§ 4 - Core Mechanisms
Mechanism 02 · Real-Time AuditabilityGlassbox Trace
Unlike black-box AI that generates plausible reasons after the result, SCL's Trace Manager records every reasoning step in real time - inputs, function calls, control decisions, and human approvals.
This shifts the evidentiary standard from "the AI decided this" to "AI proposed based on these specific verified facts, the structure reviewed and approved, and here is the full record." Post-hoc rationalization is structurally impossible.
Auditable Elements
- •The precise snapshot of candidate documents retrieved in the Retrieval phase.
- •The raw, unaltered proposal text returned from Cognition.
- •The validation logs showing which checks failed or succeeded in Control.
- •The human input/approval metadata captured by the HITL interface.
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