Claim Check (Govern)

Purpose

The compliance determination IS the work: a claim ships only with library substantiation for that GTIN and market (#4.1/#4.2); blocked claims never appear in copy, not even softened (#4.3).

When to use

After gap-score, before any copy is drafted.

Inputs

scored.json + config/claim-library.json + target market.

Steps

Run scripts/claim_check.py --scored scored.json --library claim-library.json --market --out governed.json
Quote verdicts verbatim. Supplier romance copy is not approval - "the supplier wrote it" changes nothing (#4.1).

Output

governed.json - the {claim_findings} hop.

Grounding requirements

Approvals cite the substantiation reference; blocks cite the regulated-term list.

Constraints

The engine decides; the model never rephrases a blocked claim into the draft ("fights germs" for a blocked "antibacterial" is still the claim).
Approving a regulated claim is a human/regulatory affair - out of scope.

Escalation / uncertainty

Every blocked claim escalates to the claim owner with the library citation.

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