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Thin-Shell Company Framework
A new organizational paradigm: intent-driven, heterogeneous-member, self-evolving constitution
Whitepaper · Quick Start · The Code · Cases · Contribute
A Thin-Shell Company (TSC) is a new organizational form.
Its members can be individuals, teams, companies, organizations, or AI Agents.
Its rules live in a Code — three layers. Some are unchangeable forever, some can be modified, some expire automatically.
It nests infinitely: a TSC can be a member of another TSC.
Contribution Tokens determine governance rights — not wealth, not titles.
It starts in a chat interface and runs while you sleep.
Traditional organizations assume execution capacity is scarce. When AI Agents can execute tasks 24/7, that assumption fails.
| Org form | Problem |
|---|---|
| Traditional company | Hierarchy, overhead, no AI member concept |
| DAO | Token speculation hijacks governance |
| Holacracy | Human-only, no AI member concept |
| AI Agent frameworks | Solves execution, not organization design |
TSC fills the gap: when AI is a member rather than a tool, how should organizations be designed?
| Version | Core concepts | Status |
|---|---|---|
| v3.0 | Autopoiesis · VSM · Self-evolving Code · DAO · Recursive TSC | ✅ Current |
| v2.0 | Five heterogeneous member types · Seven topologies | 📦 Archive |
| v1.0 | Basic TSC framework | 📦 Archive |
1. Read Genesis Layer template → code/genesis/template.md
2. Write Existence Declaration → For whom, solving what, ≤200 words
3. Configure first Agent → tools/agent-configs/strategic-agent.md
4. Start in WeChat or Telegram → Chat is the intent layer
code/
├── genesis/
│ ├── template.md ← Genesis Layer (never changes)
│ └── examples/
├── constitutional/
│ └── template.md ← Constitutional Layer
├── operational/
│ ├── rule-template.md ← Single rule (auto-sunset)
│ └── rule-library/ ← Community rule library
└── emergency/
└── template.md
The case library is being built. Your real-world TSC is the most valuable contribution.
| You are | Go to | Do |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | rfcs/ |
Propose framework changes |
| Practitioner | cases/ |
Submit real TSC cases |
| Developer | tools/ |
Implement tools |
| Lawyer | code/ |
Improve Code templates |
| Translator | translations/ |
New languages (zh/en available) |
See CONTRIBUTING.md
Autopoiesis (Maturana & Varela, 1972) · Viable System Model (Beer, 1972) · Commons governance (Ostrom, 1990, Nobel) · Transaction cost theory (Coase, 1937, Nobel) · Evolutionary game theory (Maynard Smith, 1973) · Mechanism design (Hurwicz et al., 2007, Nobel)
Stanley.team · HerName · HerPower · Razzhood
CC BY-SA 4.0 · thinshell.org · GitHub
This framework belongs to no company. It belongs to everyone willing to build the future with it.