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The Two-Note Proof

Current state, candidate state, and the rule that no PASS exists without evidence

The two-note pattern presents:

CURRENT
accepted state and evidence

CANDIDATE
proposed state and expected consequences

A change review asks:

  • what is added;
  • what is removed;
  • which source or authority changed;
  • what becomes stale;
  • what uncertainty increased;
  • what evidence is required;
  • how to roll back.

The pattern applies to:

  • LCSM notes;
  • Plan revisions;
  • artifact promotion;
  • code changes;
  • policy;
  • actor state;
  • public claims.

Proof receipt

After execution, a receipt records:

request
prior state
result state
actor
authority
checks
artifacts
limitations
rollback
acceptance

A UI may display a PASS badge only when the named checks and artifacts exist.

Laws

You cannot draw trust; you can only prove it.

A gate that cannot fail is not a gate.

Acceptance is human-only where the contract requires it.

The two-note form makes change inspectable before it becomes history. The receipt makes the accepted transition replayable afterward.

Source register

  • N16-S01 — LCSM Workbench E2E Specification. LCSM-WORKBENCH-E2E-SPEC.v0.md
  • N16-S02 — Haygent Specification. HAYGENT-SPEC-v1.0.md
  • N16-S03 — Glyphd proof receipt visual/source corpus. Futuristic proof receipt dashboard interface.png