Determinism and the enforcement boundary

Where model judgement ends and rules decide.

Cogna8 uses models where they help, to extract and classify information, and rules where trust matters, to decide. The enforcement boundary is the line between the two.

Enforcement boundaryExtractClassifyMatch keysConflictsPolicyDecideRecordModel-assistedDeterministic rules
Models work left of the boundary. Decisions are made right of it, by rules.

Why this matters

PropertyWhat you get
ReplayableThe same state and policy version always give the same verdict
ExplainableReasons name the keys, conflicts and rules involved
AuditableA regulator can follow a decision without trusting a model
Last reviewed October 2026Suggest a change