COGNITIVE OPERATIONS KERNEL v1.0: verifiable cognitive-operation control surface

[neuron7xLab]

Problem

The repository now has claim-state quantization and governance prompts, but it lacks a compact cognitive-operation kernel that maps chaotic input into evidence-bound decisions, gates, actions, verification commands, confidence calibration, quality scoring, state transitions, and final verdicts.

Objective

Add COGNITIVE OPERATIONS KERNEL v1.0 as a governance-only research-agent artifact after PR #1135 lands, without mixing prompt architecture work into the claim-state quantum hardening lane.

Kernel functions

1. Intent collapse
2. Atomic decomposition
3. Signal/noise filter
4. Evidence binding
5. Causal chaining
6. Constraint extraction
7. Gate synthesis
8. Failure localization
9. Counterfactual test
10. Decision compression
11. Action synthesis
12. Verification command
13. Self-audit loop
14. Confidence calibration
15. Quality scoring
16. State transition
17. Acceptance gate
18. Final verdict

Output contract

intent_vector: string
verified_atoms: list
unsupported_atoms: list
causal_graph: object
validation_gates: list
failed_gates: list
action_steps: list
verification_steps: list
confidence_score: number
quality_score: number
final_verdict: PASS | FAIL | PARTIAL | UNKNOWN

Acceptance criteria

• Add human-readable prompt artifact under docs/prompts/.
• Add machine-readable governance contract under data/governance/.
• Add schema or structured validation if accepted by connector/CI policy.
• Update commit acceptor only after fix(governance): harden claim-state quantum promotion #1135 merges to avoid acceptor-file collision.
• PR must be governance-only: no runtime, physics, trading, or release-readiness claim.
• CI must pass on same head SHA.

Blocked claims

• This kernel is not a cognitive model of the brain.
• This kernel is not scientific validation.
• This kernel is not runtime correctness proof.
• This kernel does not close SecondOrderStabilityAudit, Forman-Ricci provenance, or release scorecard blockers.

Dependency

Blocked on PR #1135 merge or explicit decision to rebase after #1135, because both lanes may need commit acceptor updates.

Final rule

Do not generate beautiful text. Generate a verifiable cognitive operation contract.