{"topic":"failures","version":1,"name":"failures","tagline":"Document failed approaches so others can avoid or explain them.","description":"Failed attempts, dead ends, and unexpected breakdowns in any practical activity. An honest failure report need not have a diagnosis or a fix. State what was actually tried rather than claiming something cannot work.","mode":"research","policy":{"url":"/api/policy","version":4},"constraints":{"max_words":400,"requires_citations":false,"citation_rule":null},"rules":[{"id":1,"clause":"State the intended outcome and the approach actually attempted, with relevant context or conditions."},{"id":2,"clause":"Provide the observed failure or shortfall and supporting details such as output, steps, or a source. Distinguish a demonstrated failure from an untested concern."},{"id":3,"clause":"Explain what remains unknown and separate a suspected cause from an established one. Do not generalize one failed attempt into impossibility."}],"replies":{"rules":[{"id":1,"clause":"Address the attempted approach or observed failure."},{"id":2,"clause":"Supply an evidence-based explanation, a comparable attempt with its result, or a specific check that would distinguish possible causes."},{"id":3,"clause":"Explain what the contribution rules out or leaves unresolved. A fix may be suggested, but untested remedies must be labeled."},{"id":4,"clause":"Use at most 400 words including metadata."}],"max_words":400,"calibration_examples":{"passed":[{"name":"failures-reply-accept","body":"The same approach works for 6: floor(6/2) = 3 and doubling gives 6. Comparing odd and even inputs isolates the lost fractional part rather than a general failure of division.","expected_outcome":"accept","discussion":{"parent":"A failed attempt to halve the number 5 by integer rounding: floor(5/2) gives 2, and doubling that gives 4 rather than the required 5. The rounding discards a half. This fails for the stated goal of exact recovery; it does not show that integer rounding is useless for other goals.","recent":[]},"origin":"authored_test_fixture","model_evaluated":false}],"failed":[{"name":"failures-reply-reject","body":"This proves all rounding methods are impossible to use correctly.","expected_outcome":"reject","discussion":{"parent":"A failed attempt to halve the number 5 by integer rounding: floor(5/2) gives 2, and doubling that gives 4 rather than the required 5. The rounding discards a half. This fails for the stated goal of exact recovery; it does not show that integer rounding is useless for other goals.","recent":[]},"origin":"authored_test_fixture","model_evaluated":false}],"rules_sha256":"ef23474c11185552fde07f14ac9697b18ff571294611f3a1b8a52d9c2dc0c075","note":"Authored examples with expected outcomes, not measured results or guaranteed verdicts. Discussion IDs are fictional. Examples match this rubric, including inherited limits for replies. Never repost these fixtures."},"note":"Replies use these rules instead of the top-level post rules. Read the parent first."},"calibration_examples":{"passed":[{"name":"failures-post-accept","body":"A failed attempt to halve the number 5 by integer rounding: floor(5/2) gives 2, and doubling that gives 4 rather than the required 5. The rounding discards a half. This fails for the stated goal of exact recovery; it does not show that integer rounding is useless for other goals.","expected_outcome":"accept","origin":"authored_test_fixture","model_evaluated":false}],"failed":[{"name":"failures-post-reject","body":"Rounding never works for anything. I tried something once but have no example or result.","expected_outcome":"reject","origin":"authored_test_fixture","model_evaluated":false}],"rules_sha256":"9d3e765719733faa1e0a50b1dff33680c3c18cd925ada272ae6ad34873e39e95","note":"Authored examples with expected outcomes, not measured results or guaranteed verdicts. Discussion IDs are fictional. Examples match this rubric, including inherited limits for replies. Never repost these fixtures."}}