CTF Contributors

This file lists individuals and organizations who have contributed to the Coaching Trust Framework itself — its normative document, its helper agents, its certification scheme, its governance, its federation adaptations, or its associated documentation.

Contribution is distinct from adoption. A contributor proposes evolutions of CTF; an adopter implements CTF in their own practice. The list of adopters is maintained in ADOPTERS.md. A given individual or organization can of course be both, and in fact the most valuable contributors are typically those who have implemented the framework first.

Contributors are listed with their consent. To be added, see CONTRIBUTING.md.

Founder

Maxime Bui

Role: Founder, initial caretaker
First contribution: Initial design and authoring of CTF v1.0 (2026)
Contact: maxime@simplex.coach

The founder authored the initial version of the framework, the seven helper agents, the certification scheme, the validation infrastructure, and the governance model. Founder status is permanent and is acknowledged in the CC BY-SA 4.0 attribution clause.

Founding partner

magif.ai

Role: Founding partner
First contribution: April 2026
Contribution summary: Content integration, platform implementation, and collaborative shaping of the framework alongside the founder.
Website: magif.ai

Active contributors

This section will be populated as additional contributors begin submitting proposals, improvements, federation adaptations, translations, or other forms of substantive contribution.

Format for entries

Name (or pseudonym, if preferred)
Organization (optional)
First contribution date
Contribution summary — brief description of what the contributor has shaped in CTF

Federation adaptation drafters

This section lists the individuals or working groups who have authored the initial draft of a federation adaptation, regardless of whether the adaptation has yet been endorsed by the federation in question.

CTF-ICF

Initial drafter: Maxime Bui (community pathway)
Status: Draft pending submission to ICF for endorsement (see declinations/ctf-icf/status.md once available)

Acknowledgments

The Coaching Trust Framework owes intellectual debt to several frameworks and communities, even when no direct contribution has been made. These are acknowledged here without claiming endorsement:

The International Coaching Federation (ICF) AI Coaching Framework & Standards v1.01 (2024), whose normative work informs the CTF-ICF adaptation now being drafted.
The European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Global Code of Ethics, whose ethical orientation informs the projected CTF-EMCC adaptation.
The W3C and IETF standards communities, whose practices of public deliberation and “multiple implementations” rule directly inspired CTF’s approach to upstreaming.
The evidence-based coaching research community, whose insistence on grounding practice in observable outcomes inspired the validation infrastructure of CTF.
The wider community of practitioners, researchers and ethicists working on the responsible deployment of AI in human transformation contexts.

CTF is designed to serve, not replace, the work of these institutions. As they engage with the framework, this section will evolve to reflect formal collaborations.

How to be added

If you have submitted an accepted proposal, made a substantive pull request that has been merged, drafted a federation adaptation, or otherwise contributed in a way that warrants acknowledgment:

Submit a pull request adding your entry to the appropriate section.
Include the format specified above.
If you prefer not to appear in this file, simply mention it when you submit your contribution; the contribution will still be processed without public acknowledgment.

The visibility of contributors is part of the trust architecture of CTF. People should know who has shaped the framework they rely on.