Remark. A protocol is not a causal estimator [ftip-00HU]
Remark. A protocol is not a causal estimator [ftip-00HU]
The gates above make evidence auditable. They do not identify the causal effect of an intervention when task law, artifact, grader, budget, or harness state changes together. Those coordinates must be controlled in the matched evaluation of Definition [ftip-00GF].