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Introducing Consort: A Spec-First Agent Framework for Enforced, Test-Driven Development on Live Database Branches
The authors introduce Consort, a spec-first framework for agent-driven development that enforces test-driven discipline on live database branches. It positions the development framework as the control system for a non-deterministic coding agent. It enters a fast-growing space alongside GitHub Spec Kit, obra/superpowers, BMAD, and GSD, all of which capture intent up front through specifications or durable planning artifacts.
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- arxiv paper (2026-09-09) introduces Consort, a spec-first, test-driven agent framework enforcing discipline through controls the agent cannot bypass
- Consort uses a deterministic orchestrator driving separate role agents through a spec-first design lane and a test-driven build lane on a live database branch
- Paper taxonomizes agent frameworks into three enforcement modes: persuasion, front-loaded structure, and uneditable controls like immutable tests and human-approved gates
- It contrasts installable spec-first frameworks GitHub Spec Kit, obra/superpowers, BMAD, and GSD, which share up-front intent capture but differ in enforcement
- Authors frame their claims—code-level test enforcement keeps agent code verifiable, specialized roles aid maintainability—as a pre-registered, testable hypothesis
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