@orkestrel/qualifier 0.0.12 → 0.0.14

package/dist/src/core/index.cjs

@@ -3,17 +3,26 @@ let _orkestrel_contract = require("@orkestrel/contract");
 let _orkestrel_reason = require("@orkestrel/reason");
 let _orkestrel_emitter = require("@orkestrel/emitter");
 //#region src/core/constants.ts
-/** Default definition validation policy for `createQualifier` / `Qualifier.qualify`. */
+/**
+* Holds the default definition validation policy for `createQualifier` and
+* `Qualifier.qualify`, `true`.
+*/
 var DEFAULT_QUALIFIER_VALIDATE = true;
-/** The reserved internal projection namespace a pass's working projection is written under. */
+/**
+* Names `'qualification'`, the reserved internal projection namespace a pass's working
+* projection is written under.
+*/
 var QUALIFICATION_KEY = "qualification";
-/** Eligibility severity order — most to least severe. */
+/** Lists the eligibility severities most to least severe: `ineligible`, `referral`, `eligible`. */
 var ELIGIBILITY_PRECEDENCE = Object.freeze([
 	"ineligible",
 	"referral",
 	"eligible"
 ]);
-/** The eligibility impact of each {@link QualificationEffect}; `condition` remains eligible. */
+/**
+* Maps each {@link QualificationEffect} to its eligibility impact — `restriction` to
+* `ineligible`, `referral` to `referral`, and `condition` to `eligible`.
+*/
 var EFFECT_ELIGIBILITIES = Object.freeze({
 	restriction: "ineligible",
 	referral: "referral",
@@ -22,14 +31,20 @@ var EFFECT_ELIGIBILITIES = Object.freeze({
 //#endregion
 //#region src/core/errors.ts
 /**
-* A coded programmer error thrown by the qualifier layer.
+* Represents a coded programmer error thrown by the qualifier layer, carrying a
+* `QualifierErrorCode` and an optional context record.
 *
 * @remarks
-* `DEFINITION` — a qualification definition failed semantic validation.
-* `MISMATCH` — a subject is not a record or already carries the reserved
-* `qualification` key. `DESTROYED` — use of a destroyed qualifier.
-* `ENGINE` — the underlying reason engine threw while running a pass (the
-* original throw is preserved as `context.cause`).
+* `DEFINITION` — a qualification definition failed semantic validation; when
+* `qualify`'s own validation raises it, `context.definition` names the
+* definition, and when an engine throw maps to it, `context.pass` names the pass
+* and `context.cause` preserves the original throw. `MISMATCH` — a subject is
+* not a record or already carries the reserved `qualification` key.
+* `DESTROYED` — use of a destroyed qualifier; an engine-mapped one carries
+* `context.pass` and `context.cause`. `ENGINE` — the underlying reason engine
+* threw while running a pass; `context.pass` names the pass and `context.cause`
+* preserves the original throw. `context` is absent for a throw that carries no
+* payload.
 */
 var QualifierError = class extends Error {
 	code;
@@ -41,39 +56,66 @@ var QualifierError = class extends Error {
 		this.context = context;
 	}
 };
-/** Narrow a caught value to a {@link QualifierError}. */
+/**
+* Narrows a caught value to a {@link QualifierError}.
+*
+* @param value - The caught value to test
+* @returns True if `value` is a {@link QualifierError} instance; false otherwise
+*/
 function isQualifierError(value) {
 	return value instanceof QualifierError;
 }
 //#endregion
 //#region src/core/validators.ts
-/** Determine whether a value is an {@link Eligibility} literal. */
+/**
+* Determines whether a value is an {@link Eligibility} literal.
+*
+* @remarks
+* The guard is total and leaves nothing unchecked: a scalar union has no open or exact
+* axis.
+*
+* @param value - The value to test
+* @returns True if `value` is one of the eligibility literals; false otherwise
+*/
 var isEligibility = (0, _orkestrel_contract.literalOf)("eligible", "ineligible", "referral");
-/** Determine whether a value is a {@link QualificationEffect} literal. */
+/**
+* Determines whether a value is a {@link QualificationEffect} literal.
+*
+* @remarks
+* The guard is total and leaves nothing unchecked: a scalar union has no open or exact
+* axis.
+*
+* @param value - The value to test
+* @returns True if `value` is one of the effect literals; false otherwise
+*/
 var isQualificationEffect = (0, _orkestrel_contract.literalOf)("restriction", "referral", "condition");
 /**
-* Determine whether a value is an open string-keyed record of {@link Eligibility} values.
+* Determines whether a value is an open string-keyed record of {@link Eligibility} values.
 *
 * @remarks
-* Every own string-named property is checked, including non-enumerable properties. Inherited and
-* symbol-named members are left unchecked because they are outside the record this guard certifies.
+* Every own string-named value is checked through {@link isEligibility}, including
+* non-enumerable values. Inherited and symbol-named members are left unchecked because they
+* are outside the own string-keyed record this guard certifies.
 *
 * @param value - The value to test
-* @returns `true` when `value` is a non-array object whose own string-named values are eligibilities
+* @returns True if `value` is a non-array object whose own string-named values are
+* eligibilities; false otherwise
 */
 function isEligibilityRecord(value) {
 	return (0, _orkestrel_contract.whereOf)((0, _orkestrel_contract.objectOf)({}), (record) => Object.getOwnPropertyNames(record).every((key) => isEligibility(Reflect.get(record, key))))(value);
 }
 /**
-* Determine whether a value is an open result-side {@link Premise}.
+* Determines whether a value is an open result-side {@link Premise}.
 *
 * @remarks
-* `expected` is unchecked and may be absent or contain any value because its published type is
-* `unknown`. `actual` is unchecked and may be absent or contain any value for the same reason.
-* Unknown members are admitted.
+* The optional `field`, `label`, `description`, `comparison`, and `met` members are checked
+* when they are defined. `expected` is unchecked and may be absent or contain any value
+* because its published type is `unknown`. `actual` is unchecked and may be absent or contain
+* any value for the same reason. Unknown members are admitted, because an open result admits
+* what the published contract does not name.
 *
 * @param value - The value to test
-* @returns `true` when every checked premise member follows its published type
+* @returns True if every checked premise member follows its published type; false otherwise
 */
 function isPremise(value) {
 	return (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectOf)({
@@ -91,14 +133,16 @@ function isPremise(value) {
 	])(value);
 }
 /**
-* Determine whether a value is an open result-side {@link Finding}.
+* Determines whether a value is an open result-side {@link Finding}.
 *
 * @remarks
-* Unknown members are admitted. Optional `scope` and `message` members may be absent or
-* `undefined`; a present defined value must be a string.
+* Every published member is checked, including each nested {@link Premise}. Optional `scope`
+* and `message` members may be absent or `undefined`; a present defined value must be a
+* string. Unknown members are admitted, because a foreign result implementation may add them
+* without changing the published contract.
 *
 * @param value - The value to test
-* @returns `true` when every published finding member is valid
+* @returns True if every published finding member is valid; false otherwise
 */
 function isFinding(value) {
 	return (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectOf)({
@@ -113,14 +157,16 @@ function isFinding(value) {
 	}, ["scope", "message"])(value);
 }
 /**
-* Determine whether a value is an open result-side {@link Derivation}.
+* Determines whether a value is an open result-side {@link Derivation}.
 *
 * @remarks
-* Unknown members are admitted. `value` follows the published `number` type, including `NaN` and
-* infinities.
+* Every published member is checked: `value` follows the published `number` type, including
+* `NaN` and the infinities, and `trace` and `errors` hold strings. Unknown members are
+* admitted, because a foreign result implementation may add them without changing the
+* published contract.
 *
 * @param value - The value to test
-* @returns `true` when every published derivation member is valid
+* @returns True if every published derivation member is valid; false otherwise
 */
 function isDerivation(value) {
 	return (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectOf)({
@@ -132,14 +178,17 @@ function isDerivation(value) {
 	})(value);
 }
 /**
-* Determine whether a value is an open {@link QualificationResult} returned by a qualifier.
+* Determines whether a value is an open {@link QualificationResult} returned by a qualifier.
 *
 * @remarks
 * This guard is result-postured for values returned through a borrowed qualifier interface. It
-* admits unknown members and class instances while checking the complete published result closure.
+* checks the complete published result closure — eligibility, scope values, findings,
+* derivations, success, and the audit trail — and admits unknown members and class instances,
+* because a borrowed `QualifierInterface` implementation may add them beyond the
+* published contract.
 *
 * @param value - The value to test
-* @returns `true` when every published qualification-result member is valid
+* @returns True if every published qualification-result member is valid; false otherwise
 */
 function isQualificationResult(value) {
 	return (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectOf)({
@@ -155,23 +204,29 @@ function isQualificationResult(value) {
 	})(value);
 }
 /**
-* Determine whether a value is an open {@link QualificationValidationResult} returned by a qualifier.
+* Determines whether a value is a {@link QualificationPass} (a quantitative or logical definition).
 *
 * @remarks
-* `QualificationValidationResult` is an alias of reasons' validation-result type, so this IS
-* reasons' published open result guard by delegation — the alias tracks reasons' shape
-* automatically, and a hand-written member list here would silently stop checking a member a
-* later reason release adds.
+* The guard is exact and requires either complete reason shape, the quantitative definition or
+* the logical one. Nothing is left unchecked, because the reason package owns both authored
+* input shapes.
 *
 * @param value - The value to test
-* @returns `true` when every published qualification-validation-result member is valid
+* @returns True if `value` is a complete reason quantitative or logical definition; false otherwise
 */
-var isQualificationValidationResult = _orkestrel_reason.isReasonValidationResult;
-/** Determine whether a value is a {@link QualificationPass} (a quantitative or logical definition). */
 function isQualificationPass(value) {
 	return (0, _orkestrel_reason.isQuantitativeDefinition)(value) || (0, _orkestrel_reason.isLogicalDefinition)(value);
 }
-/** Determine whether a value is an exact {@link Ruling} record. */
+/**
+* Determines whether a value is an exact {@link Ruling} record.
+*
+* @remarks
+* Every authored ruling member and the complete key set are checked. Nothing is left
+* unchecked, because this package owns the authored input record.
+*
+* @param value - The value to test
+* @returns True if `value` carries every ruling member and no unknown key; false otherwise
+*/
 function isRuling(value) {
 	return (0, _orkestrel_contract.recordOf)({
 		id: _orkestrel_contract.isString,
@@ -182,7 +237,17 @@ function isRuling(value) {
 		message: _orkestrel_contract.isString
 	}, ["scope", "message"])(value);
 }
-/** Determine whether a value is an exact {@link QualificationDefinition} record. */
+/**
+* Determines whether a value is an exact {@link QualificationDefinition} record.
+*
+* @remarks
+* Every authored definition member, the nested pass and ruling shapes, and the complete key
+* set are checked. Nothing is left unchecked, because this package owns the authored input
+* record.
+*
+* @param value - The value to test
+* @returns True if `value` carries every definition member and no unknown key; false otherwise
+*/
 function isQualificationDefinition(value) {
 	return (0, _orkestrel_contract.recordOf)({
 		id: _orkestrel_contract.isString,
@@ -200,14 +265,14 @@ function isQualificationDefinition(value) {
 //#endregion
 //#region src/core/helpers.ts
 /**
-* Interpolate `{{dotted.path}}` tokens in a message template against a subject.
+* Interpolates `{{dotted.path}}` tokens in a message template against a subject.
 *
 * @remarks
 * Each token is split on `.` into a `FieldPath` array and resolved with
-* `resolveField` (a plain string field is ONE key, never dot-split — the split
+* `resolveField` (a plain string field is one key, never dot-split — the split
 * here is the token-to-path bridge). A finite number renders with `en-US`
 * thousand grouping (`5010` → `5,010`); any other resolved value String-coerces.
-* An UNRESOLVED path renders as the empty string.
+* An unresolved path renders as the empty string.
 *
 * @param template - The message template carrying `{{dotted.path}}` tokens
 * @param subject - The record tokens resolve against
@@ -230,19 +295,19 @@ function interpolateMessage(template, subject) {
 	});
 }
 /**
-* Describe a {@link Premise} comparison as a display-neutral verb phrase.
+* Renders a {@link Premise} comparison as a display-neutral verb phrase.
 *
 * @param comparison - The comparison to describe
 * @returns A display-neutral phrase
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
-* import { describeComparison } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
+* import { renderComparison } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
 *
-* describeComparison('above') // 'is more than'
+* renderComparison('above') // 'is more than'
 * ```
 */
-function describeComparison(comparison) {
+function renderComparison(comparison) {
 	switch (comparison) {
 		case "equals": return "is";
 		case "not": return "is not";
@@ -257,14 +322,14 @@ function describeComparison(comparison) {
 	}
 }
 /**
-* Render a structured or scalar expected value display-neutrally.
+* Renders a structured or scalar expected value display-neutrally.
 *
 * @remarks
 * An array renders as its elements, each `String`-coerced, joined with `', '`.
 * A reason `Bounds`-shaped record (the `between` / `outside` expected value)
 * renders its present sides joined with the word `and`; an absent side is
 * omitted. A finite number and everything else fall back to plain `String()` —
-* a finite number is NOT grouped here (grouping is {@link interpolateMessage}'s
+* a finite number is not grouped here (grouping is {@link interpolateMessage}'s
 * message-token-only behavior).
 *
 * @param value - The value to render
@@ -272,14 +337,14 @@ function describeComparison(comparison) {
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
-* import { describeValue } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
+* import { renderValue } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
 *
-* describeValue([18, 25, 40]) // '18, 25, 40'
-* describeValue({ minimum: 18, maximum: 65 }) // '18 and 65'
-* describeValue(42) // '42'
+* renderValue([18, 25, 40]) // '18, 25, 40'
+* renderValue({ minimum: 18, maximum: 65 }) // '18 and 65'
+* renderValue(42) // '42'
 * ```
 */
-function describeValue(value) {
+function renderValue(value) {
 	if (Array.isArray(value)) return value.map((entry) => String(entry)).join(", ");
 	if ((0, _orkestrel_reason.isBounds)(value)) {
 		const sides = [];
@@ -290,10 +355,10 @@ function describeValue(value) {
 	return String(value);
 }
 /**
-* Render one {@link Premise} into a display-neutral sentence.
+* Renders one {@link Premise} into a display-neutral sentence.
 *
 * @remarks
-* The checked form renders only when `field` and `comparison` are BOTH
+* The checked form renders only when `field` and `comparison` are both
 * present, and `description` then goes unused; a premise missing either half
 * of the checked pair renders as described instead.
 *
@@ -303,25 +368,25 @@ function describeValue(value) {
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
-* import { describePremise } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
+* import { renderPremise } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
 *
-* describePremise({ field: 'age', comparison: 'above', expected: 18, actual: 25, met: true })
+* renderPremise({ field: 'age', comparison: 'above', expected: 18, actual: 25, met: true })
 * // 'age is more than 18 → met'
 *
-* describePremise({ description: 'Applicant is enrolled', met: true })
+* renderPremise({ description: 'Applicant is enrolled', met: true })
 * // 'Applicant is enrolled → met'
 * ```
 */
-function describePremise(entry, labels) {
+function renderPremise(entry, labels) {
 	const status = entry.met === void 0 ? "unknown" : entry.met ? "met" : "not met";
 	if (entry.field === void 0 || entry.comparison === void 0) return `${entry.description ?? "Premise"} → ${status}`;
 	const field = (0, _orkestrel_reason.formatField)(entry.field);
 	const label = labels?.[field] ?? entry.label ?? field;
-	const expected = entry.expected === void 0 ? "" : ` ${describeValue(entry.expected)}`;
-	return `${label} ${describeComparison(entry.comparison)}${expected} → ${status}`;
+	const expected = entry.expected === void 0 ? "" : ` ${renderValue(entry.expected)}`;
+	return `${label} ${renderComparison(entry.comparison)}${expected} → ${status}`;
 }
 /**
-* Build a {@link Premise} from an authored {@link Check} and its evaluated
+* Builds a {@link Premise} from an authored {@link Check} and its evaluated
 * `CheckResult`.
 *
 * @param check - The authored check
@@ -331,15 +396,15 @@ function describePremise(entry, labels) {
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
-* import { premiseCheck } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
-* import { check } from '@orkestrel/reason'
+* import { checkToPremise } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
+* import { createCheck } from '@orkestrel/reason'
 *
-* const authored = check('age', 'above', 18)
-* premiseCheck(authored, { field: 'age', actual: 25, met: true })
+* const authored = createCheck('age', 'above', 18)
+* checkToPremise(authored, { field: 'age', actual: 25, met: true })
 * // { field: 'age', comparison: 'above', expected: 18, actual: 25, met: true }
 * ```
 */
-function premiseCheck(check, result, labels) {
+function checkToPremise(check, result, labels) {
 	const field = (0, _orkestrel_reason.formatField)(check.field);
 	return {
 		field: check.field,
@@ -351,14 +416,14 @@ function premiseCheck(check, result, labels) {
 	};
 }
 /**
-* Build rich premises for one fired {@link Rule} by walking its premise atoms
+* Builds rich premises for one fired {@link Rule} by walking its premise atoms
 * and re-evaluating each against the working subject.
 *
 * @remarks
 * A reason rule result carries only booleans, so this is the qualifier's own
 * premise-audit projection: each authored premise expression is flattened to its
-* atom leaves via `extractAtoms`, and each leaf's `Check` is re-evaluated through
-* the injected `evaluator`. A membership check (`any` / `none`) over an EMPTY
+* atom leaves through `extractAtoms`, and each leaf's `Check` is re-evaluated through
+* the injected `evaluator`. A membership check (`any` / `none`) over an empty
 * array value is content-free and is skipped.
 *
 * @param rule - The authored rule
@@ -369,29 +434,29 @@ function premiseCheck(check, result, labels) {
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
-* import { logicalPremises } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
-* import { atom, createEvaluator, logicalDefinition, rule } from '@orkestrel/reason'
+* import { ruleToPremises } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
+* import { createAtom, createEvaluator, createLogicalDefinition, createRule } from '@orkestrel/reason'
 *
-* const gates = logicalDefinition('gates', 'Gates', [
-*   rule('licensed', [atom('licensed', 'equals', false)], atom('blocked', 'equals', true)),
+* const gates = createLogicalDefinition('gates', 'Gates', [
+*   createRule('licensed', [createAtom('licensed', 'equals', false)], createAtom('blocked', 'equals', true)),
 * ])
 * const evaluator = createEvaluator()
-* const premises = logicalPremises(gates.rules[0], { licensed: false }, evaluator)
+* const premises = ruleToPremises(gates.rules[0], { licensed: false }, evaluator)
 *
 * premises[0]?.met // true
 * ```
 */
-function logicalPremises(rule, working, evaluator, labels) {
+function ruleToPremises(rule, working, evaluator, labels) {
 	const output = [];
 	for (const premise of rule.premises) for (const atom of (0, _orkestrel_reason.extractAtoms)(premise)) {
 		const { check } = atom;
 		if ((check.operator === "any" || check.operator === "none") && Array.isArray(check.value) && check.value.length === 0) continue;
-		output.push(premiseCheck(check, evaluator.evaluate(check, working), labels));
+		output.push(checkToPremise(check, evaluator.evaluate(check, working), labels));
 	}
 	return output;
 }
 /**
-* Locate an authored {@link Rule} by id.
+* Locates an authored {@link Rule} by id.
 *
 * @param definition - The logical definition to search
 * @param id - The rule id
@@ -400,10 +465,10 @@ function logicalPremises(rule, working, evaluator, labels) {
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * import { findRule } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
-* import { atom, logicalDefinition, rule } from '@orkestrel/reason'
+* import { createAtom, createLogicalDefinition, createRule } from '@orkestrel/reason'
 *
-* const gates = logicalDefinition('gates', 'Gates', [
-*   rule('licensed', [atom('licensed', 'equals', false)], atom('blocked', 'equals', true)),
+* const gates = createLogicalDefinition('gates', 'Gates', [
+*   createRule('licensed', [createAtom('licensed', 'equals', false)], createAtom('blocked', 'equals', true)),
 * ])
 *
 * findRule(gates, 'licensed')?.id // 'licensed'
@@ -413,7 +478,7 @@ function findRule(definition, id) {
 	return definition.rules.find((rule) => rule.id === id);
 }
 /**
-* Project one reason result into the internal qualification namespace.
+* Projects one reason result into the internal qualification namespace.
 *
 * @remarks
 * A quantitative result contributes its numeric `value`. A logical result
@@ -428,10 +493,10 @@ function findRule(definition, id) {
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * import { reasonResultToProjection } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
-* import { factorGroup, quantitativeDefinition, staticFactor } from '@orkestrel/reason'
+* import { createFactorGroup, createQuantitativeDefinition, createStaticFactor } from '@orkestrel/reason'
 *
-* const cap = quantitativeDefinition('cap', 'TIV cap', [
-*   factorGroup('limit', 'sum', [staticFactor('base', 500_000)]),
+* const cap = createQuantitativeDefinition('cap', 'TIV cap', [
+*   createFactorGroup('limit', 'sum', [createStaticFactor('base', 500_000)]),
 * ])
 * const result = {
 *   reasoning: 'quantitative' as const,
@@ -459,7 +524,7 @@ function reasonResultToProjection(definition, result) {
 	return projection;
 }
 /**
-* Project a quantitative result into a {@link Derivation} audit record.
+* Projects a quantitative result into a {@link Derivation} audit record.
 *
 * @param id - The pass id
 * @param result - The evaluated quantitative result
@@ -484,7 +549,7 @@ function quantitativeResultToDerivation(id, result) {
 	};
 }
 /**
-* Wrap a {@link QualificationContext} under {@link QUALIFICATION_KEY}.
+* Wraps a {@link QualificationContext} under {@link QUALIFICATION_KEY}.
 *
 * @param context - The accumulated projection context
 * @returns A record carrying the context under the reserved key
@@ -500,7 +565,7 @@ function qualificationToRecord(context) {
 	return { [QUALIFICATION_KEY]: context };
 }
 /**
-* Copy-on-write merge one pass projection into the context.
+* Merges one pass projection into the context, copy-on-write.
 *
 * @param context - The current projection context
 * @param id - The pass id to project under
@@ -522,12 +587,12 @@ function mergeQualificationContext(context, id, projection) {
 	};
 }
 /**
-* Join a ruling, its logical rule result, the pass, the pre-projection subject,
+* Joins a ruling, its logical rule result, the pass, the pre-projection subject,
 * and an evaluator into a {@link Finding}.
 *
 * @remarks
 * `applied` reflects whether the ruling's rule fired. Premises are re-evaluated
-* against the SAME subject snapshot the pass evaluated, so a conclusion the pass
+* against the same subject snapshot the pass evaluated, so a conclusion the pass
 * derived can never satisfy its own reported premise. The message interpolates
 * against that snapshot.
 *
@@ -542,22 +607,22 @@ function mergeQualificationContext(context, id, projection) {
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * import { rulingToFinding } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
-* import { atom, createEvaluator, logicalDefinition, rule } from '@orkestrel/reason'
+* import { createAtom, createEvaluator, createLogicalDefinition, createRule } from '@orkestrel/reason'
 *
-* const gates = logicalDefinition('gates', 'Gates', [
-*   rule('licensed', [atom('licensed', 'equals', false)], atom('blocked', 'equals', true)),
+* const gates = createLogicalDefinition('gates', 'Gates', [
+*   createRule('licensed', [createAtom('licensed', 'equals', false)], createAtom('blocked', 'equals', true)),
 * ])
 * const ruling = { id: 'license', pass: 'gates', rule: 'licensed', effect: 'restriction' as const }
-* const result = { reasoning: 'logical' as const, conclusion: true, rules: [{ id: 'licensed', applied: true, premises: [true], conclusion: true }], count: 1, success: true, trace: [], errors: [] }
+* const result = { reasoning: 'logical' as const, conclusion: true, rules: [{ id: 'licensed', applied: true, premises: [true] }], count: 1, success: true, trace: [], errors: [] }
 * const finding = rulingToFinding(ruling, gates, result, { licensed: false }, createEvaluator())
 *
 * finding.applied // true
 * ```
 */
 function rulingToFinding(ruling, pass, result, subject, evaluator, labels) {
-	const applied = result.rules.find((item) => item.id === ruling.rule)?.applied ?? false;
+	const applied = result.rules.find((resolved) => resolved.id === ruling.rule)?.applied ?? false;
 	const rule = pass.reasoning === "logical" ? findRule(pass, ruling.rule) : void 0;
-	const premises = rule === void 0 ? [] : logicalPremises(rule, subject, evaluator, labels);
+	const premises = rule === void 0 ? [] : ruleToPremises(rule, subject, evaluator, labels);
 	return {
 		id: ruling.id,
 		pass: ruling.pass,
@@ -570,7 +635,7 @@ function rulingToFinding(ruling, pass, result, subject, evaluator, labels) {
 	};
 }
 /**
-* Derive global eligibility from applied, unscoped findings.
+* Derives global eligibility from applied, unscoped findings.
 *
 * @remarks
 * Only findings that both applied and carry no `scope` shape global eligibility.
@@ -578,7 +643,8 @@ function rulingToFinding(ruling, pass, result, subject, evaluator, labels) {
 * `failed`.
 *
 * @param findings - The resolved findings
-* @param failed - Whether an operational pass failure occurred
+* @param failed - If `true`, adds a synthetic `referral` impact so an operational failure
+* fails closed; if `false`, derives eligibility from the findings alone. Default: `false`
 * @returns The most severe global eligibility
 *
 * @example
@@ -595,7 +661,7 @@ function deriveFindingEligibility(findings, failed = false) {
 	return combineEligibilities(eligibilities);
 }
 /**
-* Return the most severe {@link Eligibility} in a list.
+* Returns the most severe {@link Eligibility} in a list.
 *
 * @param eligibilities - The eligibilities to combine
 * @returns The most severe eligibility, or `'eligible'` for an empty list
@@ -612,7 +678,7 @@ function combineEligibilities(eligibilities) {
 	return "eligible";
 }
 /**
-* Derive one eligibility per finding scope.
+* Derives one eligibility per finding scope.
 *
 * @remarks
 * Only applied, scoped findings contribute. Each named scope combines its own
@@ -642,29 +708,29 @@ function deriveScopeEligibilities(findings) {
 	return scopes;
 }
 /**
-* Find rulings whose pass or rule does not exist, whose pass is not logical, or
-* a pass id shadowing the reserved {@link QUALIFICATION_KEY}.
+* Describes each ruling whose pass or rule does not exist or whose pass is not
+* logical, and each pass id shadowing the reserved {@link QUALIFICATION_KEY}.
 *
 * @param definition - The qualification definition to check
 * @returns A fresh list of reference-error messages
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
-* import { findMissingReferences, qualificationDefinition, rulingDefinition } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
-* import { atom, logicalDefinition, rule } from '@orkestrel/reason'
+* import { createQualificationDefinition, createRuling, describeMissingReferences } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
+* import { createAtom, createLogicalDefinition, createRule } from '@orkestrel/reason'
 *
-* const gates = logicalDefinition('gates', 'Gates', [
-*   rule('licensed', [atom('licensed', 'equals', false)], atom('blocked', 'equals', true)),
+* const gates = createLogicalDefinition('gates', 'Gates', [
+*   createRule('licensed', [createAtom('licensed', 'equals', false)], createAtom('blocked', 'equals', true)),
 * ])
-* const definition = qualificationDefinition('standard', 'Standard', [gates], {
-*   rulings: [rulingDefinition('license', 'gates', 'absent', 'restriction')],
+* const definition = createQualificationDefinition('standard', 'Standard', [gates], {
+*   rulings: [createRuling('license', 'gates', 'absent', 'restriction')],
 * })
 *
-* findMissingReferences(definition)
+* describeMissingReferences(definition)
 * // ["Ruling 'license' references missing rule 'absent' in pass 'gates'"]
 * ```
 */
-function findMissingReferences(definition) {
+function describeMissingReferences(definition) {
 	const errors = [];
 	const passes = new Map(definition.passes.map((pass) => [pass.id, pass]));
 	for (const pass of definition.passes) if (pass.id === "qualification") errors.push(`Pass id must not equal reserved key '${QUALIFICATION_KEY}'`);
@@ -683,10 +749,10 @@ function findMissingReferences(definition) {
 	return errors;
 }
 /**
-* Determine whether a subject already owns the reserved {@link QUALIFICATION_KEY}.
+* Determines whether a subject already owns the reserved {@link QUALIFICATION_KEY}.
 *
 * @param subject - The subject to check
-* @returns `true` when the subject owns the reserved key
+* @returns True if the subject owns the reserved key; false otherwise
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
@@ -699,7 +765,7 @@ function hasReservedKey(subject) {
 	return Object.hasOwn(subject, QUALIFICATION_KEY);
 }
 /**
-* Assert a value is a valid qualification {@link Subject}, narrowing it in place.
+* Asserts a value is a valid qualification {@link Subject}, narrowing it in place.
 *
 * @param value - The candidate subject to validate
 * @throws {@link QualifierError} `'MISMATCH'` when the value is not a record, or
@@ -717,12 +783,12 @@ function assertSubject(value) {
 	if (hasReservedKey(value)) throw new QualifierError("MISMATCH", `Qualification subject must not contain reserved key '${QUALIFICATION_KEY}'`);
 }
 /**
-* Map an engine throw caught while running one pass to a typed {@link QualifierError}.
+* Maps an engine throw caught while running one pass to a typed {@link QualifierError}.
 *
 * @remarks
 * A reason `ReasonError('INVALID')` maps to `DEFINITION` (the engine rejected the
 * pass as an invalid definition); `ReasonError('DESTROYED')` maps to `DESTROYED`;
-* every other `ReasonError` code (e.g. `MISSING`) and every non-`ReasonError` throw
+* every other `ReasonError` code (for example `MISSING`) and every non-`ReasonError` throw
 * (including a `bail: true` reasoner rethrow) maps to `ENGINE`. The original throw
 * is preserved as `context.cause`.
 *
@@ -759,7 +825,7 @@ function mapEngineError(error, pass) {
 	});
 }
 /**
-* Find logical passes carrying no rulings.
+* Describes each logical pass carrying no rulings.
 *
 * @remarks
 * A logical pass with no matching ruling can never contribute a finding, so its
@@ -771,18 +837,18 @@ function mapEngineError(error, pass) {
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
-* import { findEmptyLogicalPasses, qualificationDefinition } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
-* import { atom, logicalDefinition, rule } from '@orkestrel/reason'
+* import { createQualificationDefinition, describeEmptyLogicalPasses } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
+* import { createAtom, createLogicalDefinition, createRule } from '@orkestrel/reason'
 *
-* const gates = logicalDefinition('gates', 'Gates', [
-*   rule('licensed', [atom('licensed', 'equals', false)], atom('blocked', 'equals', true)),
+* const gates = createLogicalDefinition('gates', 'Gates', [
+*   createRule('licensed', [createAtom('licensed', 'equals', false)], createAtom('blocked', 'equals', true)),
 * ])
-* const definition = qualificationDefinition('standard', 'Standard', [gates])
+* const definition = createQualificationDefinition('standard', 'Standard', [gates])
 *
-* findEmptyLogicalPasses(definition) // ["Logical pass 'gates' has no rulings"]
+* describeEmptyLogicalPasses(definition) // ["Logical pass 'gates' has no rulings"]
 * ```
 */
-function findEmptyLogicalPasses(definition) {
+function describeEmptyLogicalPasses(definition) {
 	const warnings = [];
 	for (const pass of definition.passes) {
 		if (pass.reasoning !== "logical") continue;
@@ -791,7 +857,7 @@ function findEmptyLogicalPasses(definition) {
 	return warnings;
 }
 /**
-* Find quantitative passes never read by a later pass.
+* Describes each quantitative pass never read by a later pass.
 *
 * @remarks
 * A quantitative pass's projected value lives under `qualification.<id>` — if no
@@ -805,18 +871,18 @@ function findEmptyLogicalPasses(definition) {
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
-* import { findUnreadDerivations, qualificationDefinition } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
-* import { factorGroup, quantitativeDefinition, staticFactor } from '@orkestrel/reason'
+* import { createQualificationDefinition, describeUnreadDerivations } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
+* import { createFactorGroup, createQuantitativeDefinition, createStaticFactor } from '@orkestrel/reason'
 *
-* const cap = quantitativeDefinition('cap', 'TIV cap', [
-*   factorGroup('limit', 'sum', [staticFactor('base', 500_000)]),
+* const cap = createQuantitativeDefinition('cap', 'TIV cap', [
+*   createFactorGroup('limit', 'sum', [createStaticFactor('base', 500_000)]),
 * ])
-* const definition = qualificationDefinition('standard', 'Standard', [cap])
+* const definition = createQualificationDefinition('standard', 'Standard', [cap])
 *
-* findUnreadDerivations(definition) // ["Quantitative pass 'cap' is never read by a later pass"]
+* describeUnreadDerivations(definition) // ["Quantitative pass 'cap' is never read by a later pass"]
 * ```
 */
-function findUnreadDerivations(definition) {
+function describeUnreadDerivations(definition) {
 	const warnings = [];
 	definition.passes.forEach((pass, index) => {
 		if (pass.reasoning !== "quantitative") return;
@@ -833,73 +899,15 @@ function findUnreadDerivations(definition) {
 	});
 	return warnings;
 }
-/**
-* Build a {@link QualificationDefinition}.
-*
-* @remarks
-* Returns a fresh top-level definition, omitting absent optional keys;
-* `passes` and `rulings` arrays are copied, and record `metadata` is
-* shallow-copied so nested values are not deep-cloned.
-*
-* @param id - The definition id
-* @param name - The display name
-* @param passes - The ordered qualification passes
-* @param input - Optional description, rulings, and metadata
-* @returns A fresh qualification definition
-*
-* @example
-* ```ts
-* import { qualificationDefinition } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
-*
-* qualificationDefinition('standard', 'Standard', [gates], { rulings: [ruling] })
-* ```
-*/
-function qualificationDefinition(id, name, passes, input) {
-	return {
-		id,
-		name,
-		passes: [...passes],
-		...input?.description === void 0 ? {} : { description: input.description },
-		...input?.rulings === void 0 ? {} : { rulings: [...input.rulings] },
-		...input?.metadata === void 0 ? {} : { metadata: { ...input.metadata } }
-	};
-}
-/**
-* Build a {@link Ruling} — one authored consequence for one rule in one pass.
-*
-* @param id - The ruling id
-* @param pass - The logical pass id the rule lives in
-* @param rule - The rule id whose firing this ruling reacts to
-* @param effect - The eligibility impact when the rule fires
-* @param input - Optional selection scope and message template
-* @returns A fresh ruling
-*
-* @example
-* ```ts
-* import { rulingDefinition } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
-*
-* rulingDefinition('license', 'gates', 'licensed', 'restriction', { message: 'A license is required' })
-* ```
-*/
-function rulingDefinition(id, pass, rule, effect, input) {
-	return {
-		id,
-		pass,
-		rule,
-		effect,
-		...input?.scope === void 0 ? {} : { scope: input.scope },
-		...input?.message === void 0 ? {} : { message: input.message }
-	};
-}
 //#endregion
 //#region src/core/Qualifier.ts
 /**
-* A qualifier — runs ordered passes over one reason engine and returns
-* eligibility.
+* Runs ordered passes over one reason engine and returns eligibility.
 *
 * @remarks
-* The engine is OWNED when self-created (destroyed on `destroy()`) and borrowed
-* when injected (never destroyed). `qualify` builds its working subject through
+* The engine is owned when self-created (destroyed on `destroy()`) and borrowed
+* when injected (never destroyed). Semantic validation runs before the first pass
+* whenever the `validate` option is on. `qualify` builds its working subject through
 * copy-on-write overlays only — the caller's `subject` is never mutated, and the
 * qualifier's internal projection is discarded after each call.
 */
@@ -925,17 +933,92 @@ var Qualifier = class {
 		this.#validate = options?.validate ?? true;
 		this.#labels = options?.labels;
 	}
+	/**
+	* Holds the typed observation surface carrying `derive`, `finding`, `qualify`, and
+	* `destroy`.
+	*
+	* @returns The emitter this qualifier owns
+	*
+	* @example
+	* ```ts
+	* import { Qualifier } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
+	*
+	* const qualifier = new Qualifier()
+	* qualifier.emitter.on('qualify', (result) => console.log(result.eligibility))
+	* qualifier.destroy()
+	* ```
+	*/
 	get emitter() {
 		return this.#emitter;
 	}
+	/**
+	* Qualifies one subject against one authored definition.
+	*
+	* @remarks
+	* Semantic validation runs first when the `validate` option is on, so an invalid
+	* definition throws before any pass runs. Passes run in authored order over a
+	* copy-on-write working subject, and the caller's `subject` is never mutated. An
+	* unscoped restriction stops the remaining passes because no later finding can be
+	* more severe.
+	*
+	* @param subject - The record to qualify
+	* @param definition - The authored qualification definition
+	* @returns A fresh, frozen qualification result
+	* @throws {@link QualifierError} `'DEFINITION'` when validation is enabled and the
+	* definition fails semantic validation, or when the engine rejects a pass as an invalid
+	* definition; `'MISMATCH'` when the subject is not a record or already carries the
+	* reserved `qualification` key; `'DESTROYED'` after `destroy`, or when the engine
+	* reports itself destroyed mid-pass; `'ENGINE'` for every other engine throw
+	*
+	* @example
+	* ```ts
+	* import { createQualificationDefinition, createRuling, Qualifier } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
+	* import { createAtom, createLogicalDefinition, createRule } from '@orkestrel/reason'
+	*
+	* const gates = createLogicalDefinition('gates', 'Eligibility gates', [
+	*   createRule('licensed', [createAtom('licensed', 'equals', false)], createAtom('blocked', 'equals', true)),
+	* ])
+	* const definition = createQualificationDefinition('standard', 'Standard eligibility', [gates], {
+	*   rulings: [createRuling('license', 'gates', 'licensed', 'restriction')],
+	* })
+	*
+	* const qualifier = new Qualifier()
+	* qualifier.qualify({ id: 'risk-1', licensed: false }, definition).eligibility // 'ineligible'
+	* qualifier.destroy()
+	* ```
+	*/
 	qualify(subject, definition) {
 		this.#alive();
 		if (this.#validate) {
 			const validation = this.validate(definition);
-			if (!validation.valid) throw new QualifierError("DEFINITION", `Qualification definition is invalid: ${validation.errors.join(", ")}`, definition.id);
+			if (!validation.valid) throw new QualifierError("DEFINITION", `Qualification definition is invalid: ${validation.errors.join(", ")}`, { definition: definition.id });
 		}
 		return this.#qualify(subject, definition);
 	}
+	/**
+	* Validates one authored definition semantically, without running it.
+	*
+	* @remarks
+	* Structural shape is `isQualificationDefinition`'s job. This checks the meaning:
+	* non-empty id and name, valid and uniquely identified passes and rulings, every
+	* ruling reference resolving to a logical pass and one of its rules, and no pass id
+	* shadowing `QUALIFICATION_KEY`. An empty definition, a logical pass carrying no
+	* ruling, and a derivation no later pass reads are warnings rather than errors.
+	*
+	* @param definition - The authored qualification definition
+	* @returns A fresh validation result carrying `valid`, `errors`, and `warnings`
+	* @throws {@link QualifierError} `'DESTROYED'` after `destroy`
+	*
+	* @example
+	* ```ts
+	* import { createQualificationDefinition, Qualifier } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
+	*
+	* const qualifier = new Qualifier()
+	* qualifier.validate(createQualificationDefinition('empty', 'Empty', []))
+	* // { valid: true, errors: [], warnings: ['Definition has no passes'] }
+	* qualifier.destroy()
+	* ```
+	*/
 	validate(definition) {
 		this.#alive();
 		const errors = [];
@@ -950,16 +1033,33 @@ var Qualifier = class {
 		});
 		for (const id of (0, _orkestrel_reason.findDuplicates)(definition.passes)) errors.push(`Duplicate pass id '${id}'`);
 		for (const id of (0, _orkestrel_reason.findDuplicates)(definition.rulings ?? [])) errors.push(`Duplicate ruling id '${id}'`);
-		for (const reference of findMissingReferences(definition)) errors.push(reference);
+		for (const reference of describeMissingReferences(definition)) errors.push(reference);
 		if (definition.passes.length === 0) warnings.push("Definition has no passes");
-		for (const warning of findEmptyLogicalPasses(definition)) warnings.push(warning);
-		for (const warning of findUnreadDerivations(definition)) warnings.push(warning);
+		for (const warning of describeEmptyLogicalPasses(definition)) warnings.push(warning);
+		for (const warning of describeUnreadDerivations(definition)) warnings.push(warning);
 		return {
 			valid: errors.length === 0,
 			errors,
 			warnings
 		};
 	}
+	/**
+	* Destroys this qualifier, idempotently.
+	*
+	* @remarks
+	* An engine this qualifier created is destroyed; an injected engine stays
+	* caller-owned and is left alone. The `destroy` event fires before the emitter
+	* itself is destroyed, and a later call returns without re-emitting.
+	*
+	* @example
+	* ```ts
+	* import { Qualifier } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
+	*
+	* const qualifier = new Qualifier()
+	* qualifier.destroy()
+	* qualifier.destroy() // idempotent
+	* ```
+	*/
 	destroy() {
 		if (this.#destroyed) return;
 		if (this.#owned) this.#engine.destroy();
@@ -1035,28 +1135,113 @@ var Qualifier = class {
 //#endregion
 //#region src/core/factories.ts
 /**
-* Create one qualifier over a reason engine.
+* Creates one {@link QualifierInterface} over a reason engine.
 *
 * @remarks
-* A standalone qualifier creates and OWNS one shared quantitative-plus-logical
+* A standalone qualifier creates and owns one shared quantitative-plus-logical
 * reason engine, destroying it on `destroy()`. An injected `options.engine`
-* remains caller-owned and is never destroyed. Validation is on by default.
+* remains caller-owned and is never destroyed. `validate` runs semantic
+* validation before every qualification. Default: `true`. `labels` overrides the
+* display name of a premise field, keyed by the dot-joined field path
+* `formatField` produces, and takes precedence over a premise's own `label`.
 *
 * @param options - Optional injected engine, validation, labels, and emitter hooks
 * @returns A {@link QualifierInterface}
 *
-* @example
+* @example Create a qualifier
 * ```ts
-* import { createQualifier } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
+* import { createQualificationDefinition, createQualifier, createRuling } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
+* import { createAtom, createLogicalDefinition, createRule } from '@orkestrel/reason'
+*
+* const gates = createLogicalDefinition('gates', 'Eligibility gates', [
+* 	createRule(
+* 		'licensed',
+* 		[createAtom('licensed', 'equals', false)],
+* 		createAtom('blocked', 'equals', true),
+* 	),
+* ])
+*
+* const bare = createRuling('license', 'gates', 'licensed', 'restriction')
+* const messaged = createRuling('license', 'gates', 'licensed', 'restriction', {
+* 	message: 'A license is required',
+* })
+*
+* 'message' in bare // false — an absent optional key is omitted, never written as undefined
+* messaged.message // 'A license is required'
+*
+* const passes = [gates]
+* const definition = createQualificationDefinition('standard', 'Standard eligibility', passes, {
+* 	rulings: [messaged],
+* })
+*
+* 'description' in definition // false
+* definition.passes === passes // false — the factory copies what it is handed
 *
 * const qualifier = createQualifier()
-* qualifier.qualify({ id: 'risk-1' }, definition)
+* qualifier.qualify({ id: 'risk-1', licensed: false }, definition)
 * qualifier.destroy()
 * ```
 */
 function createQualifier(options) {
 	return new Qualifier(options);
 }
+/**
+* Creates a fresh {@link QualificationDefinition}, omitting every absent optional key.
+*
+* @remarks
+* `passes` and `rulings` arrays are copied, and record `metadata` is
+* shallow-copied so nested values are not deep-cloned.
+*
+* @param id - The definition id
+* @param name - The display name
+* @param passes - The ordered qualification passes
+* @param input - Optional description, rulings, and metadata
+* @returns A fresh qualification definition
+*
+* @example
+* ```ts
+* import { createQualificationDefinition } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
+*
+* createQualificationDefinition('standard', 'Standard', [gates], { rulings: [ruling] })
+* ```
+*/
+function createQualificationDefinition(id, name, passes, input) {
+	return {
+		id,
+		name,
+		passes: [...passes],
+		...input?.description === void 0 ? {} : { description: input.description },
+		...input?.rulings === void 0 ? {} : { rulings: [...input.rulings] },
+		...input?.metadata === void 0 ? {} : { metadata: { ...input.metadata } }
+	};
+}
+/**
+* Creates a fresh {@link Ruling} from the rule it reacts to and the effect it applies.
+*
+* @param id - The ruling id
+* @param pass - The logical pass id the rule lives in
+* @param rule - The rule id whose firing this ruling reacts to
+* @param effect - The eligibility impact when the rule fires
+* @param input - Optional selection scope and message template
+* @returns A fresh ruling
+*
+* @example
+* ```ts
+* import { createRuling } from '@orkestrel/qualifier'
+*
+* createRuling('license', 'gates', 'licensed', 'restriction', { message: 'A license is required' })
+* ```
+*/
+function createRuling(id, pass, rule, effect, input) {
+	return {
+		id,
+		pass,
+		rule,
+		effect,
+		...input?.scope === void 0 ? {} : { scope: input.scope },
+		...input?.message === void 0 ? {} : { message: input.message }
+	};
+}
 //#endregion
 exports.DEFAULT_QUALIFIER_VALIDATE = DEFAULT_QUALIFIER_VALIDATE;
 exports.EFFECT_ELIGIBILITIES = EFFECT_ELIGIBILITIES;
@@ -1065,17 +1250,17 @@ exports.QUALIFICATION_KEY = QUALIFICATION_KEY;
 exports.Qualifier = Qualifier;
 exports.QualifierError = QualifierError;
 exports.assertSubject = assertSubject;
+exports.checkToPremise = checkToPremise;
 exports.combineEligibilities = combineEligibilities;
+exports.createQualificationDefinition = createQualificationDefinition;
 exports.createQualifier = createQualifier;
+exports.createRuling = createRuling;
 exports.deriveFindingEligibility = deriveFindingEligibility;
 exports.deriveScopeEligibilities = deriveScopeEligibilities;
-exports.describeComparison = describeComparison;
-exports.describePremise = describePremise;
-exports.describeValue = describeValue;
-exports.findEmptyLogicalPasses = findEmptyLogicalPasses;
-exports.findMissingReferences = findMissingReferences;
+exports.describeEmptyLogicalPasses = describeEmptyLogicalPasses;
+exports.describeMissingReferences = describeMissingReferences;
+exports.describeUnreadDerivations = describeUnreadDerivations;
 exports.findRule = findRule;
-exports.findUnreadDerivations = findUnreadDerivations;
 exports.hasReservedKey = hasReservedKey;
 exports.interpolateMessage = interpolateMessage;
 exports.isDerivation = isDerivation;
@@ -1087,18 +1272,17 @@ exports.isQualificationDefinition = isQualificationDefinition;
 exports.isQualificationEffect = isQualificationEffect;
 exports.isQualificationPass = isQualificationPass;
 exports.isQualificationResult = isQualificationResult;
-exports.isQualificationValidationResult = isQualificationValidationResult;
 exports.isQualifierError = isQualifierError;
 exports.isRuling = isRuling;
-exports.logicalPremises = logicalPremises;
 exports.mapEngineError = mapEngineError;
 exports.mergeQualificationContext = mergeQualificationContext;
-exports.premiseCheck = premiseCheck;
-exports.qualificationDefinition = qualificationDefinition;
 exports.qualificationToRecord = qualificationToRecord;
 exports.quantitativeResultToDerivation = quantitativeResultToDerivation;
 exports.reasonResultToProjection = reasonResultToProjection;
-exports.rulingDefinition = rulingDefinition;
+exports.renderComparison = renderComparison;
+exports.renderPremise = renderPremise;
+exports.renderValue = renderValue;
+exports.ruleToPremises = ruleToPremises;
 exports.rulingToFinding = rulingToFinding;
 
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