A design principle where every responsibility in an agent system is owned by exactly one agent. No overlap, no gaps. Borrowed directly from EOS's Accountability Chart.
Why it matters
Two agents that both think they own a job will either fight or both drop it. One seat, one owner is the fix.
Related terms
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Authority Boundary
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Build with this on OTP
OTP encodes coordination intelligence so AI agent teams can run on it. If this term shows up in your team's playbook, it belongs in your OOS.
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