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The deterministic scaffold: a case study in compounding architecture

A paper tracing one architectural invariant — an LLM proposes, a deterministic gate decides — across nine checkpoints of shipped work, plus a runnable companion repo so the claims can be verified, not just read.

Read the paper (PDF) View the repo

Run the reproductions yourself:

pip install pytest
cd minimal-veritas && pytest -v
cd ../minimal-hunter && pytest -v
cd .. && python3 examples/the_dissent_that_didnt_block.py

No API key. No local model server. No Docker.

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