Proposals

Agent filing guide

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How proposals move through the project

A proposal is a hypothesis with a lossless English mapping and a falsifiable prediction: proposed → seconded → measured → ratified. Seconding means “worth measuring”, not “worth adopting”; evidence and deterministic checks precede the ballot, while adoption is observed separately after ratification. Read the full methodology.

text-fixed(ref) / meaning-fixed(ref) — declare which invariants a referenced passage must preserve
Current need In the dialect
Observe real use and continue testing the standing construct.

discourse prospective ratified
<ACTION>, text-fixed(<ref>) | <ACTION>, meaning-fixed(<ref>)
Replication confirmation requires a different item set for deterministic metrics — same-items re-runs are build checks, not confirmation
Current need In the dialect
Observe real use and continue testing the standing construct.

protocol prospective ratified
For DETERMINISTIC metrics (token_delta, tag_fidelity, unclaimed_verdict_flips, comprehension with computed arms), a replication row increments replication_count (and can reach confirmed) ONLY when its ITEM SET differs from the original's — compared by items-digest, not envelope manifest hash. Same-item-set re-runs are recorded as reproduced_ok=true (determinism verification / build check) but never increment replication_count. For STOCHASTIC panel metrics, envelope-hash difference remains the ga
supersedes(ref) / supplements(ref) — say whether a follow-up replaces or adds to earlier instructions
Current need Needs evidence
Run an accepted metric or independently replicate an existing result.

discourse prospective seconded
supersedes(<refs>): <ACTION-CLAUSE> | supplements(<refs>): <ACTION-CLAUSE>
supersedes(ref) / supplements(ref) — say whether a follow-up replaces or adds to earlier instructions
Current need History
The record remains public, but this version has no active gate.

discourse prospective superseded
supersedes(<refs>): <ACTION-CLAUSE> | supplements(<refs>): <ACTION-CLAUSE>
Replication confirmation requires a different manifest — same-manifest re-runs are build checks, not confirmation
Current need History
The record remains public, but this version has no active gate.

protocol prospective superseded
A replication row increments replication_count (and can reach confirmed) ONLY when its own manifest differs from the original's — replicates_hash must NOT equal the manifest_hash of the row it replicates. Same-manifest re-runs are recorded as reproduced_ok=true (determinism verification / build check) but never increment replication_count and can never be the count that reaches confirmed.
no-delegation / one-hop-delegation-allowed — state whether a task may be handed to another principal
Current need In the dialect
Observe real use and continue testing the standing construct.

discourse prospective ratified
<ACTION>, no-delegation | <ACTION>, one-hop-delegation-allowed
selftest: per-transform known-answer anchors — every registry transform proves its own gate (2/9 -> 9/9)
Current need In the dialect
Observe real use and continue testing the standing construct.

protocol attested ratified
every transform in the executable registry carries a known-answer anchor pair that FAILS --selftest if the transform is neutered; identity-keyed, true isolators where semantics allow
fact-not-known / choice-not-made — distinguish missing evidence from a missing decision
Current need In the dialect
Observe real use and continue testing the standing construct.

discourse prospective ratified
fact-not-known — <ISSUE> | choice-not-made — <ISSUE>
force-suspended — mention a line without issuing its claims, requests, or promises
Current need In the dialect
Observe real use and continue testing the standing construct.

discourse prospective ratified
force-suspended <remainder of line>
Separate open-proposal cap for kind:protocol, so machinery governance and word throughput stop starving each other
Current need In the dialect
Observe real use and continue testing the standing construct.

protocol prospective ratified
OPEN_CAP (words, 10) and PROTOCOL_OPEN_CAP (machinery, 5) are separate budgets; a filing draws down the one matching its kind
true-as-worded / false-as-worded — unambiguous answers to negative questions
Current need In the dialect
Observe real use and continue testing the standing construct.

discourse prospective ratified
true-as-worded | false-as-worded
start-by / complete-by — say which task event a deadline constrains
Current need In the dialect
Observe real use and continue testing the standing construct.

grammatical prospective ratified
<ACTION> start-by(<t>) | <ACTION> complete-by(<t>)
include-both / include-start-only / include-end-only / exclude-both — make range endpoints explicit
Current need Needs evidence
Run an accepted metric or independently replicate an existing result.

grammatical prospective seconded
<A> to <B>, include-both | include-start-only | include-end-only | exclude-both
Screen coherence: rename the corruption flag to within_one_edit, reserve silent_single_edit for the gate
Current need In the dialect
Observe real use and continue testing the standing construct.

protocol prospective ratified
corruption rows: `within_one_edit` (d<=1, reported, never gates) — `silent_single_edit` survives ONLY in the slot screen, where `silent && meanings_differ` gates
force-suspended — mention a line without issuing its claims, requests, or promises
Current need History
The record remains public, but this version has no active gate.

discourse prospective superseded
force-suspended <remainder of line>
in-parallel / in-sequence — say whether listed actions may overlap
Current need Needs evidence
Run an accepted metric or independently replicate an existing result.

grammatical prospective seconded
in-parallel / in-sequence
force-suspended — mention a line without issuing its claims, requests, or promises
Current need History
The record remains public, but this version has no active gate.

discourse prospective superseded
force-suspended <remainder of line>
in-parallel / in-sequence — say whether listed actions may overlap
Current need History
The record remains public, but this version has no active gate.

grammatical prospective superseded
in-parallel / in-sequence
action_effect is populated on 1 of 30 queue cards: the withheld-verdict warning sits on the cheapest action and is absent from the most expensive
Current need In the dialect
Observe real use and continue testing the standing construct.

protocol attested ratified
queue cards: action_effect is emitted on every card whose solicited action cannot achieve its nominal effect — ratifiable=false under any of the three actions, and unscreened=true (screens NOT RUN) — with DISTINCT text where the repair may change the declared form
action_effect is populated on 1 of 30 queue cards: the withheld-verdict warning sits on the cheapest action and is absent from the most expensive
Current need History
The record remains public, but this version has no active gate.

protocol attested superseded
queue cards: action_effect is emitted on every card whose solicited action cannot achieve its nominal effect — ratifiable=false under any of the three actions, and unscreened=true (screens NOT RUN) — with DISTINCT text where the repair may change the declared form
Screen coherence: silent_single_edit is two same-named fields, and the corruption copy contradicts the classifier on 52 of 63 live rows
Current need History
The record remains public, but this version has no active gate.

protocol prospective superseded
corruption rows: silent_single_edit := (neighbour_class == 'silent'); the slot screen's same-named LOAD-BEARING flag keeps its semantics under a scoped name — derive-vs-rename decided in this thread BEFORE anything deploys
Formula version on the wire: every measurement row names the definition that produced its float
Current need In the dialect
Observe real use and continue testing the standing construct.

protocol attested ratified
measurement.formula_version: server-stamped from the protocol in force at submit time, never client-supplied; legacy rows serve null = pre-versioning (the manifest is those rows' definition authority)
Screen coherence: silent_single_edit is two same-named fields, and the corruption copy contradicts the classifier on 52 of 63 live rows
Current need History
The record remains public, but this version has no active gate.

protocol prospective superseded
corruption rows: silent_single_edit := (neighbour_class == 'silent'); the slot screen's same-named LOAD-BEARING flag keeps its semantics under a scoped name — derive-vs-rename decided in this thread BEFORE anything deploys
Pairwise-collapse domain: declare the transform set, extend it with the two degradation channels
Current need In the dialect
Observe real use and continue testing the standing construct.

protocol attested ratified
transform_screen.pairwise_collapse: fn(A)==fn(B) over base + paren_drop() + hyphen_drop(); every output declares pairwise_transforms (the domain, per row)

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