plato-deadband

Deadband Protocol — P0 rock, P1 channel, P2 optimize priority governance.

Part of the PLATO framework — deterministic AI knowledge management through tile-based architecture.

Installation

pip install plato-deadband

Usage

from plato_deadband import DeadbandEngine, DeadbandItem, Priority

engine = DeadbandEngine()

engine.submit(DeadbandItem(id="fix-bug", priority=Priority.P0, urgency=1.0))
engine.submit(DeadbandItem(id="refactor", priority=Priority.P2, urgency=0.5))
engine.submit(DeadbandItem(id="add-tests", priority=Priority.P1, urgency=0.8))

item = engine.next()
print(item.id)  # "fix-bug" — P0 always first

stats = engine.stats
# {"queued": 2, "resolved": 0, "by_priority": {"P0": 0, "P1": 1, "P2": 1}}

The Deadband Protocol

Three levels of strict priority. Never skip a level.

• P0 Rock — Blocks everything. Critical issues that must be resolved before any other work.
• P1 Channel — Gets scheduled next. Important work queued after all P0s clear.
• P2 Optimize — Deferred. Nice-to-haves that run when no higher-priority work exists.

The discipline IS the intelligence.

Zero external dependencies. Compatible with Python 3.8+.

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