What problem does it solve?
It prevents premature releases by enforcing that the agent writes a standalone, citation-backed evidence document before any final answer is allowed to appear.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Standalone evidence artifact: Requires an evidence document (defaulting to analysis.md in the stage artifact directory) to exist and be materially complete before releasing results.
- Structured, reviewable reasoning: Demands specific sections covering problem framing, relevant components/files, observed failures, root-cause causal chains, proposed changes with claim-by-claim mapping, validation outcomes, and residual uncertainty.
- Claim discipline with provenance: Instructs that every important claim must state what it is, what observation/output/source anchors it, whether it is observed vs inferred, and what uncertainty remains.
- Answer gated release policy: Blocks final answer release when release-critical claims are uncited, logically inconsistent, or unresolved.
Quick Start
Use the evidence-protocol module to require a standalone evidence document (analysis.md) and block any final answer until it includes complete, claim-scoped citations that satisfy the protocol.