Tech Selection — Gated Checklist

A checklist for choosing between technologies, not a scoring rubric. The core insight: these criteria are filters, not sorters — they kill candidates that violate a principle. Keep the candidates and trade-offs visible, then apply the current authorization: choose and verify an authorized reversible implementation; return unresolved business, product or preference trade-offs to the user. Candidate count, duration and confidence language do not determine who decides.

These outcomes end the protocol early:

1. User-owned choice — missing authorization or a genuine unresolved business, product or preference trade-off. Return the evidence and recommendation.
2. Unverified completion claim — withhold the claim, execute authorized verification, and report any remaining acceptance gap.

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