The four-layer hierarchy
Context
Registry | Governance | Evaluation cycle
Operational environment where systems are deployed, discovered, and governed
Layer 4
Biology
Agentic system as cell | Membrane | Nucleus | Organelles
Bounded, self-regulating systems with lifecycle properties
Layer 3
Chemistry
Tool molecules | Agent molecules | Orchestrators
Bonding rules governing valid compositions. First emergence.
Layer 2
Physics
22 elements (P1–P6) + 3 bosons + 2 predicted gaps
Irreducible building blocks. The periodic table.
Layer 1
depends upward
Layer 0: sub-atomic substrate (CPU, GPU, RAM, Storage, Network) — beneath the table