feat: route factual questions through bounded research

docs/PROJECT_STATUS.md

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 - `ADDITIONAL_EVALUATION_STATUS = LIVE_TYPED_HANDOFF`; Capability-owned unresolved evaluation decisions can now be handed to Work through a typed production endpoint. Work preserves parent evidence lineage and schedules the bounded additional profile through the existing durable graph/dispatch path; model/provider selection remains outside Work. Evidence: `docs/evidence/additional-evaluation-runtime-live-2026-08-23-v1.json` and DEV-000261.
 - `FLEET_EXECUTION_EVIDENCE = docs/evidence/audit-runtime-status-2026-08-23-v1.json`; FAST, MEDIUM and LIFEBOAT are ready, HEAVY is explicitly degraded by provider timeout, FAST remains preferred/selected, and LIFEBOAT is the fallback tier.
 - `TRUTH_RESEARCH_STATUS = LIVE_CANARY_PERSISTED`; the web research canary preserved an OBSERVED/COMPLETE/NO-CONFLICT source chain while leaving the claim UNVERIFIED and belief PROVISIONAL. Evidence: `docs/evidence/truth-runtime-canary-2026-08-23-v1.json`.
+- `TRUTH_FIRST_CHAT_STATUS = IMPLEMENTED_NOT_DEPLOYED`; factual questions now require strict semantic routing to optional `WEB_RESEARCH` before any answer, and only supported source excerpts/locators can be presented. Evidence: `docs/evidence/semantic-web-research-routing-2026-08-24-v1.json`.
 - `LEARNING_REFLECTION_STATUS = LIVE_RECONCILED`; reflection worker returned no pending candidate and the durable state contains 31 RESOLVED candidates with no OPEN backlog. Evidence: `docs/evidence/reflection-runtime-reconciliation-2026-08-23-v1.json`.
 - `BACKUP_RESTORE_STATUS = VERIFIED`; latest checksum and isolated restore evidence is retained in `docs/evidence/wp-002-postgres-restore-2026-08-22-v1.json`.
 - `GOVERNED_SELF_DEVELOPMENT_STATUS = DURABLE_GATE_VERIFIER_AND_TRANSITIONS_LIVE`; Work-owned revisioned gate storage, independent local verification, and authenticated optimistic-concurrency transitions for canary/promotion/rollback are live. Source mutation and external bridge execution remain unclaimed. Evidence: `docs/evidence/governed-development-gate-persistence-2026-08-23-v1.json` and DEV-000254 CI/live-smoke records.

docs/evidence/semantic-web-research-routing-2026-08-24-v1.json

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+{
+  "artifact_id": "semantic-web-research-routing-2026-08-24-v1",
+  "task_id": "DEV-000275",
+  "repository_revision": "working-tree-after-1eb3e39",
+  "status": "IMPLEMENTED_NOT_DEPLOYED",
+  "facts": [
+    "Simple factual questions now reach strict semantic interpretation before any advisory answer.",
+    "WEB_RESEARCH is a semantic capability hint; the route contains no city, weather, entity or model-name list.",
+    "Search uses an operator-configured HTTPS endpoint and host allowlist, then persists immutable digest, snapshot and excerpt evidence through the existing epistemics owner.",
+    "Core presents exact source excerpts and locators only for supported findings; empty, stale or conflicted evidence remains a truthful non-answer.",
+    "The search channel is optional and does not prevent the local chat core from operating."
+  ],
+  "tests": [
+    "go test ./adapters/research ./modules/epistemics/... ./cmd/research-runtime/... ./cmd/core-runtime/... ./cmd/creator-web/... ./tests/research_runtime/...",
+    "go vet ./...",
+    "devctl preflight/check-diff/check-architecture/independent",
+    "git diff --check"
+  ],
+  "limitation": "Production deployment and live assistant.cin.su source-backed chat verification are pending the normal Portainer deployment access."
+}