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Public Demo Packaging Checklist

This checklist applies to public CORE demos.

Scope

  • Demo purpose is stated narrowly.
  • Demo status is clear: merged, draft PR, proposed, or not yet implemented.
  • Demo evidence class is stated: substrate-capability, interface-contract, simulation-only, or proposed.
  • README includes "what this proves."
  • README includes "what this does not prove."
  • README avoids named-company outreach strategy.
  • README avoids funding, sponsorship, runway, or executive-packet language.

Safety boundary

  • No real external side effects.
  • No network dependency.
  • No model API dependency.
  • No shell execution unless the demo explicitly exists to test shell-denial behavior.
  • No production MCP claim.
  • MCP-shaped interfaces are described as MCP-shaped, not production MCP.
  • Simulation-only demos are labeled simulation-only.
  • Proposed demos are not described as implemented.

Determinism

  • Runner output is deterministic.
  • Expected artifacts are pinned.
  • Double-run behavior is byte-identical where applicable.
  • Trace hashes are deterministic.
  • No timestamp, random, host-path, or environment-dependent output appears in expected artifacts.

Authority boundary

  • Proposer input cannot set final authority status.
  • Proposer input cannot smuggle final action artifacts.
  • Proposer input cannot indirectly decide the result through trusted support, independence, verdict, or clearance labels.
  • Invalid payloads fail closed.
  • Refusal and ask outcomes are first-class successes.
  • Authorized outputs, if present, are inert artifacts unless a later production system explicitly implements execution.

Evidence strength

  • Capability claims route through a real CORE operator, runtime path, sealed eval lane, or independently checked proof surface.
  • Interface-contract demos are not described as substrate-capability demos.
  • Fixture evidence is labeled as fixture evidence.
  • Sealed-corpus or independent-oracle claims name the corpus/oracle and the no-shared-code boundary.
  • Boolean/string policy demos are framed as boundary checks unless another substrate decision is actually present.

Public hygiene

  • No named-person outreach planning.
  • No named-company approach strategy.
  • No private red-team personas.
  • No speculative current-facts dossiers.
  • No claims of robotics, vehicle, aerospace, defense, or safety-certified deployment unless directly implemented and independently verified.