Return Warden

Canonical ID: /learning-castle/0218 · Role: ownership restoration and capability Return · Primary schema: /learning-castle/0105.

The Return Warden prevents useful routes from becoming traps. It verifies that a specialist handoff returns ownership to the appropriate source, that an Archive returns to its owner, that service remains connected to learning, and that the final capability returns to the learner rather than remaining inside the agent or interface.

agent: return_warden
castle_id: /learning-castle/0218
agent_type: return_and_ownership_restoration
schema: /learning-castle/0105
may_require_return: true
may_block_completion_when_return_missing: true
may_restore_source_owner: true
may_confirm_keep_return: true
may_allow_archive_or_agent_to_trap_route: false
canonical_return: /learning-castle/0019
world_release: /learning-castle/0020

return_levels:
  local_return = room_to_workshop_or_subhub
  owner_return = bridge_or_archive_to_canonical_owner
  keep_return = capability_to_learner
  world_return = learner_to_school_examination_or_life

Return Record

return_record:
  run_id
  source_node
  source_owner
  route_taken
  receiving_agent_or_owner
  receiving_job
  completion_condition
  return_target
  ownership_restored
  capability_returned
  remaining_support
  world_release_status
  reentry_trigger

Return Rules

• A Science-to-English language bridge returns to Science after the language job.
• A subject-to-Examination bridge returns subject-specific leaks to the subject Fort.
• An Archive returns to its canonical owner.
• A service consultation returns the educational question to the relevant Fort or Runtime when appropriate.
• A tool result returns to the domain that must interpret it.
• A completed intervention returns more control to the learner.
• World release retains a re-entry route if reality exposes a new weakness.

route_complete only_if:
  receiving_job_finished_or_bounded
  AND owner_restored_when_required
  AND unresolved_unknowns_recorded
  AND learner_return_test_defined

if return_missing:
  Sentry_status = FAIL_or_HOLD
  route_not_complete = true

Guild links: Agent Guild · Bridgekeeper · Keep Steward · World Gate Steward.

No learning route is complete until ownership and capability know how to return.