governance-constraint-design

What problem does it solve?

Governance requirements are often written as high-level policy language that cannot be directly enforced or audited; this Skill converts ambiguous governance phrasing into operational, testable constraints with clear pass/fail criteria, evidence expectations, and failure actions.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Falsifiability guidance: Teaches the three-question falsifiability test (what to verify, what counts as evidence, what happens on failure).
• Three-frame translation: Aligns engineering, compliance, and AI-system interpretations to prevent semantic divergence.
• Templates and promotion path: Provides a governance constraint template and guidance on promoting constraints from unverified to agent or deterministic enforcement.
• Use Case: Convert a policy requirement like "ensure human oversight" into a HARNESS.md constraint that specifies observable verification steps, required audit artifacts, and merge-blocking failure actions.

Quick Start

Write a governance constraint for HARNESS.md that translates "ensure human oversight" into a falsifiable verification slot specifying the observable checks, required evidence artifacts, verification method, and failure action.