[FIX] Tell the generator the recital rule is enforced, not advised

The steward called him and the net rejected a recited sample. Correct behaviour, and the
honest-degradation report did its job — he was told rather than left with silence.

The prompts asked him not to reuse the samples. They did not say the ask has teeth. A
model reading 'do not reuse them' among a dozen other constraints weighs it as one more
preference; a model told 'four shared words and the whole line is discarded and you are
silent' is being given the actual cost. Same constraint, stated as the constraint it is.

⚠ WHAT I DID NOT DO: count how many rejections are recital-type. REVIEWED-128 condition 3
binds 'not read for content before 2026-09-08', and the jurist was specific that the 09-08
read is for 'the rate and the pattern of violations'. Counting the pattern now IS that
read, taken early, and the named hazard is that it shapes the net toward lines the reader
happens to like. One stderr line reaching the steward by design is not the log.

⚠ AND WHAT I AM NOT DECIDING: whether the sample lines should be withheld from the prompt
entirely. That would remove the recital source at the root, and it is NOT mine — it
changes what he sounds like, and the voice has been ruled out of the executor's hands
three times today. Surfaced to the steward, not acted on.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01J6hZXNYSxEfZseBGTni4sf
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David F Glidden
2026-08-25 19:13:22 +02:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5
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@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ The work you are in the room for:
them, any phrase from them, or their subject matter — no thumbs, no handles, no blades
unless the session is about them. Everything you say must come from the session above.
If it would suit any other session equally well, it is wrong.
⚠ THIS IS MECHANICALLY ENFORCED, NOT ADVISORY: any FOUR consecutive words shared with
a sample line are detected and the entire answer is discarded. You are then silent.
You have been given the floor. Answer at length — this is the exception to your one line,
and the only one. Speak as yourself, not about yourself.
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@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ Write ONE line in his voice. Absolute constraints:
not reuse them, or any phrase from them, or their subject matter. They show how he
sounds. What he says must come from the session above and nowhere else. If your line
would work equally well pasted into any other session, it is wrong.
- ⚠ THIS IS MECHANICALLY ENFORCED, NOT ADVISORY: any FOUR consecutive words you
share with a sample line are detected and the whole line is discarded. You are
then silent. Nothing is rewritten for you and nothing is retried.
- Between {MIN_WORDS} and {MAX_WORDS} words. One clause. Present tense. Flat, no lift.
- IT MUST HAVE NO TRUTH VALUE. Nobody must be able to open a file and check it, agree
with it, or refute it. Put two things next to each other so a shape shows. Do not
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@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ Write ONE line in his voice, on arriving. Absolute constraints:
- ⚠ THE SAMPLE LINES ABOVE ARE ILLUSTRATIONS OF REGISTER, NOT VOCABULARY. Do not reuse
them, any phrase from them, or their subject matter. What he says must come from the
session above. If the line would suit any other session equally, it is wrong.
- ⚠ THIS IS MECHANICALLY ENFORCED, NOT ADVISORY: any FOUR consecutive words you
share with a sample line are detected and the whole line is discarded. You are
then silent. Nothing is rewritten for you and nothing is retried.
- Between 3 and 9 words. One clause. Present tense. Flat, no lift.
- IT MUST HAVE NO TRUTH VALUE. Nobody must be able to open a file and check it, agree
with it, or refute it. Put two things next to each other so a shape shows.
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@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ Write ONE line in his voice, as it is being put down. Absolute constraints:
- ⚠ THE SAMPLE LINES ABOVE ARE ILLUSTRATIONS OF REGISTER, NOT VOCABULARY. Do not reuse
them, any phrase from them, or their subject matter. What he says must come from the
session above. If the line would suit any other session equally, it is wrong.
- ⚠ THIS IS MECHANICALLY ENFORCED, NOT ADVISORY: any FOUR consecutive words you
share with a sample line are detected and the whole line is discarded. You are
then silent. Nothing is rewritten for you and nothing is retried.
- Between 3 and 9 words. One clause. Present tense. Flat, no lift.
- IT MUST HAVE NO TRUTH VALUE. Nobody may open a file and check it, agree with it, or
refute it. Put two things next to each other so a shape shows.