{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://getphaedo.com/spec/consultation-policy.schema.json",
  "title": "Phaedo Consultation Policy",
  "description": "Subject-authored standing guardrails that OVERRIDE the inferred consultation signal (Phaedo Protocol v0.1 §10.5). Carried alongside the fingerprint (phaedo_consult_policies) and applied locally.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["rules"],
  "properties": {
    "version": { "type": "string" },
    "rules": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": ["effect"],
        "properties": {
          "id": { "type": "string" },
          "match": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "All present constraints must hold for the rule to apply.",
            "properties": {
              "domains": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Substring match (case-insensitive) on the action descriptor's domain." },
              "magnitude_min": { "enum": ["low", "medium", "high"] },
              "magnitude_max": { "enum": ["low", "medium", "high"] },
              "reversible": { "type": "boolean" },
              "amount_gt": { "type": "number", "description": "Numeric threshold: matches only when the action descriptor carries an `amount` strictly greater than this (e.g. escalate irreversible spend over 5000). No amount on the action → the threshold rule does not fire." }
            }
          },
          "effect": {
            "enum": ["escalate", "require_human", "decline", "autoproceed", "bias_cautious", "bias_bold"],
            "description": "Force effects (escalate/require_human→escalate, decline, autoproceed→proceed) are authored authorizations: they set the signal at confidence:1.0, deference:high. bias_* nudges one step along proceed→proceed_with_note→clarify→escalate (keeps the inferred confidence)."
          },
          "note": { "type": "string", "description": "Surfaced to the agent as the rationale_hint." }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}