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uai: "1.0"
type: standards-memory
status: active
project: iarpg.com
updated_utc: "2026-07-19T11:57:40Z"
---
# IARPG Operations Standards

## Current public release

- Standard family: `IARPG Operations Standards`
- Current release: `IARPG-OPS-1`
- Version: `1.0.0`
- Published UTC: `2026-07-19T00:00:00Z`
- Canonical catalog: https://iarpg.com/standards
- Machine catalog: https://iarpg.com/standards-catalog.json
- Long-term release document: https://iarpg.com/docs/standards/IARPG-OPS-1.md

## Purpose

IARPG-OPS-1 is the public game-design standard for fictional intelligence operations. It connects authority, mandate, intelligence requirement, jurisdiction, player interaction, collection, source handling, evidence, tradecraft, counterintelligence, tasking, extraction, and debriefing in one reviewable mission contract.

## Identity rules

- The operation is the central design unit.
- Authorities have mandates and interests; no authority receives permanent hero or villain status.
- The site remains centered on espionage and intelligence operations.
- The standard defines game interaction and reviewable mission structure, not real-world operational instruction.
- Human pages and JSON records must describe the same current support boundary.
- Marketing copy, roadmap text, or research notes cannot silently widen the standard.

## Primary human routes

- Get started: https://iarpg.com/get-started
- Operations doctrine: https://iarpg.com/operations
- Standards catalog: https://iarpg.com/standards
- Mission validator: https://iarpg.com/validator
- Schemas and examples: https://iarpg.com/examples
- Governance: https://iarpg.com/governance
- Roadmap: https://iarpg.com/roadmap
- Changelog: https://iarpg.com/changelog

## Primary machine routes

- Discovery: https://iarpg.com/.well-known/iarpg-operations.json
- Catalog: https://iarpg.com/standards-catalog.json
- Mission schema: https://iarpg.com/mission-brief.schema.json
- Mission example: https://iarpg.com/mission-example.json
- Record schema: https://iarpg.com/records/iarpg-standard-record.schema.json
- Record template: `https://iarpg.com/records/{slug}.json`

## Deep research anchors

- Neutral authority architecture: https://iarpg.com/docs/report/systemic-subterfuge-architecting-a-geopolitically-neutral-classless-espionage-mmo#architectural-pillar-i-geopolitical-agnosticism-and-dynamic-faction-ecology
- Intelligence operations cycle: https://iarpg.com/docs/report/typology-of-intelligence-operatives-and-tradecraft-frameworks-a-comprehensive-architecture-for-clandestine-beh#the-case-officer-and-the-intelligence-operations-cycle
- Evidence-based justice fit: https://iarpg.com/docs/report/justice-system-and-warrant-escalation-for-rogue-intelligence#strategic-fit-with-rogue-intelligence
- Mission verification and bounded synthetic sources: https://iarpg.com/docs/report/hallucinated-ai-quest-design-in-vr-mmorpgs#sanity-check-mechanics-and-skill-based-detection
- Trust and verified/unverified tasking: https://iarpg.com/docs/report/trust-deception-and-virtual-economies#escrow-verification-and-reputation-systems