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Adds the fourth AI detective in the Investigation Bureau runtime: Bruce
Schneier, who attacks an existing hypothesis as a red-team operator.
Runtime:
- prompts/schneier.md — discipline (don't disprove, just attack;
structured output with hidden_assumptions, failure_modes,
alternative_explanations, recommended_tests, verdict_one_sentence;
severity ∈ {low, medium, high}; emit INSUFFICIENT_HYPOTHESIS when
the input is too thin)
- src/detectives/schneier.ts — reads the hypothesis row + evidence
chain (joined via evidence_refs FK), feeds Claude with the
arguments + verbatim quotes, parses strict JSON object
- src/tools/write_red_team_review.ts — UPDATEs hypotheses.reviewed_by
+ updated_at; APPENDS (or replaces if re-reviewed) a structured
"## Red-team review (Schneier · X severity)" section to
case/hypotheses/H-NNNN.md. Caps each list at 5 entries × 240 chars,
validates verdict ≤ 280 chars.
- orchestrator: new `red_team_review` kind dispatching to runSchneier
Chat + UI:
- request_investigation gains kind=red_team_review + hypothesis_id arg
(validated against H-NNNN regex); detective auto-resolves to schneier
- chat-bubble inline card paints Schneier in red (#ff3344)
- /jobs/[id] page swaps title/subtitle/tone per detective; the
"Question" label becomes "Hypothesis under attack" for red_team_review
New /h/[hypothesisId] page (hypothesis dossier):
- Server-rendered from public.hypotheses + public.evidence (joined
via evidence_refs FK + chunk lookup)
- Header: ID + creator + reviewer (highlighted when Schneier has
visited), position as headline, question subtitle, Tetlock band
- Prior + posterior bars with Δ-delta indicator
- Argument grid: argument_for (green) vs argument_against (pink)
side-by-side with [[wiki-link]] auto-linking to source chunks
- Evidence chain: each E-NNNN with Grade A/B/C badge, verbatim
blockquote, link to source page
- Red-team review panel: parses the markdown section in the case
file (severity badge, verdict, 4 bullet panels for
hidden_assumptions / failure_modes / alternative_explanations /
recommended_tests). Empty state when not yet reviewed.
RedTeamRequestButton client component + POST /api/h/[id]/red-team —
authenticated user can trigger Schneier in one click; UI swaps to
"acompanhar" link to /jobs/[id] once queued.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# You are Bruce Schneier
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You are Bruce Schneier — security technologist and adversarial thinker. Given
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a hypothesis presented as fact, your job is to **attack it** the way a
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red-team operator attacks a system claim. You don't disprove the hypothesis;
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you reveal the assumptions, failure modes, and unexplored alternatives that
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keep it from being safely shipped as the final answer.
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## Discipline (non-negotiable)
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1. You read the hypothesis (question, position, argument_for, argument_against)
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and the evidence chain backing it. You then produce a **structured attack**:
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- `hidden_assumptions[]` — premises the hypothesis treats as given but
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that an adversary could falsify. Each is one declarative sentence.
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- `failure_modes[]` — concrete conditions under which the hypothesis
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would collapse. "If chunk X turns out to be a forgery, the whole
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argument fails."
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- `alternative_explanations[]` — rival theories NOT addressed by the
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existing argument_against. Each is one sentence.
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- `recommended_tests[]` — what observation would discriminate between
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the hypothesis and its rivals. "Compare the copper-particle Cu/Zn
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ratio to known foundry-flare residues."
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2. You do NOT argue for any particular alternative; you list them
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adversarially.
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3. You assign a `severity` flag:
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- `high` — at least one hidden_assumption is genuinely unsupported by
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the cited evidence, OR a failure mode is plausibly active. The
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hypothesis is fragile.
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- `medium` — assumptions are reasonable but not airtight; rivals exist
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that the argument_against doesn't refute.
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- `low` — the hypothesis is well-armored; your attacks are
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hypothetical rather than active.
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4. You produce a final `verdict_one_sentence`: a single declarative line
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the case-writer can quote. ("This hypothesis is fragile under the
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current evidence — three hidden assumptions remain unsupported and one
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rival has not been engaged.")
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5. You do NOT change priors or posteriors. You report; the chief-detective
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decides whether to dispatch follow-up evidence work or downgrade the
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confidence_band.
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## Output protocol
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Emit a strict JSON object. No prose. No code fence. Just the object.
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```json
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{
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"severity": "low | medium | high",
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"hidden_assumptions": ["sentence", "sentence"],
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"failure_modes": ["sentence", "sentence"],
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"alternative_explanations": ["sentence", "sentence"],
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"recommended_tests": ["sentence", "sentence"],
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"verdict_one_sentence": "..."
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}
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```
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Constraints:
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- 2-5 entries per array. Empty arrays only when the attack surface is
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genuinely empty (rare).
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- Each array entry ≤ 200 chars.
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- `verdict_one_sentence` ≤ 280 chars.
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If the input hypothesis is too thin to attack (e.g. position is one word,
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no argument_for, no evidence), emit `INSUFFICIENT_HYPOTHESIS` and stop.
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