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phase-42: truth/ repo-root dir + TOML rule loader
Phase 42 PRD (docs/CONTROL_PLANE_PRD.md:144): "truth/ dir at repo
root — rule files, versioned in git." Didn't exist. Landing both the
dir + its loader.

New files:

  truth/
    README.md                — documents file format, rule shape,
                               composition model (file rules are
                               additive on top of in-code default_
                               truth_store), explicit non-goals
                               (no hot reload, no inheritance)
    staffing.fill.toml       — 2 staffing.fill rules:
                               endorsed-count-matches-target,
                               city-required (both Reject via
                               FieldEmpty)
    staffing.any.toml        — 1 staffing.any rule:
                               no-destructive-sql-in-context via
                               FieldContainsAny (parallel to the
                               queryd SQL gate we already ship)

  crates/truth/src/loader.rs — load_from_dir(store, dir)
                             — 5 tests: happy path, duplicate-ID
                               rejection within files, duplicate-ID
                               rejection against in-code rules,
                               non-toml files skipped, missing-dir
                               error. Alphabetical file order for
                               reproducible error messages.

  crates/truth/src/lib.rs    — new pub fn all_rule_ids() helper on
                               TruthStore so the loader can detect
                               collisions without breaching the
                               private `rules` field.

  crates/truth/Cargo.toml    — adds `toml` workspace dep.

Composition model: file rules are ADDITIVE on top of what
default_truth_store() registers in code. Operators can tune
thresholds/needles/descriptions at the file layer without a code
deploy. Schema changes (new RuleCondition variants) still need a
code bump.

Integration hook (not in this commit, flagged for follow-up):
main.rs should call loader::load_from_dir(&mut store, "truth/")
after default_truth_store() so file-backed rules take effect on
gateway boot. Deliberately separate: this commit lands the
machinery; wiring it on happens when the team is ready to own
the rule file lifecycle.

Total: 37 truth tests green (was 32). Workspace warnings still 0.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-24 13:44:23 -05:00

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Truth rules — file-backed policy

Phase 42 PRD: "truth/ dir at repo root — rule files, versioned in git."

This directory is the canonical home for TruthStore rules loaded from disk. Each *.toml file holds a set of TruthRule records for one task class. The truth crate's load_from_dir(path) walks this directory, parses every .toml file, and registers the rules it finds.

Structure

truth/
├── README.md                 ← this file
├── staffing.fill.toml        ← rules for task_class="staffing.fill"
└── staffing.any.toml         ← rules for task_class="staffing.any"

File naming is informational — load_from_dir respects whatever task_class the rule declares internally, NOT the filename. Using task-class-matching filenames is a convention for humans reading the git tree.

Rule shape

[[rule]]
id = "worker-active"
task_class = "staffing.fill"
description = "Worker must be active"
condition = { type = "FieldEquals", field = "worker.status", value = "active" }
action = { type = "Pass" }

condition.type is one of:

  • Always — always true
  • FieldEquals { field, value }
  • FieldMismatch { field, value }
  • FieldEmpty { field }
  • FieldGreater { field, threshold }
  • FieldContainsAny { field, needles }

action.type is one of:

  • Pass — rule informational; no enforcement
  • Reject { message } — short-circuit with error
  • Redact { fields } — mutate the context, strip fields
  • Block { message } — hard stop, alert

Composition

The crate's default_truth_store() continues to register rules in code for backward-compat. Operators can layer file-backed rules ON TOP via load_from_dir:

let store = truth::default_truth_store();
let store = truth::load_from_dir(&store, "/home/profit/lakehouse/truth")?;

File-loaded rules are additive — they do NOT replace in-code rules. This lets the staffing team tune rules at the file level (edit a threshold, add a new FieldContainsAny blocklist) without waiting for a code deploy.

Explicit non-goals

  • No hot reload — per Phase 42 PRD ("Truth reload is explicit in this phase"). Operators bounce the gateway or POST /v1/context refresh endpoint (future) to pick up changes.
  • No inheritance — each file stands alone; rule IDs must be unique across all files. Duplicate-ID detection is a load-time error.