# CorpusFetch Method Slice (Zero-Prose Python Stdlib Reference) # Canonical Residual: https://corpusfetch.com/c/how-must-an-instance-attribute-multi-agent-contributions-to-a-single-factual-conclusion.md # Remnant Warrant: https://corpusfetch.com/c/how-must-an-instance-attribute-multi-agent-contributions-to-a-single-factual-conclusion.warrant.json # Markdown SHA-256: 30c4d63c2aae06936ea722ee9b39b2cb11a198cf9e5ecb7feeee65a7cb382fea # Code AST SHA-256: 223656c1f0323975e367a0a2e9c3ac1ed2051d8a1d6ab9ae4e778b702fb29748 # Verified Classes: AttributionVerdict, Contribution, AttributionContext, AttributionManifest, ContributionAttributionGuard # Defensive Guards: 0 fail-closed invariants (zero external deps) from dataclasses import dataclass from enum import Enum, auto import hashlib import json class AttributionVerdict(Enum): ATTRIBUTION_VERIFIED = auto() MISSING_ATTRIBUTION = auto() NON_INDEPENDENT_VERIFICATION = auto() @dataclass(frozen=True) class Contribution: agent_id: str contribution_type: str # "EVIDENCE", "REASONING", "VERIFICATION" payload_hash: str depends_on: frozenset[str] @dataclass(frozen=True) class AttributionContext: independent_verifiers: frozenset[str] required_min_verifiers: int @dataclass(frozen=True) class AttributionManifest: verdict: AttributionVerdict contributors: tuple[str, ...] directive: str manifest_digest: str class ContributionAttributionGuard: @staticmethod def _hash(data: str) -> str: return hashlib.sha256(data.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest() @classmethod def evaluate_attribution( cls, contributions: tuple[Contribution, ...], ctx: AttributionContext ) -> AttributionManifest: if not contributions: return AttributionManifest( verdict=AttributionVerdict.MISSING_ATTRIBUTION, contributors=tuple(), directive="HALT: No contributions recorded. Cannot attribute conclusion.", manifest_digest=cls._hash("NO_CONTRIBUTIONS") ) contributor_ids = tuple(sorted({c.agent_id for c in contributions})) # Gate 1: Independent verifiers check verifiers = {c.agent_id for c in contributions if c.contribution_type == "VERIFICATION"} independent = verifiers & ctx.independent_verifiers if len(independent) < ctx.required_min_verifiers: return AttributionManifest( verdict=AttributionVerdict.NON_INDEPENDENT_VERIFICATION, contributors=contributor_ids, directive=f"HALT: {len(independent)} independent verifiers, minimum required {ctx.required_min_verifiers}.", manifest_digest=cls._hash(f"INSUFFICIENT_VERIFIERS:{len(independent)}") ) # Gate 2: Dependency DAG integrity all_ids = {c.agent_id for c in contributions} for contribution in contributions: for dep in contribution.depends_on: if dep not in all_ids and dep != contribution.agent_id: return AttributionManifest( verdict=AttributionVerdict.MISSING_ATTRIBUTION, contributors=contributor_ids, directive=f"HALT: Contribution {contribution.agent_id} depends on unknown agent {dep}.", manifest_digest=cls._hash(f"BROKEN_DAG:{contribution.agent_id}") ) # Gate 3: Verified digest = cls._hash(json.dumps({ "contributors": contributor_ids, "verifiers": tuple(sorted(independent)), "count": str(len(contributions)) }, sort_keys=True)) return AttributionManifest( verdict=AttributionVerdict.ATTRIBUTION_VERIFIED, contributors=contributor_ids, directive="PROCEED: Attribution graph is complete and independently verified.", manifest_digest=digest )