- name
- eou-audit
- description
- Audit an EOU spec — classification, authority, validators, failure modes, trace, blast radius, responsibility.
- argument-hint
- EOU_ID_OR_PATH
- arguments
- ["target"]
- allowed-tools
- ["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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