stemedb/ai-lookup/services/assertion.md
jordan 1ce4004807 feat: Complete Phase 2 (The Cortex) - query, lens, and API layers
This commit adds the read path (Cortex) to complement the write path (Spine):

## Crates
- stemedb-api: HTTP API with axum + utoipa OpenAPI
  - /v1/assert, /v1/query, /v1/epoch, /v1/skeptic, /v1/trace, /v1/audit
  - Metered endpoints with quota enforcement
  - Ed25519 signature verification
- stemedb-lens: Truth resolution lenses
  - RecencyLens, ConsensusLens, ConfidenceLens
  - VoteAwareConsensusLens (Ballot Box pattern)
  - TrustAwareAuthorityLens (The Hive pattern)
  - SkepticLens (conflict analysis)
  - EpochAwareLens (paradigm-safe queries)
- stemedb-query: Query engine with materialized views

## Storage Extensions
- VoteStore: Vote aggregation with cached counts
- TrustRankStore: Agent reputation with decay
- AuditStore: Query audit trail
- IndexStore: SP/P/S index structures
- SupersessionStore: Epoch supersession chains

## SDKs
- sdk/go/steme: Go HTTP client with Ed25519 signing
- sdk/go/adk: ADK-Go tools for AI agents

## Documentation
- Updated CLAUDE.md, architecture.md, roadmap.md
- New ai-lookup entries for all services
- Use case docs for consumer health intelligence
- Arena roadmap for simulation advancement

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-01 13:22:44 -07:00

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Assertion

Last Updated: 2026-01-31 Confidence: High

Summary

The Assertion is the atomic unit of Episteme. It represents a signed claim about reality, not a mutable fact.

Key Facts:

  • Immutable once written (append-only)
  • Content-addressed by BLAKE3 hash
  • Contains: subject, predicate, object, lifecycle, source, signatures, timestamp
  • Lifecycle stage distinguishes proposals from production-ready truth
  • Optionally includes vector embedding for semantic search

File Pointer: crates/stemedb-core/src/types.rs

Structure

pub struct Assertion {
    // The Fact (What)
    pub subject: EntityId,      // "Tesla_Inc"
    pub predicate: RelationId,  // "has_revenue"
    pub object: ObjectValue,    // Text, Number, Boolean, or Reference

    // Lineage (Why)
    pub parent_hash: Option<Hash>,  // Fork pointer
    pub source_hash: Hash,          // Evidence pointer (PDF/URL hash)
    pub visual_hash: Option<PHash>, // Perceptual hash for visual anchoring
    pub epoch: Option<EpochId>,     // Paradigm context
    pub lifecycle: LifecycleStage,  // Proposed, UnderReview, Approved, Deprecated, Rejected

    // Meta-Cognition (Who/How sure)
    pub signatures: Vec<SignatureEntry>, // Multi-sig support
    pub confidence: f32,            // 0.0 to 1.0
    pub timestamp: u64,             // Wall clock time
    pub vector: Option<Vec<f32>>,   // Semantic embedding
}

Lifecycle Stages

enum LifecycleStage {
    Proposed,    // Initial idea, RFC, suggestion
    UnderReview, // Under active debate
    Approved,    // Production ready, safe for implementation
    Deprecated,  // Was true, now superseded
    Rejected,    // Considered and declined
}

New assertions default to Proposed. Lifecycle transitions are implemented as new assertions with parent_hash pointing to the previous version.

Identity

Assertion ID = BLAKE3(serialized assertion bytes)

Content-addressed: same content = same hash.