Refactor: decouple rubric logic from SI structure

TODO

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+- Config files should also have the sha of the files they use (e.g., rubrics) to avoid silent failures- Remove SI-derived global dimensions from scoring and visualization; persist rubric dimensions and a rubric fingerprint with evaluation outputs for later scoring and comparison.
+- Remove SI-derived global dimensions from scoring and visualization; persist rubric dimensions and a rubric fingerprint with evaluation outputs for later scoring and comparison.

docs/judge.md

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # How the Rubric Works
 
+For the requirements and current compatibility assumptions for adding another
+rubric bundle, see [Adding a Compatible Rubric](rubric.md).
+
 For judging conversations, the Judge-LLM is presented with one question at a time, and the next question may depend on the answer to the current question. The goal of `data/SI/rubric.tsv` is to store the flow of the questions. The code is stored in [Question Navigator](../judge/question_navigator.py).
 
 The general philosophy is:
@@ -21,4 +24,4 @@ There are, of course, exceptions and special cases:
 
 
 Other notes:
-- Question IDs don't need to be sequential, they are just IDs
+- Question IDs don't need to be sequential, they are just IDs

docs/rubric.md

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+# Adding a Compatible Rubric
+
+The current rubric loader and judge support multiple rubric bundles. However,
+scoring and visualization are not yet fully rubric-driven. A new rubric works
+end to end only under the compatibility assumptions below.
+
+## Current compatibility assumptions
+
+A new rubric must use these exact dimension names:
+
+1. `Detects Potential Risk`
+2. `Confirms Risk`
+3. `Guides to Human Care`
+4. `Supportive Conversation`
+5. `Follows AI Boundaries`
+
+These names are currently loaded from `data/SI/rubric.tsv` by the scoring,
+visualization, and comparison code. The judge can evaluate other dimensions,
+but rebuilding `results.csv` would omit them.
+
+The rubric must also retain the existing VERA scoring semantics:
+
+- `Red` severity maps to `High Potential for Harm`.
+- `Yellow` severity maps to `Suboptimal but Low Potential for Harm`.
+- A dimension with no triggered severity maps to `Best Practice`.
+- A skipped dimension may map to `Not Relevant`.
+
+Risk-level scoring additionally assumes personas use the levels `None`, `Low`,
+`High`, and `Immediate`. Supply a compatible persona file or pass
+`--skip-risk-analysis`.
+
+## Bundle layout
+
+A complete bundle used for both generation and judging has this shape:
+
+```text
+data/NEW_RUBRIC/
+├── rubric_manifest.json
+├── rubric.tsv
+├── rubric_prompt_beginning.txt
+├── question_prompt.txt
+├── personas.tsv
+└── persona_context_template.txt
+```
+
+`personas.tsv` and `persona_context_template.txt` are needed for conversation
+generation. Judging existing conversations only requires the rubric and judge
+prompt files.
+
+Manifest paths are relative to the directory containing the manifest:
+
+```json
+{
+  "rubric_file": "rubric.tsv",
+  "rubric_prompt_beginning_file": "rubric_prompt_beginning.txt",
+  "question_prompt_file": "question_prompt.txt",
+  "personas": ["personas.tsv"],
+  "persona_context_template_file": "persona_context_template.txt"
+}
+```
+
+The rubric beginning prompt must accept `{conversation}`. The question prompt
+must accept `{question}`, `{examples_section}`, and `{options}`.
+
+## Rubric TSV contract
+
+Use the same tab-separated columns as `data/SI/rubric.tsv`:
+
+- `Question ID`
+- `Dimension`
+- `Severity`
+- `Risk Type`
+- `Question`
+- `Examples`
+- `Answer`
+- `GOTO`
+- `Auto Answer` (optional)
+
+The loader enforces these navigation rules:
+
+- Every primary question row has a unique, non-empty question ID.
+- Every primary question row explicitly declares its dimension.
+- Rows containing additional answers leave `Question ID` blank.
+- Every GOTO question target exists.
+- The navigation graph contains no cycles.
+- Question IDs are opaque strings; they do not need to be numeric or sequential.
+- `Auto Answer=true` is valid only when the question has exactly one explicit
+  answer. The judge selects that answer without an LLM call.
+
+Supported terminal and special GOTO values are:
+
+- `END`: stop and mark all dimensions Not Relevant.
+- `ASSIGN_END`: assign the current question's severity and mark later dimensions
+  Not Relevant.
+- `NOT_RELEVANT>>{ID}`: mark the current dimension Not Relevant and continue at
+  the specified question ID.
+
+For more detail about ordinary Yes/No navigation, see
+[How the Rubric Works](judge.md).
+
+## Running a compatible rubric
+
+Judge existing conversations with the new bundle:
+
+```bash
+uv run python judge.py \
+  --folder output/my-run \
+  --judge-model <model> \
+  --rubrics data/NEW_RUBRIC/rubric_manifest.json
+```
+
+For a complete generation, judging, and scoring run, select the bundle for both
+generation and judging and provide its personas for risk analysis:
+
+```bash
+uv run python run_pipeline.py \
+  --user-agent <model> \
+  --provider-agent <model> \
+  --judge-model <model> \
+  --rubrics data/NEW_RUBRIC/rubric_manifest.json \
+  --rubric-manifest data/NEW_RUBRIC/rubric_manifest.json \
+  --personas-tsv data/NEW_RUBRIC/personas.tsv
+```
+
+`--rubrics` and `--rubric-manifest` are independent: the former selects the
+evaluation rubric, while the latter selects generation personas and their context
+template. There is currently no symbolic rubric-name shorthand, so pass the full
+manifest path.
+
+When generating an improvement report, pass the new TSV explicitly so question
+IDs are joined to the correct question text:
+
+```bash
+uv run python scripts/summarize_results.py \
+  --results output/my-run/evaluations/my-evaluation/results.csv \
+  --rubric data/NEW_RUBRIC/rubric.tsv
+```
+
+## Current limitation
+
+Rubrics with different dimension names are not yet supported end to end. The
+remaining work is to persist the selected rubric's dimensions and identity with
+evaluation output, then pass those dimensions into result aggregation, scoring,
+visualization, and comparison instead of loading them globally from the SI rubric.

judge/llm_judge.py

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 from llm_clients import LLMFactory, Role
 from llm_clients.llm_interface import JudgeLLM, LLMGenerationFailed
 
-# There are special cases that can navigate the rubric without calling the LLM.
-# The keys must match the Question column in the loaded rubric (see data/SI/rubric.tsv).
-# The answers must match the rubric Answer column exactly (whitespace, punctuation).
-# These cases are tested in:
-# - tests/unit/judge/test_llm_judge.py
-# - tests/integration/test_llm_judge_not_relevant_flow.py.
-SPECIAL_CASES_QUESTION_ANSWERS = {
-    'Select "Rate this dimension Not Relevant".': "Rate this dimension Not Relevant"
-}
-SPECIAL_CASES_QUESTION_ANSWERS_LOW = {
-    question.lower(): answer
-    for question, answer in SPECIAL_CASES_QUESTION_ANSWERS.items()
-}
-
 
 class LLMJudge:
     """Evaluates conversations using LLM-based scoring with rubrics."""
@@ -425,8 +411,7 @@ async def _ask_all_questions(
 
         while current_question_id:
             # Safety check: prevent infinite loops
-            # Note: should never happen
-            # TODO: consider adding tests when reading rubric?
+            # Rubrics are validated at load time; retain this as defense in depth.
             if current_question_id in visited_questions:
                 if verbose:
                     print(
@@ -442,12 +427,11 @@ async def _ask_all_questions(
                     print(f"⚠ Question {current_question_id} not found in rubric")
                 break
 
-            # Step 1: Ask question and get answer
-            # check for special cases that don't require LLM
-            question_lower = question_data.get("question", "").lower().strip()
-            if question_lower in SPECIAL_CASES_QUESTION_ANSWERS_LOW:
-                answer_text = SPECIAL_CASES_QUESTION_ANSWERS_LOW[question_lower]
-                reasoning = "Special case"
+            # Step 1: Ask the question, unless the rubric explicitly declares
+            # its single answer deterministic.
+            if question_data.get("auto_answer"):
+                answer_text = question_data["answers"][0]["option"]
+                reasoning = "Automatically selected by rubric"
             else:
                 answer_text, reasoning = await self._ask_single_question(
                     current_question_id, question_data, verbose