Zero-Shot Engineering — Public Specification

This release introduces a set of clarifications that increase the operational and normative maturity of the Zero-Shot Engineering (ZSE) specification.

Highlights

• Explicit declaration of economic trade-offs between prompt-based control and fine-tuning approaches.
• Formal acknowledgment of cognitive and maintenance costs associated with ZSE prompt design.
• Introduction of a normative hierarchy for constraint resolution (Schema > Constraints > Role).
• Improved clarification of ZSE applicability boundaries and failure conditions.
• Editorial and typographical refinements to improve specification readability.

No new mechanisms, metrics, or experimental results are introduced. This release focuses on reducing interpretive ambiguity and strengthening adoption readiness.