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In plain terms: Forge can retrieve, compare, draft, flag, and propose. It cannot be the design authority. Any decision that touches class rules, Coast Guard rules, or safety always passes through a human. This is built into the structure, not a setting that can be switched off.

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The one rule that governs everything

AI proposes; humans decide; the gate is structural.
The AI is allowed to do the legwork: pull up similar prior designs, compare options, draft an assessment, flag a conflict, suggest a path. It is not allowed to be the final word on anything that matters. Decisions touching classification society rules, USCG compliance, or safety always require a human to approve them before they become authoritative. This is not a configuration setting a yard could accidentally disable. It is baked into the every output has to pass through.

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Where humans stay in charge

The system is intentionally designed so that humans remain the authority on:

Class and USCG decisions

Every decision touching classification or Coast Guard rules requires human approval, by structure.

What the system knows about

Changes to the underlying model of what kinds of things exist are governed by humans, never by the AI.

What the AI is allowed to do

The catalog of permitted AI moves goes through a review checklist before any change ships.

Production sign-off

Every sign-off that a build is ready for production is a human decision.

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When the AI is unsure, it stops

Forge is designed to abstain rather than guess. If the AI is not confident, or it cannot find the evidence it needs, it does not make something up. It asks for more information or routes the question to a person. Refusing to answer when the evidence is insufficient is treated as a quality behavior, and the system is held to a high bar for doing it (a target of better than 98%).

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Why build it this way

The point is to make the AI’s behavior boxable, auditable, and reversible. If a behavior turns out to be wrong, it gets rolled back like any other versioned software change, not patched on the fly with a different prompt. That is what makes a Forge decision defensible in front of a regulator, a customer, or a court. See Where Humans Stay in Control for the full detail, and Keeping Your Data Yours for how sensitive designs are protected.