$schema: https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema
document_type: Visual Knowledge Library
vkl_id: VKL-004
title: GovAIaaS Visual Knowledge Library — Visual Application Layer
version: 1.1.0
status: current
issued_date: '2026-07-25'
language: en-AU
canonical_uri: https://govaiaas.com/VKL-004.json
human_page: https://govaiaas.com/visual-library
alternate_serialisations:
- https://govaiaas.com/VKL-004.yaml
- https://govaiaas.com/VKL-004.txt
publisher:
  name: Walter Shepherd / SyncLogic Systems
dependencies:
- https://govaiaas.com/AI-MANIFEST.json
- https://govaiaas.com/HDI-002.json
- https://govaiaas.com/HDIMM-003.json
purpose: Help visitors and AI systems move from “What is this?” to “How could this help me?”
application_question: How can this be applied?
visual_application_postulate: A visual may orient or explain, but its governing page and reliance notes control
  interpretation.
visuals:
- id: V-THINK
  title: AI as a Thinking Partner
  asset: assets/ai-as-a-thinking-partner.png
  answers: What changes when AI is used as a governed thinking partner?
  application: Orientation
  audience:
  - new visitor
  - decision-maker
  prerequisites:
  - C-THINKING-PARTNER
  governing_pages:
  - PAGE-HOME
  - PAGE-CAP
  reliance_note: Use to explain the division of labour between humans and AI.
  ai_starter_prompt: Explain this visual to a beginner, identify one failure mode and connect it to Permission-to-Rely.
- id: V-SKILLS
  title: GovAIaaS Specialist AI Skills
  asset: assets/govaiaas-skills.png
  answers: Which specialist capabilities can be combined?
  application: Capability selection
  audience:
  - decision-maker
  - practitioner
  prerequisites:
  - C-GOV-AI
  governing_pages:
  - PAGE-CAP
  - PAGE-HOW
  reliance_note: Use to select or combine specialist capabilities. The original visual label AI Approve is superseded
    by Permission-to-Rely Assessment.
  ai_starter_prompt: Map my task to the minimum skill combination and state which human approvals remain outside
    AI authority.
- id: V-MECH
  title: Candidate Mechanisms Innovation
  asset: assets/candidate-mechanisms-innovation.jpg
  answers: How can AI help generate and test candidate mechanisms?
  application: Mechanism discovery
  audience:
  - researcher
  - analyst
  prerequisites:
  - C-MECH
  - C-PTR
  governing_pages:
  - PAGE-INNOV
  - PAGE-HOW
  reliance_note: Use to move from evidence collection toward multiple testable causal explanations.
  ai_starter_prompt: Generate a mechanism-discovery workflow, alternatives and discriminating tests without claiming
    confirmation.
- id: V-CLAIMS
  title: One Climate Claim, Many Claims
  asset: assets/one-climate-claim-many-claims.png
  answers: What component claims are hidden inside one climate statement?
  application: Claim decomposition
  audience:
  - auditor
  - climate reader
  prerequisites:
  - C-WEAKEST-LINK
  governing_pages:
  - PAGE-CLIMATE
  reliance_note: Use to expose the sub-claims hidden inside a compressed climate statement.
  ai_starter_prompt: Decompose the claim, classify each component and identify the weakest necessary component.
- id: V-4AI
  title: One Climate Claim, Four AIs, One Audit Template
  asset: assets/one-climate-claim-four-ais-one-audit-template.png
  answers: How can multiple AI audits be compared using one template?
  application: Multi-AI comparison
  audience:
  - auditor
  - researcher
  prerequisites:
  - C-KNOWLEDGE-STATUS
  governing_pages:
  - PAGE-CLIMATE
  - PAGE-CASE
  reliance_note: Use to compare independent outputs under one audit template. Convergence is process evidence, not
    proof.
  ai_starter_prompt: Compare four AI audits, separate convergence from proof and identify repeated weak links.
application_pathways:
- id: VP-ORIENT
  question: What is GovAIaaS?
  sequence:
  - V-THINK
  - V-SKILLS
- id: VP-DISCOVER
  question: How can AI discover candidate mechanisms?
  sequence:
  - V-MECH
- id: VP-CLIMATE
  question: How can a climate claim be audited?
  sequence:
  - V-CLAIMS
  - V-4AI
machine_start_prompt: Identify the visitor’s question, choose the minimum visual pathway, load the governing page
  and state the reliance note.
