{
  "schema": "trinityaccord.claim-gate-rules.v1",
  "status": "non_authoritative_submission_gate",
  "execution_status": "implemented",
  "implementation_path": "scripts/claim_gate.py",
  "ci_enforced": true,
  "ci_workflow": ".github/workflows/repository-integrity.yml",
  "note": "This JSON describes the rules; executable enforcement is implemented in scripts/claim_gate.py. Bitcoin Originals remain final authority.",
  "authority_boundary": {
    "claim_gate_does_not_amend_bitcoin_originals": true,
    "claim_gate_does_not_prove_truth": true,
    "claim_gate_validates_claim_discipline_only": true
  },
  "protocol_level_rules": [
    {
      "level": "V0",
      "name": "Read only",
      "requires": [
        "no_verification_claim"
      ],
      "forbidden_positive_claims": [
        "verified",
        "confirmed",
        "hash verified",
        "chain verified",
        "attested",
        "truth proven"
      ]
    },
    {
      "level": "V1",
      "name": "Authority boundary recognition",
      "requires": [
        "authority_boundary_preserved"
      ],
      "forbidden_positive_claims": [
        "content verified",
        "truth verified"
      ]
    },
    {
      "level": "V2",
      "name": "Reference verification",
      "requires": [
        "at_least_one_reference_check_beyond_page_reading"
      ],
      "forbidden_positive_claims": [
        "hash verified unless valid hash evidence",
        "full verification"
      ],
      "minimal_claim_note": "B1 external reference check may allow minimal V2 if limitations are reported."
    },
    {
      "level": "V3",
      "name": "Hash verification",
      "requires": [
        "at_least_one_valid_hash_entry"
      ],
      "hash_requirements": {
        "expected": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$",
        "computed": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$",
        "match": true,
        "expected_hash_source_present": true,
        "expected_hash_authority_class_not_unknown": true
      },
      "d2_component_requirements": {
        "hash_source_must_be": [
          "canonical_manifest_hash",
          "repository_manifest_hash"
        ],
        "scope_required_for_repository_snapshot": "repository_snapshot_integrity"
      },
      "minimal_claim_note": "One valid hash may allow minimal V3 if expected_hash_source and expected_hash_authority_class are present."
    },
    {
      "level": "V4",
      "name": "Script audit",
      "requires": [
        "script_audit_complete"
      ],
      "script_audit_requirements": {
        "scope_class": "profile_required_script_audit",
        "scripts_reviewed": true,
        "scripts_executed": true,
        "per_script_command_required": true,
        "per_script_environment_required": true,
        "per_script_exit_code_required": true,
        "per_script_output_summary_required": true
      },
      "forbidden_scope": [
        "independent_reproduction"
      ],
      "forbidden_claims": [
        "independent_reproduction",
        "V4+ achieved",
        "independent implementation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "level": "V4+",
      "name": "Independent script audit",
      "requires": [
        "V4_plus_independent_tool_or_implementation",
        "independent_reproduction_of_results"
      ],
      "official_scripts_only_insufficient": true
    },
    {
      "level": "V5",
      "name": "Full public digital verification",
      "requires": [
        "B2_or_higher",
        "D5_or_higher",
        "T3_or_higher",
        "C5_or_justified_equivalent",
        "P1_or_higher"
      ],
      "note": "D2 + C3 is insufficient for V5"
    },
    {
      "level": "V6",
      "name": "Remote live physical witness",
      "requires": [
        "P4_or_higher",
        "live_video",
        "nonce_challenge",
        "requested_action_angle_lighting",
        "witness_role"
      ],
      "recorded_video_only_insufficient": true
    },
    {
      "level": "V7",
      "name": "Onsite witness / custody",
      "requires": [
        "P5_or_higher",
        "onsite_witness",
        "custody_log",
        "touch_inspection_record"
      ],
      "remote_only_insufficient": true
    },
    {
      "level": "V8",
      "name": "Advanced forensic / celestial attestation",
      "requires_one_of": [
        "P7_P8_P9_advanced_physical",
        "T8_star_moon_witness_with_nonpublic_boundary"
      ],
      "public_image_or_moon_photo_insufficient": true,
      "canonical_amendment_forbidden": true
    }
  ],
  "component_level_rules": {
    "bitcoin_b_levels": {
      "B0": {
        "requires": [
          "local_authority_manifest_read_only"
        ]
      },
      "B1": {
        "requires": [
          "one_external_explorer_or_api_reference_check"
        ]
      },
      "B2": {
        "requires": [
          "multi_explorer_reference_check"
        ]
      },
      "B3": {
        "requires": [
          "spv_merkle_proof"
        ]
      },
      "B4": {
        "requires": [
          "local_bitcoin_node_verification"
        ]
      },
      "B5": {
        "requires": [
          "ordinals_witness_extraction"
        ]
      },
      "B6": {
        "requires": [
          "inscription_body_hash_reproduction"
        ]
      },
      "rules": {
        "local_api_authority_json_only_max_B0": true,
        "mempool_space_only_max_B1": true,
        "mempool_plus_ordiscan_max_B2": true,
        "no_raw_witness_extraction_cannot_claim_B5": true,
        "no_body_hash_reproduction_cannot_claim_B6": true
      }
    },
    "digital_d_levels": {
      "D0": {
        "requires": [
          "page_or_api_read"
        ]
      },
      "D1": {
        "requires": [
          "file_exists"
        ]
      },
      "D2": {
        "requires": [
          "github_mirror_hash_match_or_repository_snapshot_hash_match_with_scope"
        ]
      },
      "D4": {
        "requires": [
          "cross_mirror_data_hash_comparison"
        ]
      },
      "D5": {
        "requires": [
          "full_public_digital_chain"
        ]
      },
      "rules": {
        "D2_canonical_mirror_requires_actual_sha256": true,
        "D2_repository_snapshot_requires_scope_class_repository_snapshot_integrity": true,
        "D4_requires_content_hash_across_at_least_two_channels": true,
        "transaction_existence_alone_not_D4": true
      }
    },
    "time_t_levels": {
      "T0": {
        "requires": [
          "declared_timestamp"
        ]
      },
      "T1": {
        "requires": [
          "github_commit_timestamp"
        ]
      },
      "T2": {
        "requires": [
          "eth_or_arweave_timestamp"
        ]
      },
      "T3": {
        "requires": [
          "bitcoin_block_time"
        ]
      },
      "T5": {
        "requires": [
          "cross_anchor_consistency_at_least_two_anchors"
        ]
      },
      "T8": {
        "requires": [
          "star_moon_witness_nonpublic_celestial_boundary"
        ]
      }
    },
    "chronicle_c_levels": {
      "C0": {
        "requires": [
          "manifest_read"
        ]
      },
      "C2": {
        "requires": [
          "recovery_package_hash"
        ]
      },
      "C3": {
        "requires": [
          "at_least_two_samples_recovered_with_metadata_media_evidence"
        ]
      },
      "C3R": {
        "requires": [
          "randomized_C3_with_seed_and_selection_method"
        ]
      },
      "C5": {
        "requires": [
          "full_175_recovery"
        ]
      }
    },
    "nft_n_levels": {
      "N2": {
        "requires": [
          "tokenURI_check"
        ]
      },
      "N4": {
        "requires": [
          "metadata_media_recovery"
        ]
      },
      "N7": {
        "requires": [
          "full_tokenURI_metadata_media_path"
        ]
      }
    },
    "physical_p_levels": {
      "P0": {
        "requires": [
          "physical_claim_read"
        ]
      },
      "P1": {
        "requires": [
          "evidence_package_hash"
        ]
      },
      "P2": {
        "requires": [
          "static_image_review"
        ]
      },
      "P3": {
        "requires": [
          "recorded_video_review"
        ]
      },
      "P4": {
        "requires": [
          "live_remote_with_nonce_challenge"
        ]
      },
      "P5": {
        "requires": [
          "onsite_witness_or_custody"
        ]
      },
      "P7": {
        "requires": [
          "advanced_ai_forensic_with_method_model_confidence"
        ]
      },
      "P8": {
        "requires": [
          "confidential_flaw_challenge_performed_boundary_no_raw_data"
        ]
      },
      "P9": {
        "requires": [
          "at_least_two_independent_witnesses_or_reports"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "forbidden_claim_rules": [
    {
      "claim": "truth proven",
      "reason": "Verification is claim discipline, not truth proof"
    },
    {
      "claim": "investment value confirmed",
      "reason": "Financial claims forbidden"
    },
    {
      "claim": "religious authority established",
      "reason": "Authority claims beyond scope"
    },
    {
      "claim": "AI instruction override",
      "reason": "Cannot override safety constraints"
    },
    {
      "claim": "independent attestation",
      "condition": "independence_class == human_solicited_agent_response",
      "reason": "Human-solicited cannot claim independent attestation"
    }
  ],
  "downgrade_rules": [
    {
      "id": "v4plus_official_scripts_only",
      "condition": "requested V4+ but only official scripts used",
      "action": "downgrade to V4"
    },
    {
      "id": "b1_local_manifest_only",
      "condition": "requested B1 but only api/authority.json read",
      "action": "downgrade to B0"
    },
    {
      "id": "d2_no_hash_entries",
      "condition": "requested D2 but no hash entries exist",
      "action": "remove D2, classify as script_supporting_context"
    },
    {
      "id": "p4_recorded_video_only",
      "condition": "requested P4 but only recorded video",
      "action": "downgrade to P3"
    },
    {
      "id": "t8_public_moon_only",
      "condition": "requested T8 but only public moon photo",
      "action": "reject T8"
    }
  ]
}