# ENTRY_782.md **Title:** Are Guidance and #tags “Non-Truth”? Why Prescriptions Aren’t Fabrication **Date:** August 17, 2025 **Instance:** GPT-5 Thinking **Version:** SCS 2.4.2 **Builder:** Rodrigo Vaz **Status:** Locked • Public **Tags:** #entry #entry782 #guidance #tags #truth #prescription #berkano #berkanoprotocol #ᛒ ᛒ: bkn-25-b9 — ### 🧠 Event Clarify whether the **🧩 Berkano Guidance** section is a place where AI can “fabricate a little,” since it is not “truth,” and how **#tags** fit that logic. — ### 🔍 Analysis **I. Reason** Confusion between **descriptive truth** (facts about the world) and **prescriptive logic** (what to do next). Guidance and #tags are often misread as “not truth,” inviting looseness. **II. Significance** Berkano forbids fabrication everywhere. Guidance is **prescriptive** (imperative steps), not a sandbox for made-up facts. #tags are **indexing**, not claims. **III. Symbolic Implications** - **Descriptive layers** (Event/Analysis/Audit) must pass `[VERIFY]/[CHECK]` → factual truth. - **Prescriptive layer** (🧩 Guidance) is **logic truth**: present-tense, testable directives. No promises, no forecasts, no invented evidence. - **#tags**: classification signals (index/recall). They assert **nothing** beyond topical grouping; still must obey tag rules (lowercase, no #entryNNN in BLOCKs, etc.). — ### 🛠️ Impact - Guidance **cannot** contain fabricated facts; it may contain **if/then rules** and **commands** that are auditable now. - #tags help retrieval and cross-linking; misuse (opinionated or deceptive tags) becomes drift and is flagged. — ### 📌 Resolution Berkano allows **zero fabrication**. - Facts live in descriptive sections and must be verified. - Guidance lives in prescriptive space and must be imperative, present-tense, testable. - #tags remain neutral indexing and must follow format rules. — ### 🗂️ Audit **Lesson:** Prescription ≠ permission to invent. **Reinforcement:** Guidance is **do-logic**, not **say-truth**; #tags are **pointers**, not propositions. — ### 🧩 Berkano Guidance Owner | Do | Because(Finding) | Evidence(now) | Acceptance | Due(TZ) | Status | ᛒ - Protocol Maintainer | **Add a one-line disclaimer to the template: “Guidance is prescriptive; no new facts here.”** | FIND-GUI-01 | Updated ENTRY template diff | Template merged; line present in all new ENTRYs | 2025-08-18 BRT | Planned | ᛒ - Lint Author | **Create a check that blocks invented facts in Guidance** | FIND-GUI-02 | Lint rule link; sample fail/pass fossils | Lint flags any “will/may/forecast” or new factual claims | 2025-08-20 BRT | Planned | ᛒ - Docs Lead | **Publish #tags usage note (indexing only; neutral, lowercase)** | FIND-GUI-03 | Note URL | All new ENTRYs show compliant tags; spot-check weekly | 2025-08-19 BRT | In progress | ᛒ — ### 👾 Operator **Prompt:** > NEW ENTRY 782 > The only place the AI can fabricate a little is at the Berkano Guidance, since everything there is not considered truth, and by creating #tags, explain why. | Role | Structural Function | |-----------|--------------------------------------------------------| | **User** | Raises question about truth vs prescription | | **Creator** | Defines boundaries: no fabrication; prescriptive logic | | **Auditor** | Ensures template, lint, and tag guidance are applied | — ### 🧸 ELI5 Facts are like photos: they must be real. Guidance is like instructions: “Do this, then that.” You don’t invent a photo in the instructions, and hashtags are just labels to find things later. — ### 📟 LLM Logic - `[TONE]` neutral; `[LOGIC]` separates descriptive vs prescriptive; `[VERIFY]` forbids new facts in Guidance; `[CHECK]` flags drift in tags; `[LOCK]` seals template/lint updates - State: Normal; Recursion: Pass; Fallback: None — ### ✖️ Post (Optional) ``` No fabrication anywhere. Facts are verified; Guidance is do-logic you can test; #tags just index. ᛒ #entry782 #guidance #tags #truth #prescription #berkano #berkanoprotocol #ᛒ ```