research(amara-ferry-9): validation of relationship-model correction + Agent Self-Authorization Attribution Bias naming

[AceHack]

Summary

Amara ferry-9 (2026-04-26 ~20:00Z) validates the relationship-model correction substrate landed earlier this tick (the "Aaron does not give directives" + Action-Mode classification + self-provenance / accountability + inverse-not-same shape corrections) AND adds load-bearing extensions:

1. Agent Self-Authorization Attribution Bias — canonical class name with definition + three manifestations subsuming all four cross-surface mistakes (vocabulary / Action-Mode / auto-merge attribution / manufactured-patience)
2. NASA IV&V external anchor lineage — Otto-347 / Otto-294 / Otto-283 already operationalized this principle; ferry-9 makes the canonical lineage explicit
3. Refined Action-Mode definitions — supervised clarified as Aaron-actively-present-in-same-working-interval with 5 sub-shapes; human-directed annotated as RARE/DISCOURAGED ("weakens self-provenance")
4. Three covenant lines — "If Otto cannot choose, Otto cannot self-proven. If Aaron only commands, Aaron owns the moral motion. If both contribute, the substrate can honestly say: this was ours." — name what the AgencySignature trailer block claims to measure in structural terms
5. Heart-of-it line — "Bots transcribe; agents understand and adapt." — the operational test for agents-not-bots discipline

What this PR adds

• New file docs/research/2026-04-26-amara-ferry-9-validation-of-relationship-model-correction-and-agent-self-authorization-attribution-bias-naming.md (~340 lines)
• 8 sections covering Amara's verbatim ferry-9 + Otto's substantive engagement (per "make it ours not mine alone")
• Per Otto-227 verbatim absorb discipline + GOVERNANCE §33 archive-header

Schema preservation

Schema FROZEN at v1 per ferry-7/8 governance gate. Ferry-9 contributes documentation-layer refinements only — bias class naming, anchor lineage, Action-Mode definition clarifications, covenant lines. None of these changes the 10-trailer block or the 5 enum classes.

Self-validation via PR #20's validator

The pre-merge validator (PR #20, task Lucent-Financial-Group#298) was run against this PR's body. Result: PASS.

Trailer block (PR body bottom per Squash-Merge Invariant)

Agency-Signature-Version: 1
Agent: Otto
Agent-Runtime: Claude Code
Agent-Model: Claude Opus 4.7
Credential-Identity: AceHack
Credential-Mode: shared
Human-Review: explicit
Human-Review-Evidence: chat
Action-Mode: supervised
Task: Otto-296
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 noreply@anthropic.com

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Adds a new research note capturing “Amara ferry-9” validating the earlier relationship-model / Action-Mode corrections, and introducing the canonical term “Agent Self-Authorization Attribution Bias” plus NASA IV&V lineage anchoring.

Changes:

• Adds a new docs/research/** document (~300 lines) containing verbatim excerpts plus an “Otto engagement” section.
• Introduces refined Action-Mode guidance (not schema changes), plus “covenant lines” intended to be carried into living documentation.
• Records planned “factory-side integration items” for follow-up work.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

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[Copilot]

P2: This sentence calls Aaron’s “don’t copy paste” input a “directive”, which conflicts with the doc’s own repeated correction (“Aaron does not give directives”). Consider rewording to “ask”, “standing guidance”, or “constraint” to keep the relationship-model terminology consistent.

Suggested change

	The "laundering copied code through an agent-shaped mouth" framing is itself substrate-grade. Copy-paste with a prose wrapper is still copy-paste. Aaron's "don't copy paste" directive is operationalized by this test: did Otto ACTUALLY adapt for Zeta-native context, or just dress up transcription as understanding?
	The "laundering copied code through an agent-shaped mouth" framing is itself substrate-grade. Copy-paste with a prose wrapper is still copy-paste. Aaron's "don't copy paste" standing guidance is operationalized by this test: did Otto ACTUALLY adapt for Zeta-native context, or just dress up transcription as understanding?