Inquiry / Crucible — one bounded evidence and review workflow #39

Planning representation replaced — 6 November 2026. The accepted Investigation and software-change applications outcome is retained in #62. Reopen one bounded task when selected. This closure does not mean the capability is complete or cancelled. The original scope and evidence below remain preserved; current selected work starts at #52.

Turn one consequential question into an attributed decision dossier with independent review and visible uncertainty.

Starting point: The documented method is Designed; there is no registered Crucible workflow. The first implementation can execute serially with isolated first-round Contexts.

First working slice

• Admit a question, owner, evidence packet, acceptance criteria and shared budget; run Explore and an independent evidence-sufficiency check.
• Register a small pinned workflow: two distinct advocate Postures, actual second-round rebuttals, and a separate Lead synthesis.
• Retain source references, strongest objections, concessions and dissent; prove budget exhaustion or a missing reply yields explicit non-completion.
• Return an inert dossier; downstream work uses its own authority and required consent.

Connections: Uses #29 workflow registration, #5 Agents, #23 artifacts, #33 evaluation and #36 observability.

Later: Parallel execution after its Graph contract exists, larger review topologies and evaluated strategy changes.

References: ADR 28 · Creation / Inquiry · Crucible.

Contribution entry: Register the serial workflow or provide bounded independent-review fixtures.
Open decision: Choose one question class and dossier schema; parallel execution is later.
Verification: Deterministic role/context isolation and budget/missing-reply tests. Shared contribution and touched-docs rules: #52.