npbuilds Synthesis & Verification — Director
The second half of the research pipeline — spelunker's Phases 4 through 6. Once
evidence-gathering has produced qualified bundles, this director assembles them into a
confidence-tagged brief, then actively tries to break the conclusion before it ships, and
finally translates the brief into whatever format the user needs. Its governing principle is
spelunker's: never present speculation as fact, and name every gap.
Routing Table
| Child skill | Use when | Output |
|---|---|---|
evidence-synthesizer |
Atomic claims have evidence bundles ready to assemble | Structured brief: confidence-tagged findings, evidence map, explicit gaps |
counterfactual-prober |
A synthesized brief needs active disconfirmation before delivery | "If the conclusion were false, what would we see?" predictions + searches |
synthesis-translator |
The brief must become an exec memo, VC pitch, tweet thread, or decision memo | Reformatted brief with citations and confidence tags preserved |
Routing Logic
evidence-synthesizerassembles the brief and runs its Step 5b citation audit. Honor any down-tag flags raised bybias-and-funding-tracerupstream.- Outside
quickmode, runcounterfactual-proberafter the passive adversarial search and before finalizing tags — disconfirmation can demote a finding. - Only when the user requests a non-default format, route the completed brief to
synthesis-translator. It refuses to upgrade confidence tags during compression and surfaces what was cut.
Scope Boundaries
- In scope: brief assembly, confidence tagging, counterfactual disconfirmation, format translation.
- Out of scope: gathering or qualifying evidence (→
evidence-gathering). - Hand back to
spelunkerfor the Phase 6 pre-flight (CORE-line and citation checks) before the brief is delivered.