Move LLM validators to PromptKit prompt variables

docs/internal/validators.md

@@ -51,11 +51,15 @@ Decision cardinality is enforced: each candidate proposal must receive exactly o
 
 LLM validators:
 - build canonical validation request payloads;
-- batch using the [configured prompt budget](../config.md#concurrency);
+- batch using `validation.max_prompt_tokens` and the existing domain token estimator;
-- call structured LLM client using response schema registry.
+- select an embedded prompt ID and pass payload/description variables to the
+  role-bound structured client with the validator-decision schema.
 
 Oversized single proposals are rejected with `validator_input_too_large`.
-Malformed LLM validator responses are downgraded to warnings and rejected batch decisions.
+Exhausted structural repair becomes a warning and rejected batch decisions.
+Provider, malformed HTTP envelope, deadline, and admission failures propagate
+as runtime errors. Schema-valid decisions still undergo exact index/cardinality
+checks and domain acceptance without a semantic retry.
 
 ## Decision and Rejection Reporting
 

docs/roadmap/implementation.md

@@ -318,9 +318,11 @@ key and diagnostic context through the prepared client, retaining ordering,
 warnings, and later domain validation. Updated proposal and module tests and
 module internals documentation. The isolated variable-encoding test passed with
 `go test internal/framework/proposal_generation/variables.go internal/framework/proposal_generation/variables_test.go`;
-`git diff --check` passed. Assembled proposal/module tests are deferred because
+`git diff --check` passed. After the validator imports were migrated,
-Stage 7's validator imports still reference removed message-rendering types.
+`go test ./internal/framework/proposal_generation ./internal/modules/glossary
-The repaired-proposal/domain integration check remains deferred with those imports.
+./internal/modules/homophones ./internal/modules/spoken_word ./internal/modules/grammar`
+passed. A controlled HTTP integration test confirmed that repaired proposals
+reach low-confidence and missing-original-text domain checks without an extra call.
 **Depends on:** Stage 5.
 **Owns:** `internal/modules`, `internal/framework/proposal_generation`, and their tests.
 
@@ -343,7 +345,18 @@ ordering. Run the module and proposal-generation suites as imports become builda
 
 ## Stage 7: Migrate LLM Validators Without Changing Domain Decisions
 
-**Status:** Pending. **Depends on:** Stage 6.
+**Status:** Complete (2026-09-24). All five LLM validator types now select
+embedded prompt IDs and shared payload variables. Kept domain batching,
+preview, index/cardinality, and deterministic validation; exhausted repair
+rejects/warns while provider/protocol failures propagate. Removed duplicate
+message builders and per-validator model selection. Updated internal validator
+documentation. `go test ./internal/framework/validators
+./internal/framework/proposal_generation ./internal/modules/glossary
+./internal/modules/homophones ./internal/modules/spoken_word
+./internal/modules/grammar ./internal/validators/... ./internal/core/config`
+passed, including controlled HTTP repair and malformed-envelope cases;
+`git diff --check` passed. Full runner behavior remains for Stage 8.
+**Depends on:** Stage 6.
 **Owns:** `internal/framework/validators`, validation prompt builders/batching,
 and validator tests.
 

internal/core/config/config.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const (
 	WorkDirRetentionNever                WorkDirRetention = "never"
 	DefaultModulesCSV                                     = "glossary,homophones,glossary,spoken_word,grammar"
 	DefaultTranscriptDescriptionMaxChars                  = 500
+	DefaultValidationMaxPromptTokens                      = 2048
 )
 
 // Config is the version-2 application configuration. Invocation paths are not settings.
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ func defaults() Config {
 		LLM:           LLM{TransientRetries: 2, RepairAttempts: 2, OperationTimeout: 15 * time.Minute},
 		Pipeline:      Pipeline{Modules: []string{"glossary", "homophones", "glossary", "spoken_word", "grammar"}},
 		Output:        Output{Schema: "bare-segments"},
-		Validation:    Validation{MaxPromptTokens: 2048},
+		Validation:    Validation{MaxPromptTokens: DefaultValidationMaxPromptTokens},
 		Chunking:      Chunking{MaxSectionTokens: 8192, MinSectionTokens: 2048},
 		Normalization: Normalization{MaxSegmentGap: 4, EllipsisGap: 3.5, MaxSegmentDuration: 60, MaxSegmentTokens: 2048},
 		Thresholds:    Thresholds{Glossary: .8, Homophones: .8, SpokenWord: .8, Grammar: .8},

internal/framework/proposal_generation/adapter_integration_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package proposal_generation
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	ck "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/config"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/schema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/llm"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/proposals"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/validators"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/prompts"
+)
+
+func TestRepairedProposalStillFacesDomainChecks(t *testing.T) {
+	calls := 0
+	outputs := []string{`{"wrong":true}`, `{"corrections":[{"id":1,"original_text":"absent","corrected_text":"present","confidence":0.4}]}`}
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		output := outputs[len(outputs)-1]
+		if calls < len(outputs) {
+			output = outputs[calls]
+		}
+		calls++
+		content, _ := json.Marshal(output)
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, `{"choices":[{"message":{"content":%s}}]}`, content)
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	if err := os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(dir, "profiles"), 0700); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	main := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yml")
+	content := fmt.Sprintf("version: 2\nbackends:\n  offline:\n    endpoint: %s/v1\nllm:\n  proposal_profile: base\n  transient_retries: 0\n  repair_attempts: 1\n", server.URL)
+	if err := os.WriteFile(main, []byte(content), 0600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "profiles", "base.yaml"), []byte("id: base\nbackend: offline\nmodel: local-model\n"), 0600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	loaded, err := config.Load(ck.File(main), "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	runtime, err := llm.NewRuntime(context.Background(), loaded.Config, main, server.Client())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	client, err := runtime.NewRoleClient("proposal", llm.CallHooks{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	transcript := &schema.Transcript{Segments: []schema.Segment{{ID: 1, Speaker: "A", Start: 0, End: 1, Text: "gestures"}}}
+	vars, err := BuildProposalVariables(transcript, &schema.Glossary{}, 0, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	generated, err := GenerateCandidates(context.Background(), Request{ModuleKey: "grammar", ModuleInstance: "grammar", ReplacementPolicy: proposals.ReplacementPolicyRequireUnique, Config: &loaded.Config, PromptID: prompts.PromptIDModuleGrammarProposal, PromptVersion: prompts.VersionV1, Variables: vars, LLMClient: client})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if calls != 2 || len(generated.Enriched) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("repair path: calls=%d, result=%+v", calls, generated)
+	}
+	cfg := loaded.Config
+	cfg.Thresholds.Grammar = .8
+	input := validators.Request{ModuleKey: "grammar", Config: &cfg, CandidateProposal: generated.Enriched, WorkingTranscript: transcript}
+	low, err := (validators.ConfidenceThresholdValidator{}).Validate(context.Background(), input)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	missing, err := (validators.OriginalTextPresenceValidator{}).Validate(context.Background(), input)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if low.Decisions[0].ReasonCode != validators.ReasonLowConfidence || missing.Decisions[0].ReasonCode != validators.ReasonMissingOriginalText || calls != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("domain checks or extra semantic retry: low=%+v missing=%+v calls=%d", low, missing, calls)
+	}
+}

internal/framework/proposal_generation/generate_test.go

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func (c *sleepingStructuredClient) CompleteStructured(ctx context.Context, req c
 
 func defaultRequest(t *testing.T) Request {
 	t.Helper()
-	cfg := config.Default()
+	cfg := config.Config{}
 	return Request{
 		ModuleKey:         "test_module",
 		ModuleInstance:    "test_module",

internal/framework/proposal_generation/module_proposal_test.go

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func TestExecuteModuleProposalBuildsMessagesFromSectionAndDescription(t *testing
 		},
 	}
 	section := contracts.SectionMetadata{Index: 7}
-	cfg := config.Default()
+	cfg := config.Config{}
 	cfg.Context.Description = "Hearing transcript with role titles."
 	transcript := &schema.Transcript{Segments: []schema.Segment{{ID: 1, Speaker: "A", Start: 0, End: 1, Text: "teh"}}}
 	glossary := &schema.Glossary{Entries: []schema.GlossaryEntry{{Name: "X"}}}

internal/framework/validators/llm_integration_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package validators
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	ck "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/config"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/llm"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/proposals"
+)
+
+func TestValidationRepairAndRuntimeFailuresThroughDomainBoundary(t *testing.T) {
+	valid := `{"validations":[{"correction_index":0,"approved":true,"confidence":0.9,"reason":"ok"}]}`
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name                                   string
+		responses                              []string
+		wantCalls                              int
+		wantApproved, wantWarning, wantRuntime bool
+	}{
+		{"repair reaches decisions", []string{`{"wrong":true}`, valid}, 2, true, false, false},
+		{"exhausted repair rejects batch", []string{`{"wrong":true}`, `{"wrong":true}`}, 2, false, true, false},
+		{"malformed envelope propagates", []string{"MALFORMED_ENVELOPE"}, 1, false, false, true},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			calls := 0
+			server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				calls++
+				output := tc.responses[len(tc.responses)-1]
+				if calls <= len(tc.responses) {
+					output = tc.responses[calls-1]
+				}
+				if output == "MALFORMED_ENVELOPE" {
+					_, _ = fmt.Fprint(w, `{"choices":[]}`)
+					return
+				}
+				content, _ := json.Marshal(output)
+				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, `{"choices":[{"message":{"content":%s}}]}`, content)
+			}))
+			defer server.Close()
+			dir := t.TempDir()
+			if err := os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(dir, "profiles"), 0700); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			main := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yml")
+			content := fmt.Sprintf("version: 2\nbackends:\n  offline:\n    endpoint: %s/v1\nllm:\n  proposal_profile: base\n  transient_retries: 0\n  repair_attempts: 1\n", server.URL)
+			if err := os.WriteFile(main, []byte(content), 0600); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "profiles", "base.yaml"), []byte("id: base\nbackend: offline\nmodel: local-model\n"), 0600); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			loaded, err := config.Load(ck.File(main), "")
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			runtime, err := llm.NewRuntime(context.Background(), loaded.Config, main, server.Client())
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			client, err := runtime.NewRoleClient("validation", llm.CallHooks{})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			validator, err := NewLLMBackedValidator("editorial_review", LLMValidatorTypeEditorialReview)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			req := makeReq([]proposals.EnrichedCorrectionProposal{mk(0, "gestures", "Jesters")})
+			req.Config = &loaded.Config
+			req.LLMClient = client
+			result, err := validator.Validate(context.Background(), req)
+			if calls != tc.wantCalls {
+				t.Fatalf("calls=%d, want %d", calls, tc.wantCalls)
+			}
+			if tc.wantRuntime {
+				if err == nil || len(result.Warnings) != 0 {
+					t.Fatalf("runtime failure downgraded: %+v, %v", result, err)
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if len(result.Decisions) != 1 || result.Decisions[0].Approved != tc.wantApproved || (len(result.Warnings) > 0) != tc.wantWarning {
+				t.Fatalf("domain result: %+v", result)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/framework/validators/llm_prompt_builders.go

@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-package validators
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/promptcontext"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/prompts"
-)
-
-func BuildSpokenFormPlausibilityMessages(validationPayload []LLMValidationItem, transcriptDescription string) ([]LLMMessage, error) {
-	payloadJSON, err := marshalPromptPayload(validationPayload)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	system, user, _, err := prompts.RenderUserSystem(prompts.PromptIDValidatorSpokenFormPlausibility, map[string]string{
-		"TranscriptDescriptionBlock": promptcontext.TranscriptDescriptionBlock(transcriptDescription),
-		"PayloadJSON":                payloadJSON,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return []LLMMessage{{Role: "system", Content: system}, {Role: "user", Content: user}}, nil
-}
-
-func BuildMeaningReversalMessages(validationPayload []LLMValidationItem, transcriptDescription string) ([]LLMMessage, error) {
-	payloadJSON, err := marshalPromptPayload(validationPayload)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	system, user, _, err := prompts.RenderUserSystem(prompts.PromptIDValidatorMeaningReversalReview, map[string]string{
-		"TranscriptDescriptionBlock": promptcontext.TranscriptDescriptionBlock(transcriptDescription),
-		"PayloadJSON":                payloadJSON,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return []LLMMessage{{Role: "system", Content: system}, {Role: "user", Content: user}}, nil
-}
-
-func BuildEditorialMessages(validationPayload []LLMValidationItem, transcriptDescription string) ([]LLMMessage, error) {
-	payloadJSON, err := marshalPromptPayload(validationPayload)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	system, user, _, err := prompts.RenderUserSystem(prompts.PromptIDValidatorEditorialReview, map[string]string{
-		"TranscriptDescriptionBlock": promptcontext.TranscriptDescriptionBlock(transcriptDescription),
-		"PayloadJSON":                payloadJSON,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return []LLMMessage{{Role: "system", Content: system}, {Role: "user", Content: user}}, nil
-}
-
-func BuildGrammarReviewMessages(validationPayload []LLMValidationItem, transcriptDescription string) ([]LLMMessage, error) {
-	payloadJSON, err := marshalPromptPayload(validationPayload)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	system, user, _, err := prompts.RenderUserSystem(prompts.PromptIDValidatorGrammarReview, map[string]string{
-		"TranscriptDescriptionBlock": promptcontext.TranscriptDescriptionBlock(transcriptDescription),
-		"PayloadJSON":                payloadJSON,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return []LLMMessage{{Role: "system", Content: system}, {Role: "user", Content: user}}, nil
-}
-
-func BuildSpokenWordReviewMessages(validationPayload []LLMValidationItem, transcriptDescription string) ([]LLMMessage, error) {
-	payloadJSON, err := marshalPromptPayload(validationPayload)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	system, user, _, err := prompts.RenderUserSystem(prompts.PromptIDValidatorSpokenWordReview, map[string]string{
-		"TranscriptDescriptionBlock": promptcontext.TranscriptDescriptionBlock(transcriptDescription),
-		"PayloadJSON":                payloadJSON,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return []LLMMessage{{Role: "system", Content: system}, {Role: "user", Content: user}}, nil
-}
-
-func marshalPromptPayload(validationPayload []LLMValidationItem) (string, error) {
-	payloadJSON, err := json.MarshalIndent(validationPayload, "", "  ")
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("marshal validation payload: %w", err)
-	}
-	return string(payloadJSON), nil
-}

internal/framework/validators/llm_prompt_variables.go

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package validators
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/promptcontext"
+)
+
+func BuildValidationVariables(validationPayload []LLMValidationItem, transcriptDescription string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	payloadJSON, err := json.MarshalIndent(validationPayload, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("marshal validation payload: %w", err)
+	}
+	return map[string]string{
+		"TranscriptDescriptionBlock": promptcontext.TranscriptDescriptionBlock(transcriptDescription),
+		"PayloadJSON":                string(payloadJSON),
+	}, nil
+}

internal/framework/validators/llm_validators.go

@@ -17,13 +17,9 @@ import (
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/prompts"
 )
 
-type LLMPromptBuilder func(validationPayload []LLMValidationItem, transcriptDescription string) ([]LLMMessage, error)
-
 type LLMBackedValidator struct {
 	name          string
 	validatorType LLMValidatorType
-	promptBuilder LLMPromptBuilder
-	model         string
 	estimator     chunking.TokenEstimator
 }
 
@@ -39,10 +35,9 @@ func (v *LLMBackedValidator) SetTokenEstimator(estimator chunking.TokenEstimator
 	v.estimator = estimator
 }
 
-func NewLLMBackedValidator(name string, validatorType LLMValidatorType, model string) (*LLMBackedValidator, error) {
+func NewLLMBackedValidator(name string, validatorType LLMValidatorType) (*LLMBackedValidator, error) {
-	builder, err := promptBuilderForType(validatorType)
+	if validatorPromptMetadata(validatorType).PromptID == "" {
-	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported LLM validator type %q", validatorType)
-		return nil, err
 	}
 	if strings.TrimSpace(name) == "" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("validator name must not be empty")
@@ -50,8 +45,6 @@ func NewLLMBackedValidator(name string, validatorType LLMValidatorType, model st
 	return &LLMBackedValidator{
 		name:          name,
 		validatorType: validatorType,
-		promptBuilder: builder,
-		model:         strings.TrimSpace(model),
 		estimator:     chunking.NewSimpleTokenEstimator(),
 	}, nil
 }
@@ -77,8 +70,8 @@ func (v *LLMBackedValidator) Validate(ctx context.Context, req Request) (Result,
 	}
 
 	maxTokens := config.DefaultValidationMaxPromptTokens
-	if req.Config != nil && req.Config.ValidationMaxPromptTokens > 0 {
+	if req.Config != nil && req.Config.Validation.MaxPromptTokens > 0 {
-		maxTokens = req.Config.ValidationMaxPromptTokens
+		maxTokens = req.Config.Validation.MaxPromptTokens
 	}
 
 	warnings := append([]stagewarnings.StageWarning(nil), oversizedValidationWarnings(v.name, maxTokens, validationReq.Items, v.estimator)...)
@@ -103,22 +96,23 @@ func (v *LLMBackedValidator) Validate(ctx context.Context, req Request) (Result,
 	for _, batch := range batches {
 		transcriptDescription := ""
 		if req.Config != nil {
-			transcriptDescription = req.Config.TranscriptDescription
+			transcriptDescription = req.Config.Context.Description
 		}
-		messages, err := v.promptBuilder(batch.Items, transcriptDescription)
+		variables, err := BuildValidationVariables(batch.Items, transcriptDescription)
 		if err != nil {
 			return Result{}, err
 		}
 
 		var response LLMValidationResponse
+		var completion StructuredCompletionResponse
 		responseSchema := responseschema.MustLookup(responseschema.ValidatorDecisionSetKey)
+		promptMetadata := validatorPromptMetadata(v.validatorType)
 		stage := stagename.ValidatorBatch(req.ModuleInstance, v.name, batch.BatchIndex)
 		call := func(callCtx context.Context) error {
-			_, err = req.LLMClient.CompleteStructured(callCtx, StructuredCompletionRequest{
+			completion, err = req.LLMClient.CompleteStructured(callCtx, StructuredCompletionRequest{
-				StageName:      stage,
+				PromptID: promptMetadata.PromptID, PromptVersion: promptMetadata.PromptVersion,
-				Messages:       messages,
+				Variables: variables, Schema: responseschema.ValidatorDecisionSetKey,
-				Model:          resolvedValidationModel(req.Config, v.model),
+				Context: structuredoutput.DiagnosticContext{Role: "validation", ModuleKey: req.ModuleKey, ModuleInstance: req.ModuleInstance, BatchIndex: &batch.BatchIndex, ValidatorName: v.name},
-				ResponseSchema: &responseSchema,
 			}, &response)
 			return err
 		}
@@ -129,18 +123,17 @@ func (v *LLMBackedValidator) Validate(ctx context.Context, req Request) (Result,
 		}
 		artifacts := InteractionArtifacts{}
 		if req.DiagnosticsWriter != nil {
-			promptMetadata := validatorPromptMetadata(v.validatorType)
 			artifacts, _ = req.DiagnosticsWriter.WriteInteraction(
 				stage,
 				map[string]any{
 					"validator_name":  v.name,
 					"validator_type":  v.validatorType,
 					"batch_index":     batch.BatchIndex,
-					"prompt_metadata": promptMetadata.DiagnosticsMap(),
+					"prompt":          completion.Prompt,
 					"response_schema": responseSchema.DiagnosticsMap(),
 				},
-				map[string]any{"messages": messages, "items": batch.Items},
+				completion.Prepared,
-				response,
+				map[string]any{"decoded": response, "final_content": completion.FinalContent, "model": completion.Model},
 				errPayload(err),
 			)
 		}
@@ -199,16 +192,6 @@ func errPayload(err error) any {
 	return map[string]any{"error": err.Error()}
 }
 
-func resolvedValidationModel(cfg *config.Config, override string) string {
-	if strings.TrimSpace(override) != "" {
-		return strings.TrimSpace(override)
-	}
-	if cfg == nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return cfg.EffectiveValidationLLMConfig().Model
-}
-
 func BuildLLMValidationRequest(validatorName string, validatorType LLMValidatorType, req Request) (LLMValidationRequest, []Decision) {
 	items := make([]LLMValidationItem, 0, len(req.CandidateProposal))
 	immediate := make([]Decision, 0)
@@ -255,23 +238,6 @@ func BuildLLMValidationRequest(validatorName string, validatorType LLMValidatorT
 	}, immediate
 }
 
-func promptBuilderForType(validatorType LLMValidatorType) (LLMPromptBuilder, error) {
-	switch validatorType {
-	case LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility:
-		return BuildSpokenFormPlausibilityMessages, nil
-	case LLMValidatorTypeMeaningReversal:
-		return BuildMeaningReversalMessages, nil
-	case LLMValidatorTypeEditorialReview:
-		return BuildEditorialMessages, nil
-	case LLMValidatorTypeGrammarReview:
-		return BuildGrammarReviewMessages, nil
-	case LLMValidatorTypeSpokenWordReview:
-		return BuildSpokenWordReviewMessages, nil
-	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported LLM validator type %q", validatorType)
-	}
-}
-
 func mapLLMResponseToDecisions(items []LLMValidationItem, response LLMValidationResponse) ([]Decision, error) {
 	expected := make(map[int]LLMValidationItem, len(items))
 	for _, item := range items {

internal/framework/validators/llm_validators_test.go

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import (
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/schema"
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/proposals"
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/responseschema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/structuredoutput"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/prompts"
 )
 
 type fakeStructuredLLMClient struct {
@@ -109,8 +111,8 @@ func (f *fakeStructuredLLMClient) CompleteStructured(ctx context.Context, req St
 }
 
 func makeReq(candidates []proposals.EnrichedCorrectionProposal) Request {
-	cfg := config.Default()
+	cfg := config.Config{}
-	cfg.ValidationMaxPromptTokens = 10000
+	cfg.Validation.MaxPromptTokens = 10000
 	return Request{
 		WorkingTranscript: &schema.Transcript{Segments: []schema.Segment{{ID: 1, Text: "There were gestures at the temple.", Categories: []string{"narration"}}}},
 		CandidateProposal: candidates,
@@ -163,66 +165,12 @@ func TestChunkLLMValidationItemsMultipleBatchesStableNoDropNoDup(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestPromptBuildersContainRequiredContextAndInstructions(t *testing.T) {
-	payload := []LLMValidationItem{{CorrectionIndex: 0, SegmentID: 1, OriginalText: "gestures", CorrectedText: "Jesters", OriginalSegmentText: "There were gestures", CorrectedSegmentText: "There were Jesters", Categories: []string{"narration"}}}
-	tests := []struct {
-		name    string
-		build   func([]LLMValidationItem, string) ([]LLMMessage, error)
-		mustHas []string
-	}{
-		{"spoken_form", BuildSpokenFormPlausibilityMessages, []string{"plausible spoken-form", "correction_index", "original_segment_text", "corrected_segment_text"}},
-		{"meaning_reversal", BuildMeaningReversalMessages, []string{"meaning reversals", "correction_index", "original_segment_text", "corrected_segment_text"}},
-		{"editorial", BuildEditorialMessages, []string{"acceptable editorial revision", "correction_index", "original_segment_text", "corrected_segment_text"}},
-		{"grammar_review", BuildGrammarReviewMessages, []string{"acceptable editorial revision", "correction_index"}},
-		{"spoken_word", BuildSpokenWordReviewMessages, []string{"acceptable editorial revision", "correction_index"}},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			msgs, err := tt.build(payload, "Discussion among party members in a dungeon.")
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("build err: %v", err)
-			}
-			if len(msgs) != 2 {
-				t.Fatalf("expected 2 messages, got %d", len(msgs))
-			}
-			combined := msgs[0].Content + "\n" + msgs[1].Content
-			for _, needle := range tt.mustHas {
-				if !strings.Contains(combined, needle) {
-					t.Fatalf("expected prompt to contain %q", needle)
-				}
-			}
-			for _, needle := range []string{
-				"Transcript description (background context only):",
-				"must not override the transcript content",
-				"Do not invent corrections, facts, names, events, motivations, or speaker intent based on this description.",
-			} {
-				if !strings.Contains(combined, needle) {
-					t.Fatalf("expected prompt to contain %q", needle)
-				}
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestPromptBuildersOmitTranscriptDescriptionSectionWhenEmpty(t *testing.T) {
-	payload := []LLMValidationItem{{CorrectionIndex: 0, SegmentID: 1, OriginalText: "gestures", CorrectedText: "Jesters", OriginalSegmentText: "There were gestures", CorrectedSegmentText: "There were Jesters"}}
-	msgs, err := BuildSpokenFormPlausibilityMessages(payload, " ")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("build err: %v", err)
-	}
-	combined := msgs[0].Content + "\n" + msgs[1].Content
-	if strings.Contains(combined, "Transcript description (background context only):") {
-		t.Fatalf("did not expect empty transcript description section in prompt")
-	}
-}
-
 func TestLLMBackedValidatorApprovalAndRejection(t *testing.T) {
 	client := &fakeStructuredLLMClient{responses: []LLMValidationResponse{{Validations: []LLMValidationDecision{
 		{CorrectionIndex: 0, Approved: true, Confidence: 0.9, Reason: "ok"},
 		{CorrectionIndex: 1, Approved: false, Confidence: 0.95, Reason: "bad"},
 	}}}}
-	v, err := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility, "test-model")
+	v, err := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("new validator error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -238,19 +186,15 @@ func TestLLMBackedValidatorApprovalAndRejection(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(client.calls) != 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("expected one LLM call, got %d", len(client.calls))
 	}
-	if client.calls[0].ResponseSchema == nil {
+	call := client.calls[0]
-		t.Fatalf("expected response schema on structured validation request")
+	if call.Schema != responseschema.ValidatorDecisionSetKey || call.PromptID != prompts.PromptIDValidatorSpokenFormPlausibility || call.Context.Role != "validation" || call.Context.ValidatorName != v.Name() || !strings.Contains(call.Variables["PayloadJSON"], "correction_index") {
-	}
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected validator call: %+v", call)
-	want := responseschema.MustLookup(responseschema.ValidatorDecisionSetKey)
-	gotSchema := client.calls[0].ResponseSchema
-	if gotSchema.ID != want.ID || gotSchema.Version != want.Version || gotSchema.Name != want.Name || gotSchema.SHA256 != want.SHA256 {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected validator response schema metadata: got=%+v want=%+v", *gotSchema, want)
 	}
 }
 
 func TestLLMBackedValidatorMalformedOutputRejectsBatch(t *testing.T) {
-	client := &fakeStructuredLLMClient{err: errors.New("malformed structured output")}
+	client := &fakeStructuredLLMClient{err: &structuredoutput.Failure{Kind: structuredoutput.FailureMalformedOutput, Message: "malformed structured output"}}
-	v, _ := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility, "test-model")
+	v, _ := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility)
 	req := makeReq([]proposals.EnrichedCorrectionProposal{mk(0, "gestures", "Jesters")})
 	req.LLMClient = client
 	res, err := v.Validate(context.Background(), req)
@@ -265,26 +209,20 @@ func TestLLMBackedValidatorMalformedOutputRejectsBatch(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestLLMBackedValidatorProviderMalformedEnvelopeRejectsBatch(t *testing.T) {
+func TestLLMBackedValidatorProviderMalformedEnvelopePropagates(t *testing.T) {
-	client := &fakeStructuredLLMClient{err: errors.New("provider response assistant message content is empty")}
+	client := &fakeStructuredLLMClient{err: &structuredoutput.Failure{Kind: structuredoutput.FailureRuntime, Message: "structured model call failed", Cause: errors.New("malformed provider envelope")}}
-	v, _ := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility, "test-model")
+	v, _ := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility)
 	req := makeReq([]proposals.EnrichedCorrectionProposal{mk(0, "gestures", "Jesters")})
 	req.LLMClient = client
-	res, err := v.Validate(context.Background(), req)
+	result, err := v.Validate(context.Background(), req)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err == nil || len(result.Warnings) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected malformed provider envelope downgrade, got %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("protocol error was downgraded: %+v, %v", result, err)
-	}
-	if len(res.Decisions) != 1 || res.Decisions[0].Approved || res.Decisions[0].ReasonCode != ReasonValidatorMalformed {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected decisions: %+v", res.Decisions)
-	}
-	if len(res.Warnings) != 1 || res.Warnings[0].ReasonCode != ReasonValidatorMalformed {
-		t.Fatalf("expected malformed warning, got %+v", res.Warnings)
 	}
 }
 
 func TestLLMBackedValidatorMissingDecisionRejectsBatch(t *testing.T) {
 	client := &fakeStructuredLLMClient{responses: []LLMValidationResponse{{Validations: []LLMValidationDecision{}}}}
-	v, _ := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility, "test-model")
+	v, _ := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility)
 	req := makeReq([]proposals.EnrichedCorrectionProposal{mk(0, "gestures", "Jesters")})
 	req.LLMClient = client
 	res, err := v.Validate(context.Background(), req)
@@ -301,7 +239,7 @@ func TestLLMBackedValidatorDuplicateDecisionRejectsBatch(t *testing.T) {
 		{CorrectionIndex: 0, Approved: true, Confidence: 0.9, Reason: "ok"},
 		{CorrectionIndex: 0, Approved: false, Confidence: 0.9, Reason: "dup"},
 	}}}}
-	v, _ := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility, "test-model")
+	v, _ := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility)
 	req := makeReq([]proposals.EnrichedCorrectionProposal{mk(0, "gestures", "Jesters")})
 	req.LLMClient = client
 	res, err := v.Validate(context.Background(), req)
@@ -315,7 +253,7 @@ func TestLLMBackedValidatorDuplicateDecisionRejectsBatch(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestLLMBackedValidatorUnknownProposalIndexRejectsBatch(t *testing.T) {
 	client := &fakeStructuredLLMClient{responses: []LLMValidationResponse{{Validations: []LLMValidationDecision{{CorrectionIndex: 99, Approved: true, Confidence: 0.9, Reason: "unknown"}}}}}
-	v, _ := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility, "test-model")
+	v, _ := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility)
 	req := makeReq([]proposals.EnrichedCorrectionProposal{mk(0, "gestures", "Jesters")})
 	req.LLMClient = client
 	res, err := v.Validate(context.Background(), req)
@@ -331,7 +269,7 @@ func TestLLMBackedValidatorOversizedSingleProposalRejectsOnlyThatProposal(t *tes
 	client := &fakeStructuredLLMClient{responses: []LLMValidationResponse{{Validations: []LLMValidationDecision{
 		{CorrectionIndex: 1, Approved: true, Confidence: 0.9, Reason: "ok"},
 	}}}}
-	v, _ := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility, "test-model")
+	v, _ := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility)
 	huge := strings.Repeat("gestures ", 200)
 	req := Request{
 		WorkingTranscript: &schema.Transcript{Segments: []schema.Segment{
@@ -353,8 +291,8 @@ func TestLLMBackedValidatorOversizedSingleProposalRejectsOnlyThatProposal(t *tes
 		ReplacementPolicy: proposals.ReplacementPolicyRequireUnique,
 	}
 	req.LLMClient = client
-	cfg := config.Default()
+	cfg := config.Config{}
-	cfg.ValidationMaxPromptTokens = 200
+	cfg.Validation.MaxPromptTokens = 200
 	req.Config = &cfg
 
 	res, err := v.Validate(context.Background(), req)
@@ -381,7 +319,7 @@ func TestLLMBackedValidatorRespectsSchedulerConcurrency(t *testing.T) {
 		entered: make(chan struct{}, 16),
 		release: make(chan struct{}),
 	}
-	v, err := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility, "test-model")
+	v, err := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("new validator error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -416,7 +354,7 @@ func TestLLMBackedValidatorDiagnosticsIncludeSchemaMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 		{CorrectionIndex: 0, Approved: true, Confidence: 0.9, Reason: "ok"},
 	}}}}
 	writer := &captureValidationDiagnosticsWriter{}
-	v, err := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility, "test-model")
+	v, err := NewLLMBackedValidator("spoken_form_plausibility_review", LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("new validator error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -439,19 +377,7 @@ func TestLLMBackedValidatorDiagnosticsIncludeSchemaMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	if schemaMap["id"] != want.ID || schemaMap["version"] != want.Version || schemaMap["name"] != want.Name || schemaMap["sha256"] != want.SHA256 {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected diagnostics schema metadata: got=%v want=%+v", schemaMap, want)
 	}
-	promptMap, ok := metadata["prompt_metadata"].(map[string]any)
+
-	if !ok {
-		t.Fatalf("expected prompt_metadata map, got %T", metadata["prompt_metadata"])
-	}
-	if promptMap["prompt_id"] != "validators.spoken_form_plausibility" || promptMap["prompt_version"] != "v1" || promptMap["prompt_source"] != "builtin" {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected prompt metadata: %v", promptMap)
-	}
-	if _, ok := promptMap["embedded_path"].(string); !ok {
-		t.Fatalf("expected embedded_path in prompt metadata: %v", promptMap)
-	}
-	if _, ok := promptMap["sha256"].(string); !ok {
-		t.Fatalf("expected sha256 in prompt metadata: %v", promptMap)
-	}
 }
 
 func waitForValidationEntries(t *testing.T, entered <-chan struct{}, want int) {
@@ -470,3 +396,38 @@ func waitForValidationEntries(t *testing.T, entered <-chan struct{}, want int) {
 		t.Fatalf("timed out waiting for %d validator calls to enter (got %d)", want, got)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestEveryValidationTypeSelectsEmbeddedPromptAndVariables(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		kind   LLMValidatorType
+		prompt string
+	}{
+		{LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility, prompts.PromptIDValidatorSpokenFormPlausibility},
+		{LLMValidatorTypeMeaningReversal, prompts.PromptIDValidatorMeaningReversalReview},
+		{LLMValidatorTypeEditorialReview, prompts.PromptIDValidatorEditorialReview},
+		{LLMValidatorTypeGrammarReview, prompts.PromptIDValidatorGrammarReview},
+		{LLMValidatorTypeSpokenWordReview, prompts.PromptIDValidatorSpokenWordReview},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(string(tc.kind), func(t *testing.T) {
+			client := &fakeStructuredLLMClient{responses: []LLMValidationResponse{{Validations: []LLMValidationDecision{{CorrectionIndex: 0, Approved: true, Confidence: .9, Reason: "ok"}}}}}
+			validator, err := NewLLMBackedValidator(string(tc.kind), tc.kind)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			req := makeReq([]proposals.EnrichedCorrectionProposal{mk(0, "gestures", "Jesters")})
+			req.LLMClient = client
+			req.Config.Context.Description = " Fantasy scene "
+			if _, err := validator.Validate(context.Background(), req); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if len(client.calls) != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("calls=%d", len(client.calls))
+			}
+			call := client.calls[0]
+			if call.PromptID != tc.prompt || call.PromptVersion != prompts.VersionV1 || call.Schema != responseschema.ValidatorDecisionSetKey || call.Context.Role != "validation" || call.Context.BatchIndex == nil || !strings.Contains(call.Variables["PayloadJSON"], "correction_index") || !strings.Contains(call.Variables["TranscriptDescriptionBlock"], "Fantasy scene") {
+				t.Fatalf("mapping: %+v", call)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/framework/validators/validators_test.go

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestEnforceDecisionCardinalityUnknownDecision(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestConfidenceThresholdValidator(t *testing.T) {
-	cfg := config.Default()
+	cfg := config.Config{}
 	cfg.Thresholds.Grammar = 0.8
 	req := Request{ModuleKey: "grammar", Config: &cfg, CandidateProposal: []proposals.EnrichedCorrectionProposal{
 		mkCandidate(0, 1, "teh", "the", 0.9),

internal/modules/homophones/module_test.go

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func TestHomophonesConfidenceThresholdIsUsed(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("expected confidence_threshold validator")
 	}
 
-	cfg := config.Default()
+	cfg := config.Config{}
 	cfg.Thresholds.Homophones = 0.95
 	result, err := thresholdValidator.Validate(context.Background(), validators.Request{
 		Config:    &cfg,

internal/modules/spoken_word/module_test.go

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func TestSpokenWordConfidenceThresholdIsUsed(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("expected confidence_threshold validator")
 	}
 
-	cfg := config.Default()
+	cfg := config.Config{}
 	cfg.Thresholds.SpokenWord = 0.95
 	result, err := thresholdValidator.Validate(context.Background(), validators.Request{
 		Config:    &cfg,

internal/validators/editorial_review/validator.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 const Key = "editorial_review"
 
 func New() (contracts.Validator, error) {
-	v, err := frameworkvalidators.NewLLMBackedValidator(Key, frameworkvalidators.LLMValidatorTypeEditorialReview, "")
+	v, err := frameworkvalidators.NewLLMBackedValidator(Key, frameworkvalidators.LLMValidatorTypeEditorialReview)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

internal/validators/meaning_reversal_review/validator.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 const Key = "meaning_reversal_review"
 
 func New() (contracts.Validator, error) {
-	v, err := frameworkvalidators.NewLLMBackedValidator(Key, frameworkvalidators.LLMValidatorTypeMeaningReversal, "")
+	v, err := frameworkvalidators.NewLLMBackedValidator(Key, frameworkvalidators.LLMValidatorTypeMeaningReversal)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

internal/validators/spoken_form_plausibility/validator.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 const Key = "spoken_form_plausibility"
 
 func New() (contracts.Validator, error) {
-	v, err := frameworkvalidators.NewLLMBackedValidator(Key, frameworkvalidators.LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility, "")
+	v, err := frameworkvalidators.NewLLMBackedValidator(Key, frameworkvalidators.LLMValidatorTypeSpokenFormPlausibility)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}