Record typed Research decision cut

notes/epiphany-current-algorithmic-map.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Epiphany current algorithmic map
 
 Updated: 2026-08-18
-Latest implementation cut: `ec1431ff` on `codex/epiphany-shakedown-live`
+Latest implementation cut: `e0e75a30` on `codex/epiphany-shakedown-live`
 
 This document describes the live machine. Historical cuts, rejected paths, and
 proof chronology belong in git, `state/ledgers.msgpack`, and bounded smoke
@@ -102,10 +102,11 @@ Current migration seam: the typed basis/context foundation, concrete Body,
 frontier, Research, Verification, Planning, Reorientation, and Persona paths,
 plus worker/session/Persona archive reachability are landed. Exact `f7948795`
 deletes `MindGatewayReview`, `MindStateCommitReceipt` v0, the generic Mind
-interpreter prompt, and their false CultNet mutation mouths. The remaining
-aggregate-shaped output is `EpiphanyRoleStatePatchDocument`, used by Research
-for evidence/observations and the old generic Imagination lane for planning
-drafts. Exact `1c9aafd8` seals one decision context before model-backed
+interpreter prompt, and their false CultNet mutation mouths. Exact `e0e75a30`
+deletes the residual aggregate-shaped role patch, its parser, and its
+family-policy tribunals. Research now authors one closed typed decision whose
+admission owner derives keyed Mind writes; the unowned generic Imagination
+planning patch is gone. Exact `1c9aafd8` seals one decision context before model-backed
 frontier-Planning failure terminalization and binds both the typed faculty
 failure and generic job result to it. Governed tool-observation coverage still
 needs the full store-backed refusal matrix.
@@ -224,25 +225,24 @@ and the retained decision can still reach its basis/context without them.
 
 ## Verification and open gates
 
-Accepted through `1c9aafd8`:
+Accepted through `e0e75a30`:
 
 - every Epiphany core target compiles;
 - core library `486/486`;
 - OpenAI runtime library `23/23`;
 - model-runtime binary `10/10`;
 - OpenAI-runtime binary `10/10`.
+- all core targets compile; generic role-patch source guards pass.
 
 Open before Model Atlas Gate 1 resumes:
 
-1. replace live Research and Imagination uses of the generic state patch with
-   narrow family payloads, then delete it;
-2. prove exact request/tool/receipt coverage with byte-identical refusals and
+1. prove exact request/tool/receipt coverage with byte-identical refusals and
    transcript deletion;
-3. bump/refuse old writable-store epoch with no migrator;
-4. prove disjoint Persona/Hands and graph writes merge, same-identity conflicts
+2. bump/refuse old writable-store epoch with no migrator;
+3. prove disjoint Persona/Hands and graph writes merge, same-identity conflicts
    refuse, transcripts can be deleted, restart reproduces obligations, and no
    legacy authority resurrects;
-5. run the fresh packaged capstone, then restart Model Atlas Gate 1 from a new
+4. run the fresh packaged capstone, then restart Model Atlas Gate 1 from a new
    external root.
 
 Historical c011 and partial Gate roots remain read-only. Yggdrasil remains a

notes/epiphany-fork-implementation-plan.md

@@ -285,14 +285,15 @@ Cut in this order:
    adoption CultNet mouths, and stale launch receipt profiles are gone.
    CultMesh and runtime schema catalogues expose only reasoning basis, decision
    context, and exact Mind commit receipt as read-only audit projections.
-14. **Model-backed Planning failure repaired at `1c9aafd8`:** the runtime seals
+14. **Model-backed Planning failure repaired at `1c9aafd8`; generic role patch
+   deleted at `e0e75a30`:** the runtime seals
    one exact terminal decision context before writing a typed frontier-Planning
    failure, and the typed failure plus generic job result cite that same
-   context. Transport-only failure remains physiological. Next, replace the
-   residual aggregate-shaped `EpiphanyRoleStatePatchDocument` with narrow
-   Research evidence/observation and Imagination planning payloads, delete its
-   generic parser/policy surface, and complete the store-backed governed-tool
-   substitution matrix.
+   context. Transport-only failure remains physiological. Research emits one
+   closed typed decision and its owner derives keyed Mind writes. The unowned
+   generic Imagination planning lane, generic patch parser, and policy
+   tribunals are gone. Next, complete the store-backed governed-tool
+   substitution matrix and transcript-deletion proof.
 15. Refuse old writable-store epochs and replay fresh-store disjoint
    concurrency, same-identity conflict, transcript deletion, restart, and
    re-entry. Only then restart Model Atlas Gate 1 from a new external root.

notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Updated: 2026-08-18
 Branch: `codex/epiphany-shakedown-live`
-Latest implementation cut: `1c9aafd8`
+Latest implementation cut: `e0e75a30`
 
 ## Orientation
 
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ The global thread-state authority is gone.
   frontier-Planning failure is written. The typed faculty failure and generic
   runtime job now cite the same context; transport-only failure remains
   physiological and cannot impersonate a Mind decision.
+- `e0e75a30` deletes `EpiphanyRoleStatePatchDocument`, its generic parser and
+  three role-policy tribunals. Research now emits one closed
+  `EpiphanyResearchDecision`; its admission owner derives keyed evidence,
+  observation, and checkpoint writes. The old generic Imagination planning
+  patch had no current-work owner and was deleted rather than generalized.
+  Runtime role-result and worker output contracts advanced to v4.
 
 There is no compatibility aggregate, dual reader, bootstrap thread, or
 migrator. Thread identifiers may survive only as immutable pass-creation
@@ -105,12 +111,6 @@ explicit external-evidence obligations; Eyes does not gate Body Modeling.
 
 The broader Decision-Auditable Concurrent Mind migration is incomplete.
 
-`EpiphanyRoleStatePatchDocument` remains an aggregate-shaped model output mouth.
-Research currently uses it to carry evidence/observations and the old generic
-Imagination lane uses it to carry planning drafts, even though concrete current
-work families otherwise use typed result cargo. These live payloads need narrow
-family contracts before the generic patch can be deleted.
-
 Context validation must become exact and DRY:
 
 - provider request must equal internal lowering of the native request;
@@ -128,18 +128,15 @@ transcript may be required for that query after archival.
 
 ## Immediate next action
 
-1. Replace the two live uses of `EpiphanyRoleStatePatchDocument` with narrow
-   Research evidence/observation and Imagination planning-decision payloads;
-   then delete the generic patch schema, parser, and policy tribunal.
-2. Expand the store-backed request/tool substitution matrix and prove context
+1. Expand the store-backed request/tool substitution matrix and prove context
    audit survives deletion of streams, assistant deltas, and scaffolding.
-3. Bump the writable schema epoch and refuse old stores. Historical releases
+2. Bump the writable schema epoch and refuse old stores. Historical releases
    remain readers for historical proof stores; no migrator or dual path.
-4. Run fresh acceptance: concurrent Persona+Hands; evidence+Verification+
+3. Run fresh acceptance: concurrent Persona+Hands; evidence+Verification+
    unrelated Modeling-node writes; distinct graph writes; same-identity
    conflict; stale strong-read refusal; transcript deletion; restart/re-entry;
    and source guards for deleted aggregate/global revision paths.
-5. Only then package a fresh body and resume Model Atlas Gate 1 from a new
+4. Only then package a fresh body and resume Model Atlas Gate 1 from a new
    external root.
 
 ## Operational state that matters