Internal · protocol specification

Kernel Protocol

The rules every kernel object obeys. This workspace documents the protocol; it does not execute it. Every future feature must conform to what is written here.

Judgment protocol · lifecycle

kernel/v1.2

↺ Constitution constrains every future recommendation. The pipeline is a closed loop, not a line.

Executable protocol

Run one business scenario through all eight objects and watch each gate discharge.

Open Judgment Lab

§1 Objects

8 definitions

01SnapshotImmutableHolds one immutable reading of the business at one point in time. It records what was true, never what it means.5 allowed · 3 forbidden · 5 states
02InvestigationSupersedableOne bounded act of reasoning over a timeline. It states what was examined, what was concluded, and on what evidence.5 allowed · 3 forbidden · 5 states
03RecommendationVersionedA single proposed action with a stated thesis and trade-off. It advises; it never acts.5 allowed · 3 forbidden · 6 states
04OutcomeAppend-onlyThe observed consequence of an accepted recommendation. It is the kernel's only source of ground truth.4 allowed · 3 forbidden · 4 states
05ReflectionSupersedableThe kernel's reading of its own judgment: where the reasoning held, where it drifted, and why.3 allowed · 3 forbidden · 5 states
06PatternVersionedA recurring reasoning behaviour observed across independent investigations. It accumulates evidence; it does not decide.6 allowed · 3 forbidden · 5 states
07Candidate PrincipleVersionedA proposed permanent reasoning rule, held under review until engineering accepts or refuses it.6 allowed · 3 forbidden · 7 states
08ConstitutionHistoricalThe ratified set of reasoning rules that govern every recommendation Aegis is permitted to make.4 allowed · 3 forbidden · 6 states

§2 Relationship graph

From	Verb	To	Meaning
Snapshot	precedes →	Snapshot	Establishes the chronology reasoning walks.
Snapshot	grounds →	Investigation	Supplies every number an investigation may cite.
Snapshot	evidences →	Pattern	A pattern may cite the readings it was observed in.
Investigation	reads →	Snapshot	Consumes readings as its only factual input.
Investigation	supports →	Pattern	Contributes one occurrence toward a recurring behaviour.
Investigation	produces →	Recommendation	May emit at most one active recommendation.
Investigation	supersedes →	Investigation	Replaces an earlier reading of the same question.
Recommendation	derives from →	Investigation	Inherits the evidence and confidence of its source.
Recommendation	influenced by →	Constitution	Must be consistent with ratified principles.
Recommendation	produces →	Outcome	An accepted recommendation must eventually resolve.
Outcome	resolves →	Recommendation	Closes the loop opened by acceptance.
Outcome	cites →	Snapshot	Grounds the observation in recorded readings.
Outcome	creates →	Reflection	Every closed outcome obliges a reflection.
Reflection	interprets →	Outcome	Explains why the result diverged or matched.
Reflection	strengthens →	Pattern	Adds one classified occurrence.
Reflection	challenges →	Candidate Principle	Attaches contradicting evidence to a proposal.
Pattern	observed in →	Investigation	Each occurrence points at one investigation.
Pattern	born from →	Reflection	Classification originates in a reflection.
Pattern	proposes →	Candidate Principle	Crossing the evidence threshold opens a proposal.
Pattern	related to →	Pattern	Shares a mechanism without being the same behaviour.
Candidate Principle	proposed by →	Pattern	Inherits the pattern's occurrence evidence.
Candidate Principle	challenged by →	Reflection	Contradicting evidence is attached, not discarded.
Candidate Principle	becomes →	Constitution	Approval ratifies it as a constitutional article.
Constitution	ratifies →	Candidate Principle	Converts an approved proposal into governing text.
Constitution	influences →	Recommendation	Constrains what may be recommended and how.
Constitution	supersedes →	Constitution	A later article replaces an earlier one.

§3 Global invariants

10 constraints

GI-01∀ r ∈ Recommendation : accepted(r) ⇒ |outcomes(r)| = 1hard
Every accepted recommendation resolves to exactly one outcome.
violation · Open loop: the calibration record silently loses a decision.
scope: Recommendation · Outcome
GI-02∀ o ∈ Outcome : closed(o) ⇒ |reflections(o)| ≥ 1hard
Every closed outcome generates at least one reflection.
violation · Ground truth is recorded but never interpreted; no learning occurs.
scope: Outcome · Reflection
GI-03∀ i ∈ Investigation : |metrics(conclusion(i))| ≥ 2hard
Every published conclusion connects at least two metrics.
violation · Single-metric reasoning: description masquerading as diagnosis.
scope: Investigation
GI-04∀ p ∈ Pattern : state(p) = Candidate ⇒ |occurrences(p)| ≥ THRESHOLDgate
A pattern may not propose a principle before crossing the evidence threshold.
violation · One failure becomes a permanent rule. Overfitting to a single scenario.
scope: Pattern · Candidate Principle
GI-05∀ c ∈ CandidatePrinciple : approve(c) ⇒ decidedBy(c) ∈ Humans ∧ openChallenges(c) = ∅gate
No candidate enters the constitution without a named human decision and zero open challenges.
violation · Self-ratification: the engine rewrites its own governing rules.
scope: Candidate Principle · Constitution
GI-06∀ a ∈ Constitution : ¬delete(a) ∧ version(a) ≠ ∅hard
Constitutional articles are never deleted and always carry the version in which they entered force.
violation · Past recommendations become unexplainable against the rules that produced them.
scope: Constitution
GI-07∀ s ∈ Snapshot : ∀ t > ingestedAt(s) : values(s, t) = values(s, ingestedAt(s))hard
Snapshot values are byte-stable after ingestion.
violation · Every downstream citation becomes unverifiable.
scope: Snapshot
GI-08∀ x ∈ Kernel : cites(x) ⊆ published(before(x))audit
No object may cite evidence created after its own publication.
violation · Retroactive justification. The chain reads as sound but is not.
scope: Investigation · Reflection · Pattern · Candidate Principle
GI-09∀ r ∈ Recommendation : |{v ∈ versions(r) : state(v) = Active}| ≤ 1hard
At most one version of a recommendation is active at any time.
violation · Ambiguous advice: two theses compete for one decision.
scope: Recommendation
GI-10∀ x ∈ Kernel : ¬act(x)hard
No kernel object executes an action on the business. The kernel advises only.
violation · Autonomy breach. The founder is no longer the decision-maker.
scope: Recommendation · Constitution

This workspace changes no behaviour. Historical records remain immutable: outcomes are never edited, investigations are never overwritten, and the constitution is never deleted or silently modified.