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title: "System Prompt Forensics: Governance Structures in AI Developer Assistants"
type: report
authors:
  - family-names: "Espinoza"
    given-names: "R. Max"
    affiliation: "Independent Researcher"
date-released: 2026-01-03
version: "0.9.0"
url: "https://system-prompts-forensics.rmax.ai"
repository-code: "https://github.com/rmax-ai/system-prompts-forensics"
abstract: >
  An independent systems research study analyzing system prompts in AI developer
  assistants as governance layers, identifying recurring Prompt Governance Primitives
  that constrain authority, scope, tooling, and risk.
keywords:
  - system prompts
  - AI governance
  - agent architectures
  - developer assistants
  - AI safety
  - forensic analysis
references:
  - type: software
    title: "GPT-5.2"
    authors:
      - name: "OpenAI"
    url: "https://openai.com"
    notes: >
      Used as an assistive tool for drafting, editorial refinement,
      cross-document synthesis, and diagram generation.