# claw0: A Zero-Dependency Agent Governance Framework

Canonical: https://careinstitute.ai/research/claw0/
Published: 2026-01-20
Status: preprint
Author: Michael Turon
Code licence: Apache 2.0 (https://github.com/CAREInst)

## In short

**Purpose:** Demonstrate agent governance in the smallest possible footprint. All five agentic patterns in one file. No external dependencies.

Repository: _pending_ — _preprint pending_.