Minimize D&D NPC extraction contracts

docs/internal/llm.md

@@ -170,13 +170,13 @@ The shared D&D prompt assets include a generic NPC grounding fragment directly
 after the campaign reference message for spell and combat prompts. When an NPC
 registry is bound, the
 domain registry boundary strictly decodes and identity-validates one durable
-artifact, re-encodes canonical JSON, and generates a semantic digest over
-those bytes. The unbound input is exactly `{"npcs":[]}`. Input digests cover
-the generated bytes; manifests record catalog identity and optional NPC
-registry digest/count rather than names, aliases, overlay bytes, registry
-paths, or source metadata. Combat prompt, response-schema, mapping,
-normalization, identity, and bound-registry fingerprints remain separate
-semantic inputs to checkpoint identity.
+artifact, re-encodes canonical JSON for provenance, and separately generates a
+names-only prompt projection. The unbound projection is exactly `{"npcs":[]}`.
+Prompt input and component-local checkpoint digests cover the projected bytes;
+manifests retain the optional full registry digest/count rather than names,
+overlay bytes, registry paths, or source metadata. Combat prompt,
+response-schema, mapping, normalization, identity, and registry-projection
+fingerprints remain separate semantic inputs to checkpoint identity.
 
 ## Debug And Redaction Boundaries
 

docs/internal/modules.md

@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ The NPC identity package owns Unicode comparison keys, deterministic
 `npc:sha256:` IDs, display normalization, and whole-registry collision issues.
 The registry package resolves one optional normalized artifact through the
 strict codec, validates whole-registry identity, canonicalizes its JSON, and
-provides immutable records, prompt input, semantic digest, count, and exact
-canonical-name/alias lookup. External files cross this boundary during
+provides immutable records, a names-only prompt projection, distinct durable
+and projection digests, count, and exact canonical-name lookup. External files cross this boundary during
 preparation; generated artifacts cross it at the ordered step handoff. It owns
 the `npcs` slot and its bounded, content-safe validation failures. NPC source
 references are durable provenance and are not treated as evidence for a
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ validated and supplied at operation time. External bindings may add only
 `npc_registry_digest` and `npc_count` to module metadata and an
 `npc_registry` checkpoint fingerprint. Generated bindings are represented by
 framework handoff provenance and dependency fingerprints. The unbound prompt
-input is exactly `{"npcs":[]}` and has no registry provenance or fingerprint.
+input is exactly `{"npcs":[]}`, has a projection fingerprint, and has no
+registry provenance.
 The shared NPC grounding fragment is placed immediately after the common
 campaign reference message and is included in the spell prompt fingerprint.
 
@@ -253,6 +254,9 @@ assigns source identity and deterministic NPC IDs, and preserves source
 references for deterministic validation. It uses the shared campaign
 references only for disambiguation and does not consume the optional NPC
 registry slot. Its prompt and private response schema are package-owned. The
+private response contains only a name and model-facing evidence ranges for each
+record; anonymous groups, generic roles, invented labels, descriptions,
+aliases, and relationships are outside its contract. The
 prompt follows the shared D&D extraction ordering and cache policy documented
 in [LLM Runtime](llm.md#dd-extraction-prompt-ordering-and-cache-boundaries).
 
@@ -286,11 +290,10 @@ for deterministic normalization.
 ### `internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs`
 
 The NPC normalizer performs deterministic identity-aware consolidation in
-merged input order. It unions only canonical identity or canonical/alias
-matches, retains the first display record, unions exact relationships and
-source references, rewrites unambiguous relationship targets, and leaves
-ambiguous collisions for identity validation. It exposes the identity policy
-as its local checkpoint fingerprint and emits bounded normalization warnings.
+merged input order. It consolidates only equal canonical-name comparison keys,
+retains the first display record, and unions exact source references. It exposes
+the identity policy as its local checkpoint fingerprint and emits bounded
+normalization warnings.
 
 ## Merger And Normalizer
 
@@ -400,15 +403,15 @@ payload rules are defined in the
 
 ## D&D NPC Validators
 
-NPC shape validation checks required strings, arrays, and source-reference
+NPC shape validation checks the required ID and name strings, list presence, and source-reference
 shape. The source-reference validator defers malformed shapes, checks
 current-document identity, unit existence, and range ordering, and reports all
 defects through bounded aggregates. Source relatedness uses the shared
 document-order traversal and normalized consecutive-token matching, emitting at
-most one bounded warning per record when neither the canonical name nor an
-alias occurs near its cited text. Invalid shape or cited ranges produce no
-relatedness warnings. Normalize identity validation checks deterministic IDs,
-canonical names, aliases, and cross-record ownership or canonical collisions.
+most one bounded warning per record when the canonical name does not occur near
+its cited text. Invalid shape or cited ranges produce no relatedness warnings.
+Normalize identity validation checks deterministic IDs, canonical names, and
+duplicate canonical-name or ID ownership.
 All are deterministic and expose the policy fingerprints used by the
 production chains.
 

docs/internal/overview.md

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Configuration. The implemented module packages are:
 | `internal/modules/seriatim/input/transcript` | Parses the supported Seriatim transcript format into the generic source model. |
 | `internal/modules/generic/chunk/units` | Splits ordered source units by unit count and overlap. |
 | `internal/modules/dnd/chunk/scenes` | Produces contiguous D&D scene chunks from structured model output. |
-| `internal/modules/dnd` | Owns the canonical D&D spell-list, spell-cast, NPC-list, NPC, relationship, combat-turn-list, combat-turn, and combat-action artifact types. |
+| `internal/modules/dnd` | Owns the canonical D&D spell-list, spell-cast, NPC-list, NPC, combat-turn-list, combat-turn, and combat-action artifact types. |
 | `internal/modules/dnd/codec/spells` | Strictly decodes and stably encodes the durable D&D spell-list representation. |
 | `internal/modules/dnd/codec/npcs` | Strictly decodes and stably encodes the durable D&D NPC-list representation. |
 | `internal/modules/dnd/codec/combatturns` | Strictly decodes and stably encodes the durable D&D combat-turn-list representation. |
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Configuration. The implemented module packages are:
 | `internal/modules/generic/merge/appendorder` | Combines accepted extraction results in chunk order. |
 | `internal/modules/generic/normalize/noop` | Preserves accepted merged output. |
 | `internal/modules/dnd/normalize/spells` | Canonicalizes catalog-backed spell names and exact source references, conservatively collapses duplicate casts, and reports deterministic warnings and independently scoped catalog checkpoint identity. |
-| `internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs` | Consolidates NPC records deterministically by identity and aliases, rewrites unambiguous relationship targets, and reports bounded warnings. |
+| `internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs` | Consolidates NPC records deterministically by canonical name, unions exact evidence, and reports bounded warnings. |
 | `internal/modules/generic/output/json` | Encodes manifests, lane payloads, warnings, and rejections as logical JSON files. |
 
 `internal/modules/dnd/shared` owns reusable D&D prompt fragments,