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id egolint-epistemology
title Egolint Epistemology
kind architecture-document
version 0.1.0
status provisional
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egohygiene
created 2026-08-19
updated 2026-08-19
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egolint-principles
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egolint-manifesto
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Egolint Epistemology

Scope

This document governs how Egolint classifies claims, evidence, provenance, confidence, conflict, and revision. It does not dictate which technical conclusion must be accepted.

Claim states

State Meaning
Observed Directly supported by repository or runtime evidence
Decided Accepted through the repository governance process
Inferred Reasoned from evidence but not directly observed
Proposed Recommended future direction not yet accepted
Assumed Necessary working premise awaiting evidence
Unverified Plausible claim that has not been checked
Open question A known gap requiring investigation or choice

Evidence order

  1. Reproducible tests, schemas, generated artifacts, and runtime observations.
  2. Accepted decisions and versioned specifications.
  3. Current source and configuration.
  4. Maintainer documentation and issue history.
  5. Inference and recommendation, labeled with uncertainty.

Provenance and conflict

Claims should identify their source closely enough to be rechecked. Conflicting evidence remains visible until the canonical owner resolves it; recency alone does not automatically establish truth.

Revision

Material claims are revised when stronger evidence appears, their source changes, or an accepted decision supersedes them. Historical decision context is preserved rather than rewritten.

Evidence and uncertainty

  • Observed: The repository README establishes the intended boundary as a universal linting platform and extensible MegaLinter wrapper for consistent repository quality; significant implementation remains incomplete.
  • Decided for this draft: The repository owns the bounded concern described here and participates through versioned contracts.
  • Proposed: Target systems and later roadmap phases remain proposals until accepted and implemented.
  • Open question: Which parts of this draft should become active in the first independently versioned release?