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LCDL overlay: Meaning, Values, and Life Direction 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.meaning-values-life-direction.elicit_values |
intelligence_meaning_values_life_direction_elicit_values_v1 |
artifact.life.meaning-values-life-direction.values_map |
validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.01_value_ownership_and_non_imposition, validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.02_goal_resource_coherence, validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.03_irreversibility_and_consequence_review |
capability.life.meaning-values-life-direction.map_roles_and_domains |
intelligence_meaning_values_life_direction_map_roles_and_domains_v1 |
artifact.life.meaning-values-life-direction.role_and_life_domain_map |
validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.01_value_ownership_and_non_imposition, validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.02_goal_resource_coherence, validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.03_irreversibility_and_consequence_review |
capability.life.meaning-values-life-direction.test_goal_coherence |
intelligence_meaning_values_life_direction_test_goal_coherence_v1 |
artifact.life.meaning-values-life-direction.goal_coherence_report |
validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.01_value_ownership_and_non_imposition, validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.02_goal_resource_coherence, validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.03_irreversibility_and_consequence_review |
capability.life.meaning-values-life-direction.explore_life_scenarios |
intelligence_meaning_values_life_direction_explore_life_scenarios_v1 |
artifact.life.meaning-values-life-direction.life_scenario_set |
validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.01_value_ownership_and_non_imposition, validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.02_goal_resource_coherence, validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.03_irreversibility_and_consequence_review |
capability.life.meaning-values-life-direction.clarify_tradeoffs |
intelligence_meaning_values_life_direction_clarify_tradeoffs_v1 |
artifact.life.meaning-values-life-direction.values_and_direction_review, artifact.life.meaning-values-life-direction.trade_off_map |
validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.01_value_ownership_and_non_imposition |
capability.life.meaning-values-life-direction.form_direction_plan |
intelligence_meaning_values_life_direction_form_direction_plan_v1 |
artifact.life.meaning-values-life-direction.direction_experiment_plan |
validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.03_irreversibility_and_consequence_review, validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.01_value_ownership_and_non_imposition, validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.02_goal_resource_coherence |
capability.life.meaning-values-life-direction.review_and_revise |
intelligence_meaning_values_life_direction_review_and_revise_v1 |
artifact.life.meaning-values-life-direction.values_and_direction_review |
validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.01_value_ownership_and_non_imposition, validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.02_goal_resource_coherence, validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.03_irreversibility_and_consequence_review |
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.meaning-values-life-direction.values_map |
../schemas/artifacts/meaning-values-life-direction.schema.json#/$defs/values_map |
purpose, scope, entities_or_nodes, relations_or_edges, assumptions, boundary, validation_evidence | internal |
artifact.life.meaning-values-life-direction.role_and_life_domain_map |
../schemas/artifacts/meaning-values-life-direction.schema.json#/$defs/role_and_life_domain_map |
purpose, scope, entities_or_nodes, relations_or_edges, assumptions, boundary, validation_evidence | internal |
artifact.life.meaning-values-life-direction.goal_coherence_report |
../schemas/artifacts/meaning-values-life-direction.schema.json#/$defs/goal_coherence_report |
question_or_standard, criteria, evidence, findings, uncertainty, limitations, status, recommended_actions | internal |
artifact.life.meaning-values-life-direction.life_scenario_set |
../schemas/artifacts/meaning-values-life-direction.schema.json#/$defs/life_scenario_set |
items, generation_method, diversity_dimensions, constraints, screening_status | internal |
artifact.life.meaning-values-life-direction.trade_off_map |
../schemas/artifacts/meaning-values-life-direction.schema.json#/$defs/trade_off_map |
alternatives, hard_constraints, criteria, normalized_values, evidence_refs, uncertainty, dominance_or_tradeoffs, recommendation_status | internal |
artifact.life.meaning-values-life-direction.direction_experiment_plan |
../schemas/artifacts/meaning-values-life-direction.schema.json#/$defs/direction_experiment_plan |
objective, scope, steps, dependencies, constraints, owners, timing, contingencies, review_triggers | internal |
artifact.life.meaning-values-life-direction.values_and_direction_review |
../schemas/artifacts/meaning-values-life-direction.schema.json#/$defs/values_and_direction_review |
question_or_standard, criteria, evidence, findings, uncertainty, limitations, status, recommended_actions | internal |
Validators
| Validator ID | Kind | Automation | Severity | Failure action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.01_value_ownership_and_non_imposition |
policy | hybrid | major | repair |
validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.02_goal_resource_coherence |
constraint | deterministic | major | repair |
validator.life.meaning-values-life-direction.03_irreversibility_and_consequence_review |
decision_gate | hybrid | major | repair |
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: decompose_problem, extract_schema_from_text, formula_eval_safe, llm_enum_route, llm_multi_label, plan_decision_pack, word_problem_to_calc_plan
Operators to reuse: branch, fallback_chain, for_each, seq, 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/meaning-values-life-direction.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/meaning-values-life-direction.yaml - Cases defined: 7
- Capabilities under test: 7