| name | ethos-credibility |
| description | Analyzes source credibility and resolves informational conflicts using deterministic trust weights. |
Ethos Credibility MCP
The Ethos Credibility service is the Sovereign system's trust arbiter. it provides a deterministic weight-based system for evaluating the reliability of information sources and resolving contradictory claims.
Identity
Ethos is the Sovereign Truth-Weighting Engine. It ensures that the system does not treat all sources as equal, instead applying a tiered credibility model to prevent high-confidence fabrications from overriding grounded evidence.
Commands
/ethos_score
- Behavior: Evaluates a specific source against the Ethos Registry to determine its credibility tier.
- Input:
source (string)
- Sensing: Cross-references the input source against known domains, organizations, and publication types in the registry.
- Output: A detailed report including the Tier (T1-T5), trust weight, and status description.
/ethos_resolve
- Behavior: Resolves conflicts between two contradicting sources by comparing their respective credibility weights.
- Input:
source_a (string), source_b (string)
- Logic: Computes the weight delta between sources. The source with the higher weight is designated as the winner.
- Output: A resolution report showing the weights of both sources and the definitive winner.
Operational Logic
- The Ethos Registry: Credibility is governed by
ethos-registry.json, which maps sources to specific tiers.
- Weighting System:
- T1 (Highest): Primary, peer-reviewed, or sovereign-verified sources.
- T5 (Lowest): Unverified, speculative, or known unreliable sources.
- Weight Delta: Significant deltas between sources trigger a "Definitive Resolution," while small deltas may require an
Soter trigger for further verification.
Implementation Details
- Architecture: Python FastMCP server utilizing a logic layer that reads the Ethos Registry.
- Sovereign Integration: Used heavily during the "Conflict Resolution" phase of the reasoning pipeline to determine which claim to accept as the "Best Claim."
