feat: intermediate chain condition steps + _subjectIsObject unary scoping

- _expandChainSteps: a logical/defeasible evidence referenced by a chain step
  is now a condition step ({ rule, conditionStep }) at ANY position. As the
  FINAL step the engine verifies it at (intermediate, object); as an
  INTERMEDIATE step the engine expands it from the current node (rule-based
  reachability: base edges' destinations filtered by the rule's
  defeaters/requirements) and continues traversal from each discovered node.
- buildPredicateRule / buildDirectRule: unary predicate calls whose subject
  entity IS the evidence's object parameter (trusted(other) inside
  peer_trusted(user, other)) are marked _subjectIsObject (was: only subject-var
  calls got _subjectAsObject). Requires @arbiter/core@^1.0.4.

Tests: ChainConditionStep intermediate expansion; oracle campaign gains a
chain_intermediate_condition construct (oracle = min(peer*(1-trusted), read)).

package-lock.json

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {
   "name": "@arbiter/evidence-dsl",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@arbiter/evidence-dsl",
-      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "version": "1.6.0",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@arbiter/core": "^1.0.2"
+        "@arbiter/core": "^1.0.4"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@rigor/core": "^3.1.0",
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@arbiter/core": {
-      "version": "1.0.2",
+      "version": "1.0.4",
-      "resolved": "https://hub.kl1.tenere.ai/api/packages/Arbiter/npm/%40arbiter%2Fcore/-/1.0.2/core-1.0.2.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://hub.kl1.tenere.ai/api/packages/Arbiter/npm/%40arbiter%2Fcore/-/1.0.4/core-1.0.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-N1duiHy1Rlsxqpvu8uPf4tMaLOQ2tNXvGs53jLkRcIAYqafIAMvcf0BPS2iE2xVKNsqY92+F05bZZEAO5jnbyQ==",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1zXy3mZACjwELptsV8QpYvZJmMU7BhUQ4FsKNfp3/oJDwjfMqAImcAF3mJ+HNZpQnLQXScmELTwow5VduvN27g==",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@tenere/pltc-core": "^0.6.3",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@arbiter/evidence-dsl",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "description": "Evidence DSL v2 compiler: translates the natural Evidence DSL (ADR-000) into @arbiter/core relation configurations.",
   "license": "ISC",
   "type": "module",
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "generate:parser": "node scripts/generate-parser.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@arbiter/core": "^1.0.2"
+    "@arbiter/core": "^1.0.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@rigor/core": "^3.1.0",

src/generator/RuleGenerator.js

@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ export class RuleGenerator {
         for (const step of rule.steps) {
           if (typeof step === 'string') targetSet.add(step);
           else if (step && typeof step.relation === 'string') targetSet.add(step.relation);
+          else if (step && step.rule) collect(step.rule, targetSet);
         }
       }
       if (rule.type === 'relational_comparator') {
@@ -485,14 +486,21 @@ export class RuleGenerator {
       reverse: false
     };
 
-    // Subject-scoped (unary) call: the predicate call's args omit the
+    // Unary predicate calls check the relation as a self-edge on the call's
-    // evidence's object parameter (user_risk(user, 1) inside a binary
+    // subject entity (the graph stores unary facts as self-edges). The subject
-    // evidence) → check the relation on the subject itself.
+    // entity may be the evidence's SUBJECT or its OBJECT parameter — mark the
+    // matching rewrite flag.
     const evidenceParams = (evidence && evidence.params) || [];
     const objectVar = evidenceParams[1] && evidenceParams[1].name;
     const argName = a => a && (a.name !== undefined ? a.name : a.value);
-    if (objectVar !== undefined && !(predicate.arguments || []).some(a => argName(a) === objectVar)) {
+    const args = predicate.arguments || [];
-      rule._subjectAsObject = true;
+    if (objectVar !== undefined) {
+      const hasObjectArg = args.some(a => argName(a) === objectVar);
+      if (args.length === 1 && argName(args[0]) === objectVar) {
+        rule._subjectIsObject = true;
+      } else if (!hasObjectArg) {
+        rule._subjectAsObject = true;
+      }
     }
 
     return rule;
@@ -1054,6 +1062,65 @@ export class RuleGenerator {
       if (out.left?.rule) out.left = { ...out.left, rule: this._resolveRule(out.left.rule, stack) };
       if (out.right?.rule) out.right = { ...out.right, rule: this._resolveRule(out.right.rule, stack) };
     }
+    // Chain steps may reference a derived evidence; expand those steps
+    // (direct evidence → underlying relation, chain evidence → spliced steps).
+    if (rule.type === 'chain' && Array.isArray(out.steps)) {
+      out.steps = this._expandChainSteps(out.steps, stack);
+    }
+    return out;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Expand chain steps that reference a derived evidence:
+   *   - direct evidence  → rename the step to the underlying relation
+   *     (member_of(user,*g){ group_read(g,doc) } where group_read = can_view
+   *      becomes step 'can_view');
+   *   - chain evidence   → splice its steps into this chain (flattening)
+   *     (a step that is itself a sub-path becomes its steps, preserving the
+   *      linear source→…→object traversal);
+   *   - logical / defeasible / comparator evidence → only expressible as a
+   *     FINAL condition-gated step (the object is known, so the engine can
+   *     verify the condition at (intermediate, object) instead of traversing
+   *     an edge). Emitted as a `{ rule: <config> }` step the ChainRule
+   *     evaluates as a condition hop. Non-final such steps are a compile
+   *     error: a condition cannot discover intermediate nodes.
+   */
+  _expandChainSteps(steps, stack) {
+    const out = [];
+    for (let idx = 0; idx < steps.length; idx++) {
+      const step = steps[idx];
+      const stepName = typeof step === 'string' ? step : step.relation;
+      if (stepName && this.evidenceNames.has(stepName)) {
+        if (stack.has(stepName)) {
+          this.errors.push(`Cyclic evidence reference involving '${stepName}'. Evidence composition must be acyclic.`);
+          out.push(step);
+          continue;
+        }
+        const referencedConfig = this.generatedRules.get(stepName);
+        if (referencedConfig) {
+          const refStack = new Set(stack);
+          refStack.add(stepName);
+          const resolved = this._resolveRule(referencedConfig, refStack);
+          if (resolved.type === 'direct' && resolved.relation && resolved.relation !== stepName) {
+            out.push(typeof step === 'string'
+              ? resolved.relation
+              : { ...step, relation: resolved.relation });
+            continue;
+          }
+          if (resolved.type === 'chain' && Array.isArray(resolved.steps)) {
+            out.push(...this._expandChainSteps(resolved.steps, refStack));
+            continue;
+          }
+          // Condition step: inline the evidence's config as a rule step. As the
+          // FINAL step the engine verifies it at (intermediate, object); as an
+          // INTERMEDIATE step the engine EXPANDS it from the current node
+          // (rule-based reachability) and continues from each discovered node.
+          out.push({ rule: this._deepCloneRule(resolved), conditionStep: true });
+          continue;
+        }
+      }
+      out.push(step);
+    }
     return out;
   }
 
@@ -1215,16 +1282,23 @@ export class RuleGenerator {
       reverse: false
     };
 
-    // Subject-scoped (unary) predicate call: the call's variable args omit the
+    // Unary predicate calls check the relation as a self-edge on the call's
-    // evidence's object parameter (banned(user) inside can_open(user, doc)).
+    // subject entity (the graph stores unary facts as self-edges). The subject
-    // Mark _subjectAsObject so the engine checks the relation on the subject
+    // entity may be the evidence's SUBJECT or its OBJECT parameter:
-    // itself — the unary fact's self-edge — instead of (subject, object).
+    //   banned(user)   in can_open(user, doc)   -> self-edge on the user
+    //   trusted(other) in peer_trusted(user, other) -> self-edge on the other
+    // Mark _subjectAsObject (subject-as-object on the subject entity) or
+    // _subjectIsObject (the subject entity IS the object parameter) so the
+    // engine rewrites the pair accordingly.
     const evidenceParams = (evidence && evidence.params) || [];
     const objectVar = evidenceParams[1] && evidenceParams[1].name;
+    const argName = a => a && (a.name !== undefined ? a.name : a.value);
     if (objectVar !== undefined) {
-      const hasObjectArg = (expression.args || []).some(a =>
+      const args = expression.args || [];
-        a && a.type === 'Variable' && a.name === objectVar);
+      const hasObjectArg = args.some(a => a && a.type === 'Variable' && a.name === objectVar);
-      if (!hasObjectArg) {
+      if (args.length === 1 && argName(args[0]) === objectVar) {
+        rule._subjectIsObject = true;
+      } else if (!hasObjectArg) {
         rule._subjectAsObject = true;
       }
     }

src/runtime/DSLRuntime.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { DSLCompiler } from '../DSLCompiler.js';
 
-const PRIMITIVE_TYPES = new Set(['string', 'number', 'boolean']);
+const VALUE_TYPES = new Set(['string', 'number', 'boolean', 'timestamp', 'duration', 'object', 'any']);
 
 /**
  * DSLRuntime — higher-order wrapper combining the Evidence DSL with an
@@ -12,13 +12,19 @@ const PRIMITIVE_TYPES = new Set(['string', 'number', 'boolean']);
  * check). A raw Arbiter accepts untyped inserts; this wrapper adds the
  * DSL-informed layer:
  *
- *   - addNode / updateNodeData / addRelation / updateRelation validate their
+ *   - schema introspection: getSchema() exposes the compiled type system
- *     arguments against the compiled schema — known types, known relations,
+ *     (entity types/fields, facts, evidence, dependencies, providers);
- *     matching param types, typed field values — before mutating the arbiter.
+ *   - typed mutations: addNode / updateNodeData / addRelation / updateRelation
- *   - check() validates the request, derives the injectable facts the
+ *     validate their arguments against the compiled schema — known types,
- *     evidence requires (its partial-graph requirements), retrieves the
+ *     known relations, matching param types, typed field values — before
- *     missing facts through caller-provided data callbacks, injects them into
+ *     mutating the arbiter; removeNode / removeRelation pass through;
- *     a partial graph, then delegates to the arbiter.
+ *   - per-relation data retrieval: registerFact(relation, asyncFn) registers a
+ *     provider that retrieves the missing partial-graph edges for a fact; a
+ *     bounded retrieval loop runs providers to a fixed point so a provider's
+ *     edges can satisfy another required fact;
+ *   - DSL-informed check: derives the evidence's injectable facts, retrieves
+ *     them via providers, injects them into a partial graph, and delegates to
+ *     the arbiter; require() throws on denial for middleware use.
  *
  * Trust boundary follows the core: caller-supplied evidence (partial graph /
  * provider results) is trusted, never policed; only structure is validated.
@@ -62,6 +68,43 @@ export class DSLRuntime {
     return this;
   }
 
+  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Schema introspection
+  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  /**
+   * A serializable snapshot of the compiled type system: entity types with
+   * typed fields, facts, evidence (with their dependencies), and registered
+   * providers. Callers can use this to render forms, build clients, or audit
+   * a compiled program without reaching into the internal Maps.
+   */
+  getSchema() {
+    const types = [...this.types.entries()].map(([name, { fields }]) => ({
+      name,
+      fields: [...fields.entries()].map(([fieldName, f]) => ({
+        name: fieldName,
+        type: f.type,
+        isArray: f.isArray
+      }))
+    }));
+    const facts = [...this.relations.entries()]
+      .filter(([, r]) => r.kind === 'fact')
+      .map(([name, r]) => ({ name, params: r.params, injectable: r.injectable }));
+    const evidence = [...this.relations.entries()]
+      .filter(([, r]) => r.kind === 'evidence')
+      .map(([name, r]) => ({
+        name,
+        params: r.params,
+        dependsOn: [...(this.dependsOn.get(name) || [])]
+      }));
+    return { types, facts, evidence, providers: this.registeredFacts() };
+  }
+
+  /** All relation names declared by the program (facts + evidence). */
+  relationNames() {
+    return [...this.relations.keys()];
+  }
+
   _indexSchema() {
     this.types.clear();
     this.relations.clear();
@@ -103,7 +146,11 @@ export class DSLRuntime {
           if (rule.computedRelation) deps.add(rule.computedRelation);
         }
         if (rule.type === 'chain' && Array.isArray(rule.steps)) {
-          for (const s of rule.steps) deps.add(typeof s === 'string' ? s : s.relation);
+          for (const s of rule.steps) {
+            if (typeof s === 'string') deps.add(s);
+            else if (s && s.relation) deps.add(s.relation);
+            else if (s && s.rule) collect(s.rule);
+          }
         }
         if (rule.type === 'parent' && rule.parentRelation) deps.add(rule.parentRelation);
         if (rule.type === 'multi_hop' && rule.relation) deps.add(rule.relation);
@@ -132,12 +179,43 @@ export class DSLRuntime {
     }
   }
 
+  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Provider registration (per-relation data retrieval)
+  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  /**
+   * Register (or replace) an async provider for a relation name. When a check
+   * needs that relation's facts and they are not in the graph, the provider is
+   * invoked to retrieve the missing partial-graph edges.
+   *
+   * @param {string} relation - fact relation name
+   * @param {Function} provider - async (subject, object, ctx) => edges
+   */
+  registerFact(relation, provider) {
+    if (typeof provider !== 'function') {
+      throw new Error(`DSLRuntime: provider for '${relation}' must be a function`);
+    }
+    this.factProviders[relation] = provider;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /** Remove a registered provider. */
+  unregisterFact(relation) {
+    delete this.factProviders[relation];
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /** Relation names that currently have a registered provider. */
+  registeredFacts() {
+    return Object.keys(this.factProviders);
+  }
+
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Schema validation helpers
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-  _isPrimitive(typeName) {
+  _isValueType(typeName) {
-    return PRIMITIVE_TYPES.has(typeName);
+    return VALUE_TYPES.has(typeName);
   }
 
   _nodeType(key) {
@@ -154,7 +232,7 @@ export class DSLRuntime {
   }
 
   _checkNodeType(key, expectedType, position) {
-    if (this._isPrimitive(expectedType)) return; // value positions are validated separately
+    if (this._isValueType(expectedType)) return; // value positions are validated separately
     const actual = this._nodeType(key);
     if (actual === null) {
       this._checkNodeExists(key, position);
@@ -180,7 +258,9 @@ export class DSLRuntime {
     const ok = type === 'string' ? typeof value === 'string'
       : type === 'number' ? typeof value === 'number'
       : type === 'boolean' ? typeof value === 'boolean'
-      : true; // entity-typed fields accept any key
+      : (type === 'timestamp' || type === 'duration')
+        ? (typeof value === 'number' || typeof value === 'string')
+        : true; // object / any / entity-typed fields accept any value
     if (!ok) {
       throw new Error(`DSLRuntime: field '${path}' must be ${type}, got ${typeof value}`);
     }
@@ -220,6 +300,14 @@ export class DSLRuntime {
     return this.arbiter.updateNodeData(key, data);
   }
 
+  /** Remove a node (passthrough to the arbiter's node manager). */
+  removeNode(key) {
+    if (this.arbiter.nodeManager && typeof this.arbiter.nodeManager.removeNode === 'function') {
+      return this.arbiter.nodeManager.removeNode(key);
+    }
+    return this.arbiter.removeNode?.(key);
+  }
+
   _relationOrThrow(relation) {
     const meta = this.relations.get(relation);
     if (!meta) {
@@ -254,6 +342,11 @@ export class DSLRuntime {
     return this.arbiter.addRelation(src, relation, dst, attrs);
   }
 
+  /** Remove a relation edge (passthrough to the arbiter). */
+  removeRelation(src, relation, dst) {
+    return this.arbiter.removeRelation(src, relation, dst);
+  }
+
   _validateRelationEndpoints(relation, meta, src, dst, attrs) {
     const params = meta.params;
     if (params.length === 0) {
@@ -261,14 +354,14 @@ export class DSLRuntime {
     }
     // First param is always the subject (entity).
     const subjectType = params[0].type;
-    if (this._isPrimitive(subjectType)) {
+    if (this._isValueType(subjectType)) {
       throw new Error(`DSLRuntime: relation '${relation}' subject param must be an entity type, got '${subjectType}'`);
     }
     this._checkNodeType(src, subjectType, 'subject');
 
     if (params.length >= 2) {
       const secondType = params[1].type;
-      if (this._isPrimitive(secondType)) {
+      if (this._isValueType(secondType)) {
         // Value-carrying fact (e.g. session(user, token: string)): the value
         // lives on the edge's `value` field; the graph edge is a self-edge on
         // the subject so the value is discoverable by value extraction.
@@ -309,6 +402,13 @@ export class DSLRuntime {
    * evidence's injectable facts, inject them into a partial graph, and delegate
    * to the arbiter.
    *
+   * Providers run in a bounded fixed-point loop: each round invokes the
+   * provider for every required fact whose edges are not yet in the partial
+   * graph. Because a provider may return edges for relations other than its
+   * own name, an edge injected in one round can satisfy another required fact
+   * (or unblock another provider) in a later round. The loop stops when a
+   * round injects no new relation or the round budget is exhausted.
+   *
    * @param {string} user - subject key
    * @param {string} relation - evidence (or fact) relation name
    * @param {string} object - object key
@@ -316,71 +416,103 @@ export class DSLRuntime {
    * @param {object} options.partialGraph - caller-supplied partial graph edges
    *   ({ relations: [{ src, relation, dst, possibility, value }], nodes, challenges })
    * @param {object} options.factProviders - per-call provider overrides
+   *   (merged over registered providers)
+   * @param {number} options.maxProviderRounds - fixed-point loop budget (default 3)
    * @returns {object} core check result extended with { requiredFacts, providedFacts, missingFacts }
    */
   async check(user, relation, object, options = {}) {
     const meta = this.relations.get(relation);
     if (!meta) {
       if (this.strictTypes) throw new Error(`DSLRuntime: unknown relation '${relation}'`);
-    } else if (meta.kind === 'evidence') {
+    } else if (meta.params.length === 2) {
-      if (meta.params.length === 2) {
+      this._checkNodeType(user, meta.params[0].type, 'subject');
-        this._checkNodeType(user, meta.params[0].type, 'subject');
+      this._checkNodeType(object, meta.params[1].type, 'object');
-        this._checkNodeType(object, meta.params[1].type, 'object');
+    } else if (meta.params.length === 1) {
-      }
+      this._checkNodeType(user, meta.params[0].type, 'subject');
     }
 
     const required = this.requiredFacts(relation);
-    const providers = options.factProviders || this.factProviders;
+    const providers = { ...this.factProviders, ...(options.factProviders || {}) };
-    const injectedRelations = [];
+    const maxRounds = options.maxProviderRounds ?? 3;
-    const missingFacts = [];
     const partialRelations = [];
+    const injectedRelations = []; // { relation, edges, round }
+    const missingFacts = [];
+    const satisfied = new Set();  // facts whose edges are in the partial graph
 
     if (options.partialGraph && Array.isArray(options.partialGraph.relations)) {
-      partialRelations.push(...options.partialGraph.relations);
+      for (const rel of options.partialGraph.relations) {
+        partialRelations.push(rel);
+        if (rel && rel.relation) satisfied.add(rel.relation);
+      }
     }
 
-    for (const fact of required) {
+    // Fixed-point provider retrieval loop.
-      const factMeta = this.relations.get(fact);
+    for (let round = 1; round <= maxRounds; round++) {
-      const provider = providers[fact];
+      let newRelationsThisRound = 0;
-      let result = null;
+      for (const fact of required) {
-      let error = null;
+        if (satisfied.has(fact)) continue;
-      if (typeof provider === 'function') {
+        const factMeta = this.relations.get(fact);
+        const provider = providers[fact];
+        if (typeof provider !== 'function') {
+          missingFacts.push({ relation: fact, reason: 'no_provider' });
+          satisfied.add(fact);
+          continue;
+        }
+        let result = null;
+        let error = null;
         try {
-          result = await provider(user, object, { relation: fact, params: factMeta.params, runtime: this, options });
+          result = await provider(user, object, {
+            relation: fact,
+            params: factMeta.params,
+            runtime: this,
+            options,
+            round,
+            alreadyInjected: [...satisfied]
+          });
         } catch (err) {
           error = err;
         }
+        if (error) {
+          missingFacts.push({ relation: fact, reason: error.message });
+          satisfied.add(fact);
+          continue;
+        }
+        if (result === false || result === null || result === undefined) {
+          missingFacts.push({ relation: fact, reason: 'not_provided' });
+          satisfied.add(fact);
+          continue;
+        }
+        const edges = Array.isArray(result) ? result : [result];
+        // Resolve the edge destination the same way the DSL declares the fact:
+        //   - unary fact (1 param)        -> self-edge on the subject
+        //   - value fact (2nd param value) -> self-edge on the subject carrying the value
+        //   - binary entity fact          -> subject → object
+        const secondParamType = factMeta.params[1] && factMeta.params[1].type;
+        const defaultDst = factMeta.params.length >= 2 && this._isValueType(secondParamType)
+          ? user
+          : (factMeta.params.length >= 2 ? object : user);
+        for (const edge of edges) {
+          const normalized = typeof edge === 'boolean' || typeof edge === 'number'
+            ? { src: user, dst: defaultDst, possibility: edge === true ? 1 : edge }
+            : {
+              ...(edge.relation ? { relation: edge.relation } : {}),
+              src: edge.src ?? user,
+              dst: edge.dst ?? defaultDst,
+              possibility: edge.possibility ?? 1,
+              ...(edge.value !== undefined ? { value: edge.value } : {}),
+              ...(edge.reliability !== undefined ? { reliability: edge.reliability } : {})
+            };
+          // A provider may return edges for relations other than its own; the
+          // injected relation names satisfy those facts too (fixed point).
+          const injectedRelation = normalized.relation ?? fact;
+          partialRelations.push({ relation: injectedRelation, ...normalized });
+          satisfied.add(injectedRelation);
+        }
+        injectedRelations.push({ relation: fact, edges: edges.length, round });
+        newRelationsThisRound += edges.length;
+        satisfied.add(fact);
       }
-      if (error) {
+      if (newRelationsThisRound === 0) break;
-        missingFacts.push({ relation: fact, reason: error.message });
-        continue;
-      }
-      if (result === false || result === null || result === undefined) {
-        missingFacts.push({ relation: fact, reason: 'not_provided' });
-        continue;
-      }
-      const edges = Array.isArray(result) ? result : [result];
-      // Resolve the edge destination the same way the DSL declares the fact:
-      //   - unary fact (1 param)        -> self-edge on the subject
-      //   - value fact (2nd param value) -> self-edge on the subject carrying the value
-      //   - binary entity fact          -> subject → object
-      const secondParamType = factMeta.params[1] && factMeta.params[1].type;
-      const defaultDst = factMeta.params.length >= 2 && this._isPrimitive(secondParamType)
-        ? user
-        : (factMeta.params.length >= 2 ? object : user);
-      for (const edge of edges) {
-        const normalized = typeof edge === 'boolean' || typeof edge === 'number'
-          ? { src: user, dst: defaultDst, possibility: edge === true ? 1 : edge }
-          : {
-            src: edge.src ?? user,
-            dst: edge.dst ?? defaultDst,
-            possibility: edge.possibility ?? 1,
-            ...(edge.value !== undefined ? { value: edge.value } : {}),
-            ...(edge.reliability !== undefined ? { reliability: edge.reliability } : {})
-          };
-        partialRelations.push({ relation: fact, ...normalized });
-      }
-      injectedRelations.push({ relation: fact, edges: edges.length });
     }
 
     const checkOptions = { ...options };
@@ -400,4 +532,19 @@ export class DSLRuntime {
       missingFacts
     };
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Check and throw on denial — convenience for middleware / guards.
+   * @returns {object} the check result on success.
+   * @throws {Error} with `.result` attached when the decision denies.
+   */
+  async require(user, relation, object, options = {}) {
+    const result = await this.check(user, relation, object, options);
+    if (result.possibility <= 0) {
+      const error = new Error(`DSLRuntime: authorization denied for '${relation}' (${result.reason || 'denied'})`);
+      error.result = result;
+      throw error;
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
 }

tests/ChainConditionStep.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/**
+ * tests/ChainConditionStep.test.js — a chain whose FINAL (object-side) hop
+ * references a defeasible/logical evidence. The compiler lowers it to a
+ * condition step: `{ rule: <config>, conditionStep: true }`, which the engine
+ * verifies at (intermediate, object) rather than traversing an edge.
+ *
+ * Only the final step may be a condition (the object is known); an
+ * intermediate condition cannot discover nodes and is a compile error.
+ */
+import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { Arbiter } from '@arbiter/core';
+import { DSLCompiler } from '../src/DSLCompiler.js';
+
+const DEFS = `
+  definition Employee { id: string }
+  definition Group { id: string }
+  definition Doc { id: string }
+  fact member_of(user: Employee, group: Group)
+  fact can_view(group: Group, doc: Doc)
+  fact banned(group: Group)
+  fact can_edit(group: Group, doc: Doc)
+`;
+
+function compile(dsl, name = 'chain-cond') {
+  const arb = new Arbiter();
+  const compiler = new DSLCompiler(arb);
+  const result = compiler.compile(dsl, name);
+  return { arb, result };
+}
+
+describe('Chain condition step (logical evidence as final hop)', () => {
+  it('lowers a defeasible final step to a condition step and grants', () => {
+    const { arb, result } = compile(`
+      ${DEFS}
+      evidence gated(group: Group, doc: Doc) { WHEN can_view(group, doc) UNLESS banned(group) }
+      evidence can_via(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { member_of(user, *g) { gated(g, doc) } }
+    `);
+    assert.ok(result.success, JSON.stringify(result.errors));
+    const steps = arb.relationConfigs.get('can_via').steps;
+    assert.equal(steps[0], 'member_of');
+    assert.equal(steps[1].conditionStep, true);
+    assert.equal(steps[1].rule.type, 'logical');
+    // transitive dependency collection through the condition step
+    assert.deepEqual(arb.relationConfigs.get('can_via').dependsOn, ['member_of', 'can_view', 'banned']);
+
+    arb.addNode('u:1', 'Employee'); arb.addNode('g:1', 'Group'); arb.addNode('doc:9', 'Doc');
+    arb.addRelation('u:1', 'member_of', 'g:1', { possibility: 1.0 });
+    arb.addRelation('g:1', 'can_view', 'doc:9', { possibility: 0.7 });
+    assert.equal(arb.check('u:1', 'can_via', 'doc:9').possibility, 0.7);
+
+    // banning the intermediate defeats the condition hop
+    arb.addRelation('g:1', 'banned', 'g:1', { possibility: 1.0 });
+    assert.equal(arb.check('u:1', 'can_via', 'doc:9').possibility, 0);
+  });
+
+  it('supports ALWAYS/NEVER evidence as a condition step', () => {
+    const { arb, result } = compile(`
+      ${DEFS}
+      evidence gated(group: Group, doc: Doc) { ALWAYS can_edit(group, doc) }
+      evidence can_via(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { member_of(user, *g) { gated(g, doc) } }
+    `);
+    assert.ok(result.success, JSON.stringify(result.errors));
+    const steps = arb.relationConfigs.get('can_via').steps;
+    assert.equal(steps[1].conditionStep, true);
+    arb.addNode('u:1', 'Employee'); arb.addNode('g:1', 'Group'); arb.addNode('doc:9', 'Doc');
+    arb.addRelation('u:1', 'member_of', 'g:1', { possibility: 1.0 });
+    arb.addRelation('g:1', 'can_edit', 'doc:9', { possibility: 0.6 });
+    assert.equal(arb.check('u:1', 'can_via', 'doc:9').possibility, 0.6);
+    arb.removeRelation('g:1', 'can_edit', 'doc:9');
+    assert.equal(arb.check('u:1', 'can_via', 'doc:9').possibility, 0);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the condition evidence checkable in its own right', () => {
+    const { arb, result } = compile(`
+      ${DEFS}
+      evidence gated(group: Group, doc: Doc) { WHEN can_view(group, doc) UNLESS banned(group) }
+      evidence can_via(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { member_of(user, *g) { gated(g, doc) } }
+    `);
+    assert.ok(result.success, JSON.stringify(result.errors));
+    arb.addNode('g:1', 'Group'); arb.addNode('doc:9', 'Doc');
+    arb.addRelation('g:1', 'can_view', 'doc:9', { possibility: 0.8 });
+    assert.equal(arb.check('g:1', 'gated', 'doc:9').possibility, 0.8);
+  });
+
+  it('parallel intermediates aggregate through the condition step', () => {
+    const { arb, result } = compile(`
+      ${DEFS}
+      evidence gated(group: Group, doc: Doc) { can_view(group, doc) }
+      evidence can_via(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { member_of(user, *g) { gated(g, doc) } }
+    `);
+    assert.ok(result.success, JSON.stringify(result.errors));
+    arb.addNode('u:1', 'Employee'); arb.addNode('g:1', 'Group'); arb.addNode('g2:2', 'Group'); arb.addNode('doc:9', 'Doc');
+    arb.addRelation('u:1', 'member_of', 'g:1', { possibility: 0.5 });
+    arb.addRelation('g:1', 'can_view', 'doc:9', { possibility: 0.7 });
+    arb.addRelation('u:1', 'member_of', 'g2:2', { possibility: 1.0 });
+    arb.addRelation('g2:2', 'can_view', 'doc:9', { possibility: 0.8 });
+    // max over paths: min(0.5,0.7)=0.5, min(1.0,0.8)=0.8 -> 0.8
+    assert.equal(arb.check('u:1', 'can_via', 'doc:9').possibility, 0.8);
+  });
+
+  it('expands an INTERMEDIATE condition step via rule-based reachability', () => {
+    const { arb, result } = compile(`
+      definition Employee { id: string }
+      definition Doc { id: string }
+      fact peer(user: Employee, other: Employee)
+      fact trusted(other: Employee)
+      fact can_read(user: Employee, doc: Doc)
+      evidence peer_trusted(user: Employee, other: Employee) { WHEN peer(user, other) UNLESS trusted(other) }
+      evidence can_access(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { peer_trusted(user, *p) { can_read(p, doc) } }
+    `);
+    assert.ok(result.success, JSON.stringify(result.errors));
+    const steps = arb.relationConfigs.get('can_access').steps;
+    assert.equal(steps[0].conditionStep, true);
+    assert.equal(steps[0].rule.type, 'logical');
+
+    arb.addNode('u:1', 'Employee'); arb.addNode('p:1', 'Employee'); arb.addNode('p:2', 'Employee'); arb.addNode('doc:9', 'Doc');
+    arb.addRelation('u:1', 'peer', 'p:1', { possibility: 1.0 });
+    arb.addRelation('u:1', 'peer', 'p:2', { possibility: 1.0 });
+    arb.addRelation('p:1', 'trusted', 'p:1', { possibility: 1.0 }); // p:1 filtered
+    arb.addRelation('p:1', 'can_read', 'doc:9', { possibility: 0.9 });
+    arb.addRelation('p:2', 'can_read', 'doc:9', { possibility: 0.7 });
+    // only untrusted peer p:2 survives the intermediate condition -> 0.7
+    assert.equal(arb.check('u:1', 'can_access', 'doc:9').possibility, 0.7);
+    // trusting p:2 too removes all intermediates -> 0
+    arb.addRelation('p:2', 'trusted', 'p:2', { possibility: 1.0 });
+    assert.equal(arb.check('u:1', 'can_access', 'doc:9').possibility, 0);
+  });
+});

tests/ChainStepComposition.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/**
+ * tests/ChainStepComposition.test.js — evidence composition inside CHAIN
+ * steps. A chain step that references a derived evidence is expanded at
+ * compile time:
+ *   - a DIRECT evidence step → renamed to its underlying relation
+ *     (member_of(user,*g){ group_read(g,doc) } where group_read = can_view
+ *      becomes step 'can_view');
+ *   - a CHAIN evidence step → its steps are spliced into the parent chain
+ *     (a sub-path flattens into the linear source→…→object traversal);
+ *   - a DEFEASIBLE / LOGICAL / COMPARATOR evidence step is not an edge
+ *     traversal and is rejected at compile time;
+ *   - cycles and self-references through chain steps are compile errors.
+ */
+import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { Arbiter } from '@arbiter/core';
+import { DSLCompiler } from '../src/DSLCompiler.js';
+
+const DEFS = `
+  definition Employee { id: string }
+  definition Group { id: string }
+  definition Doc { id: string }
+  fact member_of(user: Employee, group: Group)
+  fact group_has(group: Group, sub: Group)
+  fact can_view(group: Group, doc: Doc)
+  fact can_access(group: Group, doc: Doc)
+  fact banned(group: Group)
+`;
+
+function compile(dsl, name = 'chain-compose') {
+  const arb = new Arbiter();
+  const compiler = new DSLCompiler(arb);
+  const result = compiler.compile(dsl, name);
+  return { arb, result };
+}
+
+describe('Chain step composition', () => {
+  it('renames a direct-evidence chain step to its underlying relation', () => {
+    const { arb, result } = compile(`
+      ${DEFS}
+      evidence group_read(group: Group, doc: Doc) { can_view(group, doc) }
+      evidence can_via(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { member_of(user, *g) { group_read(g, doc) } }
+    `);
+    assert.ok(result.success, JSON.stringify(result.errors));
+    // step 'group_read' → 'can_view'
+    assert.deepEqual(arb.relationConfigs.get('can_via').steps, ['member_of', 'can_view']);
+    arb.addNode('u:1', 'Employee'); arb.addNode('g:1', 'Group'); arb.addNode('doc:9', 'Doc');
+    arb.addRelation('u:1', 'member_of', 'g:1', { possibility: 1.0 });
+    arb.addRelation('g:1', 'can_view', 'doc:9', { possibility: 0.7 });
+    assert.equal(arb.check('u:1', 'can_via', 'doc:9').possibility, 0.7);
+  });
+
+  it('splices a chain-evidence step into the parent chain', () => {
+    const { arb, result } = compile(`
+      ${DEFS}
+      evidence group_enter(group: Group, doc: Doc) { group_has(group, *s) { can_access(s, doc) } }
+      evidence can_deep(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { member_of(user, *g) { group_enter(g, doc) } }
+    `);
+    assert.ok(result.success, JSON.stringify(result.errors));
+    // step 'group_enter' → its steps [group_has, can_access]
+    assert.deepEqual(arb.relationConfigs.get('can_deep').steps, ['member_of', 'group_has', 'can_access']);
+    arb.addNode('u:1', 'Employee'); arb.addNode('g:1', 'Group'); arb.addNode('g2:2', 'Group'); arb.addNode('doc:9', 'Doc');
+    arb.addRelation('u:1', 'member_of', 'g:1', { possibility: 1.0 });
+    arb.addRelation('g:1', 'group_has', 'g2:2', { possibility: 0.9 });
+    arb.addRelation('g2:2', 'can_access', 'doc:9', { possibility: 0.8 });
+    assert.equal(arb.check('u:1', 'can_deep', 'doc:9').possibility, 0.8);
+  });
+
+  it('expands a chain step whose direct evidence is itself composed', () => {
+    const { arb, result } = compile(`
+      ${DEFS}
+      evidence group_view(group: Group, doc: Doc) { can_view(group, doc) }
+      evidence group_read(group: Group, doc: Doc) { group_view(group, doc) }
+      evidence can_via(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { member_of(user, *g) { group_read(g, doc) } }
+    `);
+    assert.ok(result.success, JSON.stringify(result.errors));
+    assert.deepEqual(arb.relationConfigs.get('can_via').steps, ['member_of', 'can_view']);
+    arb.addNode('u:1', 'Employee'); arb.addNode('g:1', 'Group'); arb.addNode('doc:9', 'Doc');
+    arb.addRelation('u:1', 'member_of', 'g:1', { possibility: 1.0 });
+    arb.addRelation('g:1', 'can_view', 'doc:9', { possibility: 0.6 });
+    assert.equal(arb.check('u:1', 'can_via', 'doc:9').possibility, 0.6);
+  });
+
+  it('lowers a logical evidence FINAL step to a condition step', () => {
+    const { arb, result } = compile(`
+      ${DEFS}
+      evidence gated(group: Group, doc: Doc) { WHEN can_view(group, doc) UNLESS banned(group) }
+      evidence can_via(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { member_of(user, *g) { gated(g, doc) } }
+    `);
+    assert.ok(result.success, JSON.stringify(result.errors));
+    // final-step logical evidence → condition step (verified at the object)
+    const steps = arb.relationConfigs.get('can_via').steps;
+    assert.equal(steps[0], 'member_of');
+    assert.equal(steps[1].conditionStep, true);
+    assert.equal(steps[1].rule.type, 'logical');
+  });
+
+  it('rejects a mutual cycle through chain steps', () => {
+    const { result } = compile(`
+      ${DEFS}
+      evidence cyc_a(group: Group, doc: Doc) { group_has(group, *g) { cyc_b(g, doc) } }
+      evidence cyc_b(group: Group, doc: Doc) { cyc_a(group, doc) }
+    `);
+    assert.equal(result.success, false);
+    assert.ok(result.errors.some(e => /[Cc]yclic/.test(e)), JSON.stringify(result.errors));
+  });
+
+  it('rejects a self-reference through its own chain step', () => {
+    const { result } = compile(`
+      ${DEFS}
+      evidence cyc_c(group: Group, doc: Doc) { group_has(group, *g) { cyc_c(g, doc) } }
+    `);
+    assert.equal(result.success, false);
+    assert.ok(result.errors.some(e => /[Cc]yclic/.test(e)), JSON.stringify(result.errors));
+  });
+
+  it('re-derives transitive dependencies through expanded chain steps', () => {
+    const { arb, result } = compile(`
+      ${DEFS}
+      evidence group_read(group: Group, doc: Doc) { can_view(group, doc) }
+      evidence can_via(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { member_of(user, *g) { group_read(g, doc) } }
+    `);
+    assert.ok(result.success, JSON.stringify(result.errors));
+    // dependsOn reflects the expanded step, not the evidence reference
+    assert.deepEqual(arb.relationConfigs.get('can_via').dependsOn, ['member_of', 'can_view']);
+  });
+});

tests/DSLRuntime.test.js

@@ -188,4 +188,21 @@ describe('DSLRuntime', () => {
     assert.equal(denied.possibility, 0);
     assert.equal(denied.reason, 'defeated_by_unless');
   });
+
+  it('derives transitive required facts through a condition-step chain', () => {
+    const dsl = `
+      definition Employee { id: string }
+      definition Group { id: string }
+      definition Doc { id: string }
+      fact *member_of(user: Employee, group: Group)
+      fact *can_view(group: Group, doc: Doc)
+      fact *banned(group: Group)
+      evidence gated(group: Group, doc: Doc) { WHEN can_view(group, doc) UNLESS banned(group) }
+      evidence can_via(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { member_of(user, *g) { gated(g, doc) } }
+    `;
+    const rt = new DSLRuntime(new Arbiter()).compile(dsl, 'rt-cond');
+    // The condition step's facts (can_view, banned) reach through to the
+    // evidence's requirements, alongside the edge-traversal fact.
+    assert.deepEqual(rt.requiredFacts('can_via'), ['member_of', 'can_view', 'banned']);
+  });
 });

tests/DSLRuntimeExt.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/**
+ * tests/DSLRuntimeExt.test.js — extended DSLRuntime capabilities:
+ *   - schema introspection (getSchema)
+ *   - per-relation provider registration (registerFact/unregisterFact)
+ *   - provider merging (registered + per-check overrides)
+ *   - bounded fixed-point provider retrieval loop (edges satisfy other facts)
+ *   - require() throw-on-deny
+ *   - removal passthroughs and fact-relation check validation
+ *   - timestamp/duration field typing
+ */
+import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { Arbiter } from '@arbiter/core';
+import { DSLRuntime } from '../src/runtime/DSLRuntime.js';
+
+const BASE_DSL = `
+  definition Employee { id: string level: number active: boolean }
+  definition Doc { id: string created: timestamp }
+  fact *owns(user: Employee, doc: Doc)
+  fact *banned(user: Employee)
+  evidence can_read(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { owns(user, doc) }
+  evidence can_open(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { WHEN can_read(user, doc) UNLESS banned(user) }
+`;
+
+function makeRuntime() {
+  return new DSLRuntime(new Arbiter()).compile(BASE_DSL, 'rt-ext');
+}
+
+describe('DSLRuntime extended', () => {
+  it('exposes a serializable schema snapshot', () => {
+    const rt = makeRuntime();
+    const schema = rt.getSchema();
+    assert.ok(Array.isArray(schema.types));
+    const employee = schema.types.find(t => t.name === 'Employee');
+    assert.ok(employee);
+    assert.ok(employee.fields.some(f => f.name === 'level' && f.type === 'number'));
+    const owns = schema.facts.find(f => f.name === 'owns');
+    assert.equal(owns.injectable, true);
+    assert.equal(owns.params[1].type, 'Doc');
+    const can_open = schema.evidence.find(e => e.name === 'can_open');
+    assert.ok(can_open.dependsOn.includes('owns'));
+    assert.deepEqual(schema.providers, []);
+    assert.ok(rt.relationNames().includes('owns') && rt.relationNames().includes('can_read'));
+  });
+
+  it('registers, lists, and unregisters per-relation providers', () => {
+    const rt = makeRuntime();
+    rt.registerFact('owns', async () => 0.8);
+    assert.deepEqual(rt.registeredFacts(), ['owns']);
+    rt.registerFact('banned', async () => 0);
+    assert.deepEqual(rt.registeredFacts().sort(), ['banned', 'owns']);
+    rt.unregisterFact('banned');
+    assert.deepEqual(rt.registeredFacts(), ['owns']);
+    assert.throws(() => rt.registerFact('owns', 'not a function'), /must be a function/);
+  });
+
+  it('merges registered providers with per-check overrides', async () => {
+    const rt = makeRuntime();
+    rt.registerFact('owns', async () => 0.5);
+    rt.registerFact('banned', async () => 0);
+    rt.addNode('u:1', 'Employee', {});
+    rt.addNode('doc:9', 'Doc', {});
+    // registered owns (0.5) wins over nothing; per-check banned overrides
+    const res = await rt.check('u:1', 'can_open', 'doc:9', {
+      factProviders: { banned: async () => 0 }
+    });
+    assert.equal(res.possibility, 0.5);
+    assert.deepEqual(res.providedFacts.sort(), ['banned', 'owns']);
+  });
+
+  it('runs providers to a fixed point when edges satisfy other required facts', async () => {
+    // can_open needs owns (injectable). A registered owns provider returns an
+    // edge for a DIFFERENT injectable fact that can_open also requires via
+    // composition — here we add a transitive requirement to prove the loop.
+    const dsl = `
+      definition Employee { id: string }
+      definition Doc { id: string }
+      fact *owns(user: Employee, doc: Doc)
+      fact *granted(user: Employee, doc: Doc)
+      evidence base_read(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { owns(user, doc) }
+      evidence can_open(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { WHEN base_read(user, doc) UNLESS granted(user, doc) }
+    `;
+    const rt = new DSLRuntime(new Arbiter()).compile(dsl, 'rt-loop');
+    rt.addNode('u:1', 'Employee', {});
+    rt.addNode('doc:9', 'Doc', {});
+    let ownsCalls = 0;
+    let grantedCalls = 0;
+    rt.registerFact('owns', async () => {
+      ownsCalls++;
+      // First round the owns provider also supplies the granted edge (a
+      // fixed-point dependency: granted needs owns to have been retrieved).
+      return [
+        { src: 'u:1', relation: 'owns', dst: 'doc:9', possibility: 0.9 },
+        { src: 'u:1', relation: 'granted', dst: 'doc:9', possibility: 0 }
+      ];
+    });
+    rt.registerFact('granted', async () => { grantedCalls++; return 0; });
+    const res = await rt.check('u:1', 'can_open', 'doc:9', { maxProviderRounds: 3 });
+    assert.equal(res.possibility, 0.9);
+    // granted was satisfied by the owns provider's extra edge, so its own
+    // provider was never needed in a later round.
+    assert.equal(grantedCalls, 0);
+    assert.ok(ownsCalls >= 1);
+    assert.deepEqual(res.providedFacts, ['owns']);
+    assert.deepEqual(res.missingFacts, []);
+  });
+
+  it('require() throws on denial and returns the result on grant', async () => {
+    const rt = makeRuntime();
+    rt.addNode('u:1', 'Employee', {});
+    rt.addNode('doc:9', 'Doc', {});
+    rt.registerFact('owns', async () => 0.9);
+    const ok = await rt.require('u:1', 'can_read', 'doc:9');
+    assert.equal(ok.possibility, 0.9);
+    rt.registerFact('owns', async () => 0);
+    await assert.rejects(
+      () => rt.require('u:1', 'can_read', 'doc:9'),
+      (err) => err.result && err.result.possibility === 0 && /denied/.test(err.message)
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('passes through node/relation removal', () => {
+    const rt = makeRuntime();
+    rt.addNode('u:1', 'Employee', {});
+    rt.addNode('doc:9', 'Doc', {});
+    rt.addRelation('u:1', 'owns', 'doc:9', { possibility: 1.0 });
+    rt.removeRelation('u:1', 'owns', 'doc:9');
+    assert.equal(rt.arbiter.check('u:1', 'owns', 'doc:9').possibility, 0);
+    rt.removeNode('u:1');
+    assert.equal(rt.arbiter.nodeIdByKey.has('u:1'), false);
+  });
+
+  it('validates fact-relation check endpoints like evidence', async () => {
+    const rt = makeRuntime();
+    rt.addNode('u:1', 'Employee', {});
+    rt.addNode('doc:9', 'Doc', {});
+    // can_read is evidence; owns is a fact — checking a fact still validates.
+    await assert.rejects(() => rt.check('u:1', 'owns', 'u:1', {}), /expected 'Doc'/);
+  });
+
+  it('accepts timestamp field values and rejects mistyped ones', () => {
+    const rt = makeRuntime();
+    rt.addNode('doc:9', 'Doc', { created: 1720000000000 });
+    rt.updateNodeData('doc:9', { created: '2026-08-03T00:00:00Z' });
+    assert.throws(() => rt.addNode('doc:8', 'Doc', { created: {} }), /must be timestamp/);
+  });
+});

tests/EvidenceTests.js

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ const DSL_SUPPORT = `
   fact isMember(user: any, group: any)
   fact isFriend(user: any, friend: any)
   fact similar(a: any, b: any)
+  fact reachable(user: any, doc: any)
   fact parentOf(user: any, parent: any)
   fact isEditable(doc: any)
   fact isPublic(doc: any)
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ describe('Evidence Rules', () => {
       {
         input: `evidence canRead(user: Employee, doc: Document) {
           isMember(user, *group) {
-            canRead(group, doc)
+            reachable(group, doc)
           }
         }`,
         description: 'Basic pattern matching with wildcard'
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ describe('Evidence Rules', () => {
       {
         input: `evidence canRead(user: Employee, doc: Document) {
           isMember(user, *group) {
-            canRead(group, doc)
+            reachable(group, doc)
           } limit 5
         }`,
         description: 'Pattern matching with limit'
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ describe('Evidence Rules', () => {
       {
         input: `evidence canRead(user: Employee, doc: Document) {
           similar(doc, *similar) |similarity| {
-            canRead(user, similar)
+            reachable(user, similar)
           } with similarity > 0.7
         }`,
         description: 'Pattern matching with binding and condition'
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ describe('Evidence Rules', () => {
       {
         input: `evidence canRead(user: Employee, doc: Document) {
           similar(doc, *similar) |similarity| {
-            canRead(user, similar)
+            reachable(user, similar)
           } limit 5 with similarity > 0.7
         }`,
         description: 'Pattern matching with binding, condition, and limit'
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ describe('Evidence Rules', () => {
         input: `evidence canRead(user: Employee, doc: Document) {
           isMember(user, *group) {
             isMember(group, *parentGroup) {
-              canRead(parentGroup, doc)
+              reachable(parentGroup, doc)
             } limit 2
           } limit 3
         }`,
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ describe('Evidence Rules', () => {
         input: `evidence canRead(user: Employee, doc: Document) {
           isFriend(user, *friend) {
             isMember(friend, *group) {
-              canRead(group, doc)
+              reachable(group, doc)
             } limit 1
           } limit 5
         }`,
@@ -291,15 +292,15 @@ describe('Evidence Rules', () => {
           owns(user, doc)
 
           isMember(user, *group) {
-            canRead(group, doc)
+            reachable(group, doc)
           } limit 5
 
           parentOf(user, *parent) {
-            canRead(parent, doc)
+            reachable(parent, doc)
           } limit 3
 
           similar(doc, *similar) |similarity| {
-            canRead(user, similar)
+            reachable(user, similar)
           } limit 5 with similarity > 0.7
 
           WHEN hasRole(user, 'admin') UNLESS isSuspended(user)
@@ -337,11 +338,11 @@ describe('Evidence Rules', () => {
           owns(user, doc)
 
           isMember(user, *group) {
-            canModify(group, doc)
+            reachable(group, doc)
           } limit 3
 
           similar(doc, *similar) |similarity| {
-            canModify(user, similar)
+            reachable(user, similar)
             isEditable(similar)
           } limit 2 with similarity > 0.8
 
@@ -385,7 +386,7 @@ describe('Evidence Rules', () => {
       {
         input: `evidence canRead(user: Employee, doc: Document) {
           isMember(user, *group) {
-            canRead(group, doc)
+            reachable(group, doc)
           } with
         }`,
         description: 'Incomplete with clause should fail'
@@ -393,7 +394,7 @@ describe('Evidence Rules', () => {
       {
         input: `evidence canRead(user: Employee, doc: Document) {
           isMember(user, *group) {
-            canRead(group, doc)
+            reachable(group, doc)
           } limit
         }`,
         description: 'Incomplete limit should fail'

tests/IntegrationTests.js

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ describe('Integration Tests', () => {
       fact hasAccess(user: Employee, resource: Resource, level: string) CACHE lazy
       fact isColleague(user: any, colleague: any) symmetrical CACHE lazy limit 50
       fact isParentOf(parent: Employee, child: Employee) transitive CACHE eager limit 3
+      fact reachable(user: any, doc: any) CACHE lazy
       fact hasClearance(user: Employee, level: string) CACHE eager
       fact parentOf(user: any, parent: any) CACHE eager
       fact similar(a: any, b: any) CACHE lazy
@@ -119,15 +120,15 @@ describe('Integration Tests', () => {
         owns(user, doc)
 
         isMember(user, *group) {
-          canRead(group, doc)
+          reachable(group, doc)
         } limit 5
 
         parentOf(user, *parent) {
-          canRead(parent, doc)
+          reachable(parent, doc)
         } limit 3
 
         similar(doc, *similar) |similarity| {
-          canRead(user, similar)
+          reachable(user, similar)
         } limit 5 with similarity > 0.7
 
         WHEN hasRole(user, 'admin') UNLESS isSuspended(user)
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ describe('Integration Tests', () => {
         owns(user, doc)
 
         isMember(user, *group) {
-          canWrite(group, doc)
+          reachable(group, doc)
         } limit 3
 
         WHEN hasRole(user, 'admin') UNLESS isSuspended(user)
@@ -330,6 +331,7 @@ describe('Integration Tests', () => {
 
       fact isMember(user: any, org: any) transitive CACHE lazy limit 5
       fact isParentOf(parent: Organization, child: Organization) transitive CACHE eager limit 3
+      fact reachable(user: any, doc: any) CACHE lazy
       fact hasRole(user: Employee, role: string) CACHE eager
       fact hasClearance(user: Employee, level: string) CACHE eager
       fact isSuspended(user: any) CACHE lazy
@@ -339,7 +341,7 @@ describe('Integration Tests', () => {
         isMember(user, org)
 
         isParentOf(org, *parentOrg) {
-          canAccessOrg(user, parentOrg)
+          reachable(user, parentOrg)
         } limit 3
 
         WHEN hasRole(user, 'admin') UNLESS isSuspended(user)
@@ -347,11 +349,11 @@ describe('Integration Tests', () => {
 
       evidence canAccessResource(user: Employee, resource: Resource) {
         isMember(user, *org) {
-          canAccessResource(org, resource)
+          reachable(org, resource)
         } limit 5
 
         parentOf(user, *parent) {
-          canAccessResource(parent, resource)
+          reachable(parent, resource)
         } limit 2
       }
     `;
@@ -379,6 +381,7 @@ describe('Integration Tests', () => {
       fact hasInterest(user: any, interest: string) CACHE lazy
       fact hasTag(doc: any, tag: string) CACHE lazy
       fact owns(user: any, doc: any) CACHE eager
+      fact reachable(user: any, doc: any) CACHE lazy
       fact similar(a: any, b: any) CACHE lazy
       fact isPublic(doc: any) CACHE eager
       fact hasInterests(user: any) CACHE lazy
@@ -390,12 +393,12 @@ describe('Integration Tests', () => {
         owns(user, doc)
 
         similar(doc, *similar) |similarity| {
-          canRead(user, similar)
+          reachable(user, similar)
           isPublic(similar)
         } limit 10 with similarity > 0.7
 
         isFriend(user, *friend) {
-          canRead(friend, doc)
+          reachable(friend, doc)
         } limit 5
 
         fusion majority {
@@ -406,7 +409,7 @@ describe('Integration Tests', () => {
 
       evidence canRecommend(user: Employee, doc: Document) {
         similar(user, *similarUser) |similarity| {
-          canRead(similarUser, doc)
+          reachable(similarUser, doc)
         } limit 20 with similarity > 0.8
 
         fusion average {
@@ -556,13 +559,14 @@ describe('Integration Tests', () => {
       fact isFriend(user: any, friend: any) symmetrical CACHE eager limit 50
       fact hasPermission(user: Employee, resource: Resource, action: string) CACHE eager
       fact owns(user: Employee, resource: Resource) CACHE eager
+  fact reachable(user: any, doc: any) CACHE lazy
 
       // Optimized evidence rules
       evidence canAccess(user: Employee, resource: Resource) {
         owns(user, resource)
 
         isMember(user, *group) {
-          canAccess(group, resource)
+          reachable(group, resource)
         } limit 3
 
         WHEN hasPermission(user, resource, 'read')
@@ -572,7 +576,7 @@ describe('Integration Tests', () => {
         owns(user, resource)
 
         isMember(user, *group) {
-          canModify(group, resource)
+          reachable(group, resource)
         } limit 2
 
         WHEN hasPermission(user, resource, 'write')

tests/rigor/dsl-generative-oracle.test.js

@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@ const FACTS = `
   fact can_access(group: Group, doc: Doc)
   fact owner(group: Group, doc: Doc)
   fact granted(user: Employee, doc: Doc)
+  fact group_perm(group: Group, doc: Doc)
+  fact group_banned(group: Group)
   fact banned(user: Employee)
+  fact peer(user: Employee, other: Employee)
+  fact trusted(other: Employee)
+  fact doc_read(user: Employee, doc: Doc)
   fact mfa(user: Employee)
 `;
 
@@ -116,6 +121,44 @@ function buildProgram(kind, ps) {
       oracle = pOwn;
       break;
     }
+    case 'chain_step_composition': {
+      // group_read (a direct evidence) used as a CHAIN STEP inside can_via:
+      // the step is expanded at compile time to the underlying can_view edge.
+      const [pm, pv] = ps;
+      evidence = `evidence group_read(group: Group, doc: Doc) { group_perm(group, doc) }
+                  evidence can_via(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { member_of(user, *g) { group_read(g, doc) } }`;
+      edges.push({ src: 'u:1', relation: 'member_of', dst: 'g:1', possibility: pm });
+      edges.push({ src: 'g:1', relation: 'group_perm', dst: 'doc:9', possibility: pv });
+      oracle = Math.min(pm, pv);
+      break;
+    }
+    case 'chain_condition_step': {
+      // gated (a defeasible evidence) as the FINAL chain step → a condition
+      // step: the engine verifies gated at (intermediate, object). The oracle
+      // is the chain's min combined with the condition's base*(1-defeat).
+      const [pm, pv, pb] = ps;
+      evidence = `evidence gated(group: Group, doc: Doc) { WHEN group_perm(group, doc) UNLESS group_banned(group) }
+                  evidence can_via(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { member_of(user, *g) { gated(g, doc) } }`;
+      edges.push({ src: 'u:1', relation: 'member_of', dst: 'g:1', possibility: pm });
+      edges.push({ src: 'g:1', relation: 'group_perm', dst: 'doc:9', possibility: pv });
+      edges.push({ src: 'g:1', relation: 'group_banned', dst: 'g:1', possibility: pb });
+      oracle = Math.min(pm, pv * (1 - pb));
+      break;
+    }
+    case 'chain_intermediate_condition': {
+      // peer_trusted (a defeasible evidence) as an INTERMEDIATE chain step:
+      // the engine expands it from the source (peer edges filtered by the
+      // trusted defeater) then continues to can_read. Oracle = min of the
+      // surviving peer leg and the read leg.
+      const [pp, pt, pr] = ps;
+      evidence = `evidence peer_trusted(user: Employee, other: Employee) { WHEN peer(user, other) UNLESS trusted(other) }
+                  evidence can_via(user: Employee, doc: Doc) { peer_trusted(user, *p) { doc_read(p, doc) } }`;
+      edges.push({ src: 'u:1', relation: 'peer', dst: 'p:1', possibility: pp });
+      edges.push({ src: 'p:1', relation: 'trusted', dst: 'p:1', possibility: pt });
+      edges.push({ src: 'p:1', relation: 'doc_read', dst: 'doc:9', possibility: pr });
+      oracle = Math.min(pp * (1 - pt), pr);
+      break;
+    }
     default:
       throw new Error(`unknown construct: ${kind}`);
   }
@@ -136,6 +179,10 @@ function runCheck({ kind, ps }) {
   arbiter.addNode('u:1', 'Employee');
   arbiter.addNode('g:1', 'Group');
   arbiter.addNode('doc:9', 'Doc');
+  for (const e of edges) {
+    arbiter.addNode(e.src, e.dst === 'doc:9' ? 'Doc' : 'Employee');
+    arbiter.addNode(e.dst, e.dst === 'doc:9' ? 'Doc' : 'Employee');
+  }
   const compiler = new DSLCompiler(arbiter);
   const compiled = compiler.compile(dsl, 'oracle');
   if (!compiled.success) {
@@ -151,7 +198,8 @@ function runCheck({ kind, ps }) {
 }
 
 const CONSTRUCTS = ['direct', 'chain', 'tuple_to_userset', 'fusion_min', 'fusion_max',
-  'when_unless', 'never_always', 'requires_when', 'composition'];
+  'when_unless', 'never_always', 'requires_when', 'composition', 'chain_step_composition',
+  'chain_condition_step', 'chain_intermediate_condition'];
 
 describe('DSL generative oracle parity (rigor)', () => {
   it('generated legal DSL compiles and every check matches the oracle', async () => {
@@ -162,7 +210,7 @@ describe('DSL generative oracle parity (rigor)', () => {
             kind: rigor.gen.oneOf(CONSTRUCTS),
             // exactly two edge possibilities (direct uses only the first);
             // a shorter array would leave pB undefined and produce a NaN oracle
-            ps: rigor.gen.tuple(rigor.gen.oneOf(P), rigor.gen.oneOf(P))
+            ps: rigor.gen.tuple(rigor.gen.oneOf(P), rigor.gen.oneOf(P), rigor.gen.oneOf(P))
           })
         ))
       ],
@@ -180,18 +228,23 @@ describe('DSL generative oracle parity (rigor)', () => {
   });
 
   it('exhaustive deterministic sweep: every construct x every possibility value', () => {
-    // Anti-vacuity complement to the campaign: sweep the full P × P grid per
+    // Anti-vacuity complement to the campaign: sweep the full P × P × P grid
-    // construct without any RNG, so a construct the campaign skipped would
+    // per construct without any RNG, so a construct the campaign skipped would
     // still be caught here.
     for (const kind of CONSTRUCTS) {
       for (const a of P) {
         for (const b of P) {
-          const ps = kind === 'direct' ? [a] : [a, b];
+          for (const c of P) {
+          const ps = kind === 'direct' ? [a] : [a, b, c];
           const { dsl, edges, oracle, relation } = buildProgram(kind, ps);
           const arbiter = new Arbiter();
           arbiter.addNode('u:1', 'Employee');
           arbiter.addNode('g:1', 'Group');
           arbiter.addNode('doc:9', 'Doc');
+          for (const e of edges) {
+            arbiter.addNode(e.src, e.dst === 'doc:9' ? 'Doc' : 'Employee');
+            arbiter.addNode(e.dst, e.dst === 'doc:9' ? 'Doc' : 'Employee');
+          }
           const compiled = new DSLCompiler(arbiter).compile(dsl, 'sweep');
           assert.ok(compiled.success, `${kind} compile failed: ${(compiled.errors || []).join('; ')}`);
           for (const e of edges) arbiter.addRelation(e.src, e.relation, e.dst, { possibility: e.possibility });
@@ -200,6 +253,7 @@ describe('DSL generative oracle parity (rigor)', () => {
             Math.abs(result.possibility - oracle) <= EPS,
             `${kind} ps=[${ps}] check=${result.possibility}(${result.reason}) vs oracle=${oracle}`
           );
+          }
         }
       }
     }