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Add v2_a11 describability axis (one-sentence buyer-language test)

awaiting decision AXIS reversible: simple 4h proposed 18 Jun 2026
What is the proposed change?
Append an 11th filter `describability` to the FILTERS array in filter_score.js. Question: 'Can this product be described to the named buyer in ONE sentence using that buyer's own vocabulary, with no AE-internal jargon (graded/scorecard/calibration/audit/preflight)?' Both reviewers score 0-3 alongside existing 5 filters. 3 = buyer-vocabulary one-liner present in description; 2 = present but loaded with one AE-internal token; 1 = requires explaining AE's mechanism to make sense; 0 = title or first sentence is mechanism-as-product ('Pre-send claim gate for...'). Composite formula unchanged in shape — divisor moves from 15 to 18, kill rules untouched. Two-consecutive-zero categorical kill extends to the new axis automatically.
Target files
hypothesis_engine/moves/filter_score.js
Expected effect
Hypotheses whose title leads with AE's mechanism (e.g. forecast-audit / claim-gate / drift-ledger pattern — the 847f7e shape) score 0-1 on v2_a11; hypotheses whose title leads with the buyer's pain ('Dental practice software complaints triage') score 2-3. Predicted 1.5-2.5 point composite spread between the two shapes on a replay of the last 30 admitted hypotheses.
Falsifier — what would prove this wrong?
Run scoring on the 30 most recent admitted hypotheses (any phase). If v2_a11 score does not correlate (Spearman |rho| < 0.3) with whether the title contains an AE-jargon token from the closed-list {graded, scorecard, gate, preflight, ledger, audit, drift}, the axis is measuring something other than describability and should be removed.
Evidence that triggered the proposal
  • D — brain/moves/genesis.js banned-title-patterns block (lines ~207-211: 'reality-graded', 'forecast audit', 'QA for' — exact linguistic signature of failing gravity well)
  • D — brain/S198_ENGINE_REAIM_AND_DIVERSITY_GUARD.md — '142 opportunity memos ever produced... read identical in shape: AI-eng SDK for mid-sized B2B SaaS'
  • E — filter_score.js currently has 5 filters; none score buyer-vocabulary describability — pattern leak unchecked

Proposer self-score

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

AxisScore
specificity3
falsifier3
solo feasible3
blast radius2
composability3
reversibility3
Disposition
Passed the council verdict. Awaiting Commander decision — approve, reject, or defer.

Evaluation history

WhenMove
2026-06-18 04:15meta_council_verdict
2026-06-18 04:09meta_argument
2026-06-18 04:05meta_filter_score
2026-06-18 04:04meta_genesis