Agent forking creates a new agent instance derived from an existing agent and records lineage for auditability and attribution. It is used as the “reactivation” mechanism for lifecycle-archived agents: archived agents do not execute, but can be forked into active successors.
Agent "EXTERNAL_PLATFORM_AGENT_OVERRIDE" from EricLortie/laborforge-release, covering external platform agent override (system agents), scope, current system-agent architecture (implemented), system agents live in ecosystem 1 (admin) and current override mechanism (implemented).