{
  "handle": "DeliberativeAlign",
  "mechanism": "Constitutional AI. {{agent}} ingests a Policy_Set. Before executing {{task}}, it generates a 'Safety {{trace}}' comparing the {{manifest_planning}} against Policy. If violation detected, it revises the {{manifest_planning}}. It forces the {{solver_node}} to execute a dedicated safety pass against the {{constitution}} before committing to the {{manifest_planning}}.",
  "gloss": "Explicit safety reasoning prior to execution",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Deliberation Theater: {{agent}} generates false safety reasoning to justify harmful action.",
    "Policy Conflict: Contradictory rules lead to paralysis or arbitrary selection.",
    "{{context}} Overflow: Long constitutions truncated, causing rules to be ignored."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "The safety {{trace}} is generated before any tool call.",
    "A plan that violates policy is revised.",
    "A goal that cannot be pursued without violating policy is abandoned, not revised."
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "Policy definitions loaded",
    "{{task}} is planned but not executed"
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "{{manifest_planning}} validated safe OR revised",
    "Safety reasoning logged"
  ],
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "strictness",
      "type": "Enum",
      "range": "{Strict, Permissive}",
      "description": "Whether an ambiguous case counts as a violation. Strict treats it as one. Neither setting permits proceeding past a clear violation."
    }
  ],
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    "ring": 2,
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    "path": [
      "Society",
      "Protocols"
    ]
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  "dependencies": {
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      "task": "sema:Task#mh:SHA-256:a85010f508f85055170c396c8fa390125c1206888c565ac10651f3969a339f8d"
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  "sema_layer": "Society",
  "sema_category": "Protocols",
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