OpenKedge: Governing Agentic Mutation with Execution-Bound Safety and Evidence Chains

The paper defines a protocol for transforming direct API execution into a governed mutation pipeline. It formalizes how intent, context, policy, contracts, execution identity, and evidence chains combine to bound agentic power. The result is a system where safety is a property of the mutation architecture rather than the caller. That makes OpenKedge a protocol for operating probabilistic agents against deterministic infrastructure.