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Compatibility Matrix

Levels

Level Description
NATIVE Natural pairing, used directly
COMPATIBLE Works, but generates a combined profile and logs a warning
CONFLICTING Hard reject — cannot be used together

Built-in combinations

Template Kernel Level Notes
general default NATIVE —
medical medical NATIVE —
finance finance NATIVE —
defense defense NATIVE —
legal legal NATIVE —
research research NATIVE —
medical defense COMPATIBLE Military medical; defense rules take priority
medical research COMPATIBLE Research medical; research kernel priority
finance legal COMPATIBLE Legal-financial; legal kernel priority
general finance COMPATIBLE —
general medical COMPATIBLE —
general legal COMPATIBLE —
entertainment defense CONFLICTING Hard reject
entertainment medical CONFLICTING Hard reject
marketing defense CONFLICTING Hard reject
marketing medical CONFLICTING Hard reject

Usage

from ct_toolkit.core.compatibility import CompatibilityLayer

result = CompatibilityLayer.check("medical", "defense")
print(result.level)   # COMPATIBLE
print(result.notes)   # "Military medical application: defense kernel has priority."

# List compatible kernels for a template
kernels = CompatibilityLayer.list_compatible_kernels("medical")

Undefined combinations

Any template + kernel combination not in the matrix defaults to COMPATIBLE (allow but log). Use strict_mode=True in WrapperConfig to change this behavior.