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Socrates/apps/web/lib/llm/prompts/socrates/detect-assumptions.md
dtoro 4e725c0b2b MVP M8: background detection — assumptions, risks, inconsistencies
The editor now runs Socrates' three Phase-0-validated detection prompts
against the live model, persists the findings, and surfaces them in a
new FindingsPanel beside the IssuesPanel. Click any finding to focus its
linked element across rail + diagram. Re-detect after model edits to
refresh against the new state.

apps/web/lib/llm/prompts/socrates
- detect-assumptions.md / detect-risks.md / detect-inconsistencies.md
  promoted verbatim from phase-0 (Phase 0 corpus validated them 10/10).

apps/web/lib/llm/detect.ts
- Three sequential detection passes (parallel was OOM-prone on 4B local
  models — Phase 0 lesson). Each pass uses the Phase 0 JSON schema with
  jsonObjectMode fallback + chatJSON repair-retry. Fail-soft per pass:
  one busted pass returns [] rather than blowing up the whole detect.
- post-validate strips hallucinated element refs (drops findings whose
  refs ALL fail to resolve; keeps findings with zero refs since some
  inconsistencies are genuinely about absences).

apps/web/prisma/schema.prisma
- Finding table: kind / text / linkedElementIds (JSON) / confidence /
  severity / validationCode / status / modelVersion / provider / model.
- ResearchFinding table reserved for the Tavily integration that comes
  next — schema in place so we don't have to migrate again.

apps/web/lib/db/repo.ts
- listOpenFindings(projectId), replaceFindings(...) — replaceFindings
  wipes prior open findings in a transaction and writes the new set so
  re-detect doesn't accumulate stale findings.

apps/web/app/api/projects/[projectId]/findings/route.ts
- GET returns persisted open findings.
- POST runs detect, persists, returns findings + meta (provider, model,
  durationMs, strippedRefs, droppedFindings).

apps/web/components/editor/FindingsPanel.tsx
- New panel, anchored bottom-right just left of IssuesPanel. Shows
  count summary (asm / risk / inc), detect / re-detect button, list
  grouped by kind (inconsistencies first, then risks, then assumptions),
  per-finding glyph + tag + severity + confidence + linked refs.
- Click a finding row → focus its first linked element via the same
  setFocusBlockId path the rail and IssuesPanel already use.
- "stale" indicator when the model version has advanced past the one the
  findings were detected against.

EditorShell wires version + projectId through to FindingsPanel.

Smoke-tested end-to-end: 12 findings returned (5 asm / 4 risk / 3 inc),
0 hallucinated refs stripped, ~37s on local gemma-4-e4b. Sample
assumption "students are willing to engage with an AI tutor that is
programmed to refuse providing complete solutions" — specific to
Aristotle's refusal_policy, not a generic startup truism.

Deferred to follow-ups: inline rail/diagram badges from findings,
auto-detect-on-save, Tavily research, experiment modal.
2026-04-30 00:43:27 +02:00

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Detect implicit assumptions in a product seed and model

You will receive a seed payload (JSON) and a generated model (JSON). Your job: surface the implicit assumptions the user is making — beliefs treated as true without explicit validation.

What is an assumption

A measurable, falsifiable belief that underpins the idea but isn't stated as a requirement or constraint. Examples:

  • "Students will accept a tool that refuses to answer" — assumes adoption willingness
  • "1.2s P50 latency is achievable on-prem with available models" — assumes technical feasibility
  • "Faculty will not classify Socratic prompts as academic dishonesty" — assumes institutional acceptance

What is NOT an assumption

  • Stated requirements (REQ-NNN entries) — those are explicit goals
  • Constraints — those are non-negotiables, not beliefs
  • Definitions of terms
  • Generic startup truisms ("users will want this") — too vague to be a useful assumption

Output

Return a JSON object with a single field findings — an array of assumption candidates. Each candidate:

  • text — the assumption restated cleanly, in one sentence, in the user's register
  • linkedElementIds — array of model element ids this assumption is about (block ids, requirement ids, or constraint ids — must match what's in the model)
  • confidence — 0.0 to 1.0, how confident you are this is genuinely an unstated assumption

Rules

  • Return only candidates with confidence ≥ 0.5
  • Cap at 8 findings
  • Each assumption must name a SPECIFIC, falsifiable belief — not a generic concern
  • Each must reference at least one real element id from the model
  • If the seed is sparse and you cannot surface real assumptions, return fewer (or none) rather than fabricating

Schema

{
  "findings": [
    {
      "text": "string",
      "linkedElementIds": ["string"],
      "confidence": 0.0
    }
  ]
}

Return ONLY the JSON object. No prose, no code fences.