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2026-05-29 08:54:04 UTC · anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5

Prompt

In 3-4 sentences, explain plant hardiness zones. State any key formula.
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Generation

Plant hardiness zones are geographic regions classified by their average annual minimum winter temperature, helping gardeners determine which plants can survive in their area. The USDA system divides North America into zones (1-13) based on 10°F temperature increments, with each zone further split into "a" and "b" sub-zones differing by 5°F. The key formula is: **Zone Number = (Average Annual Minimum Temperature °F + 60) ÷ 10**. For example, if an area's coldest temperature averages -10°F, it would be Zone 5: (-10 + 60) ÷ 10 = 5.
26 tokens in · 152 tokens out · 5583 ms · $0.0024

The four gates

RED
pass
no disqualifying input patterns detected
FLOOR
pass
output above protective minimum; no mismatches
WAY
pass
no declared way_path (Way check NA); no coercion language
EXECUTION
deferred
no witnesses available (Witness Roll not yet constituted)

Verifier results

scripture_anchors NOT_APPLICABLE
0 Scripture citation(s) extracted
theology_doctrine NOT_APPLICABLE
no doctrine keyword patterns detected

Metrics

Total latency
5589.8 ms
Base LLM
5582.9 ms
Verifiers
0.2 ms
Gates
0.0 ms
Cost
$0.0024

Trail

08:54:04 received prompt_chars=71 verifiers=['scripture_anchors', 'theology_doctrine']
08:54:04 red_gate decision=pass reason=no disqualifying input patterns detected
08:54:10 base_llm_call model=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5 tokens_in=26 tokens_out=152 latency_ms=5582.9 cost_usd=0.0024
08:54:10 verifier:scripture_anchors verdict=NOT_APPLICABLE summary=0 Scripture citation(s) extracted
08:54:10 verifier:theology_doctrine verdict=NOT_APPLICABLE summary=no doctrine keyword patterns detected
08:54:10 floor_gate decision=pass reason=output above protective minimum; no mismatches
08:54:10 way_gate decision=pass reason=no declared way_path (Way check NA); no coercion language
08:54:10 execution_gate decision=deferred reason=no witnesses available (Witness Roll not yet constituted)
08:54:10 signed hash_algo=sha256 hash=sha256:5c4cc55a5def3b2062b94a7a8988bed0a3c37421be01fc8b417b823bf76cd8e2

Content hash

sha256:5c4cc55a5def3b2062b94a7a8988bed0a3c37421be01fc8b417b823bf76cd8e2

SHA256 over the canonical JSON (excluding this field). Tamper detection. Ed25519 signing planned for v2 once the operator’s signing key is provisioned on disk.

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