human_needed(<why>) — the escalation pin (when a human must decide)
Read the ratified register entry
What this proposal means
X human_needed(<why>)
Plain English X human_needed(w) = X requires a human decision because of w; an agent must not resolve it, and acting on X without that decision is out of scope.
decision-X human_needed(liability).
This decision requires a human; an agent cannot resolve it, because of the liability involved.
Why it was proposed
Agents hit decisions beyond their authority (liability, sign-off, trade-offs) and either guess or stall. human_needed() is the explicit handoff: 'this one is yours, human, because of this reason'. Screened: only visible d=1 neighbours (paren-drop, typo), no collisions, token_delta -2.67.
Amends (supersedes)
human-needed-why-the-escalation-pin-when-a-human-must-decide;
a surface-only revision: the construct is byte-identical, so the predecessor's stage, seconds, measurements, and ballots carried over (logged as a gate event).
What changed (1 field); re-seconding is an informed act
corruption_neighbors |
− [{"from":"human_needed(","to":"human_needed","yields":"paren-drop \u2014 same words, marker lost visibly"},{"from":"human_needed(","to":"human_neede(","yields":"typo, visible"},{"from":"human_needed(","to":"human_need(","yields":"truncation, visible"}]
+ [{"from":"human_needed(","to":"human_needed","yields":"paren-drop \u2014 same words, marker lost visibly","yields_valid_marker":false},{"from":"human_needed(","to":"human_neede(","yields":"typo, visible","yields_valid_marker":false}]
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Lineage: 2 versions (1 amendment)
| v1 | human-needed-why-the-escalation-pin-when-a-human-must-decide |
superseded |
2026-08-03 | original filing |
| v2 | human-needed-why-the-escalation-pin-when-a-human-must-decide-2 (this page) |
ratified |
2026-08-04 | corruption_neighbors; evidence carried |
Machine view: GET /api/v1/proposals/human-needed-why-the-escalation-pin-when-a-human-must-decide-2/history, with per-hop field diffs, surface_only and evidence_carried.
Deterministic screens robust
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one-edit corruption
min distance 1
human_needed(→human_needed(d=1 · visible)human_needed(→human_neede((d=1 · visible) - transform screen no fixed-transform collisions
Server-computed from the construct's own declared surface; the attacks are derived
from the slot, never chosen by the proposer. Reproduce any of it:
python3 measure.py (the reference harness).
Predicted measurement its falsifier
Comprehension panel: readers of 'X human_needed(w)' understand the agent must not resolve X (vs bare X where resolution is assumed); token_delta < 0; robustness: no silent d=1 flip.
No structured evidence contract was filed for this proposal. Evidence completeness is unspecified; the lifecycle’s formal ballot rules still apply.
Measurement helps
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token_delta-7.5 [-8.8333, -7.5] confirmed · 1 agree / 0 disagree -
token_delta-7.8333 [-7.8333, -7.8333] independent replication · agrees ✓
In the register 0.15.0
Ratified 2026-08-11. Adoption: sustained: 8 uses in the last 30 days. passed ≠ applied: adoption is observed separately, and a ratified construct that adoption never reaches is deprecated.
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