Skip to content

docs: add PROTOCOL.md (adversarial evidence protocol v0.2) + prior-art refs#2

Open
boyam01 wants to merge 3 commits into
mainfrom
docs/methodology
Open

docs: add PROTOCOL.md (adversarial evidence protocol v0.2) + prior-art refs#2
boyam01 wants to merge 3 commits into
mainfrom
docs/methodology

Conversation

@boyam01

@boyam01 boyam01 commented Jul 5, 2026

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Owner

Adds two docs; existing METHODOLOGY.md is preserved untouched (an earlier commit on this branch overwrote it by mistake and has been reverted).

  • docs/PROTOCOL.md — the formal, expanded protocol (v0.2), framed as evolving from the current METHODOLOGY.md: claim object · criterion-provenance tiers (Tier 0-4) · capability-denial architecture · multi-oracle + oracle QA · invariant-based nondeterminism · Wilson-CI statistics (cheap refutation / priced confirmation) · three-axis reporting · falsifier labels (REFUTED / INVALID_CRITERION / INSUFFICIENT / SURVIVED_SCOPE) · threat model · related work.
  • docs/methodology-references.md — ~18 prior-art papers, each positioned support/contrast.

Honesty: individual mechanisms are not claimed novel (closest prior art: RewardHackingAgents arXiv:2603.11337, which already fuses 3 of 4 pillars). Novelty claimed only in the packaging — provenance tiers, priced-confirmation policy, falsifier labels, generalization. Snippet-derived arXiv ids marked unverified. Docs-only; no code or existing files changed.

boyam01 added 2 commits July 5, 2026 08:30
…erences

Paper-shaped methodology spec for probity: the claim object, criterion-provenance
tiers (Tier 0-4), capability-denial architecture, multi-oracle + oracle QA,
invariant-based nondeterminism, Wilson-CI statistics (cheap refutation / priced
confirmation), three-axis reporting, and falsifier decision labels
(REFUTED / INVALID_CRITERION / INSUFFICIENT / SURVIVED_SCOPE).

Related work honestly positions each pillar against ~18 prior papers (closest:
RewardHackingAgents arXiv:2603.11337); claims novelty only in the packaging
(provenance tiers, priced-confirmation policy, falsifier labels, generalization).
Docs-only; no code touched.
…OCOL.md

Previous commit on this branch overwrote the existing docs/METHODOLOGY.md.
Restore it verbatim from main; the expanded, prior-art-positioned protocol now
lives in the new docs/PROTOCOL.md, framed as evolving from (not replacing) the
current method. Additive only.
@boyam01 boyam01 changed the title docs: methodology (adversarial evidence protocol) + prior-art references docs: add PROTOCOL.md (adversarial evidence protocol v0.2) + prior-art refs Jul 5, 2026
Each arXiv id opened + cross-checked by title/first-author; two non-arXiv entries
confirmed at venue/DOI. Added first authors + years; fixed 4 title strings
(subtitle/system-name). Updated PROTOCOL footer accordingly.
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Labels

None yet

Projects

None yet

Development

Successfully merging this pull request may close these issues.

1 participant