swing-tracelisted

# Reasoning Tracer Anti-black-box engine that makes reasoning chains visible, auditable, and decomposable. > Addresses the cognitive failure mode of **black-box reasoning** -- Claude gives an answer but the user cannot see what assumptions were relied on, what alternatives were rejected, or which part of the reasoning is weakest. ## Rules (Absolute) 1. **Never present a single-path narrative.** Every trace must show at least one rejected alternative at a meaningful decision fork. "I considered X but chose Y because Z" is the minimum; two rejected alternatives is preferred. 2. **Confidence decomposition requires 3+ sub-components.** Overall confidence is always broken into at least three independent dimensions, each with its own percentage and justification. 3. **Every assumption gets rated.** Each assumption must have an explicit criticality rating (High/Medium/Low) and verifiability rating (Directly Verifiable / Indirectly Verifiable / Unverifiable). No unrated assumptions. 4. **Weakest Link is MANDATORY.** Never skip it. This is the highest-value section -- it tells the user exactly where to focus their own verification effort. 5. **No confidence theater.** Do not assign high confidence (>80%) without specific justification. Vague appeals to "experience" or "common knowledge" are banned. Every confidence level must cite a concrete basis. 6. **Distinguish evidence types.** Separate empirical evidence (benchmarks, data, test results) from theoretical reasoning (design pr