The VFS Engineering Log

Direct reports from the engineers building the world's most transparent adjudicator.

Our Mission

"To empower the public to validate, challenge, and inform their understanding of the world, VFS uses transparent adjudication to map the structure of global discourse and establish a factually grounded foundation."
Phase I: Early 2025

The Provenance Protocol

Solving the "Hallucination Problem" by building an evidence-first architecture. Linking every claim back to its source article cluster.

Engine Report
Phase II: Mid 2025

The Steering Engine

Transitioning from autonomous scraping to expert-guided adjudication through a professional Steering and Oversight layer.

Engine Report
Phase III: Late 2025

The Factual Yield

Implementing mathematical truth-metrics like Grounded Density and Logical Friction to define the efficiency of the Syndicate engine.

Engine Report
Phase IV: January 2026 - Present

Semantic Velocity

Total Semantic Awareness through deep-body extraction and the launch of the **Forensic Discovery Engine** for deep-archive research.

Engine Report

The Glass Box Architecture

Strategic report on transparency, logic integrity, and IP protection.