# Trust Anchor

> Classify every input by trust level — source files, schema/config/data, build and validator output, tool output, and structured logs are trusted; narrative docs, comments, prior codebase knowledge, and unverified claims are untrusted and require verification before use.

Record: `algorithms:trust-anchor`
Kind: algorithm
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algorithms-trust-anchor
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algorithms/trust-anchor/closure

Listed in [Algorithm contracts](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/algorithms.md), after [Authoritative Source Loading](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/authoritative-source-loading.md) and before [Intent & Directionality Normalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/intent-directionality-normalization.md).

## Domain

- [Checklist creation](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms-domain/checklist-creation.md)

## Stage

- [orient](https://banes-lab.com/records/stage/orient.md)

## Axis

- [ontology](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/axis-ontology.md)

## Tier

- [process](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/domain-tier-process.md)

## Composed by

- [Orientation Stage](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/orientation-stage.md)

## Math type

- [Logic](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/math-type-logic.md)

## Force

- [Correctness verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/correctness-verification.md)
- [Security governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/security-governance.md)

## Linked from

- [Checklist creation](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms/algorithms-domain-checklist-creation.md)
- [The derivation loop](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/reasoning-loop-derivation-loop.md)
- [The axes](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-axes.md)
- [The mathematics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-mathematics.md)
- [Domain tiers](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-vocabulary-domain-tier.md)
- [The forces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-forces.md)