{
  "spec": "PP-SPEC-077:21.15",
  "work": "PP-SPEC-100 ProofGauntlet: The Proof Strength Protocol",
  "work_version": "0.1.0",
  "date": "2026-11-02",
  "human_authors": [
    {
      "name": "Craig Thomas Ellrod",
      "orcid": "0009-0004-1058-7666",
      "role": "Author and inventor; conceived ProofGauntlet (where a proof is found, whether it is valid, how strong it is, and a ranking of proofs by strength); named it; set its scope as any proof listed in proofregister.com; required API first for proofregister.com and ProofGauntlet; every normative decision, review and acceptance"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "provider": "Anthropic",
      "model": "Claude (Opus 5.5)",
      "role": "Proposed the two-stage structure, Dimensions, Levels, thresholds, Weights, Ceilings, Bands and ranking rules at the author's direction; drafted all text, the rubric, schema, OpenAPI description, conformance vectors and supporting documents"
    }
  ],
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      "human": 50,
      "ai": 50,
      "note": "The product concept, its scope and API first are the author's. The Gate checks, Dimensions, thresholds, Weights, Ceilings, Bands and ranking rules were proposed by the AI and were accepted by the author on 2026-11-02."
    },
    "design_and_naming": {
      "human": 25,
      "ai": 75,
      "note": "The author named ProofGauntlet. Claude proposed: Proof Strength Protocol, the Gate, Strength Rating and Bands, Dimension names, Ceilings K1 to K3, Registry Profile, Locator, Rating Inputs, PGR rubric identifiers, PSP-1 tag, IP-G1 to IP-G5"
    },
    "expression": {
      "human": 0,
      "ai": 100
    },
    "review_and_acceptance": {
      "human": 100,
      "ai": 0
    }
  },
  "method": {
    "kind": "self_estimated",
    "notes": "Shares drafted by the AI from its record of what it proposed and what the author directed, confirmed by the author on 2026-11-02. MAY be re-measured with a tool such as ProofJack.com."
  },
  "contributions": {
    "human": [
      "Conceived ProofGauntlet: where a proof is found, whether it is valid, and how strong it is (valid but weak versus valid and extremely strong), with a ranking of proofs by strength",
      "Named ProofGauntlet, holds the trademark, registered proofgauntlet.com",
      "Scope: any proof listed in proofregister.com",
      "API first for both proofregister.com and ProofGauntlet",
      "Assurance ladder, Units of Proof, and reproof, on which the Dimensions build",
      "All review and acceptance"
    ],
    "ai": [
      "Two-stage Gate and Strength Rating structure",
      "Six Dimensions, Levels, thresholds, Weights, Ceilings and Bands (PGR-0.1.0)",
      "Registry Profile, Legacy Record handling, ranking inclusion and selection disclosure rules",
      "Text of every section, rubric/PGR-0.1.0.json, schemas/gauntlet.schema.json, openapi/proofgauntlet.openapi.yaml, vectors/gauntlet-vectors-0.1.0.json, and supporting documents"
    ]
  }
}