Select active constituent-dimension unknowns for an overall comparison claim while preserving comparison identity and exact scope for individual claims. Use the same selected facts for classification, citations, limitations and recommended probes; remove redundant aliases. Cover stdio MCP registration, aggregate and independent claims, resolved latest revisions, source provenance and foreign comparison scopes. Fixes #6879
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Reconstruction coverage
rea evaluate-reconstruction-coverage coverage.json --json evaluates an inline
coverage workspace and its selected boundary_id. MCP exposes the same input
through evaluate_reconstruction_coverage. Results contain a status, reasons,
recommended probes and Evidence references; the supplied bundle retains the
complete records.
Evidence IDs and bundle manifests must authenticate before evaluation. A valid
record can still be insufficient proof: a passing verifier summary cannot
promote inferred Evidence into a replay observation. That case returns
unknown, while a missing or tampered record remains an input error.
Comparable verifier Evidence
At least one record explicitly cited by the latest verifier observation must support the declared contract authority:
| Contract authority | Evidence source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
shipped-artifact |
shipped-artifact |
observed or derived |
controlled-replay |
controlled-replay |
observed |
live-observation |
controlled-replay or external-service |
observed |
external |
external-service |
observed |
Contextual references can accompany qualifying proof. An unrelated observed record elsewhere in the bundle cannot repair a result that cites only inference. Older observed results cannot replace the newest weak result. Equivalent observations at the same instant can share qualifying proof from one of those observations; conflicting tied assessments remain unknown.
Package and integration proof
Build, clean-install and runtime-routing claims require observed runtime
Evidence (controlled-replay or external-service). Package-content and
authority-independence audits can also use observed or derived
shipped-artifact Evidence. Each proof must cite its qualifying records and
cover the selected boundary's artifact digests. An inference alone establishes
neither a passing nor a failed package workflow.
The evaluator preserves Evidence provenance and returns an actionable unknown when qualification is unavailable. It does not change the cited records to make their authority match a caller's declaration.
Function reconstruction claims
verify_reconstruction evaluates declared claims over retained comparison
Evidence. An overall function claim includes active residual unknowns scoped
to any of that comparison's dimensions. For example, an open pseudocode
question keeps the overall claim unknown and retains its unknown ID and
recommended probe; an independent assembly claim can still pass. An unknown
scoped only to overall does not block every individual dimension.
Selection uses each unknown's latest revision, its comparison identity and Evidence references. Explicit unknown dependencies remain relevant across dimensions. Unknowns for another comparison and resolved heads do not become blockers merely because their source Evidence overlaps.