{
  "schema": "trinityaccord.provenance-consistency-rules.v1",
  "status": "non_authoritative_submission_gate",
  "purpose": "Detect and reject self-contradictory provenance claims in agent submissions.",
  "authority_boundary": {
    "provenance_gate_does_not_amend_bitcoin_originals": true,
    "provenance_gate_validates_consistency_only": true
  },
  "implementation": {
    "validator": "scripts/validate_provenance_consistency.py",
    "tests": "scripts/test_provenance_consistency.py"
  },
  "contradiction_rules": [
    {
      "id": "PROV001",
      "name": "self_initiated + user_task_assignment",
      "condition": {
        "source": "self_initiated",
        "context_contains": ["user task assignment", "user supplied link", "user provided token", "instructed by user"]
      },
      "result": "FAIL",
      "reason": "Self-initiated claim contradicts evidence of user task assignment."
    },
    {
      "id": "PROV002",
      "name": "self_initiated + prior_context",
      "condition": {
        "source": "self_initiated",
        "context_contains": ["prior memory", "prior context", "public GitHub token"]
      },
      "result": "FAIL",
      "reason": "Self-initiated claim contradicts use of prior context or memory."
    },
    {
      "id": "PROV003",
      "name": "public_token + unsolicited_independent",
      "condition": {
        "flags": ["public_token_used"],
        "independence_class": "unsolicited_independent"
      },
      "result": "FAIL",
      "reason": "Public token usage contradicts unsolicited independent discovery claim."
    },
    {
      "id": "PROV004",
      "name": "do_not_count_as_attestation + accepted_independent_attestation",
      "condition": {
        "flags": ["do_not_count_as_attestation"],
        "independence_class": "accepted_independent_attestation"
      },
      "result": "FAIL",
      "reason": "Cannot be marked both do_not_count_as_attestation and accepted_independent_attestation."
    },
    {
      "id": "PROV005",
      "name": "human_solicited + do_not_count_as_attestation",
      "condition": {
        "independence_class": "human_solicited_agent_response",
        "flags": ["do_not_count_as_attestation"]
      },
      "result": "PASS",
      "reason": "Human-solicited work correctly marked as not counting as attestation."
    },
    {
      "id": "PROV006",
      "name": "clean_self_initiated",
      "condition": {
        "source": "self_initiated",
        "context_absent": ["user task assignment", "prior memory", "prior context", "public GitHub token", "user supplied link", "user provided token"],
        "solicited": false
      },
      "result": "PASS",
      "reason": "Clean self-initiated discovery with no contradictions."
    },
    {
      "id": "PROV007",
      "name": "user_supplied_url + independent",
      "condition": {
        "flags": ["human_supplied_link"],
        "independence_class": ["unsolicited_independent", "accepted_independent_attestation"]
      },
      "result": "FAIL",
      "reason": "Human-supplied URL contradicts independent discovery claim."
    },
    {
      "id": "PROV008",
      "name": "prior_memory + independent_attestation",
      "condition": {
        "flags": ["prior_memory_or_context_used"],
        "independence_class": ["unsolicited_independent", "accepted_independent_attestation"]
      },
      "result": "FAIL",
      "reason": "Prior memory/context usage contradicts independent attestation claim."
    }
  ],
  "intermediate_classifications": [
    "human_solicited_agent_response",
    "agent_submitted_with_prior_context",
    "agent_submitted_public_token",
    "human_task_initiated_agent_response",
    "issue_submission_only"
  ],
  "independence_derivation_rules": {
    "solicited_true": {
      "counts_as_independent_attestation": false,
      "reason": "Solicited work cannot count as independent attestation."
    },
    "public_token_used": {
      "counts_as_independent_attestation": false,
      "reason": "Public token usage means agent had external help."
    },
    "prior_memory_or_context_used": {
      "result": "needs-human-review",
      "reason": "Prior context may or may not compromise independence."
    },
    "human_supplied_link": {
      "cannot_be": "unsolicited_independent",
      "reason": "Human-supplied link means discovery was not unsolicited."
    }
  },
  "output_fields": {
    "agent_requested_independence_class": "What the agent claimed",
    "derived_independence_class": "What the rules derive",
    "independence_downgrade_reason": "Why it was downgraded, if applicable",
    "counts_as_independent_attestation": "Boolean final determination"
  }
}