The substrate position for authority and priority ordering in AI orchestration.
The canonical name for systems that establish, communicate, and enforce ranked authority — determining what gets done first, by whom, and on what basis.
Coordinated sets this position belongs to — the coverage it extends. Counts are the live cluster size in the graph.
Architectural context
Authority · Cross-Vertical · 2 compound moats. Architectural surface: Orchestration. Cross-cutting: Authority.
Layer position: Substrate (L1)
Why this is canonical
'Priority' and 'ladder' together name the structural problem of ranked authority in multi-agent and enterprise systems: when multiple agents, tasks, or actors compete for resources or attention, something must determine the order. 'Ladder' captures the ranked hierarchy of authority — not just a list, but a defensible order with a logic behind it.
Where it fits
A few directions this coordinate opens —
Illustrative, not exhaustive — held as a transferable canonical position, open to the buyer's own use.