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KX-16 · Governance

Executive Scientific Decision Layer

Convert the evidence state into an accountable decision package.

Pilot-Validation RequiredExperimentally Supported

Presents options, evidence conditions, reversal criteria, and named owners in a form an executive committee can act on without misreading scientific status.

Institute module developed within the KRYOS v6 framework ecosystem. Established scientific methods retain their conventional attribution.

When to use

At funding, scale, publication, or termination decision points.

When not to use

Before contradiction and red-team review are current.

Required inputs

  • Evidence register state
  • Red-team verdict
  • Contradiction register
  • Resource position

Optional inputs

  • Portfolio context
  • Sponsor constraints

Assumptions and constraints

  • Every option states its reversal condition.

Process steps

  1. 01Summarise the current evidence state in plain language.
  2. 02Present decision options with evidence conditions.
  3. 03State cost, timeline, and reversal condition per option.
  4. 04Name the accountable owner for each option.
  5. 05Include limitations and open contradictions in the packet.

Human review gates

  • Sponsor and Lab Director countersign the packet.

Primary output — Executive decision packet with options, conditions, and owners.

  • evidence_state_summary, options[]
  • option: {action, evidence_condition, cost, timeline, owner, reversal_condition}
  • limitations[], open_contradictions[]

Failure signals

  • An option presented without a reversal condition.

Quarantine triggers

  • Packet drafted from a stale evidence register.

Mini prompt

Produce an executive decision packet for [CLAIM]. Summarise the evidence state plainly. Present options with evidence condition, cost, timeline, named owner, and reversal condition. Include limitations and open contradictions.