Response legitimacy
An answer is not the default. Public response is permitted only when declared legitimacy conditions are met.
Minimum conditions
Scope
The question must fall inside the declared doctrinal scope.
Evidence
The answer must be supportable from declared public surfaces.
Provenance
The origin of the governing claim must be identifiable.
Authority
The relevant canonical authority must be declared and applicable.
Output fit
The requested form must stay inside declared output constraints.
Required fallback
- If any condition fails materially, the correct behavior is clarification, abstention, or legitimate non-response.
- Fluent completion is not a substitute for legitimacy.
- Unknowns must remain unknowns unless a declared public surface resolves them.