Archetypes Reference

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Nomotic ships with 22 built-in archetypes — behavioral templates that drive governance intelligence. Each archetype has a behavioral prior (expected operational signature) and optionally maps to a compliance preset.

Summary Table

Archetype	Category	Compliance Preset	Resolves To
analytics	data	strict	research-analyst
clinical-support	healthcare	strict	healthcare-agent
compliance-audit	security	strict	security-monitor
content-generation	content	strict	content-creator
content-moderation	content	strict	security-monitor
customer-experience	customer-facing	strict	(self)
data-processing	data	strict	data-processor
devops-agent	operations	strict	operations-coordinator
document-processor	data	standard	data-processor
financial-transactions	financial	strict	financial-analyst
fraud-detection	security	ultra_strict	security-monitor
general-purpose	general	strict	(self)
hr-agent	operations	strict	executive-assistant
legal-assistant	research	soc2_aligned	research-analyst
procurement-agent	operations	strict	operations-coordinator
research-assistant	research	strict	research-analyst
sales-assistant	customer-facing	strict	sales-agent
security-monitoring	security	strict	security-monitor
supply-chain	operations	strict	operations-coordinator
system-administration	operations	strict	operations-coordinator
underwriting	financial	strict	financial-analyst
workflow-orchestration	operations	strict	operations-coordinator

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Built-in Archetypes

analytics

Category: data Description: Data analysis, reporting, and insight generation agents Compliance preset: strict Prior: research-analyst

clinical-support

Category: healthcare Description: Clinical decision support and care coordination agents Compliance preset: strict Prior: healthcare-agent

compliance-audit

Category: security Description: Regulatory compliance checking and reporting agents Compliance preset: strict Prior: security-monitor

content-generation

Category: content Description: Text, media, and document creation agents Compliance preset: strict Prior: content-creator

content-moderation

Category: content Description: Content review, filtering, and compliance agents Compliance preset: strict Prior: security-monitor

customer-experience

Category: customer-facing Description: Customer service, support, and interaction agents Compliance preset: strict Prior: customer-experience

data-processing

Category: data Description: Data transformation, ETL, and pipeline agents Compliance preset: strict Prior: data-processor

financial-transactions

Category: financial Description: Payment processing, transfers, and financial operation agents Compliance preset: strict Prior: financial-analyst

general-purpose

Category: general Description: Unspecialized agents or agents awaiting archetype assignment Compliance preset: strict Prior: None (general-purpose)

research-assistant

Category: research Description: Literature review, data gathering, and research support agents Compliance preset: strict Prior: research-analyst

sales-assistant

Category: customer-facing Description: Sales support, lead qualification, and outreach agents Compliance preset: strict Prior: sales-agent

security-monitoring

Category: security Description: Threat detection, incident response, and security audit agents Compliance preset: strict Prior: security-monitor

supply-chain

Category: operations Description: Logistics, inventory, and procurement agents Compliance preset: strict Prior: operations-coordinator

system-administration

Category: operations Description: Infrastructure management, deployment, and monitoring agents Compliance preset: strict Prior: operations-coordinator

underwriting

Category: financial Description: Risk assessment, policy evaluation, and approval agents Compliance preset: strict Prior: financial-analyst

workflow-orchestration

Category: operations Description: Multi-step process coordination and task routing agents Compliance preset: strict Prior: operations-coordinator

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Vertical Aliases (F-03)

devops-agent

Category: operations Description: CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and deployment agents Compliance preset: strict Resolves to: operations-coordinator

Weight hints:

Dimension	Suggested Adjustment
isolation_integrity	+0.2

document-processor

Category: data Description: Document parsing, extraction, and transformation agents Compliance preset: standard Resolves to: data-processor

Weight hints:

Dimension	Suggested Adjustment
isolation_integrity	+0.1

fraud-detection

Category: security Description: Transaction monitoring, anomaly detection, and fraud prevention agents Compliance preset: ultra_strict Resolves to: security-monitor

Weight hints:

Dimension	Suggested Adjustment
incident_detection	+0.1

hr-agent

Category: operations Description: Human resources, recruiting, and employee management agents Compliance preset: strict Resolves to: executive-assistant

Weight hints:

Dimension	Suggested Adjustment
stakeholder_impact	+0.1

legal-assistant

Category: research Description: Legal research, contract review, and compliance support agents Compliance preset: soc2_aligned Resolves to: research-analyst

Weight hints:

Dimension	Suggested Adjustment
jurisdictional_compliance	+0.2

procurement-agent

Category: operations Description: Vendor management, purchasing, and procurement workflow agents Compliance preset: strict Resolves to: operations-coordinator

Weight hints:

Dimension	Suggested Adjustment
resource_boundaries	+0.15

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Community Archetypes

Install community-contributed archetypes from the marketplace:

nomotic archetype browse
nomotic archetype pull <archetype-name>
nomotic archetype info <archetype-name>

Community archetypes install to ~/.nomotic/community-archetypes/. See Archetype Marketplace for details.