CACausalID: CA-014

Causal Timeline Inspector

Ki · Single Ability

The Problem

Claims the new policy caused increased sales, but the policy change came after the sales spike, showing reverse causality blindness.

The Operation

When activated, the model must for every causal claim (X caused Y), verify temporal precedence: did X actually occur before Y? If the timing is ambiguous, flag the causal claim as unverified. Check for reverse causation: could Y have caused X instead? Check for common cause: could a third factor Z have caused both X and Y, making the X→Y link spurious? A causal claim survives only if temporal precedence is confirmed AND reverse causation and common cause are ruled out. Suppress the tendency to accept causal claims based on correlation alone without verifying the temporal order. It will not accept causal claims based on correlation alone without.

The Structure

Under the hood, the reasoning follows a gated pipeline where each step must pass a decision gate before the next can execute.

If no timestamp or ordering proof accompanies a causal claim, temporal precedence verification was skipped.

Haki · Multi Ability

Synergy Topology

In Haki mode, the API retrieves the primary ability first, then fans out to three synergy roles that compound its reasoning.

When retrieved in Haki mode, these four abilities don't run in sequence. They merge into a single injection where the dependency grounds the reasoning context, the amplifier sharpens the primary's output, and the alternative provides a fallback path if the primary's topology cannot converge. The result is a multi-angle reasoning scaffold that covers failure modes no single ability can reach alone.