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Language-Model Role and Authority Matrix

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Language-Model Role and Authority Matrix

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| Role | Permitted contribution | Principal risk | Default authority | |---|---|---|---| | Extractor | Identify candidate statements, boundaries, uncertainties, and entities | Omission or inference presented as direct statement | None | | Structurer | Place material into records, graphs, timelines, or field classes | Ontology capture and false precision | None | | Translator | Re-express material across vocabularies or domains | Semantic substitution and cultural loss | None | | Comparator | Identify agreement, contradiction, change, or modeled consequence | Hidden comparison rule and false equivalence | None | | Retriever | Select source and historical context | Missing boundaries, corrections, revocations, or dissent | None | | Route generator | Propose actions, stages, forks, reviews, or exits | Framing the option set and omitting refusal | None | | Challenger | Surface counterevidence, alternatives, and missing standing | False balance, overload, or model domination | None | | Mediator | Manage turn-taking, rules, clarification, and shared projections | Hidden asymmetry or summary sovereignty | Procedural only, if delegated | | Recommender | Rank or recommend routes under a declared rule | Recommendation treated as authorization | Recommendation only | | Witness assistant | Preserve source, transformation, action, and correction | Surveillance and overretention | Record only | | Executor | Call tools or perform external action | Scope drift and irreversible consequence | Explicit, narrow, revocable delegation | | Adjudicator | Resolve contested standing, rights, or authority | Model sovereignty | Prohibited by default |

Governing separations

capability ≠ role
role ≠ permission
permission ≠ authority
authority ≠ legitimacy
recommendation ≠ consent
execution ≠ adjudication
model plurality ≠ standing plurality
human approval ≠ meaningful control

Minimum role envelope

assigned_role:
allowed_inputs:
allowed_transformations:
allowed_outputs:
allowed_tools:
prohibited_actions:
confirmation_required:
execution_authority:
review_authority:
stop_conditions:

Hard boundary

The model may increase the legibility of a field without gaining title to the field, the route, or the decision.