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Research · Two preprints on Zenodo

Two papers, on the record. Yours to check.

On 24 Aug 2026 we filed two preprints on Zenodo. One sets out GRIP, Foxora's written rules for agent work. The other proposes Agentic Language Models, the idea behind Fennec. Both are free to read. Neither is peer reviewed yet.

Filed · 24 Aug 2026 · Zenodo · not peer reviewedTwo papers · two DOIs

Preprint · ZenodoPaper 01

GRIP: The Governed Runtime Intent Protocol

Madhav D. Parashar · Arnav Parashar

24 Aug 2026 · Version 1.0-draft.2

Abstract

AI agents act: they call tools, spend money and message people. GRIP makes that work authorised before it runs, bounded at a gate that enforces the limits, and attributable afterwards.

1 · Introduction

DOI10.5281/zenodo.22078457

Preprint · ZenodoPaper 02

Agentic Language Models: A Proposal

Madhav D. Parashar · Arnav Parashar

24 Aug 2026 · 2026-08 proposal

Abstract

Proposes a class of model whose native interface is the rules of the runtime it serves: a checked package of context goes in, an act the rules can check comes out. And a public test.

1 · Introduction

DOI10.5281/zenodo.22078465

A drawing of the two filed papers, abstracts shortened · a DOI is a permanent address: it always leads to the filed record

01Paper 01 · The protocol

GRIP: The Governed Runtime Intent Protocol

Madhav D. Parashar and Arnav Parashar

The abstract, in brief

AI agents now act. They call tools, spend money and message people. The protocols that connect them say what an agent can reach, but not who allowed the work, how far it may go, or who answers for it. GRIP proposes a small protocol that makes agent work authorised before it runs, bounded at a gate that enforces the limits, and attributable afterwards, whatever the model, framework or vendor.

What it proposes

  • Six signed objects on one chain. Every act leaves a receipt, linked to the one before it.
  • A gate before every act. Authority only narrows as it is handed down, and every refusal says why.
  • A person's yes, tied to one act. An approval covers the act it names, and nothing else.
  • Four levels to adopt it. Start by keeping receipts, then grow into full, checked sign-off.

Inside the paper · six signed objects, one chain

Each object is a small, signed record. Together they answer who allowed the work, how far it could go, and who said done.

  1. 01MandateThe agreement. A person's signed statement of what is wanted, what it may cost, and who may hand out authority.
  2. 02GrantThe permission. Authority passed from a Mandate to an agent, never wider than its source.
  3. 03ReceiptThe record. One act, one decision, one receipt, linked to the one before.
  4. 04StopThe human gate. Holds one act until a named person decides.
  5. 05SettlementThe closing. Checks the job against its own acceptance terms.
  6. 06Context EnvelopeWhat the model saw. A signed record of the exact input an agent acted on.

02Paper 02 · The model class

Agentic Language Models: A Proposal

Madhav D. Parashar and Arnav Parashar

The abstract, in brief

Most agent systems borrow their judgement from a general-purpose model, then add the rules from outside, as prompts and wrappers. This paper proposes a class of model whose native interface is the rules of the runtime it serves: a checked package of context goes in, an act the rules can check comes out. It also proposes a public test, with pass marks set before any model is measured, so that, once the test code is out, anyone can check whether a model belongs. It is the companion to the GRIP paper.

What it proposes

  • A definition. Membership criteria for the class, written so someone outside Foxora can test them.
  • An interface. A budgeted, checked package of context goes in. A typed GRIP act comes out. Gates outside the model hold its authority.
  • A public test. Pass marks fixed before any model is measured, ours included.
  • A worked example. Fennec appears as one. How it is trained is not disclosed.

How we hold our claims

Proposals first. Numbers only when real.

Research is where Foxora is going. These are the rules we keep on the way there.

  1. 01

    Labelled as proposals

    Both papers are preprints. They propose. They report no results, and no one has peer reviewed them yet.

  2. 02

    Tests before numbers

    The model paper fixes its pass marks before any model is measured. Fennec's benchmark results are coming, published with their method so others can check them.

  3. 03

    Cite the DOI, not this page

    This page may change. Each DOI keeps leading to the same filed record on Zenodo, even if a file moves.

  4. 04

    Comments welcome

    Found a flaw? Write to hello@foxora.ai with the subject “Research”.

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