Protocols
The instrument
Section titled “The instrument”Every number in this project exists because a protocol allowed it to be written
down. This section is those protocols: the A/B rule that decides whether a
mechanism lives, the oracle tiers that say what a “verified” comparison was
actually compared against, and the determinism harness that made
--seed measurable.
Read these before trusting a claim from any other page.
- A/B protocol (2026-09-27, instrument corrected 2026-09-28) — how every mechanism gets judged —
docs/protocols/AB-PROTOCOL.md - Cross-process reproducibility of model init, by measurement —
docs/protocols/determinism.md - ORACLE — what is actually being verified in burn-kda and burn-gdn2 —
docs/protocols/ORACLE.md - Oracle tiers —
docs/protocols/ORACLE-TIERS.tsv - Verification —
docs/protocols/VERIFICATION.md