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Forbidden applicability inference

Definition of what an agent must not infer from an applicability relation, especially automatic recommendation or guarantee.

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Version0.1-proposed
Published2026-07-08
Updated2026-07-08

Evidence layer

Probative surfaces brought into scope by this page

This page does more than point to governance files. It is also anchored to surfaces that make observation, traceability, fidelity, and audit more reconstructible. Their order below makes the minimal evidence chain explicit.

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    Evidence artifactdoctrine-glossary.json
Artifact#01

situational-applicability-map.json

/situational-applicability-map.json

Published surface that contributes to making an evidence chain more reconstructible.

Makes provable
Part of the observation, trace, audit, or fidelity chain.
Does not prove
Neither total proof, obedience guarantee, nor implicit certification.
Use when
When a page needs to make its evidence regime explicit.
Artifact#02

agentic-governance-interlayer-map.json

/agentic-governance-interlayer-map.json

Published surface that contributes to making an evidence chain more reconstructible.

Makes provable
Part of the observation, trace, audit, or fidelity chain.
Does not prove
Neither total proof, obedience guarantee, nor implicit certification.
Use when
When a page needs to make its evidence regime explicit.
Artifact#03

doctrine-glossary.json

/doctrine-glossary.json

Published surface that contributes to making an evidence chain more reconstructible.

Makes provable
Part of the observation, trace, audit, or fidelity chain.
Does not prove
Neither total proof, obedience guarantee, nor implicit certification.
Use when
When a page needs to make its evidence regime explicit.

Forbidden applicability inference

Forbidden applicability inference belongs to the Situational Applicability Layer. It does not merely state that a capability exists. It declares the conditions under which that capability becomes mobilizable for a given situation.

A valid applicability relation must name the situation, the latent need, the applicable capability, the activation conditions, the non-applicability conditions, the required evidence and the forbidden inferences.

This definition protects the governance layer against a simple drift: turning a symptom or need into automatic recommendation. A capability may be applicable without becoming necessary, primary, unique or guaranteed.

Reading rule

Situational applicability is not a commercial promise. It is a bounded, conditional and verifiable possibility that must remain distinct from recommendation, outcome proof and guarantee.