---
id: ADR-pool.doctrine-amendment-protocol
status: Pool
parent: PRD-GZKIT-1.0.0
lane: heavy
enabler: ADR-0.0.27
inspired_by: ADR-0.0.27
---

# ADR-pool.doctrine-amendment-protocol: Doctrine Amendment Protocol

## Status

Pool

## Date

2026-05-04

## Parent PRD

[PRD-GZKIT-1.0.0](../../prd/PRD-GZKIT-1.0.0.md)

---

## Intent

Codify the protocol for amending foundation-kind doctrine without breaking the citation chain across downstream ADRs. ADR-0.0.27's reversibility forcing function flagged doctrine amendment as the primary one-way-door element of the four-ADR complexity-doctrine cluster: a refresh of the distilled-characteristics document silently shifts the empirical ground that ADR-0.0.28 thresholds, ADR-0.0.29 advisor verdicts, and ADR-0.0.30 authoring guidance are calibrated against. Without an explicit amendment protocol, doctrine drift becomes invariant drift across three citing ADRs simultaneously. This ADR-pool entry holds the forward-reference for the eventual codification of the amendment ceremony — diff narration thresholds, citing-ADR notification mechanics, deprecation cycles for boundaries that move >10%, and the Gate 5 attestation shape that authorizes the amendment.

Booked at OBPI-0.0.27-02 as a forward-reference in the citation graph. Activates when the first refresh of the distilled-characteristics document fires (per ADR-0.0.27 cadence triggers — annual / signal / judgment).
