# elicitor/1 — conformance

Test vectors for any implementation claiming to drive the JouleClaw
deterministic structured-intake state machine. The reference
[`SlotWalker`] in this crate passes every vector; any other
implementation is conformant iff it produces the same final
`ElicitorStep` (byte-equal under serde_json) after processing the
given submit sequence for every input fixture.

## Files

- `vectors.json` — the canonical fixture set. 5 vectors covering
  empty-slot-list, single-required-slot-unanswered, two-slot fill-
  first-ask-second, two-slot fully filled, and the optional-slot-
  never-asked case.

## Verifier

```
cargo test -p jouleclaw-elicitor --test conformance
```

Other-language verifiers MUST construct a walker over the slot
list, apply the submit sequence in order, and compare the final
step to `expected_final_step`. `ElicitorStep` serializes with a
`kind` tag (`ask` | `done`); the field set per variant is fixed.

## Adding a vector

Add an entry to `vectors`, bump `vector_count`, and re-run the
verifier.