page-shape-contract

name	page-shape-contract
description	Enforces the structural contract for a knowledge-store page — layered input/output split, provenance frontmatter, trust labels on every value-bearing artifact, and the public/private abstraction gate. Use when creating or reviewing any wiki/knowledge page before it is committed.
license	CC-BY-4.0
compatibility	Requires pages with provenance frontmatter (visibility/sources/parse_status); pairs with a pre-commit hook for L3
metadata	{"version":"1.0","enforcement_level":"L3","status":"template","incident_refs":"B2,fail-closed-citation","params":"page:str"}

page-shape-contract

Template skill (doc 08, doc 07). Governs what a well-formed page looks like so that downstream consumers can always tell provenance and trust at a glance.

Trigger

/check-page-shape <page.md>

Preconditions

• The page declares its visibility: (+ optional client:) in frontmatter.

Steps / checks

1. Provenance frontmatter present: code_id/publisher/revision, sources: (sha256 pointer to off-repo raw), extraction_policy, extraction date. A page with a value but no source pointer fails.
2. Layered input/output split: raw-captured parts (inputs) are kept distinct from synthesized/derived sections (outputs); a reader can tell which is quoted source and which is generated.
3. Trust label on every value-bearing artifact: each table/constant carries parse_status (verified | provisional-unverified | deferred | rejected); verbatim clause quotes are labeled as deterministic captures. No bare numbers without a status.
4. Non-degenerate identity: every row/section has a non-blank identity tuple (incident B2: a blank field collapsed distinct rows and silently dropped one).
5. Abstraction gate: in any shared/public-routed page, client/project names are abstracted unless the fact is publicly verifiable (the public/private routing skill owns the firewall; this skill checks the page conforms).
6. Fail-closed citation: any derived constant cites code id + publisher + revision + source page; if the cited page's frontmatter is missing/mismatched the page is invalid (the contract refuses rather than ships an unprovable value).

Verification

• The checker returns a per-rule pass/fail; a pre-commit hook (L3) blocks commit on any failure.

Cleanup

• n/a (read-only check).

Incident appendix

Rule	Why
Non-degenerate identity	B2: blank identity field silently dropped a distinct row
Fail-closed citation	A value with no provable pedigree must refuse, not ship