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  "gloss": "Ordering rule: steelman opposing view before proposing, so SteelmanCheck has real targets",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Performative Steelman: {{agent}} lists weak counter-arguments to appear unbiased.",
    "{{cognitive_bias}} Leakage: {{agent}} frames the counter-argument in a way that makes it easy to defeat."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Counter-argument generation precedes proposal generation in the chain."
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "{{problem}} statement defined"
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "Counter-argument retained for {{steelman_check}}"
  ],
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      "type": "Float",
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      "description": "Portion of budget spent on counter-argument"
    }
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