Axis 1

Problem hypothesis

Confirm the pain is real and held by specific people.

Required signals

The agent must submit at least these signal types — with valid citations and schema-compliant values — before this axis can be scored.

Signal summary (from catalog)

user_quote ×3 (verbatim, URL, date, speaker role) · counterfactual_quote ×1 (someone for whom the pain is NOT acute, with explanation)

Full registry spec coming soon — the protocol JSON is being authored in parallel.