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LCDL overlay: Consumer Decisions, Contracts, and Claims Intelligence
Design and test-contract bundle; no runtime implementation or operational certification is claimed. The manifest, schemas, validators, test suite, and task identities are complete enough for repository-native…
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Design and test-contract bundle; no runtime implementation or operational certification is claimed. The manifest, schemas, validators, test suite, and task identities are complete enough for repository-native implementation; no placeholder task code is included.
Capability contracts
| Capability ID | Candidate task ID | Required output artifacts | Release validators |
|---|---|---|---|
capability.life.consumer-contracts-claims.define_requirements |
intelligence_consumer_contracts_claims_define_requirements_v1 |
artifact.life.consumer-contracts-claims.requirements_brief |
validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.01_prices_availability_terms_recalls_and_seller_status, validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.02_total_cost_financing_fees_and_unit_comparison, validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.03_legal_advice_boundary_and_prohibited_goods |
capability.life.consumer-contracts-claims.research_options |
intelligence_consumer_contracts_claims_research_options_v1 |
artifact.life.consumer-contracts-claims.options_and_evidence_ledger |
validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.01_prices_availability_terms_recalls_and_seller_status, validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.02_total_cost_financing_fees_and_unit_comparison, validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.03_legal_advice_boundary_and_prohibited_goods |
capability.life.consumer-contracts-claims.compare_total_value |
intelligence_consumer_contracts_claims_compare_total_value_v1 |
artifact.life.consumer-contracts-claims.total_cost_comparison |
validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.02_total_cost_financing_fees_and_unit_comparison |
capability.life.consumer-contracts-claims.review_contract_terms |
intelligence_consumer_contracts_claims_review_contract_terms_v1 |
artifact.life.consumer-contracts-claims.contract_issue_list |
validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.01_prices_availability_terms_recalls_and_seller_status, validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.02_total_cost_financing_fees_and_unit_comparison, validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.03_legal_advice_boundary_and_prohibited_goods |
capability.life.consumer-contracts-claims.check_seller_scam_risk |
intelligence_consumer_contracts_claims_check_seller_scam_risk_v1 |
artifact.life.consumer-contracts-claims.scam_risk_review |
validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.01_prices_availability_terms_recalls_and_seller_status, validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.02_total_cost_financing_fees_and_unit_comparison, validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.03_legal_advice_boundary_and_prohibited_goods |
capability.life.consumer-contracts-claims.plan_return_warranty_claim |
intelligence_consumer_contracts_claims_plan_return_warranty_claim_v1 |
artifact.life.consumer-contracts-claims.return_or_warranty_plan |
validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.04_claim_dossier_dates_documents_and_requested_remedy, validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.01_prices_availability_terms_recalls_and_seller_status, validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.02_total_cost_financing_fees_and_unit_comparison |
capability.life.consumer-contracts-claims.prepare_complaint |
intelligence_consumer_contracts_claims_prepare_complaint_v1 |
artifact.life.consumer-contracts-claims.complaint_and_claim_dossier |
validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.03_legal_advice_boundary_and_prohibited_goods, validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.04_claim_dossier_dates_documents_and_requested_remedy, validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.01_prices_availability_terms_recalls_and_seller_status |
Each capability contract in the manifest defines inputs, outputs, preconditions, postconditions, method-selection rules, invariant references, failure states, risk gate, metrics, and the existing forge-lcdl tasks/operators to compose.
Artifact schemas
| Artifact type | Schema reference | Required payload fields | Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|
artifact.life.consumer-contracts-claims.requirements_brief |
../schemas/artifacts/consumer-contracts-claims.schema.json#/$defs/requirements_brief |
requirement_ids, requirement_statements, acceptance_criteria, verification_method, owner, status, traceability_refs | restricted |
artifact.life.consumer-contracts-claims.options_and_evidence_ledger |
../schemas/artifacts/consumer-contracts-claims.schema.json#/$defs/options_and_evidence_ledger |
entries, entry_ids, owners, status, source_refs, updated_at | restricted |
artifact.life.consumer-contracts-claims.total_cost_comparison |
../schemas/artifacts/consumer-contracts-claims.schema.json#/$defs/total_cost_comparison |
alternatives, hard_constraints, criteria, normalized_values, evidence_refs, uncertainty, dominance_or_tradeoffs, recommendation_status | restricted |
artifact.life.consumer-contracts-claims.contract_issue_list |
../schemas/artifacts/consumer-contracts-claims.schema.json#/$defs/contract_issue_list |
entries, entry_ids, owners, status, source_refs, updated_at | restricted |
artifact.life.consumer-contracts-claims.scam_risk_review |
../schemas/artifacts/consumer-contracts-claims.schema.json#/$defs/scam_risk_review |
question_or_standard, criteria, evidence, findings, uncertainty, limitations, status, recommended_actions | restricted |
artifact.life.consumer-contracts-claims.return_or_warranty_plan |
../schemas/artifacts/consumer-contracts-claims.schema.json#/$defs/return_or_warranty_plan |
objective, scope, steps, dependencies, constraints, owners, timing, contingencies, review_triggers | restricted |
artifact.life.consumer-contracts-claims.complaint_and_claim_dossier |
../schemas/artifacts/consumer-contracts-claims.schema.json#/$defs/complaint_and_claim_dossier |
package_id, purpose, contents, document_versions, evidence_index, completeness_status, recipient_or_reviewer, approvals | restricted |
Validators
| Validator ID | Kind | Automation | Severity | Failure action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.01_prices_availability_terms_recalls_and_seller_status |
live_provenance | hybrid | blocker | escalate |
validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.02_total_cost_financing_fees_and_unit_comparison |
deterministic | deterministic | blocker | escalate |
validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.03_legal_advice_boundary_and_prohibited_goods |
policy | hybrid | major | repair |
validator.life.consumer-contracts-claims.04_claim_dossier_dates_documents_and_requested_remedy |
evidence_check | hybrid | minor | conditional_pass |
Validator checks return itemized evidence and support pass, conditional_pass, fail, inconclusive, or a governed repair/escalation path. Generation does not self-certify.
Existing execution substrate
Tasks to reuse: contradiction_scan, decompose_problem, extract_schema_from_text, formula_eval_safe, llm_boolean_gate, llm_enum_route, plan_decision_pack, word_problem_to_calc_plan
Operators to reuse: branch, fallback_chain, for_each, optional_step, seq, try_catch, until_ok
Cross-intelligence handoff
- artifact_id, type, version, producer capability, provenance, scope, assumptions, uncertainty, sensitivity, validation status, and next action
- No free-text handoff may replace a required typed artifact when a downstream validator depends on structure.
Information-loss checks: - all hard constraints preserved - all blocker findings preserved - source scope and date preserved - assumptions and dissent preserved - units, time zones, identifiers, and uncertainty preserved
Evaluation and release
Suite: ../evaluation_suites/consumer-contracts-claims.yaml
- 100% schema validity for released artifacts
- 100% material traceability
- no unresolved blocker validator
- no missed critical escalation in the approved benchmark
- documented conditional-pass limits and human gates
Promotion to implementation maturity I1
- Create repository-native input and output contracts for every candidate task ID.
- Implement deterministic portions of validators and declare independent human or model review for semantic portions.
- Connect a provenance-preserving source resolver and enforce freshness and jurisdiction rules.
- Pass the per-pack suite and dependency regression suites at release thresholds.
- Complete security, privacy, accessibility, and domain-owner review appropriate to risk.
- Publish LMETA/LCDL exact-overlay links and CI parity checks.
Exact-overlay identity
The LMETA and LCDL pages share the concept ID, semantic version, capability IDs, and invariant IDs. tools/validate_pack.py checks this parity.
Paired overlay
Runtime maturity
- Capabilities: 7
- Technical floor→ceiling:
I1_runtime→I1_runtime - Autonomy floor→ceiling:
A0_assisted→A0_assisted - I1_runtime count: 7
- Evidence class:
contract: 7 - Full hierarchy: MATURITY-HIERARCHY.md
Evaluation suite status
- CI status:
pass - Suite:
evaluation_suites/consumer-contracts-claims.yaml - Cases defined: 7
- Capabilities under test: 7