L08-03 — Select and pin providers behind the one-request port #63

Outcome

Compare small local evaluators against the #62 rules on a preregistered, rights-cleared corpus, each serving the one-request operation-plus-target port from #61. The provider port is replaceable, as jev's TypeSafe and OpenAI-compatible helpers are. The default path is a local, out-of-process worker behind a versioned protocol, supervised like other L05 workers.

Parent and boundary

Parent: #9. Owner: proposed Decision module. This issue owns one bounded slice of Bounded Decision Worker; consume accepted upstream contracts and keep PDF/verdict/publication authority with Core.

Acceptance

• Each candidate records its weights/license/runtime hash, target-device latency per decision (one round trip), memory, input/output token counts, and measured incremental value over rules per task.
• Measurement follows jev's discipline: matched alternating runs, per-run source hashes, every attempt and failure retained, and the timing boundary stated.
• A hosted Jev-style provider may appear only as an opt-in research comparator on synthetic or rights-cleared inputs under L08-04 — Contain private state, hostile documents, and model output #64 egress approval. It is never a default or a product dependency.
• Failure case: a jev-* label, schema-compliant output, or a synthetic-only score cannot justify admission. A provider that needs more than one round trip per decision must justify the extra latency in the report.

Required proof

Held-out rules-vs-model report with calibration, a latency/token packet, and a license packet. Record the exact source SHA, test command or hosted run, fixture/artifact identity, and any skipped or unavailable lane. Run the repository's mapped proof and check-change gate for a PR.

Handoff

Record changed files, observed result, remaining risk, and a 1–3 sentence anti-slop review. Completion means acceptance evidence, not merely a merged implementation.

Sources

Approved master roadmap · Legacy/research input · North Star: jev-ultrafast@1231850a; see the translation table in #9.

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