Formula
PSI = days since max(modifiedAt)
across all artifacts
linked to this pillarIdThresholds
Fresh
Ageing
Stale
Reading it
A pillar that has not been touched in 200 days is either perfectly stable or quietly abandoned. PSI does not tell you which — but it tells you the question is worth asking. Without PSI, both states look identical from the outside.
Combined with PCR, PSI is the disambiguation signal. A stable-PCR pillar with high PSI is probably fine: the rules have not changed because they are correct, and teams are following them. A declining-PCR pillar with high PSI means no one is responding to the drift — the governance is stale and failing simultaneously. That combination is not ambiguous: it requires intervention.
PSI surfaced in isolation is rarely alarming. PSI read alongside PCR, PDT, and PDRP separates the healthy-dormant pillar from the neglected one. The number is a timestamp in disguise: the last time anyone confirmed this domain was still governed.
How rkito produces it
- 01
Collect all artifacts linked to this pillar
Lenses, Policies, Best Practices, and Patterns with a matching pillarId
- 02
Read modifiedAt on each artifact
rkito stores a modifiedAt timestamp on every artifact update
- 03
Select the most recent timestamp
max(modifiedAt) across all linked artifacts is the last known governance activity for this pillar
- 04
Compute PSI
PSI = today − max(modifiedAt), expressed in whole days
- 05
Navigate for detail
Open the pillar at /steerings/pillars, then review linked Lenses at /steerings/lenses filtered by pillarId
How it misleads
What to do at each threshold
Step-by-step response playbook for each signal state.
Pillar artifacts have been modified recently. No action required. Confirm that PCR is stable to close the loop.
Contact the pillar owner and prompt them to schedule a review of their domain artifacts. This is a soft check-in, not an escalation — confirm the governance is still current before the pillar crosses 180 days.
Navigate to the pillar, confirm or update artifacts, or open a CHI to archive if the domain is no longer relevant.
- Navigate to
/steerings/pillars, open the pillar, and update at least one artifact to confirm it is still active. A "reviewed and confirmed accurate" touch is valid where content is correct. - If the pillar is no longer relevant, open a CHI to archive it. A stale pillar whose Lenses are still running evaluations is producing conformance data against rules that may no longer reflect architectural intent.