Why Bao
The Watcher Principle.
Five gates every Bao surface passes before it ships. This is the contract.
- 01 — GATE
Transparency
Every score, finding, and recommendation cites the signal it came from. No black boxes.
- 02 — GATE
Reversibility
Bao never takes an action you cannot undo, and never without your explicit approval.
- 03 — GATE
Respect
Read-only by default. We ask before we touch anything. Your code is yours.
- 04 — GATE
Calm
No alarms. No urgency theater. The right alert, at the right time, in plain English.
- 05 — GATE
Accountability
An audit log of every Bao decision — attributable, exportable, and defensible.
What we are not
We are not Nori.
We do not auto-fix without permission. We do not push code without review. We do not generate a PR you didn't ask for. The senior engineer at the back of the room earns trust before they take action.