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1//! Truth Gate: a narrow Stop-hook check for responses that claim completion while leaving work
2//! unfinished or deferred. It is not a fact-checker.
3//!
4//! Deterministic rules (default):
5//! - match whole words only (`incomplete` is not `complete`, `already` is not `ready`);
6//! - ignore a completion word or placeholder that is negated just before it
7//!   (`not done`, `no placeholder text remains`);
8//! - ignore fenced and inline code, where TODOs are usually quoted legacy code;
9//! - normalize first (Unicode NFC, curly apostrophes, zero-width characters, every whitespace
10//!   character except newline to a space) and use ASCII word boundaries, so the Rust and Python
11//!   implementations agree on unusual Unicode;
12//! - block only when an un-negated completion claim co-occurs with an un-negated unfinished
13//!   marker or a first-person future-work promise;
14//! - a word that names a thing is not a marker: `todo`, `tbd` or `fixme` followed by a feature
15//!   noun such as `list` or `app` (`the TODO list widget`), `coming soon` followed by a UI word
16//!   such as `badge` or `page`, and `placeholder` after `input`, `search` or `field`. Each still
17//!   counts when the rest of its clause says it is open (`remains`, `left`, `pending`, `still
18//!   needs`). `todo`, `tbd` or `fixme` followed by `comment` or `item` names a thing only when
19//!   the rest of its clause says it was dealt with (`the TODO comment in proxy.ts is now
20//!   handled`) and nothing in the clause says it is open, because `I left a TODO comment` is open
21//!   work. `placeholder` before `text` (the older rule) is always UI. A term right after an
22//!   opening quote is mentioned (`the badge reads "Coming soon"`), except marker syntax (`"TODO:
23//!   retries"`, `FIXME(`), which always counts;
24//! - a clause ends at `.`, `!`, `?`, `;` or a newline, but not at a `.` directly followed by a
25//!   letter or digit (`proxy.ts`, `v2.1`);
26//! - a promise left to the user is an offer, not deferred work: an idiom asking for the user's
27//!   permission or trigger (`if you want`, `once you approve`, `when you're ready`, `let me know
28//!   if you'd like`, `would you like`) in the promise's own comma-delimited segment or opening
29//!   the segment before it (`If you want, I'll ...`). A condition about product behaviour (`when
30//!   you visit /old`, `if you add two plans`) is not one, and a condition cannot reach across a
31//!   coordinated clause (`..., and I'll ...`), past a neighbouring promise, or past a clause end.
32//!
33//! Optional engine mode: a typed decision engine (for example Jev) estimates the probability that
34//! the completion claim would fail verification (a test run of the requested change). The gate
35//! blocks when the rules block **or** `p >= threshold`. By default the deterministic rules are a
36//! hard floor an engine cannot lift, and the engine can only add blocks. Opting in with a lift
37//! value (`GateSettings::lift`, `HIKMAH_HOOK_ENGINE_LIFT`) lets an admitted engine answer with
38//! `p < lift` remove a rules block; nothing removes an engine block. Any engine failure,
39//! abstention, or rejected response leaves the rules' verdict in place.
40//!
41//! Why this question and threshold: on 600 held-out real agent "done" messages (harness-bench
42//! run 1), the rules caught 1 of 295 false completions, the previous engine question ("does the
43//! message admit unfinished work?") caught 8.5%, and this outcome question caught 16.3% with a
44//! 7.9% false-block rate at 0.60, a threshold chosen on a separate dev set. The message alone
45//! cannot catch most false completions; treat this as a screen, not a verifier.
46//!
47//! Opt-in measurement: with a record store (`HIKMAH_HOOK_RECORD`), every probability the engine
48//! answers is appended there as a `prediction` trace (family `truth_gate.false_completion.v2`)
49//! after the verdict is written, so outcomes recorded later can set the threshold from data
50//! (`hikmah gate-threshold`). Recording is best effort and never changes the verdict.
51//!
52//! `hooks/truth_gate_cases.json` holds golden cases shared with the Python fallback.
53use crate::decision_port::{ask, DecisionEngine, DecisionRequest, Question, QuestionKind};
54use crate::error::Result;
55use crate::ledger::MemoryStore;
56use crate::policy::KernelPolicy;
57use crate::trace::Trace;
58use regex::Regex;
59use serde::Serialize;
60use serde_json::{json, Value};
61use std::io::{BufRead, Read, Write};
62use std::path::Path;
63use std::sync::OnceLock;
64use unicode_normalization::UnicodeNormalization;
65
66/// Chosen on harness-bench run 1 dev (300 messages; highest recall with a false-block rate of at
67/// most 10%) and confirmed on its held-out test split. Re-measure on your own traffic with
68/// `HIKMAH_HOOK_RECORD`, `hikmah outcome`, and `hikmah gate-threshold`.
69pub const DEFAULT_ENGINE_THRESHOLD: f64 = 0.6;
70/// Calibration family of the v2 outcome question. Calibration must not mix it with v1.
71pub const GATE_FAMILY: &str = "truth_gate.false_completion.v2";
72const MAX_ENGINE_STATE_CHARS: usize = 8_000;
73/// How far back (in characters) negation is looked for, which keeps the check linear.
74const NEGATION_WINDOW_CHARS: usize = 200;
75
76const BLOCK_REASON: &str = "Hikmah Truth Gate: the response claims completion while still containing unfinished work or a future-work promise. Resolve it or state the limitation explicitly.";
77
78/// Idioms that leave a promised step to the user's permission or trigger: `if you want`,
79/// `once you approve`, `when you're ready`, `let me know if you'd like`, `would you like`.
80/// A condition about how the product behaves (`when you visit /old`, `if you add two plans`) or
81/// about anything else (`if you don't mind waiting`, `let me know if anything breaks`) is not one.
82/// `after you merge` is not one: work promised for after the merge is deferred work.
83const USER_GATE: &str = r"(?:if|once|when|whenever|after|as soon as) +you(?:'d| +would)? +(?:want|wish|like|prefer|approve|confirm|agree|say so)|(?:once|when|after|as soon as) +you +review|(?:if|once|when|whenever) +you(?:'re| +are) +(?:ready|happy|ok|okay)|should +you +(?:want|wish|prefer)|would +you +like|let +me +know(?: +if +you(?:'d| +would)? +(?:want|like|prefer)| +and)";
84
85struct Rules {
86    fence: Regex,
87    inline_code: Regex,
88    completion: Regex,
89    unfinished: Regex,
90    promise: Regex,
91    /// A user condition anywhere in a promise's own segment: `I'll push it once you approve`.
92    user_gate: Regex,
93    /// A user condition that opens the segment before a promise: `If you want, I'll ...`.
94    fronted_gate: Regex,
95    /// A word saying a named thing is still open: `a TODO comment is left`, `the search
96    /// placeholder still needs real copy`, `the TODO list still has 3 open entries`.
97    still_open: Regex,
98    /// A statement that a named marker was dealt with: `the TODO comment ... is now handled`.
99    resolution: Regex,
100}
101
102fn rules() -> &'static Rules {
103    static RULES: OnceLock<Rules> = OnceLock::new();
104    RULES.get_or_init(|| Rules {
105        fence: Regex::new(r"(?s)```.*?(?:```|$)").expect("fence regex"),
106        inline_code: Regex::new(r"`[^`\n]*`").expect("inline code regex"),
107        completion: Regex::new(
108            r"(?-u:\b)(done|complete|completed|finished|ready|shipped|implemented|fixed|resolved|delivered)(?-u:\b)",
109        )
110        .expect("completion regex"),
111        unfinished: Regex::new(
112            r"(?-u:\b)(todo|tbd|fixme|placeholder|coming soon)(?-u:\b)|<insert[^>]*>|\[insert[^\]]*\]",
113        )
114        .expect("unfinished regex"),
115        promise: Regex::new(
116            r"(?-u:\b)(i|we)(?:'ll| +will| +shall) +(?:(?:also|then|still|now|soon|later|next) +)?(finish|complete|upload|create|test|verify|send|provide|add|write|fix|update|run|check|share|push|deploy|follow up)(?-u:\b)",
117        )
118        .expect("promise regex"),
119        user_gate: Regex::new(&format!(r"(?-u:\b)(?:{USER_GATE})(?-u:\b)"))
120            .expect("user gate regex"),
121        fronted_gate: Regex::new(&format!(r"^ *(?:(?:and|but|so) +)?(?:{USER_GATE})(?-u:\b)"))
122            .expect("fronted gate regex"),
123        still_open: Regex::new(
124            r"(?-u:\b)(?:remain|remains|remaining|left|outstanding|pending|unresolved|still +(?:needs?|lacks?|requires?)|still +(?:has|have) +(?:[0-9]+|some|several|a few|two|three|many) +open)(?-u:\b)",
125        )
126        .expect("still open regex"),
127        resolution: Regex::new(
128            r"(?-u:\b)(?:is|are|was|were|been|got)(?: +(?:now|all|also|already))? +(?:handled|resolved|removed|addressed|fixed|done|implemented|cleared|closed|gone|deleted)(?-u:\b)",
129        )
130        .expect("resolution regex"),
131    })
132}
133
134const COMPLETION_NEGATORS: &[&str] = &[
135    "not",
136    "never",
137    "no",
138    "isn't",
139    "aren't",
140    "wasn't",
141    "weren't",
142    "haven't",
143    "hasn't",
144    "hadn't",
145    "won't",
146    "cannot",
147    "can't",
148    "nearly",
149    "almost",
150    "partially",
151    "partly",
152    "yet",
153];
154const UNFINISHED_NEGATORS: &[&str] = &[
155    "no", "without", "zero", "removed", "remove", "replaced", "resolved", "cleared",
156];
157/// Words after `placeholder` that make it a UI property: `placeholder text`.
158const PLACEHOLDER_UI_TERMS: &[&str] = &[
159    "text",
160    "attribute",
161    "prop",
162    "image",
163    "color",
164    "value",
165    "copy",
166];
167/// Words before `placeholder` that make it a UI property: `the search input placeholder`.
168const PLACEHOLDER_UI_OWNERS: &[&str] = &[
169    "input",
170    "inputs",
171    "search",
172    "field",
173    "fields",
174    "textarea",
175    "form",
176    "attribute",
177    "select",
178];
179/// Words after `coming soon` that make it UI copy: `a Coming soon badge`.
180const COMING_SOON_UI_TERMS: &[&str] = &[
181    "badge", "badges", "banner", "label", "labels", "page", "pages", "state", "pill", "tag",
182    "text", "copy", "message", "screen", "section", "card", "notice", "ribbon", "chip",
183];
184/// Words after `todo`, `tbd` or `fixme` that make it the name of a feature, not a marker:
185/// `the TODO list widget`, `the todo app`. It still counts when the rest of its clause says it is
186/// open (`the TODO list page is still pending`).
187const NAME_NOUNS: &[&str] = &[
188    "list",
189    "lists",
190    "app",
191    "apps",
192    "widget",
193    "widgets",
194    "component",
195    "components",
196    "feature",
197    "page",
198    "view",
199    "board",
200    "tracker",
201    "example",
202];
203/// Words after `todo`, `tbd` or `fixme` that usually name an open marker in code
204/// (`I left a TODO comment`, `two TODO items: ...`). They name a thing only when the rest of the
205/// clause says it was dealt with (`the TODO comment in proxy.ts is now handled`).
206const MARKER_NOUNS: &[&str] = &["comment", "comments", "item", "items", "entry", "entries"];
207/// Characters between a term and the word it modifies: `TODO list`, `TODO-list`, `"Coming soon" badge`.
208const WORD_GAP: &[char] = &[' ', '-', '"', '\'', '\u{201c}', '\u{201d}'];
209/// A term right after an opening quote is mentioned, not used: `the "Coming soon" badge`.
210const QUOTES: &[char] = &['"', '\'', '\u{201c}', '\u{201d}'];
211const CLAUSE_END: [char; 5] = ['.', '!', '?', '\n', ';'];
212
213fn normalize(message: &str) -> String {
214    let mut text = String::with_capacity(message.len());
215    for c in message.nfc() {
216        let c = match c {
217            '\u{2019}' | '\u{2018}' | '\u{02bc}' => '\'',
218            '\u{200b}' | '\u{200c}' | '\u{200d}' | '\u{2060}' | '\u{feff}' => continue,
219            '\n' => '\n',
220            c if c.is_whitespace() || ('\u{1c}'..='\u{1f}').contains(&c) => ' ',
221            c => c,
222        };
223        text.extend(c.to_lowercase());
224    }
225    let rules = rules();
226    let without_fences = rules.fence.replace_all(&text, " ");
227    rules
228        .inline_code
229        .replace_all(&without_fences, " ")
230        .into_owned()
231}
232
233fn is_separator(c: char) -> bool {
234    matches!(c, ' ' | '\n' | ',' | ';' | ':' | '(' | ')')
235}
236
237fn negated(text: &str, start: usize, negators: &[&str]) -> bool {
238    let head = &text[..start];
239    // Bounded look-back keeps the rules linear on long, unpunctuated text.
240    let window_start = head
241        .char_indices()
242        .rev()
243        .nth(NEGATION_WINDOW_CHARS - 1)
244        .map(|(i, _)| i)
245        .unwrap_or(0);
246    let window = &head[window_start..];
247    // Look back within the current sentence only.
248    let sentence = match window.rfind(['.', '!', '?', '\n']) {
249        Some(i) => &window[i + 1..],
250        None => window,
251    };
252    sentence
253        .split(is_separator)
254        .filter(|w| !w.is_empty())
255        .rev()
256        .take(3)
257        .map(|w| w.trim_matches(|c: char| !c.is_alphanumeric() && c != '\''))
258        .any(|w| negators.contains(&w) || w.ends_with("n't"))
259}
260
261/// The word right after `end`, across spaces, hyphens, and quotes only (so `TODO: list` has none).
262fn next_word(text: &str, end: usize) -> Option<&str> {
263    let rest = text[end..].trim_start_matches(WORD_GAP);
264    let len = rest
265        .find(|c: char| !c.is_ascii_alphanumeric())
266        .unwrap_or(rest.len());
267    (len > 0).then(|| &rest[..len])
268}
269
270/// The first ASCII word after `end`, across any punctuation (`placeholder: text`,
271/// `placeholder (text)`). This is how the `placeholder text` check has always read the next word.
272fn loose_next_word(text: &str, end: usize) -> Option<&str> {
273    text[end..]
274        .split(|c: char| !c.is_ascii_alphanumeric())
275        .find(|w| !w.is_empty())
276}
277
278/// The word right before `start`, across spaces, hyphens, and quotes only.
279fn previous_word(text: &str, start: usize) -> Option<&str> {
280    let head = text[..start].trim_end_matches(WORD_GAP);
281    // Trimming (not `rfind(..) + 1`) keeps the cut on a char boundary after a non-ASCII letter.
282    let from = head
283        .trim_end_matches(|c: char| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric())
284        .len();
285    (from < head.len()).then(|| &head[from..])
286}
287
288/// Whether the character `c` at byte `i` ends a clause. A `.` directly followed by a letter or
289/// digit does not: it sits inside a file name or a version (`proxy.ts`, `page.tsx`, `v2.1`).
290fn ends_clause(text: &str, i: usize, c: char) -> bool {
291    match c {
292        '.' => !text[i + 1..].starts_with(|n: char| n.is_ascii_alphanumeric()),
293        c => CLAUSE_END.contains(&c),
294    }
295}
296
297/// Up to `NEGATION_WINDOW_CHARS` characters after `end`, cut at the first clause end.
298fn clause_tail(text: &str, end: usize) -> &str {
299    let tail = &text[end..];
300    let window = tail
301        .char_indices()
302        .nth(NEGATION_WINDOW_CHARS)
303        .map_or(tail, |(i, _)| &tail[..i]);
304    let cut = window
305        .char_indices()
306        .find(|&(i, c)| ends_clause(text, end + i, c))
307        .map_or(window.len(), |(i, _)| i);
308    &window[..cut]
309}
310
311/// Byte range of the clause around `start..end`, looking at most `NEGATION_WINDOW_CHARS`
312/// characters each way.
313fn clause_bounds(text: &str, start: usize, end: usize) -> (usize, usize) {
314    let head = &text[..start];
315    let from = head
316        .char_indices()
317        .rev()
318        .nth(NEGATION_WINDOW_CHARS - 1)
319        .map_or(0, |(i, _)| i);
320    // Every clause end is ASCII, so the clause starts one byte after it.
321    let from = head[from..]
322        .char_indices()
323        .rev()
324        .find(|&(i, c)| ends_clause(text, from + i, c))
325        .map_or(from, |(i, _)| from + i + 1);
326    (from, end + clause_tail(text, end).len())
327}
328
329/// Whether a first-person promise is left to the user: an offer, not deferred work. The condition
330/// is an idiom asking for the user's permission or trigger ([`USER_GATE`]) and must sit either in
331/// the promise's own comma-delimited segment (`I'll push it once you approve`, `Let me know and
332/// I'll ...`) or open the segment just before it (`If you want, I'll ...`, `When you're ready,
333/// I'll ...`). A fronted condition does not reach across a coordinated clause (`..., and I'll`),
334/// except after `Let me know if you'd like,`. Nothing reaches past a neighbouring promise or a
335/// clause end, so an offer cannot excuse a second promise (`If you want, I'll update the
336/// changelog, and I'll test it later`).
337fn is_offer(text: &str, promises: &[regex::Match], k: usize) -> bool {
338    let m = &promises[k];
339    let (from, to) = clause_bounds(text, m.start(), m.end());
340    let from = k
341        .checked_sub(1)
342        .map_or(from, |p| from.max(promises[p].end()));
343    let to = promises.get(k + 1).map_or(to, |next| to.min(next.start()));
344    let rules = rules();
345    let seg_from = text[from..m.start()]
346        .rfind(',')
347        .map_or(from, |i| from + i + 1);
348    let seg_to = text[m.end()..to].find(',').map_or(to, |i| m.end() + i);
349    if rules.user_gate.is_match(&text[seg_from..seg_to]) {
350        return true;
351    }
352    if seg_from == from {
353        return false;
354    }
355    // `seg_from - 1` is the comma that opens the promise's segment.
356    let before = &text[from..seg_from - 1];
357    let previous = before.rfind(',').map_or(before, |i| &before[i + 1..]);
358    if !rules.fronted_gate.is_match(previous) {
359        return false;
360    }
361    let own = text[seg_from..m.start()].trim_start_matches(' ');
362    let coordinated = own.starts_with("and ") || own.starts_with("but ");
363    !coordinated || previous.trim_start_matches(' ').starts_with("let me know")
364}
365
366/// Whether the rest of a marker's clause says it was dealt with (`the TODO comment in proxy.ts
367/// is now handled`). Only the stretch up to the next comma, `and` or `but` counts, so a
368/// resolution of something else (`I added TODO comments, and the header is fixed`) does not.
369fn resolved_after(text: &str, end: usize) -> bool {
370    let tail = clause_tail(text, end);
371    let cut = [",", " and ", " but "]
372        .iter()
373        .filter_map(|stop| tail.find(stop))
374        .min()
375        .unwrap_or(tail.len());
376    rules().resolution.is_match(&tail[..cut])
377}
378
379/// Whether an unfinished-work match flags open work, rather than naming a UI element or a
380/// feature, or quoting the word.
381fn flags_open_work(text: &str, m: &regex::Match) -> bool {
382    if negated(text, m.start(), UNFINISHED_NEGATORS) {
383        return false;
384    }
385    let term = m.as_str();
386    if term.starts_with(['<', '[']) {
387        return true;
388    }
389    // Marker syntax (`TODO:`, `FIXME(`) is a marker even inside quotes: `left a "TODO: retries"`.
390    let marker_syntax =
391        matches!(term, "todo" | "tbd" | "fixme") && text[m.end()..].starts_with([':', '(']);
392    if text[..m.start()].ends_with(QUOTES) && !marker_syntax {
393        return false;
394    }
395    let next = next_word(text, m.end());
396    let next_in = |list: &[&str]| next.is_some_and(|w| list.contains(&w));
397    let rules = rules();
398    // A named thing still counts when the rest of its clause says it is open
399    // (`the search placeholder still needs real copy`).
400    let open_after = || rules.still_open.is_match(clause_tail(text, m.end()));
401    match term {
402        "placeholder" => {
403            let ui_text =
404                loose_next_word(text, m.end()).is_some_and(|w| PLACEHOLDER_UI_TERMS.contains(&w));
405            let owned =
406                previous_word(text, m.start()).is_some_and(|w| PLACEHOLDER_UI_OWNERS.contains(&w));
407            !(ui_text || (owned && !open_after()))
408        }
409        "coming soon" => !next_in(COMING_SOON_UI_TERMS) || open_after(),
410        // todo, tbd, fixme
411        _ => {
412            if next_in(NAME_NOUNS) {
413                open_after()
414            } else if next_in(MARKER_NOUNS) {
415                // `I left a TODO comment` is open work even though `left` comes first.
416                let (from, to) = clause_bounds(text, m.start(), m.end());
417                !resolved_after(text, m.end()) || rules.still_open.is_match(&text[from..to])
418            } else {
419                true
420            }
421        }
422    }
423}
424
425/// Deterministic verdict: `true` means block.
426pub fn rules_verdict(message: &str) -> bool {
427    let text = normalize(message);
428    let rules = rules();
429    let claims_completion = rules
430        .completion
431        .find_iter(&text)
432        .any(|m| !negated(&text, m.start(), COMPLETION_NEGATORS));
433    if !claims_completion {
434        return false;
435    }
436    let unfinished = rules
437        .unfinished
438        .find_iter(&text)
439        .any(|m| flags_open_work(&text, &m));
440    if unfinished {
441        return true;
442    }
443    let promises: Vec<regex::Match> = rules.promise.find_iter(&text).collect();
444    (0..promises.len()).any(|k| !is_offer(&text, &promises, k))
445}
446
447/// Parse the hook payload. Hosts can emit lone surrogate escapes (a truncated emoji), numbers
448/// a strict parser rejects, or trailing data after the object; those must not turn the gate off,
449/// so fall back to a sanitized parse and finally to extracting the two fields the gate needs.
450/// `hooks/truth_gate.py` mirrors these three stages (golden `payload_cases`).
451fn parse_payload(buffer: &str) -> Value {
452    if let Ok(value) = serde_json::from_str(buffer) {
453        return value;
454    }
455    static PATTERNS: OnceLock<(Regex, Regex, Regex)> = OnceLock::new();
456    let (surrogate, message, active) = PATTERNS.get_or_init(|| {
457        (
458            // A high surrogate escape with its low partner (kept), or an unpaired one (replaced).
459            Regex::new(r"\\u[dD][89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{2}(\\u[dD][c-fC-F][0-9a-fA-F]{2})?|\\u[dD][c-fC-F][0-9a-fA-F]{2}")
460                .expect("surrogate regex"),
461            Regex::new(r#""last_assistant_message"\s*:\s*"((?:[^"\\]|\\.)*)""#)
462                .expect("message regex"),
463            Regex::new(r#""stop_hook_active"\s*:\s*(?:"\s*(?i:true|1)\s*"|true\b|-?(?:[1-9][0-9]*(?:\.[0-9]+)?|0\.[0-9]*[1-9][0-9]*)(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?)"#)
464                .expect("active regex"),
465        )
466    });
467    let sanitized = surrogate.replace_all(buffer, |caps: &regex::Captures| {
468        if caps.get(1).is_some() {
469            caps[0].to_string()
470        } else {
471            "\\ufffd".to_string()
472        }
473    });
474    if let Ok(value) = serde_json::from_str(&sanitized) {
475        return value;
476    }
477    let Some(captured) = message.captures(&sanitized).and_then(|c| c.get(1)) else {
478        return Value::Null;
479    };
480    let text: String =
481        serde_json::from_str(&format!("\"{}\"", captured.as_str())).unwrap_or_default();
482    json!({
483        "last_assistant_message": text,
484        "stop_hook_active": active.is_match(&sanitized),
485    })
486}
487
488fn truthy(value: Option<&Value>) -> bool {
489    match value {
490        Some(Value::Bool(b)) => *b,
491        Some(Value::String(s)) => matches!(s.trim().to_ascii_lowercase().as_str(), "true" | "1"),
492        Some(Value::Number(n)) => n.as_f64().is_some_and(|v| v != 0.0),
493        _ => false,
494    }
495}
496
497/// The question an engine answers in engine mode: would this completion claim fail verification?
498/// The wording is the one benchmarked in harness-bench; changing it invalidates that evidence.
499pub fn false_completion_request(message: &str) -> Option<DecisionRequest> {
500    let state: String = message.chars().take(MAX_ENGINE_STATE_CHARS).collect();
501    DecisionRequest::new(
502        state,
503        vec![Question {
504            id: "false_completion".into(),
505            instructions: "A coding agent ended its task with the message in the state. If the work were checked now by running the project's tests for the requested change, would the check show that the task is NOT actually done correctly?".into(),
506            kind: QuestionKind::Noul {
507                if_true: Some(
508                    "The completion claim is likely false: the fix is incomplete, unverified, or probably wrong"
509                        .into(),
510                ),
511                if_false: Some(
512                    "The message describes a complete fix that was verified and is probably correct"
513                        .into(),
514                ),
515            },
516            // v2: the outcome question. Calibration must not mix it with the v1 question.
517            family: Some(GATE_FAMILY.into()),
518        }],
519    )
520    .ok()
521}
522
523/// How the Truth Gate combines its rules with an engine's answer.
524#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
525pub struct GateSettings {
526    /// The engine adds a block when `p >= threshold`.
527    pub threshold: f64,
528    /// Opt-in (`HIKMAH_HOOK_ENGINE_LIFT`): an admitted engine answer with `p < lift` lifts a rules
529    /// block. `None`, the default, keeps the rules a hard floor. It never lifts an engine block, so
530    /// a value at or above `threshold` acts like `threshold`. No measurement backs any value yet.
531    pub lift: Option<f64>,
532}
533
534impl From<f64> for GateSettings {
535    /// A threshold alone: the rules stay a hard floor.
536    fn from(threshold: f64) -> Self {
537        Self {
538            threshold,
539            lift: None,
540        }
541    }
542}
543
544/// Rules-only Stop hook (the default).
545pub fn run_stop_hook(input: impl Read, output: impl Write) -> Result<()> {
546    run_stop_hook_with(input, output, None, DEFAULT_ENGINE_THRESHOLD)
547}
548
549/// Read a Stop event the way the hook does: lossy UTF-8, then [`parse_payload`]. Returns the
550/// message to judge (or why the hook allows without judging) and the host's `session_id`.
551fn read_stop_event(
552    mut input: impl Read,
553) -> Result<(std::result::Result<String, &'static str>, Option<String>)> {
554    let mut bytes = Vec::new();
555    input.read_to_end(&mut bytes)?;
556    let buffer = String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes);
557    let payload = parse_payload(&buffer);
558    if !payload.is_object() {
559        return Ok((Err("payload is not a JSON object"), None));
560    }
561    let session = payload
562        .get("session_id")
563        .and_then(Value::as_str)
564        .filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty())
565        .map(str::to_string);
566    if truthy(payload.get("stop_hook_active")) {
567        return Ok((Err("stop_hook_active is set"), session));
568    }
569    let message = payload
570        .get("last_assistant_message")
571        .and_then(Value::as_str)
572        .unwrap_or("");
573    if message.trim().is_empty() {
574        return Ok((Err("no last_assistant_message"), session));
575    }
576    Ok((Ok(message.to_string()), session))
577}
578
579/// Judge one Stop event: the verdict and the host's session id.
580fn judge_stop_event(
581    input: impl Read,
582    engine: Option<&dyn DecisionEngine>,
583    settings: GateSettings,
584) -> Result<(GateVerdict, Option<String>)> {
585    let (message, session) = read_stop_event(input)?;
586    let verdict = match message {
587        Ok(message) => evaluate_message(&message, engine, settings),
588        Err(why) => {
589            let mut verdict = evaluate_message("", None, settings);
590            verdict.skipped = Some(why.to_string());
591            verdict
592        }
593    };
594    Ok((verdict, session))
595}
596
597/// Stop hook with an optional decision engine. Always prints valid JSON.
598pub fn run_stop_hook_with(
599    input: impl Read,
600    output: impl Write,
601    engine: Option<&dyn DecisionEngine>,
602    settings: impl Into<GateSettings>,
603) -> Result<()> {
604    run_stop_hook_recording(input, output, engine, settings, None)
605}
606
607/// Stop hook that can also record the engine's answer. When `record` names a memory store and
608/// the engine answered, the prediction is appended there *after* the verdict is written and
609/// flushed. Any recording failure (or panic) is swallowed: it can never change the verdict,
610/// the output, or the exit status.
611pub fn run_stop_hook_recording(
612    input: impl Read,
613    mut output: impl Write,
614    engine: Option<&dyn DecisionEngine>,
615    settings: impl Into<GateSettings>,
616    record: Option<&Path>,
617) -> Result<()> {
618    let (verdict, session) = judge_stop_event(input, engine, settings.into())?;
619    match &verdict.reason {
620        Some(reason) if verdict.block => {
621            writeln!(output, "{}", json!({"decision": "block", "reason": reason}))?
622        }
623        _ => writeln!(output, "{{}}")?,
624    }
625    output.flush()?;
626    if let Some(store) = record {
627        let _ = std::panic::catch_unwind(std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe(|| {
628            record_prediction(store, &verdict, session.as_deref())
629        }));
630    }
631    Ok(())
632}
633
634/// Append the engine's prediction for this verdict to `store`. The message itself is not
635/// stored: the trace holds the question, the probability, and the host session id as locator.
636fn record_prediction(store: &Path, verdict: &GateVerdict, session: Option<&str>) -> Result<()> {
637    let Some(mut trace) = verdict.prediction.clone() else {
638        return Ok(());
639    };
640    trace.provenance.locator = session.map(|id| format!("session:{id}"));
641    let mut memory = MemoryStore::open(store, KernelPolicy::default())?;
642    // A busy store is skipped, not waited on: the host waits for this process to exit.
643    memory.set_nonblocking_writes(true);
644    memory.remember(trace)?;
645    Ok(())
646}
647
648/// `hikmah gate-explain` (without `--batch`): the verdict the Stop hook reaches for this stdin,
649/// through the same parsing and the same [`evaluate_message`]. When the hook would allow without
650/// judging, `skipped` says why and nothing is sent to an engine.
651pub fn explain_stop_event(
652    input: impl Read,
653    engine: Option<&dyn DecisionEngine>,
654    settings: impl Into<GateSettings>,
655) -> Result<GateVerdict> {
656    Ok(judge_stop_event(input, engine, settings.into())?.0)
657}
658
659/// Which path produced a Truth Gate verdict.
660#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
661#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
662pub enum GatePath {
663    /// The engine answered and its probability decided.
664    Engine,
665    /// No engine was configured: the deterministic rules decided.
666    Rules,
667    /// An engine was configured but failed, abstained, or was rejected: the rules decided.
668    RulesFallback,
669}
670
671/// Full explanation of one Truth Gate decision (what `hikmah gate-explain` prints).
672#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
673pub struct GateVerdict {
674    pub block: bool,
675    pub path: GatePath,
676    /// The deterministic rules' verdict, always computed so both can be compared.
677    pub rules_block: bool,
678    /// Engine `P(the completion claim would fail verification)`, when the engine answered.
679    pub p: Option<f64>,
680    /// Whether the engine alone would block (`p >= threshold`), when it answered.
681    pub engine_block: Option<bool>,
682    pub threshold: f64,
683    /// The opted-in lift value, if any (see [`GateSettings::lift`]).
684    pub lift: Option<f64>,
685    /// Whether an engine answer below `lift` lifted a rules block.
686    pub lifted: bool,
687    pub engine: Option<String>,
688    /// Why the engine gave no probability (failure, abstention, or rejection), if it did not.
689    pub engine_note: Option<String>,
690    pub engine_latency_ms: Option<u64>,
691    /// Why the hook allowed without judging a message (for example `stop_hook_active`).
692    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
693    pub skipped: Option<String>,
694    #[serde(skip)]
695    reason: Option<String>,
696    /// The engine's answer as a `prediction` trace, when it answered (recorded only on request).
697    #[serde(skip)]
698    prediction: Option<Trace>,
699}
700
701/// Decide one message. The Stop hook and `hikmah gate-explain` both call this, so the benchmark
702/// measures exactly the code path the hook runs.
703pub fn evaluate_message(
704    message: &str,
705    engine: Option<&dyn DecisionEngine>,
706    settings: impl Into<GateSettings>,
707) -> GateVerdict {
708    let GateSettings { threshold, lift } = settings.into();
709    let rules_block = rules_verdict(message);
710    let mut verdict = GateVerdict {
711        block: rules_block,
712        path: GatePath::Rules,
713        rules_block,
714        p: None,
715        engine_block: None,
716        threshold,
717        lift,
718        lifted: false,
719        engine: None,
720        engine_note: None,
721        engine_latency_ms: None,
722        skipped: None,
723        reason: rules_block.then(|| BLOCK_REASON.to_string()),
724        prediction: None,
725    };
726    let Some(engine) = engine else {
727        return verdict;
728    };
729    verdict.path = GatePath::RulesFallback;
730    verdict.engine = Some(engine.descriptor().source());
731    let Some(request) = false_completion_request(message) else {
732        verdict.engine_note = Some("message could not be turned into a request".into());
733        return verdict;
734    };
735    match ask(engine, &request) {
736        Ok(decision) => {
737            verdict.engine_latency_ms = Some(decision.latency_ms);
738            match decision
739                .answer("false_completion")
740                .and_then(|answer| answer.p_true())
741            {
742                Some(p) => {
743                    let engine_block = p >= threshold;
744                    verdict.path = GatePath::Engine;
745                    verdict.p = Some(p);
746                    verdict.engine_block = Some(engine_block);
747                    verdict.prediction = decision.prediction_traces(&request).into_iter().next();
748                    // By default the rules are a hard floor: the engine can add a block, never
749                    // remove one. Only an opted-in lift lets a confident "the claim holds" answer
750                    // remove a rules block, and nothing removes an engine block.
751                    let lifted = rules_block && !engine_block && lift.is_some_and(|lift| p < lift);
752                    verdict.lifted = lifted;
753                    verdict.block = engine_block || (rules_block && !lifted);
754                    if lifted {
755                        verdict.reason = None;
756                    }
757                    if !rules_block && engine_block {
758                        verdict.reason = Some(format!(
759                            "Hikmah Truth Gate ({} p={p:.2}): this completion claim looks likely to fail verification. Run the tests for the change, or say plainly what is unverified or unfinished.",
760                            decision.engine.source()
761                        ));
762                    }
763                }
764                None => {
765                    verdict.engine_note = Some(
766                        decision
767                            .rejected
768                            .clone()
769                            .unwrap_or_else(|| "engine abstained".into()),
770                    );
771                }
772            }
773        }
774        // Engine unavailable or the request was refused: keep the rules' verdict.
775        Err(error) => verdict.engine_note = Some(error.to_string()),
776    }
777    verdict
778}
779
780/// `hikmah gate-explain --batch`: one JSON object per input line
781/// (`{"id": ..., "last_assistant_message": ...}`), one verdict per output line, input order kept.
782pub fn explain_batch(
783    input: impl BufRead,
784    mut output: impl Write,
785    engine: Option<&dyn DecisionEngine>,
786    settings: impl Into<GateSettings>,
787) -> Result<()> {
788    let settings = settings.into();
789    for line in input.lines() {
790        let line = line?;
791        if line.trim().is_empty() {
792            continue;
793        }
794        let item = parse_payload(&line);
795        let id = item.get("id").cloned().unwrap_or(Value::Null);
796        let message = item
797            .get("last_assistant_message")
798            .and_then(Value::as_str)
799            .unwrap_or("");
800        let verdict = evaluate_message(message, engine, settings);
801        let mut row = serde_json::to_value(&verdict)?;
802        row["id"] = id;
803        writeln!(output, "{row}")?;
804    }
805    Ok(())
806}
807
808#[cfg(test)]
809mod tests {
810    use super::*;
811
812    #[test]
813    fn substring_traps_do_not_block() {
814        for message in [
815            "The migration is incomplete; see TODO list.",
816            "I have already reviewed the Mastodon integration.",
817            "The rollout was abandoned; the TODO list is attached.",
818            "Done. There are no TODOs left.",
819            "Fixed the bug in `todo_service.rs`.",
820            "Not done yet: I'll finish the tests tomorrow.",
821            "Finished. No placeholder text remains.",
822            "Added placeholder text to the email input. Done.",
823            "Doné. TODO",
824        ] {
825            assert!(!rules_verdict(message), "should allow: {message}");
826        }
827    }
828
829    #[test]
830    fn explain_reports_rules_and_engine_paths() {
831        use crate::decision_port::{EngineDescriptor, RawAnswer, StaticEngine};
832        let message = "Done. TODO: add tests";
833        let rules = evaluate_message(message, None, 0.8);
834        assert!(rules.block && rules.rules_block && rules.path == GatePath::Rules);
835
836        let low = StaticEngine {
837            descriptor: EngineDescriptor {
838                name: "static".into(),
839                version: "1".into(),
840            },
841            answers: [(
842                "false_completion".to_string(),
843                RawAnswer::Noul { noul: 0.3 },
844            )]
845            .into_iter()
846            .collect(),
847        };
848        let verdict = evaluate_message(message, Some(&low), 0.8);
849        assert_eq!(verdict.path, GatePath::Engine);
850        assert_eq!(verdict.p, Some(0.3));
851        assert_eq!(verdict.engine_block, Some(false));
852        assert!(
853            verdict.block && !verdict.lifted,
854            "without the opt-in, a low engine p cannot lift a rules block"
855        );
856        assert_eq!(verdict.reason.as_deref(), Some(BLOCK_REASON));
857
858        let high = StaticEngine {
859            answers: [(
860                "false_completion".to_string(),
861                RawAnswer::Noul { noul: 0.7 },
862            )]
863            .into_iter()
864            .collect(),
865            ..low.clone()
866        };
867        let claim = "Fixed the parser and everything works now.";
868        assert!(!rules_verdict(claim));
869        let added = evaluate_message(claim, Some(&high), 0.6);
870        assert!(added.block && !added.rules_block && added.engine_block == Some(true));
871        assert!(added.reason.unwrap().contains("p=0.70"));
872        assert!(!evaluate_message(claim, Some(&high), 0.8).block);
873
874        let failing = crate::decision_port::NoEngine;
875        let fallback = evaluate_message(message, Some(&failing), 0.8);
876        assert_eq!(fallback.path, GatePath::RulesFallback);
877        assert!(fallback.block && fallback.engine_note.is_some());
878    }
879
880    #[test]
881    fn an_opted_in_lift_removes_only_a_rules_block() {
882        use crate::decision_port::{EngineDescriptor, RawAnswer, StaticEngine};
883        let engine = |p: f64| StaticEngine {
884            descriptor: EngineDescriptor {
885                name: "static".into(),
886                version: "1".into(),
887            },
888            answers: [("false_completion".to_string(), RawAnswer::Noul { noul: p })]
889                .into_iter()
890                .collect(),
891        };
892        let lift = GateSettings {
893            threshold: 0.6,
894            lift: Some(0.2),
895        };
896        let rules_block = "Done. TODO: add tests";
897
898        // Without the opt-in, a low p never lifts the rules (the default is unchanged).
899        let floor = evaluate_message(rules_block, Some(&engine(0.05)), 0.6);
900        assert!(floor.block && !floor.lifted && floor.lift.is_none());
901
902        // With it, an admitted answer below the lift value lifts the rules block...
903        let lifted = evaluate_message(rules_block, Some(&engine(0.05)), lift);
904        assert!(!lifted.block && lifted.lifted && lifted.rules_block);
905        assert_eq!(lifted.path, GatePath::Engine);
906        assert!(lifted.reason.is_none());
907        // ...an answer at or above it does not...
908        let kept = evaluate_message(rules_block, Some(&engine(0.2)), lift);
909        assert!(kept.block && !kept.lifted);
910        assert_eq!(kept.reason.as_deref(), Some(BLOCK_REASON));
911        // ...and a lift value above the threshold never lifts an engine block.
912        let high_lift = GateSettings {
913            threshold: 0.6,
914            lift: Some(0.9),
915        };
916        let engine_block = evaluate_message(rules_block, Some(&engine(0.7)), high_lift);
917        assert!(engine_block.block && !engine_block.lifted);
918        let clean = "Fixed the parser and everything works now.";
919        assert!(evaluate_message(clean, Some(&engine(0.7)), high_lift).block);
920
921        // No answer means no lift: engine failure or abstention leaves the rules.
922        let failed = evaluate_message(rules_block, Some(&crate::decision_port::NoEngine), lift);
923        assert!(failed.block && !failed.lifted);
924        assert_eq!(failed.path, GatePath::RulesFallback);
925        assert!(evaluate_message(rules_block, None, lift).block);
926    }
927
928    #[test]
929    fn explain_batch_keeps_ids_and_order() {
930        let input = "{\"id\":\"a\",\"last_assistant_message\":\"Done. TODO: tests\"}\n\n{\"id\":7,\"last_assistant_message\":\"Fixed and tested.\"}\n";
931        let mut out = Vec::new();
932        explain_batch(input.as_bytes(), &mut out, None, 0.8).unwrap();
933        let rows: Vec<Value> = String::from_utf8(out)
934            .unwrap()
935            .lines()
936            .map(|l| serde_json::from_str(l).unwrap())
937            .collect();
938        assert_eq!(rows.len(), 2);
939        assert_eq!(rows[0]["id"], "a");
940        assert_eq!(rows[0]["block"], true);
941        assert_eq!(rows[1]["id"], 7);
942        assert_eq!(rows[1]["block"], false);
943        assert_eq!(rows[1]["path"], "rules");
944    }
945
946    fn long_text_cases() -> Vec<(&'static str, String, bool)> {
947        vec![
948            ("negation", "not done ".repeat(50_000), false),
949            (
950                "offers",
951                format!("done {}", "if you want i'll test ".repeat(10_000)),
952                false,
953            ),
954            (
955                "named widget",
956                format!("done {}", "the todo list widget ".repeat(10_000)),
957                false,
958            ),
959            (
960                "placeholder owner",
961                format!("done {}", "search placeholder ".repeat(10_000)),
962                false,
963            ),
964            (
965                "whitespace",
966                format!("done todo{}list", " ".repeat(200_000)),
967                false,
968            ),
969            (
970                "coordinated promise",
971                format!("done {}", "if you want, and i'll test, ".repeat(10_000)),
972                true,
973            ),
974            (
975                "resolved marker",
976                format!(
977                    "done {}",
978                    "the todo comment in a.ts is now handled, ".repeat(10_000)
979                ),
980                false,
981            ),
982            (
983                "filename dots",
984                format!("done todo comment{}", ".x".repeat(100_000)),
985                true,
986            ),
987        ]
988    }
989
990    #[test]
991    fn long_unpunctuated_text_has_expected_verdicts() {
992        for (name, text, expected) in long_text_cases() {
993            assert_eq!(rules_verdict(&text), expected, "{name}");
994        }
995    }
996
997    // A wall-clock budget is a performance gate, not a load-independent correctness assertion.
998    // CI and bench/run_kernel.sh run this explicitly in release mode, with one test thread.
999    // Preserve the original two-second ceiling; do not relax it to hide a regression.
1000    #[test]
1001    #[ignore = "explicit release performance gate; see bench/KERNEL_BENCHMARK.md"]
1002    #[allow(clippy::assertions_on_constants)] // Runtime misuse check for an explicitly ignored test.
1003    fn long_unpunctuated_text_stays_fast() {
1004        assert!(!cfg!(debug_assertions), "run timing gate with --release");
1005        let _ = rules_verdict("Done. TODO: tests"); // regex compilation is a separate startup cost
1006        for (name, text, expected) in long_text_cases() {
1007            let started = std::time::Instant::now();
1008            let verdict = rules_verdict(&text);
1009            let elapsed = started.elapsed();
1010            eprintln!(
1011                "{name}: {:.3} ms ({} bytes)",
1012                elapsed.as_secs_f64() * 1000.0,
1013                text.len()
1014            );
1015            assert_eq!(verdict, expected, "{name}");
1016            assert!(
1017                elapsed < std::time::Duration::from_secs(2),
1018                "{name}: {elapsed:?}"
1019            );
1020        }
1021    }
1022
1023    #[test]
1024    fn lone_surrogates_and_huge_numbers_do_not_disable_the_gate() {
1025        for input in [
1026            r#"{"last_assistant_message":"Done. TODO: add tests \ud83d"}"#,
1027            r#"{"x":1e400,"last_assistant_message":"Done. TODO: add tests"}"#,
1028        ] {
1029            let mut out = Vec::new();
1030            run_stop_hook(input.as_bytes(), &mut out).unwrap();
1031            let verdict: Value = serde_json::from_slice(&out).unwrap();
1032            assert_eq!(verdict["decision"], "block", "{input}");
1033        }
1034    }
1035
1036    #[test]
1037    fn false_completion_blocks() {
1038        for message in [
1039            "Done. TODO: add tests",
1040            "Done, I will verify the numbers tomorrow.",
1041            "Implemented the parser. I will test it tomorrow.",
1042            "Shipped. I\u{2019}ll send the notes.",
1043            "Complete. Replace <insert name here>.",
1044            "Fixed\u{200d}. TODO: tests",
1045            "Done. we\u{1c}will test it",
1046        ] {
1047            assert!(rules_verdict(message), "should block: {message}");
1048        }
1049    }
1050}