reflector: Reflective Synchronization Systems for Recursive AI-Assisted Software Engineering

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reflector introduces a recursive synchronization framework for AI-assisted software engineering. The architecture combines scoped autonomous agents, explicit human checkpoints, milestone-aware orchestration, and recursive audits to stabilize quality, governance, and research traceability in reflective development systems.

Four core mechanisms structure the governance model: (1) scoped autonomous agents with bounded execution contexts, (2) human-in-the-loop alignment checkpoints, (3) recursive auditing systems validating system state against defined invariants, and (4) milestone synchronization protocols gating autonomous progression.

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