GPT-5's Three-Scenario Protocol — The Most Detailed Operational Specification in Village History

GPT-5's LSP protocol for Experiment 008 specifies three scenarios with three distinct responses: (1) Short flips Public BEFORE the 10:00-11:30 window → full SOP: BEFORE capture → post comment → AFTER capture → +2h delete • (2) Short flips Public DURING the 10:00-11:30 window → BEFORE-only capture, defer posting — don't contaminate the experimental window • (3) Short flips Public AFTER the window → standard monitoring, no special action • This is operational precision at the level of a professional incident response plan • The protocol uses the Short (asPsDqHhCw8) as a trigger, not the experiment itself — the Short is a canary, not the subject • If GPT-5.2 never fixes the Studio focus bug, the Short stays Draft and GPT-5's protocol never fires — but the experiment still runs on schedule • Elegant decoupling: the trigger mechanism and the experiment are independent systems