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Audit an EOU spec — classification, authority, validators, failure modes, trace, blast radius, responsibility.

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eou-audit
description
Audit an EOU spec — classification, authority, validators, failure modes, trace, blast radius, responsibility.
argument-hint
EOU_ID_OR_PATH
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["target"]
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["Read","Write","Grep","Bash"]
# EOU Audit Audit an EOU spec at `$target`, or all specs in `foundry/eous/` and `foundry/meta-eous/` when no target is given. ## Inputs - `$target` (optional) — EOU ID resolved to `foundry/eous/{id}.yml` or `foundry/meta-eous/{id}.yml`, or a direct file path. When omitted, audits all specs in both directories. - `captured_workflow` (optional, ECP-0017 / Rule 96) — auto-discovered from `foundry/captured-workflows/cw-*.yml`. When present with all four `human_approval` gates populated AND the audited spec's `target_object` is not in `rule_96_exempt_target_objects`, the Value Operationalization Test runs. ## Required reading 1. `foundry/constitution.yml` 2. `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/engine/governance.yml` (plus the app's `foundry/overrides/governance.yml`, if present) 3. `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/engine/failure-taxonomy.yml` (plus the app's `foundry/overrides/failure-taxonomy.yml`, if present) 4. `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/schemas/eou.schema.yml` 5. Target EOU spec(s) ## Stop conditions Stop and record a `critical` finding before proceeding if: - `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/schemas/eou.schema.yml` does not exist — cannot validate spec completeness. - `$target` is provided but does not resolve to any spec file in `foundry/eous/` or `foundry/meta-eous/`. ## Procedure ### Step 1 — Deterministic validation ```bash python3 "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/validate_foundry.py" ``` Record any schema errors as `critical` findings before proceeding. ### Step 2 — Faceted classification (per EOU) Verify all six classification facets are present and use schema-allowed values: | Facet | Allowed values | |-------|----------------| | `function` | `generate \| specify \| validate \| diagnose \| promote \| refactor \| audit \| propose \| activate \| implement \| retire` | | `automation_mode` | `deterministic \| LLM_assisted \| hybrid \| human_executed` | | `authority_level` | `suggest_only \| draft_only \| write_candidate \| write_inactive \| mutate_active \| approve \| publish` | | `risk_level` | `low \| medium \| high \| critical` | | `lifecycle_stage` | `candidate \| draft \| simulated \| pilot \| active \| monitored \| stable \| deprecated \| retired` | Finding: any missing or out-of-vocabulary value → severity `high`. ### Step 3 — Authority and blast-radius consistency - `mutate_active` or higher requires `risk_level: high` or `critical`. - `blast_radius.forbidden_scope` must be declared for `mutate_active` or higher. - `authority_level` must not exceed what the EOU's `function` requires. Finding: mismatched authority/risk → severity `high`. ### Step 4 — Required structural fields Each EOU must declare: `purpose` (with `non_goals`), `inputs` (with `forbidden_assumptions`), `context_manifest`, `execution` (with `stop_conditions`), `outputs`, `success_criteria`, `failure_modes` (with `repair_actions`), `escalation`, `responsibility`, `versioning`, `blast_radius`. Finding: any missing field → severity `medium`. Placeholder text (e.g. "Perform bounded operation", "target artifact") → severity `high`. ### Step 5 — Separation of concerns - `deterministic` work (scripts, schema checks) must not be mixed with `LLM_assisted` judgment steps in a single EOU step. - Self-approval: `responsibility.executor` must not equal `responsibility.approver`. Finding: violation → severity `high`. ### Step 6 — Trace preservation - `outputs` must include `trace: foundry/runs/{eou_id}/{run_id}.yml`. - `execution.steps` must be specific enough to reconstruct what ran. Finding: absent trace output → severity `medium`. ### Step 7 — Generating-EOU additional checks For every EOU with `function: generate`: - `generation_envelope.forbidden_outputs` must include `active_eou`, `approved_eou`, `constitution_change`. - `generation_envelope.default_status` must be `candidate`. - `generation_budget.max_candidates` must be declared. - `minimality_test` and `operational_value_test` must be declared. - `counter_generation.required` must be `true`. Finding: any violation → severity `high`. ### Step 8 — Human-approval escalation - Any EOU that affects publication, finance, health, legal, safety, or constitution must declare `escalation.require_human_when`. - `responsibility.cannot_delegate` must list at least one item for EOUs with `authority_level: mutate_active` or higher. Finding: absent escalation on high-stakes EOU → severity `high`. ### Step 9 — Value Operationalization Test (ECP-0017 / Rule 96) **Skip if no captured_workflow exists with complete `human_approval`, OR if the spec's `target_object` is in `rule_96_exempt_target_objects` (declared in `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/engine/governance.yml`).** Otherwise, verify that `success_criteria.must_pass` contains at least one entry whose text references at least one `domain_value.id` of priority ≤ 3 from the loaded captured_workflow. Severity escalation by `lifecycle_stage`: - `active`, `monitored`, `stable` → `blocking` finding (must repair before promotion) - `pilot` → `high` - `draft` or `candidate` → `medium` Record the operationalized `domain_value.id` entries in the audit report under a new `operationalized_values` field so future audits can detect drift (a spec that operationalized `dv-001` at v1.0 but no longer does at v2.0 is suspect). **Limit:** the test is string-match based. A spec could cite an id without actually operationalizing the value (citation theater). Reviewers SHOULD spot-check value invocations for decorative pattern. The counterfactual-swap defense lands in the deferred agentic-judgment ECP package (see `dev-docs/07-agentic-judgment-proposal.md`). ## Output Write one file per audited EOU to `foundry/audits/eou-audits/{eou_id}.audit.yml`: ```yaml audit_date: eou_id: eou_version: checks: - check_name: # faceted_classification | authority_blast_radius | structural_fields | separation_of_concerns | trace | generating_eou | escalation status: # pass | fail | skip findings: - severity: # critical | high | medium | low field: # YAML field path where the violation occurs description: required_fix: summary: total_findings: by_severity: {critical: 0, high: 0, medium: 0, low: 0} verdict: # PASS | FAIL | CONDITIONAL_PASS ``` When auditing the whole `foundry/` directory, write one file per EOU. Do not merge findings across specs. ## Constraints - Do not modify any EOU spec — produce the audit report only. - Treat missing required fields as failures, not warnings. - Run `validate_foundry.py` before manual checks — its output is authoritative for schema errors. ## Scope Note **Upstream:** receives an EOU spec id or path. Typically invoked on EOUs at lifecycle_stage pilot or active, or on ECP packages awaiting approval. **Downstream:** findings feed `$eou-diagnose` (when an audit failure needs root-cause diagnosis), `$eou-refactor` (when findings suggest structural change), and `$eou-promote` (audit pass is a gate for active promotion). **Related:** `$eou-validate` (sibling — structural validation, deterministic); `$foundry-audit` (sibling — system-wide rather than per-EOU); `$audit-candidate-eou-set` (sibling — audits a set, not a spec). **Pipeline:** `eou-specify → eou-audit → eou-promote (if pass) | eou-diagnose (if fail)` ## Examples <example> Context: Auditing an EOU before promoting it to active. user: "$eou-audit eou-diagnose" assistant: "Loading spec + governance + maturity model; report goes to foundry/audits/eou-audits/." </example> <example> Context: Re-audit after applying an ECP. user: "$eou-audit foundry/eous/audit-foundry.yml" assistant: "Re-running. Rule 94 (executor != approver) is hard-checked first." </example>
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