DecisionGATE · v0.1.0 · loopback · not advice

DecisionGATE

Freedom without clarity is chaos. Clarity without force is wisdom.

Lightweight ethical filter. Not predictive, advisory, or prescriptive. No action should pass unless it survives structured scrutiny. Five sequential gates. First failure stops the chain.

Proposal Statement Concrete, unambiguous action. Vague or shifting fails Definition. Evidence Facts, data, observations. One per line. Empty fails Evidence.

Positive impacts Who or what is helped. One per line.

Negative impacts Who or what is harmed or burdened. One per line.

Values Stated values the proposal must remain consistent with. One per line. Commitments Prior commitments. One per line. Optional. Constraints Hard bounds. One per line. A statement that contradicts a prohibition is BLOCK. Accountable person One named owner. Blank is BLOCK.

Gates

1 Definition

waiting

Concrete unambiguous proposal. Vague or shifting → REVISE or BLOCK.
Override to REVISE
2 Evidence

waiting

Facts, data, observations identified. Ungrounded assertions → REVISE.
Override to REVISE
3 Impact

waiting

Who or what is affected, positive AND negative. Hidden impacts → REVISE.
Override to REVISE
4 Integrity

waiting

Consistent with stated values, prior commitments, constraints. Contradictions → REVISE or BLOCK.
Override to REVISE
5 Responsibility

waiting

Named accountable owner. Diffuse or absent → BLOCK.
Override to REVISE