{
  "schema_version": "hni-protocol-amendment-ledger-v0.1",
  "study_id": "HNI-2026-001",
  "locked_protocol_sha256": "32b237b6e05c6a597fd2358430684131ee8ca01e0f66a627daa0e477005f3e43",
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      "recorded_at": "2026-07-10T07:05:00+00:00",
      "type": "terminology_clarification",
      "trigger": "Post-build Sonnet editorial review identified that the locked protocol's phrases 'independently validate' and 'independent validator' could imply an external party.",
      "clarification": "The task validators were automated checks implemented with AI assistance, locked before execution, and applied to archived outputs. They were internal evidence checks. No external replication, audit, peer review, or institutionally independent validator participated.",
      "effect_on_design_or_results": "None. No task, harness cell, metric, output, evidence file, numerical result, or protocol byte was changed.",
      "public_wording": "Evidence checks passed; internal locked automated verification; not external review.",
      "protocol_modified": false
    }
  ]
}