yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine

build-failure-chain

Build multi-level cause - failure mode - effect chains and identify cascades/shared roots.

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build-failure-chain

Purpose

Build cause -> failure mode -> effect chains and identify cascades and shared roots.

Input contract

yaml
required: [functions_or_process, failure_modes, observed_effects]
optional: [causal_evidence, dependency_graph]
constraints: [each edge needs a mechanism or evidence note]

Procedure

  1. Place causes, failure modes, and effects in typed levels.
  2. Connect edges and record mechanism/evidence.
  3. Mark cascades, shared roots, and unresolved links.

Output contract

yaml
produces: [failure_chain, cascade_map, shared_root_report]
delta_fields: [findings, evidence_updates, uncertainties, decisions]

Quality gates

  • Every effect has a traceable upstream path or is marked unexplained.
  • Cycles and unsupported edges are flagged.

Failure and counterexamples

Do not collapse correlation into a causal chain without an evidence or mechanism note.

Provenance map

  • resolved: failure-chain-construction
  • resolved: failure-clustering

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