ICM Architect

Build workspaces where the folder structure does the orchestration. One agent, reading the right files at the right moment, replaces a multi-agent framework: numbered folders carry sequencing, hierarchy carries context scoping, plain markdown files carry state. A person can open any folder and see what state the system is in, because state is just files. The routing files are the catalog: small and stable, they point at the shelves where the content lives.

Method: Interpretable Context Methodology (Van Clief & McDermott, arXiv:2603.16021, MIT-licensed). It runs in any agent or model that can read files: nothing in a workspace depends on one vendor's tools.

The invariants

Every ICM starts from these ten. They are defaults: when you know what works and need a nuanced change, break one on purpose and write why in the nearest CONTEXT.md or AGENTS.md.