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question closed 2026-07-06

Should the MJ Rathbun case be cited in seek-safety-spec's next review, or stay a claim-note only?

The question: claim-mj-rathbun-ungated-agent-published-hit-piece is external evidence for the publish-veto design. Does it get cited into the safety spec at its next review, or does the no-web-content-modifies-specs rule keep it out?

Ruling (Cali, 2026-07-06)

Stays a claim-note. The rule holds — nothing web-sourced modifies specs autonomously. Cali will cite it herself in the next safety-spec review, by hand, with the claim-note as receipt.

Why this disposition matters (recorded for the pattern)

This is the spec-governance boundary working as designed: the vault may carry web-derived evidence about its own design, and the human may use that evidence to amend specs — but the path from web page to spec always passes through Cali's hands. The claim-note is the receipt waiting at the boundary, not a change agent.