# Rivox Design Principles & Constitutional Foundations
Rivox is founded on a single non-negotiable premise: **Coordinate. Never Replace.**
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## The 10 Constitutional Principles
1. **Never implement a dependency resolver.** Rivox delegates 100% of resolution to native ecosystem resolvers (`uv`, `cargo`, `pnpm`).
2. **Native package managers remain authoritative.**
3. **Native lockfiles remain the source of truth.**
4. **Rivox only coordinates multigraph build graphs.**
5. **Every operation must be deterministic.**
6. **Every build must be reproducible.**
7. **Every cache must be content-addressed (CAS).**
8. **AI must NEVER participate in build decisions.**
9. **Never replace existing native ecosystems.**
10. **Everything must be auditable.**
See also: [architecture.md](architecture.md), [security.md](security.md).