Date: 2026-05-11
Repository: LalaSkye/commit-gate-core
Evidence class: path-local demonstration / bounded artefact / working paper support surface
commit-gate-core is a reference kernel for execution-boundary governance.
It demonstrates a path-local commit gate where a consequence-producing action must present a valid signed, scoped, unexpired, unreplayed DecisionRecord before mutation is allowed.
- Enforces a fail-closed check at a demonstrated commit boundary.
- Blocks execution when authority, scope, expiry, replay, or admissibility checks fail.
- Emits refusal / denial evidence for blocked paths where the audit sink accepts the event.
- Provides a runnable inspection surface for the demonstrated path.
- Supports the working paper: From Policy to Commit: Execution-Boundary Control for Governed AI Systems.
This repository does not claim:
- adoption
- certification
- compliance
- endorsement
- production readiness
- field validation
- standardisation
- path-universal coverage
- tamper-proof audit evidence
- that all possible downstream or side-channel routes are controlled
Useful inspection questions:
- Was an action attempted?
- Was a valid
DecisionRecordpresent? - Was the action within authorised scope?
- Was the authority fresh and unreplayed?
- Was the state transition permitted before mutation?
- Was a refusal receipt produced when the action was blocked?
- README:
README.md - Claim register:
docs/governance/ADMISSIBLE_CLAIM_REGISTER_v1.md - Refusal receipt note:
docs/refusal-receipt-v0.1.md - Working paper DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19980275
Allowed claim:
This repository demonstrates a bounded, path-local execution-control surface that can refuse a consequence-producing action before mutation when required authority conditions are not met.
Not allowed:
This repository proves adoption, compliance, certification, production readiness, or universal runtime governance coverage.
No receipt, no proof. No scope, no build. No overclaim, no wobble.