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LCDL overlay: Nutrition, Food Access, and Meal Systems 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.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.capture_food_context |
intelligence_nutrition_food_access_meal_systems_capture_food_context_v1 |
artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.food_context_profile |
validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.03_servings_quantities_units_and_budget, validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.01_allergen_and_cross_contact_conflicts, validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.02_food_safety_source_freshness |
capability.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.plan_meal_system |
intelligence_nutrition_food_access_meal_systems_plan_meal_system_v1 |
artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.meal_system_plan |
validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.01_allergen_and_cross_contact_conflicts, validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.02_food_safety_source_freshness, validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.03_servings_quantities_units_and_budget |
capability.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.build_shopping_inventory |
intelligence_nutrition_food_access_meal_systems_build_shopping_inventory_v1 |
artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.shopping_plan, artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.pantry_inventory |
validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.03_servings_quantities_units_and_budget |
capability.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.check_food_safety |
intelligence_nutrition_food_access_meal_systems_check_food_safety_v1 |
artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.food_safety_checklist |
validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.01_allergen_and_cross_contact_conflicts |
capability.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.adapt_and_substitute |
intelligence_nutrition_food_access_meal_systems_adapt_and_substitute_v1 |
artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.substitution_set, artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.allergen_map |
validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.01_allergen_and_cross_contact_conflicts, validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.02_food_safety_source_freshness, validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.03_servings_quantities_units_and_budget |
capability.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.optimize_cost_access |
intelligence_nutrition_food_access_meal_systems_optimize_cost_access_v1 |
artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.food_budget |
validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.01_allergen_and_cross_contact_conflicts, validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.02_food_safety_source_freshness, validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.03_servings_quantities_units_and_budget |
capability.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.review_nutrition_pattern |
intelligence_nutrition_food_access_meal_systems_review_nutrition_pattern_v1 |
artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.nutrition_pattern_review |
validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.01_allergen_and_cross_contact_conflicts, validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.02_food_safety_source_freshness, validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.03_servings_quantities_units_and_budget |
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.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.food_context_profile |
../schemas/artifacts/nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.schema.json#/$defs/food_context_profile |
subject_or_scope, purpose, facts_or_observations, preferences_and_constraints, source_refs, uncertainty, date_range, next_questions | restricted |
artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.meal_system_plan |
../schemas/artifacts/nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.schema.json#/$defs/meal_system_plan |
objective, scope, steps, dependencies, constraints, owners, timing, contingencies, review_triggers | restricted |
artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.shopping_plan |
../schemas/artifacts/nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.schema.json#/$defs/shopping_plan |
objective, scope, steps, dependencies, constraints, owners, timing, contingencies, review_triggers | restricted |
artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.pantry_inventory |
../schemas/artifacts/nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.schema.json#/$defs/pantry_inventory |
entries, entry_ids, owners, status, source_refs, updated_at | restricted |
artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.food_safety_checklist |
../schemas/artifacts/nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.schema.json#/$defs/food_safety_checklist |
items, applicability, status, evidence_refs, gaps, owner, review_date | restricted |
artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.allergen_map |
../schemas/artifacts/nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.schema.json#/$defs/allergen_map |
purpose, scope, entities_or_nodes, relations_or_edges, assumptions, boundary, validation_evidence | restricted |
artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.substitution_set |
../schemas/artifacts/nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.schema.json#/$defs/substitution_set |
items, generation_method, diversity_dimensions, constraints, screening_status | restricted |
artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.food_budget |
../schemas/artifacts/nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.schema.json#/$defs/food_budget |
currency_or_units, period, line_items, formulas, assumptions, scenarios, reconciliation_checks, uncertainty | restricted |
artifact.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.nutrition_pattern_review |
../schemas/artifacts/nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.schema.json#/$defs/nutrition_pattern_review |
question_or_standard, criteria, evidence, findings, uncertainty, limitations, status, recommended_actions | restricted |
Validators
| Validator ID | Kind | Automation | Severity | Failure action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.01_allergen_and_cross_contact_conflicts |
constraint | deterministic | blocker | escalate |
validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.02_food_safety_source_freshness |
provenance_and_rule | hybrid | blocker | escalate |
validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.03_servings_quantities_units_and_budget |
deterministic | deterministic | major | repair |
validator.life.nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.04_clinical_diet_and_disordered_eating_boundary |
policy | 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/nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.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/nutrition-food-access-meal-systems.yaml - Cases defined: 7
- Capabilities under test: 7