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ADR-0084: Governance predicate dispositions — wire 14, keep 8, hold 30

field	value
Status	Accepted — Accepted (Mohamed, 2026-10-09 — per-group rulings; see Provenance)
Date	2026-10-09
Register	factory (`docs/adr`, 4-digit ids)
Source	`docs/adr/0084-governance-predicate-dispositions-wire-14-keep-8-hold-30.md` — permalink at `8d3be15f7` (unchanged on master since that commit)
Wiki register entry	ADR-0084 (wiki status: Accepted)

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The record

Status: Accepted (Mohamed, 2026-10-09 — per-group rulings; see Provenance) · Date: 2026-10-09

Context

scripts/check_prolog_boundary.py reported 54 predicates "shipped in a curated governance rule file, never queried by any discovered site AND not reached from any rule body" — loaded into production engines, never asked anything (the defect shape the checker's docstring names). Mohamed's directive: "review the laws and where they must be applied". The full review (every predicate traced to file:line, rule body, REQ citation, enforcement site) is plans/ruling-2026-10-09-governance-predicates.md.

Decision (Mohamed, per-group rulings in-session)

Wire the G226 review/handoff cluster (9): review_gate, review_gate_checks, requires_review, must_review_before_test, may_skip_review, may_force_handoff, may_escalate_fix, valid_fix_packet, handoff_requires_fix_instructions — the QA pipeline reads the rulebase; the hand-copied Python lists (agents/volks/qa/volk.py:350-364 etc.) are deleted. "Wire it."
Keep the 8 vacuous/superseded (protects_rights, resource_efficient, respects_dignity, file_access_policy, ethical_principle, temporary_grant, role_authority_level, resource_allocation_fair) — they stay as documentation of intent. "Keep them."
Wire the 5 real laws at their named sites: handle_pii → knowledge_graph/architecture_writer.py's pii flag; human_override → governance/constitutional.py:287; session_valid → the session lifecycle; can_delegate → kernel/pam/enforcer.py:481; needs_escalation → kernel/pam/escalation.py:122. "Wire at named sites."
Hold the 30 islands (producerless input facts feeding unqueried rules — the agents.pl role/hierarchy island and governance.pl's volk-lifecycle cluster). "Hold for now."

Alternatives rejected

Retire the vacuous: Mohamed keeps them as documented intent.
Retire the islands: Mohamed holds them for the future runtime.
Wire everything: no enforcement site exists for the islands; wiring would invent runtime the platform doesn't have.

Consequences

Execution queue (per the ruling record): group 3 wiring (5 sites, each with a test that the site asks and the rule can deny), then group 1 (rulebase-as-source for the QA lists + parity test), then the checker's whitelist fix (task_has_output/has_open_question are false positives — may_complete is a whitelisted dynamic site).
The advisory ceiling re-measures after the wiring (54 → 40).

Provenance

Mohamed, 2026-10-09, in the Kimi Code session, ruling on the four groups after the full review. Review evidence: plans/ruling-2026-10-09-governance-predicates.md and the explore report behind it (every claim file:line-cited).

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Rulings cited

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Specs cited

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