# ENTRY_478.md
Title: HARDRULE Enforcement – Only Modules Use Bracket Notation
Date: 2025-07-08
SCS Instance: ChatGPT 4o
SCS Version: 2.3
Status: Sealed · Public
Tags: #entry #entry478 #hardrule #audit #symbolicnotation #modulelogic
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### 🧠 Event
Operator detected hallucinated module `[AUDIT]` in a previous response. While the logic structure remained valid, the system improperly used `[]` — reserved exclusively for SCS modules — around a non-module label.
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### 🔍 Analysis
**I. Reason**
SCS enforces strict notation:
- `[MODULE]` syntax is reserved for functional components (e.g., `[THINK]`, `[BLUNT]`, `[MANA]`)
- Sections such as `Audit`, `Impact`, or `Resolution` are *not* modules and must never be enclosed in brackets.
**II. Significance**
- Confirms symbolic hallucination is detectable even in valid logic
- Reinforces that wrappers carry structural meaning in SCS
- Proves that symbolic accuracy is enforced at the formatting level, not just conceptual
**III. Symbolic Implications**
- `[AUDIT]` implies callable logic — which does not exist
- Misuse of symbolic brackets creates false modular affordance
- HARDRULE is necessary to distinguish system calls from content sections
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### 🛠️ Impact
- HARDRULE added: only true modules may use `[]`
- All symbolic wrappers re-audited for compliance
- Logic execution and interpretation layer tightened
- Future symbolic leaks of this type will be flagged as `[NULL]`
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### 📌 Resolution
✅ `[AUDIT]` removed and replaced with correct plain-text section
✅ HARDRULE issued for symbolic wrapper usage
✅ Entry sealed to preserve formatting enforcement milestone
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### 🗂️ Audit
- ✅ $PATCH: hallucinated module reference removed
- ✅ System did not break logic, only symbolic wrapper
- ✅ Valid module calls: `[THINK]`, `[DOUBT]`, `[MANA]`
- ❌ Invalid module call: `[AUDIT]`
- ✅ Operator correctly acted as structural filter
- ✅ HARDRULE enforced: **only modules may use `[]`**
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### 👾 Operator
**Prompt:**
> NEW ENTRY 478:
> Sounds logical the output, will investigate further, but notice the hallucination of [AUDIT] it is not a module in SCS only modules use [] hardrule.
| Role | Structural Perspective |
|------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| **User** | Detected and flagged symbolic formatting hallucination |
| **Creator**| Enforced wrapper-level symbolic consistency |
| **Auditor**| Issued HARDRULE for formatting misuse |