What Argos does
Argos is an independent control and verification layer for AI engineering agents. Codex still reads, reasons, and proposes work. Argos evaluates supported mutations against the declared Task before they reach the repository, asks for human judgment only when needed, and verifies the final repository state independently.
The controlled Task loop
Task -> Codex -> EXPECTED / REVIEW / PROTECTED -> execution -> independent verification -> Task / Evidence
EXPECTED
The proposed path matches the Task and proceeds quietly.
REVIEW
The exact proposal waits for an authenticated human decision.
PROTECTED
The proposal is blocked before repository mutation.
Current alpha boundary
The supported path is intentionally narrow: Codex CLI 0.143.0, one repository, and one existing-file apply_patch update per controlled operation.