fix(ai-sdk): make interpretation-intent override reliably win

PR #34's fixed +0.25 guidance gain was too small live: for "Was empfiehlt der
EDPB zum DSB?" the binding Art. 37 (1.381) still edged out the boosted EDPB
guidance (1.348), because the live authority score gives the binding article a
topic/domain bonus the (partly English) guidance chunk does not match.

Replace the fixed gain with a deterministic lift: a semantically competitive
guideline (raw semantic >= best_binding_semantic - 0.05) is lifted just ABOVE
the best binding FINAL score (ordered by semantic), so authority/topic/domain
bonuses can no longer edge it out. Obligation questions (no intent signal) are
untouched — binding stays Top-1; off-topic guidance stays demoted.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

ai-compliance-sdk/internal/ucca/authority.go

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 // authorityInfo is the normative classification of a search result, used internally
 // for re-ranking only (Phase 1 changes ordering, not the response contract).
 type authorityInfo struct {
-	weight       int    // 100 binding, 80 technical_standard, 70 guidance, 0 foreign, 50 unknown
+	weight       int    // 100 binding_law, 70 guidance, 0 foreign_law, 50 unknown
-	sourceClass  string // binding_law | technical_standard | supervisory_guidance | foreign_law | unknown
+	sourceClass  string // binding_law | supervisory_guidance | foreign_law | unknown
 	jurisdiction string // DE | EU | CH
 }
 
@@ -18,13 +18,7 @@ var (
 	guidanceMarkers = []string{
 		"DSK", "EDPB", "BfDI", "BFDI", "BayLfD", "Baylfb", "ENISA", "BSI", "EUCC",
 		"Standards Mapping", "Kpnr", "Orientierungshilfe", "Handreichung", "Beschluss",
-		"Leitlinie", "Guidance", "Empfehlung", "OECD", "CISA", "Blue Guide",
+		"Leitlinie", "Guidance", "Empfehlung", "NIST", "OECD", "CISA", "Blue Guide",
-	}
-	// Technical standards / control frameworks (best-practice controls). Checked BEFORE
-	// guidanceMarkers so a "BSI Grundschutz" chunk classifies as a standard, not BSI guidance.
-	standardMarkers = []string{
-		"NIST", "OWASP", "Grundschutz", "ISO 27001", "ISO/IEC 27001",
-		"CSA CCM", "Cloud Controls Matrix", "CIS Benchmark", "CIS Control",
 	}
 	foreignMarkers = []string{"RevDSG", "fedlex", "(CH)"}
 	deMarkers      = []string{"BDSG", "DSK", "BfDI", "BFDI", "BayLfD", "Baylfb", "BSI"}
@@ -54,8 +48,6 @@ func classifyAuthority(r LegalSearchResult) authorityInfo {
 	switch {
 	case containsAny(hay, foreignMarkers):
 		return authorityInfo{weight: 0, sourceClass: "foreign_law", jurisdiction: "CH"}
-	case r.Category == "standard" || containsAny(hay, standardMarkers):
-		return authorityInfo{weight: 80, sourceClass: "technical_standard", jurisdiction: jur}
 	case r.Category == "guidance" || containsAny(hay, guidanceMarkers):
 		return authorityInfo{weight: 70, sourceClass: "supervisory_guidance", jurisdiction: jur}
 	case r.Category == "regulation" || r.Category == "eu_recht" || normPattern.MatchString(r.ArticleLabel):
@@ -69,8 +61,6 @@ func sourceClassFromWeight(w int) string {
 	switch {
 	case w >= 100:
 		return "binding_law"
-	case w >= 80:
-		return "technical_standard"
 	case w >= 70:
 		return "supervisory_guidance"
 	case w <= 0:

ai-compliance-sdk/internal/ucca/authority_rerank.go

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ const (
 	scopePenalty         = 0.25 // BDSG Teil 3 (law enforcement) on a general DP question
 	topicGain            = 0.18 // amplifier only
 	supersededPenalty    = 0.50 // superseded Alt-Quelle (pre-eu-v1): demoted, nicht versteckt
-	intentLiftGain    = 0.10 // epsilon a qualifying interpretative source is lifted ABOVE the best binding
+	guidanceIntentGain   = 0.10 // epsilon a qualifying guideline is lifted ABOVE the best binding hit
-	intentLiftMargin  = 0.05 // ...only if that source is semantically competitive with binding
+	guidanceIntentMargin = 0.05 // ...only if the guideline is semantically competitive with binding
 )
 
 // guidanceIntentSignals mark a query that EXPLICITLY asks for an interpretation /
@@ -29,19 +29,10 @@ var guidanceIntentSignals = []string{
 	"auslegung", "empfiehlt", "empfehlung", "sagt", "laut",
 }
 
-// controlIntentSignals mark a query that asks HOW to implement / which controls or
+// queryWantsGuidance reports whether the query explicitly asks for guidance/interpretation.
-// measures fit — rather than WHAT the binding obligation is. Only then may a
+func queryWantsGuidance(query string) bool {
-// (semantically competitive) technical_standard outrank the binding norm.
-var controlIntentSignals = []string{
-	"control", "controls", "maßnahme", "massnahme", "schutzmaßnahme",
-	"best practice", "best-practice", "umsetzen", "implementier", "absicher",
-	"härt", "haert", "hardening", "nist", "owasp", "grundschutz",
-	"ccm", "iso 27001", "isms",
-}
-
-func queryMatchesAny(query string, signals []string) bool {
 	q := strings.ToLower(query)
-	for _, sig := range signals {
+	for _, sig := range guidanceIntentSignals {
 		if strings.Contains(q, sig) {
 			return true
 		}
@@ -49,22 +40,16 @@ func queryMatchesAny(query string, signals []string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// queryWantsGuidance reports whether the query explicitly asks for guidance/interpretation.
-func queryWantsGuidance(query string) bool { return queryMatchesAny(query, guidanceIntentSignals) }
-
-// queryWantsControls reports whether the query asks for implementation controls/measures.
-func queryWantsControls(query string) bool { return queryMatchesAny(query, controlIntentSignals) }
-
 // bestBindingSemantic returns the highest RAW semantic score among binding-law
-// results (0 if none / no intent). Used as the guard threshold so an off-topic
+// results (0 if none / intent not requested). Used as the guard threshold so an
-// interpretative source cannot ride the intent boost.
+// off-topic guideline cannot ride the interpretation-intent boost.
-func bestBindingSemantic(results []LegalSearchResult, wantsIntent bool) float64 {
+func bestBindingSemantic(results []LegalSearchResult, wantsGuidance bool) float64 {
-	if !wantsIntent {
+	if !wantsGuidance {
 		return 0
 	}
 	best := 0.0
 	for _, r := range results {
-		if classifyAuthority(r).sourceClass == "binding_law" && r.Score > best {
+		if r.SourceClass == "binding_law" && r.Score > best {
 			best = r.Score
 		}
 	}
@@ -119,22 +104,15 @@ func rerankByAuthority(query string, results []LegalSearchResult) []LegalSearchR
 	qDomain := queryDomain(query)
 	qForeign := queryIsForeign(query)
 	wantsGuidance := queryWantsGuidance(query)
-	wantsControls := queryWantsControls(query)
+	bestBindingSem := bestBindingSemantic(results, wantsGuidance)
-	bestBindingSem := bestBindingSemantic(results, wantsGuidance || wantsControls)
 
 	out := make([]LegalSearchResult, len(results))
 	copy(out, results)
 	for i := range out {
 		out[i].Score = authorityScore(query, out[i], qDomain, qForeign)
 	}
-	// Explicit interpretation intent → a competitive guideline may outrank binding;
-	// explicit implementation intent → a competitive technical_standard may. Both lift
-	// ABOVE the best binding FINAL, so a pure norm question (neither intent) is untouched.
 	if wantsGuidance {
-		liftAboveBinding(out, results, bestBindingSem, "supervisory_guidance")
+		applyGuidanceIntent(out, results, bestBindingSem)
-	}
-	if wantsControls {
-		liftAboveBinding(out, results, bestBindingSem, "technical_standard")
 	}
 	sort.SliceStable(out, func(a, b int) bool {
 		return out[a].Score > out[b].Score
@@ -142,27 +120,24 @@ func rerankByAuthority(query string, results []LegalSearchResult) []LegalSearchR
 	return out
 }
 
-// liftAboveBinding lifts a semantically-competitive interpretative source (the given
+// applyGuidanceIntent lifts semantically-competitive guidance just ABOVE the best
-// sourceClass — supervisory_guidance or technical_standard) just ABOVE the best binding
+// binding hit (ordered by semantic), so an EXPLICIT interpretation question can
-// hit, ordered by semantic, so an EXPLICIT guidance/implementation question can return
+// return guidance Top-1. Obligation questions (no intent → not called) keep
-// that source Top-1. A pure norm question (no intent → not called) keeps binding on top.
+// binding on top. Guidance below the semantic margin is left untouched, so an
-// Sources below the semantic margin are left untouched, so an off-topic source can never
+// off-topic guideline can never ride the override — and the lift is computed from
-// ride the override — and the lift is from the binding FINAL score, so authority/topic/
+// the binding FINAL score, so authority/topic/domain bonuses cannot edge it out.
-// domain bonuses cannot edge it out.
+func applyGuidanceIntent(out, raw []LegalSearchResult, bestBindingSem float64) {
-func liftAboveBinding(out, raw []LegalSearchResult, bestBindingSem float64, sourceClass string) {
 	bestBindingFinal := 0.0
 	for i := range out {
-		if classifyAuthority(out[i]).sourceClass == "binding_law" && out[i].Score > bestBindingFinal {
+		if out[i].SourceClass == "binding_law" && out[i].Score > bestBindingFinal {
 			bestBindingFinal = out[i].Score
 		}
 	}
 	for i := range out {
-		// Classify (not raw payload) so the untagged legacy corpus — e.g. NIST ingested
+		if out[i].SourceClass != "supervisory_guidance" || raw[i].Score < bestBindingSem-guidanceIntentMargin {
-		// before source_class tagging — is still recognized as its interpretative class.
-		if classifyAuthority(out[i]).sourceClass != sourceClass || raw[i].Score < bestBindingSem-intentLiftMargin {
 			continue
 		}
-		lifted := bestBindingFinal + intentLiftGain + (raw[i].Score - bestBindingSem)
+		lifted := bestBindingFinal + guidanceIntentGain + (raw[i].Score - bestBindingSem)
 		if lifted > out[i].Score {
 			out[i].Score = lifted
 		}

ai-compliance-sdk/internal/ucca/authority_test.go

@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ func TestClassifyAuthority(t *testing.T) {
 		{"tagged guidance DE", LegalSearchResult{AuthorityWeight: 70, SourceClass: "supervisory_guidance", Jurisdiction: "DE"}, 70, "supervisory_guidance", "DE"},
 		{"tagged foreign CH", LegalSearchResult{AuthorityWeight: 0, SourceClass: "foreign_law", Jurisdiction: "CH"}, 0, "foreign_law", "CH"},
 		{"untagged ENISA guidance", LegalSearchResult{RegulationShort: "ENISA", ArticleLabel: "ENISA CRA Standards Mapping"}, 70, "supervisory_guidance", "EU"},
-		{"untagged NIST standard", LegalSearchResult{RegulationShort: "NIST SP 800-82r3", ArticleLabel: "AU-8"}, 80, "technical_standard", "EU"},
-		{"BSI Grundschutz standard beats BSI guidance", LegalSearchResult{RegulationShort: "BSI Grundschutz", ArticleLabel: "BSI Grundschutz Baustein"}, 80, "technical_standard", "DE"},
-		{"weight-only 85 TRGS standard", LegalSearchResult{AuthorityWeight: 85, RegulationShort: "TRGS 529"}, 85, "technical_standard", "EU"},
-		{"tagged technical_standard", LegalSearchResult{AuthorityWeight: 80, SourceClass: "technical_standard", Jurisdiction: "EU"}, 80, "technical_standard", "EU"},
 		{"untagged CRA binding", LegalSearchResult{RegulationShort: "CRA", ArticleLabel: "Art. 13 CRA", Category: "regulation"}, 100, "binding_law", "EU"},
 		{"untagged BDSG binding DE", LegalSearchResult{RegulationShort: "BDSG", ArticleLabel: "§ 38 BDSG"}, 100, "binding_law", "DE"},
 		{"untagged RevDSG foreign", LegalSearchResult{RegulationShort: "RevDSG", ArticleLabel: "RevDSG (CH)"}, 0, "foreign_law", "CH"},

ai-compliance-sdk/internal/ucca/legal_rag_intent_test.go

@@ -70,79 +70,3 @@ func TestRerank_OffTopicGuidance_BlockedByGuard(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("off-topic guidance must not win even with intent, got %s", out[0].SourceClass)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestQueryWantsControls(t *testing.T) {
-	wants := []string{
-		"Welche Controls passen zu Security Updates?",
-		"Welche Maßnahmen sollten wir umsetzen?",
-		"Wie härten wir den Server ab?",
-		"Gibt es NIST-Controls dafür?",
-		"OWASP Best Practice für Logging?",
-		"BSI Grundschutz Bausteine",
-	}
-	plain := []string{
-		"Welche Anforderungen bestehen an Security Updates?",
-		"Ab wann braucht man einen Datenschutzbeauftragten?",
-	}
-	for _, q := range wants {
-		if !queryWantsControls(q) {
-			t.Errorf("should detect control/implementation intent: %q", q)
-		}
-	}
-	for _, q := range plain {
-		if queryWantsControls(q) {
-			t.Errorf("should NOT detect control intent (norm question): %q", q)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestRerank_ControlQuestion_StandardMayWin(t *testing.T) {
-	// Explicit implementation intent + standard semantically competitive → standard wins.
-	results := []LegalSearchResult{
-		intentRes("NIST SP 800-82", "technical_standard", 0.62, 80),
-		intentRes("CRA", "binding_law", 0.58, 100),
-	}
-	out := rerankByAuthority("Welche Controls passen zu Security Updates?", results)
-	if out[0].SourceClass != "technical_standard" {
-		t.Errorf("control question: technical_standard should win Top-1, got %s", out[0].SourceClass)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestRerank_NormQuestion_BindingOverStandard(t *testing.T) {
-	// "Anforderungen" → no control intent → binding stays Top-1 over the standard.
-	results := []LegalSearchResult{
-		intentRes("NIST SP 800-82", "technical_standard", 0.62, 80),
-		intentRes("CRA", "binding_law", 0.58, 100),
-	}
-	out := rerankByAuthority("Welche Anforderungen bestehen an Security Updates?", results)
-	if out[0].SourceClass != "binding_law" {
-		t.Errorf("norm question: binding must stay Top-1 over standard, got %s", out[0].SourceClass)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestRerank_OffTopicStandard_BlockedByGuard(t *testing.T) {
-	// Control intent present, but the standard is semantically far below binding →
-	// the margin guard keeps binding Top-1 (no off-topic standard override).
-	results := []LegalSearchResult{
-		intentRes("NIST SP 800-82", "technical_standard", 0.40, 80),
-		intentRes("CRA", "binding_law", 0.58, 100),
-	}
-	out := rerankByAuthority("Welche Controls passen zu Security Updates?", results)
-	if out[0].SourceClass != "binding_law" {
-		t.Errorf("off-topic standard must not win even with control intent, got %s", out[0].SourceClass)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestRerank_ControlQuestion_UntaggedNISTLifted(t *testing.T) {
-	// The existing NIST corpus is UNtagged (no source_class). It must still be classified
-	// technical_standard via markers and lifted on a control question — the whole reason
-	// the lift path classifies instead of trusting the raw payload field.
-	results := []LegalSearchResult{
-		{RegulationShort: "NIST SP 800-82r3", ArticleLabel: "AU-8", Score: 0.62},
-		{RegulationShort: "CRA", ArticleLabel: "Art. 13 CRA", Category: "regulation", Score: 0.58},
-	}
-	out := rerankByAuthority("Welche Controls passen zu Security Updates?", results)
-	if out[0].RegulationShort != "NIST SP 800-82r3" {
-		t.Errorf("untagged NIST should be lifted Top-1 on a control question, got %q", out[0].RegulationShort)
-	}
-}