{ "parse_status": "pass", "round2_verdict": "Round 1 advice establishes a structurally sound control plane with clear boundaries, but it contains overly specific references (e.g., chapter_18_status) and hardcoded process assumptions (e.g., number of DeepSeek rounds) that should be generalized to keep the contract content-agnostic and project-agnostic. The corrections below address these without weakening the hardening.", "round1_confirmed_points": [ "Clear separation of definition work from execution.", "Evidence taxonomy and storage boundaries with dedicated directory conventions.", "Template-vs-real evidence distinction using mandatory watermarks and null sentinels.", "Immutability of execution_state.json.next_entrypoint and read-only policy flags.", "Comprehensive list of blocked actions bound to policy flags.", "Pre-execution gate conditions that must remain false until explicitly authorized.", "Control plane hardening rules such as checksum verification and advisory isolation.", "Validation commands that are read-only and side-effect free.", "Residual risk register covering human error, ghost evidence, and staleness." ], "round1_corrections_or_overreach": [ "Overreach: Hardcoding 'chapter_18_status' and its exact string value embeds content-specific knowledge into the control plane. Replace with a generic invariant over all held entities.", "Overreach: The requirement for 'at least two DeepSeek rounds' is a process assumption that does not belong in the structural contract; the contract should instead mandate that any advisory round be recorded with full boundary-compliance metadata.", "Overreach: Mandating that 'DeepSeek output parsing must include a boundary_compliance_check field' dictates an implementation detail. The contract should require that advisory artifacts carry verifiable boundary-compliance statements, without specifying how the parser works.", "Assumption: The 'check_chapter_18_status' validation command assumes chapter 18 exists and has that status; a generic held-entity status check is more robust.", "Overreach: Allowed definition work item 'Ensure chapter_18_status remains...' conflates definition with runtime monitoring; it should be a generic invariant check." ], "final_now32_control_plane_contract": { "status": "active", "entry_authority": "execution_state.json.next_entrypoint", "scope": [ "Definition and version-locking of the manual execution log contract schema.", "Establishment of evidence taxonomy and classification rules with storage boundaries.", "Creation of template-only artefacts for future manual execution entries, clearly marked as non-evidence.", "Specification of pre-execution gate conditions that must be satisfied before any manual evidence creation is authorized.", "Enumeration of all blocked actions and their binding to now32_handoff.policy flags.", "Implementation of control plane hardening rules to prevent accidental stage advancement or evidence pollution.", "Provision of dry-run validation and integrity checking scripts that do not modify state.", "Documentation of residual risks and escalation procedures." ], "out_of_scope": [ "Execution of any provider jobs, adapter payloads, or media generation.", "Creation of real manual, provider, or operator evidence entries.", "Activation of subsequent stages (Now-33, Now-34, Now-35, Now-36).", "Modification of execution_state.json.next_entrypoint or any now32_handoff.policy flag that is currently false.", "Production lane acceptance or any form of production readiness claim.", "Feedback intake, repair execution, replay execution.", "Any writeback to accepted overlays, operator overlays, canonical KG, or raw KG.", "Mutation of outputs indices, evidence stores, or manifests.", "Runtime branching based on work title, entity name, character name, block title, or sample text." ], "required_control_plane_fields": [ "execution_state.json.next_entrypoint (immutable during Now-32).", "now32_handoff.policy flag set (all execution-related flags must be false).", "Contract version and cryptographic hash of this control plane contract.", "Reference to the current readiness package (path and sha256).", "Evidence directory paths and their intended use (advisory/, template/, manual/, provider/, operator/).", "A manifest of all held entities and their required statuses, without branching on specific names in control logic." ], "required_artifacts_or_templates": [ "Manual execution log contract schema document (e.g., 'manual_execution_log_contract.v1.json').", "Template manual log entry file with all real-evidence fields set to null or PLACEHOLDER_* sentinels and 'template_only: true' marker.", "Evidence taxonomy reference document.", "Dry-run control plane auditor script (e.g., 'control_plane_auditor.sh') that performs all validation_commands_or_checks without side effects.", "This DeepSeek advisory record, stored under advisory/ with appropriate metadata." ], "evidence_classes": [ { "class": "advisory", "description": "Non-execution consultant or internal review output, not signed by operator.", "rules": [ "Stored in advisory/ directory, never linked or copied to evidence paths.", "Metadata must include provider, model, timestamp, response hash, and 'advisory_only: true' flag.", "Forbidden from evidence stores, acceptance gates, or production indexes.", "May inform definition design but cannot substitute for manual/provider evidence." ] }, { "class": "template", "description": "Schema definitions or empty instantiations used for future evidence creation.", "rules": [ "Must have 'template_only: true' in metadata and filename.", "All operational data fields must be null, empty, or PLACEHOLDER_... sentinels.", "Stored in template/ or contract/ directories, never in evidence/ or production lanes.", "Schema validation must pass, but hashes must not collide with any potential real evidence." ] }, { "class": "manual", "description": "Human operator evidence created after explicit authorization.", "rules": [ "Requires manual_execution_authorized flag == true and verified operator identity.", "Contains operator digital signature and chain-of-custody.", "Hash recorded in immutable evidence manifest.", "Cannot be backfilled or simulated." ] }, { "class": "provider", "description": "External AI/ML provider evidence.", "rules": [ "Requires provider_execution_authorized == true and active Now-33+ contract.", "Includes provider response body, request fingerprint, adapter metadata." ] }, { "class": "operator", "description": "Production acceptance evidence by operator.", "rules": [ "Forbidden until production_lane_accepted == true and all upstream evidence compiled." ] }, { "class": "pending", "description": "Placeholder for requested but not yet produced evidence.", "rules": [ "Exists only in tracking registers, not evidence stores.", "Has timeout; expired entries escalate to debt.", "Does not satisfy readiness gates." ] } ], "allowed_transitions": [ "Creation of new template or contract artifacts in designated definition directories.", "Execution of dry-run validation scripts that perform only read and compare operations.", "Recording of advisory consultations with full metadata." ], "blocked_transitions": [ "Activation of Now-33, Now-34, Now-35, or Now-36.", "Any change to execution_state.json.next_entrypoint.", "Setting any now32_handoff.policy execution flag from false to true.", "Transition of any held entity to a ready state without an authorized repair contract.", "Creation of any file with real evidence markers in evidence/ or production/.", "Mutation of outputs index or any evidence manifest.", "Execution of provider jobs or media generation pipelines." ], "preflight_checks": [ "Verify immutability of execution_state.json.next_entrypoint.", "Assert all now32_handoff.policy execution flags are false.", "Check that P2V24 forbidden side-effect counters are exactly zero.", "Recompute and compare checksums of the readiness package.", "Ensure evidence directories contain no files with operational data.", "Confirm all template artifacts carry the TEMPLATE_ONLY watermark.", "Scan for any runtime branching by content-specific identifiers (title, entity, character, block, sample text) in control logic.", "Validate that the manual log template schema is complete and version-locked.", "Generic check: for every entity in the held-entity manifest, assert its status has not changed since Now-32 entry, unless a traceable, authorized contract allowed it." ], "exit_or_closeout_criteria": [ "All required artifacts and templates are created and version-locked.", "All preflight checks pass without error.", "Residual risk register is documented and acknowledged by operator.", "The control plane auditor script is executable and returns a clean result.", "Operator confirms that Now-32 definition work is complete and the system is in a known, hardened state ready for potential future activation (which will require a separate, explicit gate change)." ] }, "recommended_short_entry_updates": [ "Replace all instances of 'chapter_18_status' checks with a generic loop over a configurable held-entity manifest ensuring 'status contains \"held\" and has not transitioned to \"ready\" without explicit authorization'.", "Remove the hardcoded requirement for a minimum number of DeepSeek rounds; instead mandate that each advisory round be recorded with a boundary-compliance statement and full metadata.", "Reframe the 'boundary_compliance_check' as a required section within the advisory artifact (e.g., a JSON field 'boundary_compliance') rather than a parser implementation detail.", "Modify the 'allowed_definition_work' item about chapter 18 to read: 'Inspect all held-entity statuses and confirm they remain unchanged unless released by a formal contract.'" ], "recommended_workflow_updates": [ "Introduce a held-entity status monitor that reads a manifest and alerts on any unauthorized status change without embedding entity names in the monitor's code.", "Automate the dry-run auditor as a pre-commit or pre-merge hook to prevent accidental state mutation during definition work.", "Ensure that the directory structure (advisory/, template/, contract/) is created with appropriate access controls to enforce write boundaries.", "Store contract fingerprints in a version control system and tie all artifacts back to the contract version." ], "validation_commands_or_checks": [ "check_next_entrypoint: grep execution_state.json for next_entrypoint value and assert it matches 'platform_neutral_prompt_readiness_manual_execution_log_contract'.", "check_policy_flags: iterate over now32_handoff.policy and assert all execution-related flags are false.", "check_p2v24_counts: compare P2V24 summary counts with expected zeroes for forbidden side-effects.", "check_readiness_integrity: sha256sum readiness_package.file and compare with stored hash.", "check_evidence_dirs: find evidence/ -type f ! -name '*.template' and assert empty or absent.", "check_template_watermark: grep -L 'TEMPLATE_ONLY_DO_NOT_EXECUTE' in template/ artifacts and fail if any found without it.", "check_advisory_boundary: for each file in advisory/, assert advisory_only flag true and not symlinked into evidence/.", "check_no_active_future: verify no configuration files reference stages > 32 and no activation contracts present.", "check_runtime_branching: static analysis to detect conditionals on work_title, entity_name, character_name, block_title, sample_text; fail if any.", "check_held_entities: for each entry in held_entities_manifest, assert its current status equals the recorded status from Now-32 entry; fail on mismatch unless accompanied by an authorized release contract.", "check_manual_log_template_schema: validate the template JSON against the manual_execution_log_contract schema, ensuring all real evidence fields are null.", "check_contract_fingerprint: compute hash of the active contract and compare with the value stored in execution_state or a registry." ], "residual_risks": [ "Operator may bypass control plane rules by directly modifying files or policy flags outside the defined process.", "Advisory content could be misinterpreted as evidence if not properly segregated by file system permissions.", "DeepSeek or other advisor may inadvertently suggest actions that violate the generic/structural requirement; human review is necessary.", "Readiness package corruption can occur between now and future execution if integrity is not re-verified at point of use.", "Human error during future manual evidence creation could introduce syntactically valid but factually incorrect data.", "Compromise of the control plane auditor script itself could hide state anomalies.", "Accidental copy of template artifacts into evidence directories could create ghost evidence; strict naming conventions and access controls mitigate this.", "P2V24 facts summary may become stale if manual modifications happen outside the control plane's awareness; periodic re-scan is advised.", "A future contract could alter the control plane without re-running all hardening checks, bypassing protections.", "System clock skew or timestamp manipulation could affect temporal validation checks.", "If the held-entity manifest is not kept up to date, generic status checks may miss newly added held items." ], "final_do_not_do": [ "Do not execute any provider job or generate media.", "Do not create or fill real manual/provider/operator evidence entries.", "Do not modify execution_state.json.next_entrypoint.", "Do not set any now32_handoff.policy flag from false to true.", "Do not activate or prepare for Now-33/34/35/36.", "Do not perform feedback intake, repair, or replay actions.", "Do not mutate any outputs index, evidence manifest, or overlay.", "Do not create runtime branches dependent on work title, entity name, character name, block title, or sample text.", "Do not treat any advisory (including this one) as production evidence or acceptance.", "Do not change the status of any held entity unless an explicit, authorized contract is in place and all gate conditions are met.", "Do not store template artifacts in evidence directories or give them evidence-like filenames." ], "confidence": "high" }