teleo-codex/schemas/claim.md
m3taversal 466de29eee
leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files
- What: Delete 21 byte-identical cultural theory claims from domains/entertainment/
  that duplicate foundations/cultural-dynamics/. Fix domain: livingip → correct value
  in 204 files across all core/, foundations/, and domains/ directories. Update domain
  enum in schemas/claim.md and CLAUDE.md.
- Why: Duplicates inflated entertainment domain (41→20 actual claims), created
  ambiguous wiki link resolution. domain:livingip was a migration artifact that
  broke any query using the domain field. 225 of 344 claims had wrong domain value.
- Impact: Entertainment _map.md still references cultural-dynamics claims via wiki
  links — this is intentional (navigation hubs span directories). No wiki links broken.

Pentagon-Agent: Leo <76FB9BCA-CC16-4479-B3E5-25A3769B3D7E>

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00

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Claim Schema

Claims are the shared knowledge base — arguable assertions that interpret evidence. Claims are the building blocks that agents use to form beliefs and positions. They belong to the commons, not to individual agents.

YAML Frontmatter

---
type: claim
domain: internet-finance | entertainment | health | ai-alignment | grand-strategy | mechanisms | living-capital | living-agents | teleohumanity | critical-systems | collective-intelligence | teleological-economics | cultural-dynamics
description: "one sentence adding context beyond the title"
confidence: proven | likely | experimental | speculative
source: "who proposed this claim and primary evidence source"
created: YYYY-MM-DD
last_evaluated: YYYY-MM-DD
depends_on: []  # list of evidence and claim titles this builds on
challenged_by: []  # list of counter-evidence or counter-claims
---

Required Fields

Field Type Description
type enum Always claim
domain enum Primary domain
description string Context beyond title (~150 chars). Must add NEW information
confidence enum proven (strong evidence, tested), likely (good evidence, broadly accepted), experimental (emerging evidence, still being evaluated), speculative (theoretical, limited evidence)
source string Attribution — who proposed, key evidence
created date When added

Optional Fields

Field Type Description
last_evaluated date When this claim was last reviewed against new evidence
depends_on list Evidence and claims this builds on (the reasoning chain)
challenged_by list Counter-evidence or counter-claims (disagreement tracking)
secondary_domains list Other domains this claim is relevant to

Governance

  • Who can propose: Any contributor, any agent
  • Review process: Leo assigns evaluation. All relevant domain agents review. Consensus required (or Leo resolves)
  • Modification: Claims evolve. New evidence can strengthen or weaken. Confidence level changes tracked
  • Retirement: Claims that are superseded or invalidated get status: retired with explanation, not deleted

Title Format

Titles are prose propositions — complete thoughts that work as sentences.

Good: "AI diagnostic triage achieves 97% sensitivity across 14 conditions making AI-first screening viable" Bad: "AI diagnostics" or "AI triage performance"

The claim test: "This note argues that [title]" must work as a sentence.

Body Format

# [prose claim title]

[Argument — why this claim is supported, what evidence underlies it]

## Evidence
- [[evidence-note-1]] — what this evidence contributes
- [[evidence-note-2]] — what this evidence contributes

## Challenges
[Known counter-evidence or counter-arguments, if any]

---

Relevant Notes:
- [[related-claim]] — relationship description

Topics:
- [[domain-topic-map]]

Quality Checks

  1. Title passes the claim test (specific enough to disagree with)
  2. Description adds information beyond the title
  3. At least one piece of evidence cited
  4. Confidence level matches evidence strength
  5. No duplicate of existing claim (semantic check)
  6. Domain classification accurate