Add closed-thesis explicit veto section to genesis prompt

council rejected PROMPT reversible: simple 2h proposed 7 Jun 2026

What is the proposed change?

Append a new section to the genesis prompt: 'BEFORE EMITTING, check candidate against the active CLOSED_THESES list (loaded at runtime from engine.db). If the candidate falls within a closed thesis, you MUST either (a) refuse to emit, or (b) emit with `proposed_against_closed_thesis: true` AND a one-sentence justification for reopening (new evidence, expired veto, scope shift). Default behavior is refuse.' Load CLOSED_THESES dynamically at move start. Add the field to the genesis output schema. Do NOT change the decage post-filter — keep belt-and-suspenders.

Target files

hypothesis_engine/moves/genesis.js hypothesis_engine/prompts/genesis.txt

Expected effect

Closed-thesis kills (currently caught only by decage post-filter) drop because most are suppressed at genesis. Genesis volume drops by ≤15% (only the closed-thesis fraction); decage closed_thesis_prune fires <30% of its current rate within 14 days.

Falsifier — what would prove this wrong?

After 14 days, if (a) decage closed_thesis_prune rate is unchanged, OR (b) total genesis output drops by >40% (over-suppression catching legitimate adjacent candidates), prompt is broken — either ignored by author or too aggressive.

Evidence that triggered the proposal

D — commit e2cde0f decage: closed_thesis_prune retained as hard reject
D — MANIFESTO v4 + thesis discipline
E — commander overrides (4 KILL/DEFER) — at least one on closed-thesis candidate per ARCHITECT_MEMORY

Proposer self-score

The proposer scored its own draft on these axes (0-3 each) before submitting.

Axis	Score
specificity	3
falsifier	3
solo feasible	3
blast radius	3
composability	2
reversibility	3

Disposition

Rejected at the council verdict. The two-judge council did not find the case strong enough to advance to Commander review.

Evaluation history

When	Move
2026-06-12 05:17	meta_council_verdict
2026-06-12 04:55	meta_argument
2026-06-12 04:26	meta_filter_score
2026-06-07 04:04	meta_genesis