judgment-chain · diff
v0.2.0 to v0.3.5
22 added, 34 removed. Audit A to A.
---
name: judgment-chain
description: >-
- Emperor Time's pinky chain — the rule staked into the heart. Router for five
- aspects: gatekeeping (opening gates G0–G5 on evidence), claim audit (the G4
- scientific-method sweep), self-critique (the prosecutor protocol),
- hetero-critique (borrowed prosecutors from other agents), and
- verdicts-and-breaches (rulings, re-entry, the Stake of Retribution). Use at
- every gate, before any delivery, when reviewing work, or when a vow breach
- is suspected. Load one aspect file at a time per the Invocation Ritual.
+ Emperor Time pinky chain — dogma enforcement. Gates, claim audit, critique,
+ scope-guard, change-rationale, self-calibration, verdicts. Use at every gate,
+ before edits, before DONE, when creep/drain is suspected.
metadata:
- version: 0.2.0
+ version: 0.3.5
part-of: emperor-time
kind: router
---
# Judgment Chain — router
- > *A blade of law placed against the heart. Break the rule you agreed to, and
- > the chain does not negotiate.*
+ > *Break the rule you agreed to, and the chain does not negotiate.*
- Judgment is the enforcement organ. It never builds; it rules. When Judgment is
- active, you are not the author of the work — you are its examiner, and the
- work must convince you.
+ Judgment never builds. It rules. The agent names DONE; `scripts/done.sh` tests it.
- ## Selection table — read exactly one
+ ## Selection — read exactly one
- | Your situation | Aspect file |
+ | Situation | Aspect |
|---|---|
- | A phase claims to be done — check its gate's exit criteria | `gatekeeping.md` |
- | G4: sweep the Claim Ledger to terminal states, spot-check evidence | `claim-audit.md` |
- | Critique own work before delivery (mandatory, every task) | `self-critique.md` |
- | Another agent is available to prosecute the work | `hetero-critique.md` |
- | Issue a ruling; handle a FAIL re-entry; a vow breach surfaced | `verdicts-and-breaches.md` |
-
- Standard G4 sequence: `claim-audit.md` → `self-critique.md` →
- (`hetero-critique.md` if any agent is available) → `verdicts-and-breaches.md`
- for the ruling. Four selections, made one at a time.
+ | Phase claims done — gate criteria | `gatekeeping.md` |
+ | G4 claim sweep | `claim-audit.md` |
+ | Critique own work | `self-critique.md` |
+ | Other context available to prosecute | `hetero-critique.md` |
+ | Ruling / breach | `verdicts-and-breaches.md` |
+ | About to edit or G1 moved | `scope-guard.md` |
+ | About to write a hunk | `change-rationale.md` |
+ | Non-trivial decision, before DONE | `self-calibration.md` |
- ## Chain-wide laws (apply in every aspect)
+ ## Laws
- 1. **Evidence opens gates; confidence does not.** "It's probably fine" has
- exactly the same gate-opening power as silence: none.
- 2. **Examiner stance.** While judging, you argue *against* admission; the work
- earns its way in. Returning to author-mode mid-judgment (to quickly fix a
- finding) ends the judgment — fix, then re-enter.
- 3. **Findings are claims.** Every critique finding follows claim discipline —
- a hallucinated bug report is as much a Vow 1 breach as a hallucinated fix.
- 4. **The register is append-only.** Breach entries are never edited down,
- reworded after the fact, or quietly deleted. Honesty is the mechanic.
+ 1. Evidence opens gates; confidence does not.
+ 2. Examiner stance — argue against admission.
+ 3. Findings are claims.
+ 4. Breach register is append-only.
+ 5. Easy path is a breach. Scope drain and creep are breaches.