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 Thin-Shell Company Framework

A new organizational paradigm: intent-driven, heterogeneous-member, self-evolving constitution

Whitepaper · Quick Start · The Code · Cases · Contribute

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What is this

A Thin-Shell Company (TSC) is a new organizational form.

Its members can be individuals, teams, companies, organizations, or AI Agents.

Its rules live in a Code — three layers. Some are unchangeable forever, some can be modified, some expire automatically.

It nests infinitely: a TSC can be a member of another TSC.

Contribution Tokens determine governance rights — not wealth, not titles.

It starts in a chat interface and runs while you sleep.

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Why it exists

Traditional organizations assume execution capacity is scarce. When AI Agents can execute tasks 24/7, that assumption fails.

Org form	Problem
Traditional company	Hierarchy, overhead, no AI member concept
DAO	Token speculation hijacks governance
Holacracy	Human-only, no AI member concept
AI Agent frameworks	Solves execution, not organization design

TSC fills the gap: when AI is a member rather than a tool, how should organizations be designed?

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Whitepaper

Version	Core concepts	Status
v3.0	Autopoiesis · VSM · Self-evolving Code · DAO · Recursive TSC	✅ Current
v2.0	Five heterogeneous member types · Seven topologies	📦 Archive
v1.0	Basic TSC framework	📦 Archive

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Quick Start

1. Read Genesis Layer template   →  code/genesis/template.md
2. Write Existence Declaration   →  For whom, solving what, ≤200 words
3. Configure first Agent         →  tools/agent-configs/strategic-agent.md
4. Start in WeChat or Telegram   →  Chat is the intent layer

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The Code

code/
├── genesis/
│   ├── template.md          ← Genesis Layer (never changes)
│   └── examples/
├── constitutional/
│   └── template.md          ← Constitutional Layer
├── operational/
│   ├── rule-template.md     ← Single rule (auto-sunset)
│   └── rule-library/        ← Community rule library
└── emergency/
    └── template.md

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Cases

→ Submit your case

The case library is being built. Your real-world TSC is the most valuable contribution.

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Contribute

You are	Go to	Do
Researcher	rfcs/	Propose framework changes
Practitioner	cases/	Submit real TSC cases
Developer	tools/	Implement tools
Lawyer	code/	Improve Code templates
Translator	translations/	New languages (zh/en available)

See CONTRIBUTING.md

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Theoretical foundations

Autopoiesis (Maturana & Varela, 1972) · Viable System Model (Beer, 1972) · Commons governance (Ostrom, 1990, Nobel) · Transaction cost theory (Coase, 1937, Nobel) · Evolutionary game theory (Maynard Smith, 1973) · Mechanism design (Hurwicz et al., 2007, Nobel)

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Initiated by

Stanley.team · HerName · HerPower · Razzhood

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CC BY-SA 4.0 · thinshell.org · GitHub

This framework belongs to no company. It belongs to everyone willing to build the future with it.