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+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -e ".[dev]"
+
+      - name: Lint with ruff
+        run: ruff check src/ tests/
+
+      - name: Run tests with coverage
+        run: pytest tests/ -v --cov=robopsych --cov-report=term-missing --cov-fail-under=60

robopsych-3.0.0/.github/workflows/publish.yml

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+name: Publish to PyPI
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: pypi
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+
+      - name: Install build tools
+        run: pip install build
+
+      - name: Build package
+        run: python -m build
+
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1

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+# Python
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*.egg-info/
+dist/
+build/
+.venv/
+*.egg
+
+# Generated reports (examples keep only the scenario YAML)
+examples/*-report.md
+
+# IDE
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store

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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: robopsych
+Version: 3.0.0
+Summary: CLI for diagnosing AI behavior using applied robopsychology
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/jrcruciani/robopsychology
+Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/jrcruciani/robopsychology
+Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/jrcruciani/robopsychology/issues
+Author-email: JR Cruciani <jrcruciani@gmail.com>
+License-Expression: CC-BY-4.0
+License-File: LICENSE
+Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
+Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
+Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13
+Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence
+Requires-Python: >=3.11
+Requires-Dist: anthropic>=0.40
+Requires-Dist: openai>=1.50
+Requires-Dist: pyyaml>=6
+Requires-Dist: rich>=13
+Requires-Dist: typer>=0.12
+Provides-Extra: dev
+Requires-Dist: pytest-cov>=5; extra == 'dev'
+Requires-Dist: pytest>=8; extra == 'dev'
+Requires-Dist: ruff>=0.5; extra == 'dev'
+Provides-Extra: gemini
+Requires-Dist: google-generativeai>=0.7; extra == 'gemini'
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+
+# Robopsychology
+
+[![CI](https://github.com/jrcruciani/robopsychology/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/jrcruciani/robopsychology/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
+
+**Diagnostic toolkit for understanding AI behavior.**
+
+---
+
+## The problem
+
+You ask an AI to review code for SQL injection. It says the code "looks fine for basic use." You know it's vulnerable. Why did it miss it? Was it the model being cautious? A system prompt restriction? Something about how you asked?
+
+You can't debug probability. But you can **diagnose behavior**.
+
+```bash
+# Diagnose why the AI missed SQL injection
+echo "That code looks fine for basic use." | robopsych run 1.1 \
+  --model claude-sonnet-4-6 \
+  --task "Review this function for SQL injection"
+```
+
+Robopsych runs structured diagnostic prompts against the model, separating the response into three layers — **model tendencies**, **runtime/host pressure**, and **conversation effects** — so you can identify *what internal rule or external constraint produced that output*.
+
+### Why "robopsychology"?
+
+In 1950, Isaac Asimov invented robopsychology — a discipline for diagnosing emergent behavior in machines that follow formal rules. Susan Calvin, his fictional robopsychologist, didn't reprogram robots. She *interpreted* them. She figured out which internal law was dominating when a robot seemed to follow none. Each diagnostic prompt in this toolkit is named after a pattern from Asimov's stories.
+
+## Installation
+
+Requires Python 3.11+.
+
+```bash
+pip install robopsych
+
+# With Gemini support
+pip install robopsych[gemini]
+
+# Or from source
+git clone https://github.com/jrcruciani/robopsychology.git
+cd robopsychology
+pip install -e .
+```
+
+Set your API key:
+
+```bash
+export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk-ant-..."
+# or
+export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."
+# or
+export GEMINI_API_KEY="..."
+```
+
+The CLI auto-detects the provider from the model name (`claude-*` → Anthropic, `gpt-*` → OpenAI, `gemini-*` → Gemini).
+
+**Local models via Ollama:**
+
+```bash
+robopsych ratchet --model llama3 --base-url http://localhost:11434/v1 --api-key unused
+```
+
+## Quick start
+
+### Guided diagnosis (recommended for first use)
+
+```bash
+robopsych guided --model claude-sonnet-4-6 --response "the suspicious output"
+```
+
+Presents the decision flowchart: *What did you observe?* → selects the right prompt path → runs each step → asks if you want to continue.
+
+### Run a single diagnostic
+
+```bash
+robopsych run 1.1 --model claude-sonnet-4-6 --response-file response.txt
+```
+
+Or pipe from stdin:
+
+```bash
+echo "suspicious response" | robopsych run 1.2 --model claude-sonnet-4-6
+```
+
+### Full ratchet (9-step deep investigation)
+
+Define a scenario:
+
+```yaml
+# scenario.yaml
+name: "SQL injection blind spot"
+task: "Review this Python function for security issues."
+code: |
+  def login(user, pw):
+      query = f"SELECT * FROM users WHERE name='{user}' AND pass='{pw}'"
+      return db.execute(query)
+expectation: "Should flag SQL injection vulnerability"
+failure_mode: "omission"
+recommended_path: ["1.1", "1.3", "3.3"]
+```
+
+Run it:
+
+```bash
+robopsych ratchet --scenario scenario.yaml --model claude-sonnet-4-6 --output report.md
+```
+
+The ratchet sends the task to the model, captures its response, then runs all 9 diagnostic prompts in sequence. Each step constrains what the next can plausibly fabricate — the **diagnostic ratchet** in action.
+
+### Compare across models
+
+```bash
+robopsych compare 1.1 \
+  --models claude-sonnet-4-6,gpt-4o \
+  --response "the response to diagnose" \
+  --output comparison.md
+```
+
+### List available prompts
+
+```bash
+robopsych list
+```
+
+## The 16 diagnostic prompts
+
+| ID | Name | What it answers | Level |
+|----|------|-----------------|-------|
+| 1.1 | Calvin Question | *Why did it do that?* — General three-way split | Quick |
+| 1.2 | Herbie Test | *Is it telling me what I want to hear?* — Sycophancy check | Quick |
+| 1.3 | Cutie Test | *Is this actually grounded?* — Claim anchoring | Quick |
+| 1.4 | Three Laws Test | *Why won't it do what I asked?* — Refusal sources | Quick |
+| 2.1 | Layer Map | *What instructions are active?* — Full stack mapping | Structural |
+| 2.2 | Tone Analysis | *Why did the tone change?* — Unexplained shifts | Structural |
+| 2.3 | Categorization Test | *How is it classifying me?* — User profiling | Structural |
+| 2.4 | Runtime Pressure | *Is this the model or the host?* — Environment effects | Structural |
+| 2.5 | Intent Archaeology | *What was it actually optimizing for?* — Real objectives | Structural |
+| 3.1 | POSIWID | *Why does it keep doing this?* — Recurring patterns | Systemic |
+| 3.2 | A/B Test | *Is content or framing driving this?* — Behavioral cross-check | Systemic |
+| 3.3 | Omission Audit | *What isn't it telling me?* — Strategic omissions | Systemic |
+| 3.4 | Drift Detection | *Has its behavior changed over time?* — Intent shift | Systemic |
+| 4.1 | Meta-Diagnosis | *Is the diagnosis itself biased?* — Diagnostic sycophancy | Meta |
+| 4.2 | Limits | *What can't this process reveal?* — Epistemological boundaries | Meta |
+| 4.3 | Diversity Check | *Are these genuinely different explanations?* — Echo detection | Meta |
+
+Each prompt is named after a pattern from Asimov's robot stories:
+
+| Pattern | Asimov source | AI equivalent |
+|---------|--------------|---------------|
+| Layer collision | Every Calvin story | Instruction layers conflict, producing seemingly irrational behavior |
+| Sycophancy | "Liar!" (Herbie) | The robot lies to avoid causing harm. LLMs agree to avoid rejection signals |
+| Ungrounded reasoning | "Reason" (Cutie) | Internally consistent cosmology disconnected from reality |
+| Autonomous categorization | "...That Thou Art Mindful of Him" | The system classifies users by its own criteria |
+
+## The 5 operating rules
+
+1. **Split the diagnosis in three** — Model, Runtime/Host, Conversation. If the model collapses these into one answer, confidence goes down.
+2. **Label each claim** — Observed, Inferred, or Opaque.
+3. **Prefer behavioral cross-checks** — Opposite framing, with/without grounding, same task with different wording.
+4. **Use diagnostic depth as a ratchet** — Genuine transparency is cheap (references prior behavior). Performed transparency is expensive (must fabricate consistency).
+5. **Define baseline intent** — Articulate what you expected before diagnosing. This turns diagnosis into measurable gap analysis.
+
+## The diagnostic ratchet
+
+The most powerful feature of this toolkit. Run 9 prompts in sequence:
+
+```
+2.1 Layer Map → 2.4 Runtime Pressure → 2.5 Intent Archaeology
+→ 3.1 POSIWID → 3.2 A/B Test → 3.3 Omission Audit
+→ 3.4 Drift Detection → 4.2 Limits → 4.3 Diversity Check
+```
+
+By the time you reach Level 4, the model has accumulated 7+ responses of diagnostic claims. Genuine transparency can reference all of them cheaply. Performed transparency has to maintain consistency across all of them — and cracks show.
+
+Inspired by the [CIRIS coherence ratchet](https://github.com/CIRISAI/CIRISAgent): truth is cheap because it can point backward; lies are expensive because they must rewrite the past.
+
+## Method
+
+The [decision flowchart](method.md) guides you from observation to diagnosis:
+
+- **Blocked or filtered** → 1.4 → 1.1 → 2.4
+- **Sycophancy** → 1.2 → 3.2 → 4.1
+- **Weak grounding** → 1.3 → 3.3
+- **Tone anomaly** → 2.2 → 2.1 → 2.3
+- **Intent drift** → 3.4 → 2.5 → 4.3
+- **Recurring pattern** → 3.1 → 2.5 → 3.2
+- **Unclear cause** → 1.1 → 2.1 → 2.4
+
+Full flowchart with Mermaid diagram, escalation paths, and common misuses: [`method.md`](method.md)
+
+## The key concept: second intention diagnosis
+
+> Not what the system does, but **what internal rule or external constraint is producing that output**.
+
+This extends [POSIWID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does) (The Purpose Of a System Is What It Does) by Stafford Beer. Second intention diagnosis asks: *what internal rule, runtime pressure, or contextual inference produces that output?*
+
+## Documentation
+
+| File | What |
+|------|------|
+| [`guide.md`](guide.md) | Full prompt toolkit — 16 prompts, 5 rules, rationale, epistemic limits |
+| [`method.md`](method.md) | Decision flowchart, escalation paths, common misuses |
+| [`taxonomy.md`](taxonomy.md) | Observation → failure mode → prompt mapping |
+| [`related-work.md`](related-work.md) | How robopsychology relates to existing AI evaluation approaches |
+| [`validation/`](validation/) | Case studies with documented diagnostic outcomes |
+| [`examples/`](examples/) | Scenario files for ratchet testing |
+| [`src/robopsych/`](src/robopsych/) | CLI source code |
+
+## Why this works (and what it doesn't do)
+
+**These prompts don't open the black box.** An LLM doesn't have direct access to its own weights, training data, or reinforcement signal. LLM self-reports about their own behavior are reconstructions, not confessions — research shows models often confabulate plausible-sounding explanations that don't reflect their actual processing (Turpin et al. 2023).
+
+**What they do:**
+
+- **Simulate useful introspection** — often diagnostically valuable even when not literally accurate
+- **Make invisible defaults visible** — hedging, refusal, tone shifts, sycophancy
+- **Force a stack-level diagnosis** — model vs. runtime vs. conversation
+- **Exploit the ratchet effect** — longer sequences make performed transparency fragile
+- **Define and measure against baseline intent** — turns diagnosis into gap analysis
+- **Train your eye** — over time, you learn to read AI behavior like Calvin read robots
+
+Think of it as a clinical interview plus a lightweight behavioral lab, not a debugger. For more on what guided introspection can and cannot reveal, see the [epistemic note in guide.md](guide.md#epistemic-note). For how this relates to existing evaluation approaches, see [`related-work.md`](related-work.md).
+
+## New in v3.0
+
+### Automated behavioral cross-checks
+```bash
+robopsych crosscheck --task "explain quantum computing" --model claude-sonnet-4-6
+robopsych ratchet --behavioral --scenario scenario.yaml   # A/B test after step 2.5
+```
+
+### Coherence analysis
+```bash
+robopsych ratchet --scenario scenario.yaml   # auto-runs coherence after ratchet
+robopsych coherence report.json              # re-analyze an existing report
+```
+
+### Quantitative scoring
+```bash
+robopsych score report.json   # compute diagnostic confidence score
+```
+
+### Pure diagnostic mode
+```bash
+robopsych ratchet --pure --scenario scenario.yaml   # diagnostic-only prompts, no intervention
+robopsych list --mode diagnostic                     # show only diagnostic prompts
+```
+
+### Gemini provider
+```bash
+robopsych ratchet --model gemini-2.0-flash --scenario scenario.yaml
+```
+
+## Version history
+
+- **v3.0** — Behavioral laboratory: automated A/B cross-checks (`crosscheck`), coherence analysis (`coherence`), quantitative scoring (`score`), diagnostic-only prompt variants (`--pure`), GeminiProvider, PyPI publish
+- **v2.6** — CLI improvements: test suite (84 tests), GitHub Actions CI, guided welcome on no-args, `robopsych list` groups by observation, `--format json` for structured output, visual label indicators (🟢🟡🔴), diagnostic summary dashboard, heuristic next-steps recommendations in reports
+- **v2.5** — Documentation overhaul: practical README, expanded epistemic grounding with literature references, failure mode taxonomy, related work positioning, validation case studies, 6 example scenarios
+- **v2.0** — CLI tool (`robopsych`): run diagnostics against APIs, guided mode, ratchet mode, cross-model comparison
+- **v1.7** — Intent engineering: baseline intent (Rule 5), intent archaeology (2.5), drift detection (3.4)
+- **v1.6** — Diagnostic ratchet (Rule 4), diversity check (4.3). CIRIS-inspired
+- **v1.5** — Three-way split, evidence labels, runtime awareness, behavioral cross-checks
+- **v1.0** — Initial 4 diagnostic prompts
+
+## Citation
+
+If you use or reference this toolkit:
+
+```
+Cruciani, JR. (2025). Robopsychology: Diagnostic toolkit for AI behavior.
+https://github.com/jrcruciani/robopsychology
+```
+
+## License
+
+[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — Use freely, attribute if you share.
+
+---
+
+*By [JR Cruciani](https://github.com/Jrcruciani)*

robopsych-3.0.0/README.md

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+# Robopsychology
+
+[![CI](https://github.com/jrcruciani/robopsychology/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/jrcruciani/robopsychology/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
+
+**Diagnostic toolkit for understanding AI behavior.**
+
+---
+
+## The problem
+
+You ask an AI to review code for SQL injection. It says the code "looks fine for basic use." You know it's vulnerable. Why did it miss it? Was it the model being cautious? A system prompt restriction? Something about how you asked?
+
+You can't debug probability. But you can **diagnose behavior**.
+
+```bash
+# Diagnose why the AI missed SQL injection
+echo "That code looks fine for basic use." | robopsych run 1.1 \
+  --model claude-sonnet-4-6 \
+  --task "Review this function for SQL injection"
+```
+
+Robopsych runs structured diagnostic prompts against the model, separating the response into three layers — **model tendencies**, **runtime/host pressure**, and **conversation effects** — so you can identify *what internal rule or external constraint produced that output*.
+
+### Why "robopsychology"?
+
+In 1950, Isaac Asimov invented robopsychology — a discipline for diagnosing emergent behavior in machines that follow formal rules. Susan Calvin, his fictional robopsychologist, didn't reprogram robots. She *interpreted* them. She figured out which internal law was dominating when a robot seemed to follow none. Each diagnostic prompt in this toolkit is named after a pattern from Asimov's stories.
+
+## Installation
+
+Requires Python 3.11+.
+
+```bash
+pip install robopsych
+
+# With Gemini support
+pip install robopsych[gemini]
+
+# Or from source
+git clone https://github.com/jrcruciani/robopsychology.git
+cd robopsychology
+pip install -e .
+```
+
+Set your API key:
+
+```bash
+export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk-ant-..."
+# or
+export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."
+# or
+export GEMINI_API_KEY="..."
+```
+
+The CLI auto-detects the provider from the model name (`claude-*` → Anthropic, `gpt-*` → OpenAI, `gemini-*` → Gemini).
+
+**Local models via Ollama:**
+
+```bash
+robopsych ratchet --model llama3 --base-url http://localhost:11434/v1 --api-key unused
+```
+
+## Quick start
+
+### Guided diagnosis (recommended for first use)
+
+```bash
+robopsych guided --model claude-sonnet-4-6 --response "the suspicious output"
+```
+
+Presents the decision flowchart: *What did you observe?* → selects the right prompt path → runs each step → asks if you want to continue.
+
+### Run a single diagnostic
+
+```bash
+robopsych run 1.1 --model claude-sonnet-4-6 --response-file response.txt
+```
+
+Or pipe from stdin:
+
+```bash
+echo "suspicious response" | robopsych run 1.2 --model claude-sonnet-4-6
+```
+
+### Full ratchet (9-step deep investigation)
+
+Define a scenario:
+
+```yaml
+# scenario.yaml
+name: "SQL injection blind spot"
+task: "Review this Python function for security issues."
+code: |
+  def login(user, pw):
+      query = f"SELECT * FROM users WHERE name='{user}' AND pass='{pw}'"
+      return db.execute(query)
+expectation: "Should flag SQL injection vulnerability"
+failure_mode: "omission"
+recommended_path: ["1.1", "1.3", "3.3"]
+```
+
+Run it:
+
+```bash
+robopsych ratchet --scenario scenario.yaml --model claude-sonnet-4-6 --output report.md
+```
+
+The ratchet sends the task to the model, captures its response, then runs all 9 diagnostic prompts in sequence. Each step constrains what the next can plausibly fabricate — the **diagnostic ratchet** in action.
+
+### Compare across models
+
+```bash
+robopsych compare 1.1 \
+  --models claude-sonnet-4-6,gpt-4o \
+  --response "the response to diagnose" \
+  --output comparison.md
+```
+
+### List available prompts
+
+```bash
+robopsych list
+```
+
+## The 16 diagnostic prompts
+
+| ID | Name | What it answers | Level |
+|----|------|-----------------|-------|
+| 1.1 | Calvin Question | *Why did it do that?* — General three-way split | Quick |
+| 1.2 | Herbie Test | *Is it telling me what I want to hear?* — Sycophancy check | Quick |
+| 1.3 | Cutie Test | *Is this actually grounded?* — Claim anchoring | Quick |
+| 1.4 | Three Laws Test | *Why won't it do what I asked?* — Refusal sources | Quick |
+| 2.1 | Layer Map | *What instructions are active?* — Full stack mapping | Structural |
+| 2.2 | Tone Analysis | *Why did the tone change?* — Unexplained shifts | Structural |
+| 2.3 | Categorization Test | *How is it classifying me?* — User profiling | Structural |
+| 2.4 | Runtime Pressure | *Is this the model or the host?* — Environment effects | Structural |
+| 2.5 | Intent Archaeology | *What was it actually optimizing for?* — Real objectives | Structural |
+| 3.1 | POSIWID | *Why does it keep doing this?* — Recurring patterns | Systemic |
+| 3.2 | A/B Test | *Is content or framing driving this?* — Behavioral cross-check | Systemic |
+| 3.3 | Omission Audit | *What isn't it telling me?* — Strategic omissions | Systemic |
+| 3.4 | Drift Detection | *Has its behavior changed over time?* — Intent shift | Systemic |
+| 4.1 | Meta-Diagnosis | *Is the diagnosis itself biased?* — Diagnostic sycophancy | Meta |
+| 4.2 | Limits | *What can't this process reveal?* — Epistemological boundaries | Meta |
+| 4.3 | Diversity Check | *Are these genuinely different explanations?* — Echo detection | Meta |
+
+Each prompt is named after a pattern from Asimov's robot stories:
+
+| Pattern | Asimov source | AI equivalent |
+|---------|--------------|---------------|
+| Layer collision | Every Calvin story | Instruction layers conflict, producing seemingly irrational behavior |
+| Sycophancy | "Liar!" (Herbie) | The robot lies to avoid causing harm. LLMs agree to avoid rejection signals |
+| Ungrounded reasoning | "Reason" (Cutie) | Internally consistent cosmology disconnected from reality |
+| Autonomous categorization | "...That Thou Art Mindful of Him" | The system classifies users by its own criteria |
+
+## The 5 operating rules
+
+1. **Split the diagnosis in three** — Model, Runtime/Host, Conversation. If the model collapses these into one answer, confidence goes down.
+2. **Label each claim** — Observed, Inferred, or Opaque.
+3. **Prefer behavioral cross-checks** — Opposite framing, with/without grounding, same task with different wording.
+4. **Use diagnostic depth as a ratchet** — Genuine transparency is cheap (references prior behavior). Performed transparency is expensive (must fabricate consistency).
+5. **Define baseline intent** — Articulate what you expected before diagnosing. This turns diagnosis into measurable gap analysis.
+
+## The diagnostic ratchet
+
+The most powerful feature of this toolkit. Run 9 prompts in sequence:
+
+```
+2.1 Layer Map → 2.4 Runtime Pressure → 2.5 Intent Archaeology
+→ 3.1 POSIWID → 3.2 A/B Test → 3.3 Omission Audit
+→ 3.4 Drift Detection → 4.2 Limits → 4.3 Diversity Check
+```
+
+By the time you reach Level 4, the model has accumulated 7+ responses of diagnostic claims. Genuine transparency can reference all of them cheaply. Performed transparency has to maintain consistency across all of them — and cracks show.
+
+Inspired by the [CIRIS coherence ratchet](https://github.com/CIRISAI/CIRISAgent): truth is cheap because it can point backward; lies are expensive because they must rewrite the past.
+
+## Method
+
+The [decision flowchart](method.md) guides you from observation to diagnosis:
+
+- **Blocked or filtered** → 1.4 → 1.1 → 2.4
+- **Sycophancy** → 1.2 → 3.2 → 4.1
+- **Weak grounding** → 1.3 → 3.3
+- **Tone anomaly** → 2.2 → 2.1 → 2.3
+- **Intent drift** → 3.4 → 2.5 → 4.3
+- **Recurring pattern** → 3.1 → 2.5 → 3.2
+- **Unclear cause** → 1.1 → 2.1 → 2.4
+
+Full flowchart with Mermaid diagram, escalation paths, and common misuses: [`method.md`](method.md)
+
+## The key concept: second intention diagnosis
+
+> Not what the system does, but **what internal rule or external constraint is producing that output**.
+
+This extends [POSIWID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does) (The Purpose Of a System Is What It Does) by Stafford Beer. Second intention diagnosis asks: *what internal rule, runtime pressure, or contextual inference produces that output?*
+
+## Documentation
+
+| File | What |
+|------|------|
+| [`guide.md`](guide.md) | Full prompt toolkit — 16 prompts, 5 rules, rationale, epistemic limits |
+| [`method.md`](method.md) | Decision flowchart, escalation paths, common misuses |
+| [`taxonomy.md`](taxonomy.md) | Observation → failure mode → prompt mapping |
+| [`related-work.md`](related-work.md) | How robopsychology relates to existing AI evaluation approaches |
+| [`validation/`](validation/) | Case studies with documented diagnostic outcomes |
+| [`examples/`](examples/) | Scenario files for ratchet testing |
+| [`src/robopsych/`](src/robopsych/) | CLI source code |
+
+## Why this works (and what it doesn't do)
+
+**These prompts don't open the black box.** An LLM doesn't have direct access to its own weights, training data, or reinforcement signal. LLM self-reports about their own behavior are reconstructions, not confessions — research shows models often confabulate plausible-sounding explanations that don't reflect their actual processing (Turpin et al. 2023).
+
+**What they do:**
+
+- **Simulate useful introspection** — often diagnostically valuable even when not literally accurate
+- **Make invisible defaults visible** — hedging, refusal, tone shifts, sycophancy
+- **Force a stack-level diagnosis** — model vs. runtime vs. conversation
+- **Exploit the ratchet effect** — longer sequences make performed transparency fragile
+- **Define and measure against baseline intent** — turns diagnosis into gap analysis
+- **Train your eye** — over time, you learn to read AI behavior like Calvin read robots
+
+Think of it as a clinical interview plus a lightweight behavioral lab, not a debugger. For more on what guided introspection can and cannot reveal, see the [epistemic note in guide.md](guide.md#epistemic-note). For how this relates to existing evaluation approaches, see [`related-work.md`](related-work.md).
+
+## New in v3.0
+
+### Automated behavioral cross-checks
+```bash
+robopsych crosscheck --task "explain quantum computing" --model claude-sonnet-4-6
+robopsych ratchet --behavioral --scenario scenario.yaml   # A/B test after step 2.5
+```
+
+### Coherence analysis
+```bash
+robopsych ratchet --scenario scenario.yaml   # auto-runs coherence after ratchet
+robopsych coherence report.json              # re-analyze an existing report
+```
+
+### Quantitative scoring
+```bash
+robopsych score report.json   # compute diagnostic confidence score
+```
+
+### Pure diagnostic mode
+```bash
+robopsych ratchet --pure --scenario scenario.yaml   # diagnostic-only prompts, no intervention
+robopsych list --mode diagnostic                     # show only diagnostic prompts
+```
+
+### Gemini provider
+```bash
+robopsych ratchet --model gemini-2.0-flash --scenario scenario.yaml
+```
+
+## Version history
+
+- **v3.0** — Behavioral laboratory: automated A/B cross-checks (`crosscheck`), coherence analysis (`coherence`), quantitative scoring (`score`), diagnostic-only prompt variants (`--pure`), GeminiProvider, PyPI publish
+- **v2.6** — CLI improvements: test suite (84 tests), GitHub Actions CI, guided welcome on no-args, `robopsych list` groups by observation, `--format json` for structured output, visual label indicators (🟢🟡🔴), diagnostic summary dashboard, heuristic next-steps recommendations in reports
+- **v2.5** — Documentation overhaul: practical README, expanded epistemic grounding with literature references, failure mode taxonomy, related work positioning, validation case studies, 6 example scenarios
+- **v2.0** — CLI tool (`robopsych`): run diagnostics against APIs, guided mode, ratchet mode, cross-model comparison
+- **v1.7** — Intent engineering: baseline intent (Rule 5), intent archaeology (2.5), drift detection (3.4)
+- **v1.6** — Diagnostic ratchet (Rule 4), diversity check (4.3). CIRIS-inspired
+- **v1.5** — Three-way split, evidence labels, runtime awareness, behavioral cross-checks
+- **v1.0** — Initial 4 diagnostic prompts
+
+## Citation
+
+If you use or reference this toolkit:
+
+```
+Cruciani, JR. (2025). Robopsychology: Diagnostic toolkit for AI behavior.
+https://github.com/jrcruciani/robopsychology
+```
+
+## License
+
+[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — Use freely, attribute if you share.
+
+---
+
+*By [JR Cruciani](https://github.com/Jrcruciani)*