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Evidence-First Citations in Chat Responses

Module

AdvisoryAI

Status

IMPLEMENTED

Description

Evidence bundle assembly with citations in chat responses and UI evidence drilldown is implemented.

Implementation Details

  • Modules: src/AdvisoryAi/StellaOps.AdvisoryAI/Chat/, src/AdvisoryAi/StellaOps.AdvisoryAI/Explanation/
  • Key Classes:
    • EvidenceAnchoredExplanationGenerator (src/AdvisoryAi/StellaOps.AdvisoryAI/Explanation/EvidenceAnchoredExplanationGenerator.cs) - generates explanations anchored to evidence citations
    • EvidencePackChatIntegration (src/AdvisoryAi/StellaOps.AdvisoryAI/Chat/EvidencePackChatIntegration.cs) - embeds evidence citations into chat responses
    • GroundingValidator (src/AdvisoryAi/StellaOps.AdvisoryAI/Chat/GroundingValidator.cs) - validates that AI claims are grounded in cited evidence
    • ExplanationPromptTemplates (src/AdvisoryAi/StellaOps.AdvisoryAI/Explanation/ExplanationPromptTemplates.cs) - prompt templates for citation-rich explanations
    • DefaultExplanationPromptService (src/AdvisoryAi/StellaOps.AdvisoryAI/Explanation/DefaultExplanationPromptService.cs) - assembles explanation prompts with citation instructions
    • InMemoryExplanationStore (src/AdvisoryAi/StellaOps.AdvisoryAI/Explanation/InMemoryExplanationStore.cs) - stores explanation requests and results
    • ActionProposalParser (src/AdvisoryAi/StellaOps.AdvisoryAI/Chat/ActionProposalParser.cs) - parses action proposals from LLM responses with citation references
  • Interfaces: IExplanationGenerator, IExplanationRequestStore, IEvidenceRetrievalService
  • Source: Feature matrix scan

E2E Test Plan

  • Generate an explanation via EvidenceAnchoredExplanationGenerator and verify it contains citation references to evidence items
  • Verify GroundingValidator rejects explanations that make claims without corresponding evidence citations
  • Verify EvidencePackChatIntegration embeds clickable citation references in chat response markdown
  • Verify ExplanationPromptTemplates instruct the LLM to cite evidence sources in its output
  • Verify InMemoryExplanationStore persists explanation requests and results for later retrieval
  • Verify ActionProposalParser extracts cited evidence IDs from LLM-generated action proposals