arXiv cs.AIAugust 18, 2026
Specifying AI-SDLC Processes: A Protocol Language for Human-Agent Boundaries
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arXiv:2606.20615v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: AI agents now act as first-class members of the software development lifecycle, but the instruments teams use to direct them enforce nothing: process encoded in prompts is flexible but unenforceable, while workflow formalisms are enforceable but do not model autonomous agents. We propose a domain-specific language for specifying AI-SDLC processes as protocols, with formal abstract syntax, well-formedness conditions, operational semantics, and e