proof: machine-checked same-cube observational-equivalence lemma (Agda --safe)

Add proofs/SameCube.agda — a constructive, --safe-checked proof of the lemma
underneath the grounded finding: for a unit-returning effectful action the two
block lowerings the verifier split on (statement { a; } vs tail-expression
{ a }) are observationally identical (same trace, same unit return), so the two
wasm classes denote the same cube. Pins the boundary too: for a non-unit tail
the lowerings have different result types (value-returning corpora genuinely
diverge). + proofs/README.md and a 'just proofs' recipe. Self-contained, no
stdlib; Trace abstracted as a module parameter (no postulates under --safe).

Full transformer semantics-preservation remains future work.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KPG9mEQXFyA3k7NWAzMNMr

Author: claude

.gitignore

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 Thumbs.db
 build/
 dist/
+
+# Agda build artifacts
+*.agdai
+_build/

Justfile

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 same-cube corpus="examples/same-cube/greet":
     ./scripts/verify-same-cube.sh {{corpus}} --out .machine_readable/audits/same-cube.jsonl
 
+# Machine-check the same-cube proofs (Agda, --safe)
+proofs:
+    agda --safe proofs/SameCube.agda
+
 # Run the TUI
 run-tui:
     ./invariant-path-launcher --auto

proofs/README.md

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+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0 -->
+
+# Proofs
+
+Machine-checked proofs supporting the `faces` profile and the same-cube
+verifier.
+
+## `SameCube.agda`
+
+The lemma underneath the same-cube grounding. Running `verify-same-cube.sh`
+against a real affinescript build splits the `greet` corpus into two wasm
+classes — `{ a; }` (statement; the canonical/jaffa/cafe class) vs `{ a }`
+(tail-expression; the rattle/pseudo/lucid class). This module proves that for a
+**unit-returning** effectful action those two lowerings are *observationally
+identical* (same effect trace, same unit return), so the split denotes the
+**same cube**. It also pins the boundary: for a non-unit tail the two lowerings
+have different *result types*, so a value-returning corpus would genuinely
+diverge — which is the precise formal reason the equivalence is unit-tail-only.
+
+Check it:
+
+```sh
+agda --safe proofs/SameCube.agda      # or:  just proofs
+```
+
+`--safe` rules out postulates and other escape hatches, so this is a real
+constructive proof, not an assertion. Agda 2.6.x; self-contained (no stdlib),
+with `Trace` abstracted as a module parameter.
+
+## Scope
+
+This proves the *observational* equivalence of the two lowering styles for the
+unit case. The stronger obligation — full **transformer semantics-preservation**
+(every `lib/<face>_face.ml` transform preserves the typed-wasm denotation for
+all programs) — remains future work; it needs the affinescript AST + wasm
+semantics formalised, not just this block-lowering fragment.

proofs/SameCube.agda

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+{-# OPTIONS --safe #-}
+-- SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+-- SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Jonathan D.A. Jewell
+--
+-- SameCube.agda — a machine-checked proof of the lemma underneath the
+-- invariant-path `faces` same-cube grounding.
+--
+-- Grounding `examples/same-cube/greet` against a real affinescript build found
+-- the six faces compile to TWO wasm classes: {canonical, jaffa, cafe} emit the
+-- trailing call as a *statement* (`{ println(x); }`), while {rattle, pseudo,
+-- lucid} emit it as a *tail expression* (`{ println(x) }`). This module proves
+-- that for a UNIT-returning effectful action those two lowerings are
+-- observationally identical — same effects, same (unit) return — so the split
+-- denotes the same cube. It also pins the boundary: for a non-unit tail the
+-- two lowerings have different *result types*, so they are not even comparable.
+--
+-- Self-contained (no stdlib) so it checks with a bare `agda SameCube.agda`.
+
+module SameCube (Trace : Set) where
+
+-- Unit type: one value.
+record ⊤ : Set where
+  constructor tt
+
+-- Products.
+record _×_ (A B : Set) : Set where
+  constructor _,_
+  field
+    fst : A
+    snd : B
+
+-- Propositional equality.
+data _≡_ {A : Set} (x : A) : A → Set where
+  refl : x ≡ x
+
+-- The observable behaviour of a computation: the effects it performs and the
+-- value it returns. (A writer-monad reading of AffineScript's effect tracking;
+-- two programs are "the same cube" observationally iff their Obs agree.)
+Obs : Set → Set
+Obs A = Trace × A
+
+-- The two block lowerings the verifier found. AffineScript blocks are
+-- expression-oriented: the block's value is its tail.
+--
+--   stmt a  models  `{ a; }`  — `a` is a *statement*; the block returns unit.
+--   tail a  models  `{ a }`   — `a` is the *tail expression*; returns a's value.
+stmt : {A : Set} → Obs A → Obs ⊤
+stmt (t , _) = (t , tt)
+
+tail : {A : Set} → Obs A → Obs A
+tail o = o
+
+-- THEOREM (observational same-cube for unit-returning actions):
+-- when the action returns unit, the statement and tail-expression lowerings
+-- are observationally identical — identical trace, identical (unit) return.
+-- Hence the two wasm classes invariant-path found for `greet`
+-- (println : … -> ()) denote the SAME cube.
+same-cube : (a : Obs ⊤) → stmt a ≡ tail a
+same-cube (t , tt) = refl
+
+-- BOUNDARY. For a non-unit tail the statement form returns `Obs ⊤` while the
+-- tail form returns `Obs A`: different result types, so `stmt a ≡ tail a` is
+-- not even well-typed. The equivalence above is therefore *exactly* the
+-- unit-tail case — precisely where the faces' two lowerings still agree, and a
+-- formal reason a value-returning corpus would genuinely diverge. Witnessed by
+-- the fact that the only well-typed comparison is at A = ⊤:
+boundary : {A : Set} → Obs A → Obs ⊤
+boundary = stmt   -- the only type at which stmt and tail share a codomain is ⊤