REASONING GOVERNANCE

Solva — reasoning that refuses to fabricate.

The layer between the model and any workflow that produces a consequential decision. Solva structures every response through a discipline that survives audit — and declines to invent when the evidence is thin.

The model refused. That's the feature.
SECTION 01 — METHOD

Five layers of interrogation.

Every output passes through five sequential checks. A failure at any layer is surfaced — not hidden behind confident prose.

  1. 01 — GROUNDING
    Grounding.
    Does the claim trace to retrieved source material? If no source, no claim.
  2. 02 — CONSISTENCY
    Consistency.
    Does the claim contradict other retrieved material or prior turns? Conflicts are surfaced, not resolved silently.
  3. 03 — SPECIFICITY
    Specificity.
    Is the claim specific enough to be wrong? Vague answers fail. Confidence requires falsifiability.
  4. 04 — PROVENANCE
    Provenance.
    Can the user see the source? Every claim ships with the citation that grounds it.
  5. 05 — REFUSAL
    Refusal.
    If the layers above cannot be satisfied, the model says so. Refusal is a first-class output.
SECTION 02 — FAILURE MODES

What it catches.

MODE 01

Hallucination

The model invents content that has no source. Solva refuses claims that cannot be grounded in retrieved material.

MODE 02

Fabrication

The model invents specific facts — names, dates, figures — that appear authoritative. Solva forces every specific to carry provenance or be removed.

MODE 03

Sycophancy

The model tells the user what it thinks they want to hear. Solva penalises agreement that contradicts retrieved evidence.

MODE 04

Drift

The model's behavior shifts across turns or contexts. Solva re-anchors each interaction against the original grounding.

SECTION 03 — ENGAGEMENT

Two ways to engage.