TB
subgraph products["Independent products — equal provenance"]
direction LR
native["AI-Native<br/>Operating Framework"]
influence["Influence<br/>Operating Framework"]
devdays["AI Dev Days<br/>Learning community"]
relationship["Relationship<br/>Operating Framework"]
focus["Focus<br/>Operating Framework"]
native ~~~ influence
influence ~~~ devdays
devdays ~~~ relationship
relationship ~~~ focus
end
commons["Open Framework Commons<br/>Shared principles and boundaries"]
products -. "all are in Commons scope" .-> commons
Commons supplies shared documentation beneath the products. It does not direct or rank them. Each product separately decides whether and when to adopt an exact Commons release.
- Charter — purpose and authority
- Principles — ideas every product shares
- Boundaries — what stays shared and what stays local
- Research and review — how claims and learning remain honest
- Governance — how shared documentation changes
- Context — the vocabulary used here
Read Commons for the shared philosophy, then read the selected product for the actual method, examples, and task guidance. If the two appear to conflict, pause the disputed action or representation and follow Resolving conflicts. Check the adopted Commons revision first; unrelated safe work need not stop.
Each product stands alone. A person may use one product without adopting the others.
Sanitized independent reviews and their disposition are published in project/reviews. Each report identifies the exact commit reviewed and its limitations. Document review does not establish adoption or real-world effectiveness.
Version 2026.09.05 is the current edition. It clarifies human boundaries, conflict resolution, evidence review, and content compatibility, and starts calendar versioning. See the release notes for adoption consequences. Each product independently pins the exact Commons release it has reviewed rather than relying on a moving branch.
The five ecosystem products record their original Commons adoption in these stable release pages:
- AI-Native Operating Framework v1.0.0;
- Influence Operating Framework v1.0.0;
- AI Dev Days v1.0.0;
- Relationship Operating Framework v1.0.0; and
- Focus Operating Framework v1.0.0.
Each product owns its release target and product-local adoption evidence. Commons does not mirror downstream commit hashes or moving branch paths. For current adoption, consult the selected product’s own release history and governance. An older Commons pin remains valid until that product chooses otherwise.