goalforge-arbiterlisted
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# goalforge-arbiter
Advisory approach arbitration for SDD work packages during the hardening phase.
Invoked by `goalforge-harden` when architectural approaches diverge and a structured
comparison is needed before the human gate.
## Trigger
`goalforge-harden` invokes `goalforge-arbiter` when either condition holds:
1. The WP spec marks a section **decision-required** (explicit ambiguity flag).
2. Two or more candidate approaches involve a **hard-to-reverse bet** — an
irreversible infrastructure choice, a public-API change, a schema migration,
or a substantial rewrite that forecloses alternatives.
A single approach with no competing option does not warrant arbitration. When
in doubt, apply the irreversibility test: if the wrong choice cannot be undone
without significant pain, arbitrate.
## Stakes tiering (how much arbitration to spend)
The trigger already self-gates on irreversibility, so everything that reaches
arbitration is above the bar. Within that, scale the *depth* of normalization to
the stakes — but **fail safe to the full grid whenever reversibility is
uncertain**. This is a bounded cost-saver, never an axis-drop for brevity.
| Stakes | Path | Normalization |
|--------|------|---------------|
| **Hard-to-reverse bet** (irreversible infra, public-API, schema migration, substantial rewrite) | **Full grid** | All **seven axes** + the full six-dimension cross-review + decisive dimension. |
| **Borderline-reversible** (arbitration triggered, but the wrong ch