# Universal Loop

1. Establish the policy lane and baseline from live or local source of truth.
2. Gather completed evidence or a focused reproduction before editing.
3. Name one failed capability in operational terms.
4. Locate the smallest owner of that capability.
5. Patch one behavior and add the narrowest regression available.
6. Re-run the same evidence path and compare behavior, not just labels.
7. Record the result and candidate state in the durable ledger.
8. Broaden to hosted or production-like comparison only after the diagnostic
   gate is credible.
9. Promote only after completed comparison evidence and artifact inspection.
