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Two-layer approach:
1. **Regex pass** (fast, synchronous) β catches numeric facts, postcodes, and
named entities not present verbatim in source material.
2. **LLM grounding pass** (async, context-aware) β asks the model to identify
specific invented claims that the regex cannot catch (e.g. negated context,
implied measurements, misattributed property types). Falls back to regex-only
when no OpenAI key is configured.
Unsupported or contradictory fragments are removed from the text.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import asyncio
import json
import logging
import re
from dataclasses import dataclass
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Regex patterns (fast first pass)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
_NUMBER_RE = re.compile(
r"""
\b # word boundary
\d[\d,]* # integer or comma-separated digits
(?:\.\d+)? # optional decimal part
\s* # optional whitespace before unit
(?: # optional unit
sq\s*(?:ft|m|meters?|metres?) |
sqm | mΒ² | sqft |
\% |
Β£[\d,\.]+| # currency values
(?:bed(?:room)?s?|floors?|storey|stories|storeys|years?|months?|km|m|ft)
)?
\b
""",
re.VERBOSE | re.IGNORECASE,
)
# Named entity: sequences of 2+ capitalised words.
# IMPORTANT: the inter-word separator is horizontal whitespace ONLY ([ \t]),
# never ``\s`` β ``\s`` matches newlines, which caused a heading on its own line
# (e.g. "Executive Summary") to merge with the capitalised first word of the
# following sentence ("The"/"It"), so the whole cross-line span was deleted as a
# single "invented entity", clipping the leading word and producing mid-sentence
# starts ("property featuresβ¦", "is recommendedβ¦").
_NAMED_ENTITY_RE = re.compile(r"\b([A-Z][a-z]+(?:[ \t]+[A-Z][a-z]+)+)\b")
# UK postcode
_POSTCODE_RE = re.compile(r"\b([A-Z]{1,2}\d[A-Z\d]?\s*\d[A-Z]{2})\b", re.IGNORECASE)
_VERIFY_TAG_RE = re.compile(r"\[VERIFY:\s*[^\]]+\]")
# Domain allowlist β standard RICS/property terminology never treated as invented facts
_ENTITY_ALLOWLIST: frozenset[str] = frozenset({
"ground floor", "first floor", "second floor", "third floor", "loft conversion",
"the property", "this property", "subject property",
"condition rating", "condition ratings",
"cavity wall", "cavity walls", "solid wall", "solid walls",
"flat roof", "pitched roof", "hipped roof", "gable end",
"party wall", "party walls",
"rising damp", "penetrating damp",
"damp proof course", "damp proof membrane",
"double glazing", "single glazing", "triple glazing",
"central heating", "gas central heating", "oil central heating",
"consumer unit", "fuse board",
"mains gas", "mains water", "mains electricity",
"building regulations", "planning permission", "planning consent",
"energy performance certificate",
"structural engineer", "building surveyor",
"royal institution", "chartered surveyors",
"home survey", "home buyer",
"not inspected", "not applicable",
"british standard", "british standards",
"local authority",
"north elevation", "south elevation", "east elevation", "west elevation",
"front elevation", "rear elevation", "side elevation",
"left hand", "right hand",
})
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# LLM grounding β structured output schema
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
_GROUNDING_SYSTEM = """\
You are a non-invention auditor for RICS property survey reports written by a Chartered Building Surveyor.
Your task: identify specific factual claims in the GENERATED TEXT that are NOT grounded in the SOURCE MATERIAL \
(bullets + snippets), with PARTICULAR EMPHASIS on contradictions.
Two violation tiers (both must be flagged):
TIER 1 β CONTRADICTIONS (highest priority β flag every instance):
- Any claim that disagrees with a fact in the source. Examples: text says "steel frame" but source \
says "cavity brick wall"; text says "10 Kingsley Avenue" but source says "2 Cunliffe Road"; \
text says "vacant" but source says "tenanted"; text says "single-glazed" but source says \
"double-glazed". Contradictions are NEVER acceptable, regardless of plausibility.
TIER 2 β INVENTIONS (flag specific ungrounded facts):
- Specific measurements, sizes, distances not in the source.
- Postcodes, addresses, dates, named people, named firms, brand names, model numbers not in the source.
- Specific repair costs, valuation figures, reinstatement figures not in the source.
- Product/material specifications stated as fact when the source is silent.
Acceptable (do NOT flag):
- A claim is GROUNDED if the core fact appears in the sources, even if worded differently \
(e.g. "cavity wall" in source vs "cavity brick walls" in text β same fact).
- Standard property/survey terminology ("cavity walls", "ground floor", "condition rating", \
"consumer unit", "rising damp", etc.).
- General professional opinion / reasonable inference based on the observation \
("the roof appeared in fair condition", "consistent with the property's age").
- Negated observations ("no signs of damp", "no evidence of movement") β absence of evidence is \
valid surveyor language.
- Tier-appropriate hedging ("further investigation may be required", "subject to inspection").
CALIBRATION:
- For TIER 1 contradictions: ALWAYS flag β no leniency. The source is authoritative; the text is wrong.
- For TIER 2 inventions: prefer flagging when in doubt. A false negative (invention slipping through) \
is worse than a false positive (a borderline claim removed). The RICS report is a legal document.
Return ONLY a JSON object β no markdown, no commentary:
{
"violations": [
{
"original": "<exact substring from text to replace β must match verbatim>",
"replacement": "",
"reason": "<TIER 1: contradicts source 'X'> | <TIER 2: invented fact 'X' has no basis in source>"
}
],
"grounding_score": <float 0.0β1.0, where 1.0 = fully grounded>
}
If no violations are found, return: {"violations": [], "grounding_score": 1.0}
"""
@dataclass
class GroundingViolation:
original: str
replacement: str
reason: str
@dataclass
class GroundingResult:
violations: list[GroundingViolation]
grounding_score: float
method: str # "llm" | "regex_fallback"
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# LLM grounding pass (async)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
async def _llm_grounding_check(
text: str,
bullets: list[str],
snippets: list[str],
openai_api_key: str,
model: str = "gpt-4o-mini",
) -> GroundingResult:
"""Ask the LLM to identify claims not grounded in source material."""
bullets_block = "\n".join(f"β’ {b}" for b in bullets if b.strip()) or "(none)"
snippets_block = "\n\n".join(s[:400] for s in snippets[:8] if s.strip()) or "(none)"
user_msg = (
f"GENERATED TEXT:\n{text}\n\n"
f"SOURCE BULLETS (surveyor notes β trusted):\n{bullets_block}\n\n"
f"RETRIEVED SNIPPETS (from uploaded documents β trusted):\n{snippets_block}\n\n"
"Identify violations. Be conservative β only flag genuine ungrounded specific facts."
)
try:
from app.llm.openai_chat import chat_completions_create
raw = await chat_completions_create(
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": _GROUNDING_SYSTEM},
{"role": "user", "content": user_msg},
],
model=model,
max_tokens=800,
temperature=0.0,
response_format={"type": "json_object"},
phase="grounding",
)
if not raw:
raw = "{}"
data = json.loads(raw)
violations = [
GroundingViolation(
original=str(v.get("original", "")),
replacement=str(v.get("replacement", "")),
reason=str(v.get("reason", "")),
)
for v in data.get("violations", [])
if v.get("original")
]
score = float(data.get("grounding_score", 1.0))
return GroundingResult(violations=violations, grounding_score=score, method="llm")
except Exception as exc:
logger.warning("LLM grounding check failed (%s) β using regex-only pass", exc)
return GroundingResult(violations=[], grounding_score=1.0, method="regex_fallback")
def _apply_violations(text: str, violations: list[GroundingViolation]) -> str:
"""Apply grounding violations as literal string replacements."""
for v in violations:
if not v.original or v.original not in text:
continue
logger.info(
"Non-invention (LLM): replacing %r β %s",
v.original[:60],
v.reason,
)
text = text.replace(v.original, v.replacement, 1)
return text
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Primary public API
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
async def async_enforce_verify(
text: str,
bullets: list[str],
snippets: list[str],
pinned_identity: dict[str, str] | None = None,
openai_api_key: str = "",
model: str = "gpt-4o-mini",
) -> str:
"""Full two-layer grounding check (regex + LLM).
Layer 1 β regex: catches postcodes, bare numbers, and capitalised named
entities not found verbatim in the source. Fast and free.
Layer 2 β LLM: context-aware grounding. Understands negation ("no signs
of damp"), property-type contradictions, and invented measurements that
slip past the regex. Skipped when ``openai_api_key`` is empty.
Args:
text: Raw LLM-generated section text.
bullets: Surveyor's inspection notes (trusted source).
snippets: Retrieved document chunks (trusted source).
openai_api_key: When non-empty, enables the LLM grounding pass.
model: OpenAI model used for the LLM pass.
Returns:
Text with unverifiable claims replaced by approved phrases.
"""
# Layer 1 β fast regex pass (always runs)
text = enforce_verify(
text=text,
bullets=bullets,
snippets=snippets,
pinned_identity=pinned_identity,
)
if not openai_api_key or not text.strip():
return _strip_missing_fact_phrases(text)
# Layer 2 β LLM grounding pass
result = await _llm_grounding_check(
text=text,
bullets=bullets,
snippets=snippets,
openai_api_key=openai_api_key,
model=model,
)
if result.violations:
logger.info(
"LLM grounding: %d violation(s) found, score=%.2f",
len(result.violations),
result.grounding_score,
)
text = _apply_violations(text, result.violations)
else:
logger.debug("LLM grounding: fully grounded (score=%.2f)", result.grounding_score)
return _strip_missing_fact_phrases(text)
def enforce_verify(
text: str,
bullets: list[str],
snippets: list[str],
pinned_identity: dict[str, str] | None = None,
) -> str:
"""Synchronous regex-only grounding pass.
Use :func:`async_enforce_verify` in async contexts for the full
two-layer check (regex + LLM).
All intermediate replacements use null-byte slot tokens so that
replacement phrases (which contain capitalised words) are never
re-processed by subsequent regex passes.
Checks:
1. Legacy [VERIFY: β¦] tags
2. UK postcodes
3. Numeric facts (numbers + units, with digit-only fallback)
4. Multi-word capitalised named entities (with RICS domain allowlist
and sub-phrase matching)
"""
# Null-byte tokens: replacement text is stashed here and resolved at the
# end, preventing replacement phrases from being matched again.
_slots: dict[str, str] = {}
_ctr = [0]
def _slot(final: str) -> str:
key = f"\x00S{_ctr[0]}\x00"
_slots[key] = final
_ctr[0] += 1
return key
# Stash legacy [VERIFY: β¦] tags. These are internal scaffolding tokens from
# older prompts; they should not leak to users.
text = _VERIFY_TAG_RE.sub(lambda _: _slot(""), text)
pinned_values = [
str(v).strip()
for v in (pinned_identity or {}).values()
if isinstance(v, str) and str(v).strip()
]
source = " ".join(bullets + snippets + pinned_values).lower()
# --- Pass 1: UK postcodes ---
def _pc(m: re.Match[str]) -> str:
raw = m.group(1)
normalised = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", raw).strip().upper()
if _word_boundary_present(normalised.lower(), source):
return raw
logger.debug("Non-invention (regex): replacing postcode '%s'", raw)
return _slot("")
text = _POSTCODE_RE.sub(_pc, text)
# --- Pass 2: numeric facts ---
def _num(m: re.Match[str]) -> str:
raw = m.group(0)
# Condition ratings are a controlled vocabulary (1/2/3), not invented
# measurements. Deleting them produced "Condition Rating ." with no
# value. Preserve any number that directly follows a rating label.
preceding = m.string[max(0, m.start() - 28) : m.start()].lower()
if "rating" in preceding or re.search(r"\bcr\s*$", preceding):
return raw
normalised = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", raw).strip().lower()
if _word_boundary_present(normalised, source):
return raw
# Fallback: check bare digit(s) β handles unit pluralisation
# (e.g. "3 bedrooms" in text vs "3 bedroom" in source).
digit_m = re.match(r"[\d,]+(?:\.\d+)?", normalised)
if digit_m and _word_boundary_present(digit_m.group(0), source):
return raw
logger.debug("Non-invention (regex): replacing numeric fact '%s'", raw)
return _slot("")
text = _NUMBER_RE.sub(_num, text)
# --- Pass 3: named entities ---
def _ent(m: re.Match[str]) -> str:
raw = m.group(0)
lower = raw.lower()
# Direct allowlist hit
if lower in _ENTITY_ALLOWLIST:
return raw
# Sub-phrase allowlist β e.g. "The Ground Floor" β check "ground floor"
words = lower.split()
for i in range(len(words)):
for j in range(i + 2, len(words) + 1):
if " ".join(words[i:j]) in _ENTITY_ALLOWLIST:
return raw
if _word_boundary_present(lower, source):
return raw
logger.debug("Non-invention (regex): replacing named entity '%s'", raw)
return _slot("")
text = _NAMED_ENTITY_RE.sub(_ent, text)
# Resolve all slots to their final text
for key, val in _slots.items():
text = text.replace(key, val)
# Collapse degenerate runs of the missing-data placeholder (e.g. a minimum-
# interference output that padded sparse notes by repeating the token).
text = _collapse_placeholder_runs(text)
return text
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Internal helpers
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def _word_boundary_present(needle: str, haystack: str) -> bool:
pattern = r"(?<!\w)" + re.escape(needle) + r"(?!\w)"
return re.search(pattern, haystack) is not None
_TOKEN_RE = re.compile(r"[A-Za-z]+(?:'[A-Za-z]+)?")
def _ngrams(tokens: list[str], n: int) -> set[tuple[str, ...]]:
if n <= 0 or len(tokens) < n:
return set()
return {tuple(tokens[i : i + n]) for i in range(len(tokens) - n + 1)}
def verbatim_overlap_ratio(text: str, sources: list[str], n: int = 6) -> float:
"""Fraction of n-token windows in ``text`` that appear verbatim in any
source.
Returns 0.0 when ``text`` has fewer than ``n`` tokens or when ``sources``
is empty. Used as a soft audit signal at low AI-involvement tiers β a low
overlap there means the model paraphrased instead of quoting the firm's
standard wording. We log a warning rather than regenerate to avoid
doubling cost on every section; the metric is mainly for observability
and tuning.
"""
if not text or not sources:
return 0.0
text_tokens = [t.lower() for t in _TOKEN_RE.findall(text)]
if len(text_tokens) < n:
return 0.0
text_grams = _ngrams(text_tokens, n)
if not text_grams:
return 0.0
src_grams: set[tuple[str, ...]] = set()
for src in sources:
if not src:
continue
src_tokens = [t.lower() for t in _TOKEN_RE.findall(src)]
src_grams.update(_ngrams(src_tokens, n))
if not src_grams:
return 0.0
matched = sum(1 for g in text_grams if g in src_grams)
return matched / len(text_grams)
_REPEATED_PLACEHOLDER_RE = re.compile(r"(?:\[DATA NOT PROVIDED\]\s*){2,}", re.IGNORECASE)
def _collapse_placeholder_runs(text: str) -> str:
"""Collapse degenerate runs of the missing-data placeholder.
Minimum-interference mode can pad sparse notes up to the word floor by
repeating ``[DATA NOT PROVIDED]`` dozens or hundreds of times. Any run of
two or more (optionally whitespace-separated) collapses to a single token,
so it still signals a gap without spamming the section.
"""
if not text:
return text
collapsed = _REPEATED_PLACEHOLDER_RE.sub("[DATA NOT PROVIDED] ", text)
collapsed = re.sub(r"\s{2,}", " ", collapsed)
return collapsed.strip()
# Scaffold sub-headings injected by ``_wrap_structured_skeleton`` for drafting.
# The model frequently echoes them into the prose; they must be removed cleanly
# as whole lines BEFORE grounding (otherwise the named-entity pass mangles them
# into fragments like "Defects and β¦"). Order longest-first for safe alternation.
_SCAFFOLD_HEADINGS: tuple[str, ...] = (
"Section focus (template guidance)",
"Executive Summary",
"Property Description",
"Condition Assessment",
"Defects and Risks",
"Recommendations",
"Section focus",
)
_SCAFFOLD_HEADING_RE = re.compile(
r"(?im)^[ \t>*#\-]*(?:"
+ "|".join(re.escape(h) for h in _SCAFFOLD_HEADINGS)
+ r")[ \t]*:?[ \t]*$\n?",
)
# Same labels when the model inlines them as "Label: " or "Label - " prefixes
# at the start of a line rather than on their own line.
_SCAFFOLD_INLINE_RE = re.compile(
r"(?im)^[ \t>*#\-]*(?:"
+ "|".join(re.escape(h) for h in _SCAFFOLD_HEADINGS)
+ r")[ \t]*[:\-ββ][ \t]*",
)
def strip_scaffold_subheadings(text: str) -> str:
"""Remove drafting scaffold sub-headings (``Executive Summary`` etc.).
Runs before the grounding passes so the headings never survive into the
user-visible report and never get clipped into fragments by the
non-invention regex.
"""
if not text or not text.strip():
return text
cleaned = _SCAFFOLD_HEADING_RE.sub("", text)
cleaned = _SCAFFOLD_INLINE_RE.sub("", cleaned)
cleaned = re.sub(r"\n{3,}", "\n\n", cleaned)
return cleaned.strip()
def _strip_missing_fact_phrases(text: str) -> str:
"""Remove hard-coded missing-data filler phrases from output text."""
if not text:
return text
text = _collapse_placeholder_runs(text)
cleaned = re.sub(
r"\bInformation not provided in source document\b[.,;:!?]*",
"",
text,
flags=re.IGNORECASE,
)
cleaned = re.sub(
r"\bWe were unable to verify this during inspection\b[.,;:!?]*",
"",
cleaned,
flags=re.IGNORECASE,
)
cleaned = re.sub(r"\s{2,}", " ", cleaned)
cleaned = re.sub(r"\s+([,.;:])", r"\1", cleaned)
return cleaned.strip()
def strip_verify_tags(text: str) -> list[str]:
"""Legacy helper kept for compatibility (always returns empty list)."""
return []
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Level-1 (Condition Report) behavioural sanitiser
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# RICS Level 1 is observation-only β the surveyor records condition and
# condition ratings; advising on repairs/replacements is the job of a Level 2
# (HomeBuyer) or Level 3 (Building Survey). The system prompt for L1 forbids
# directive phrasing, but gpt-4o-mini occasionally leaks "we recommend β¦",
# "should be replaced", "obtain a specialist report" β language that
# turns the L1 product into a partial L2.
#
# `_tier_validation_issues` in `app.services.generation` flags this in the
# legacy LCEL path with a one-shot retry. The agentic inspector loop has no
# equivalent retry β by the time the structured report is built, regenerating
# would require a second tool-calling round trip per section. A regex
# sanitiser is the right tool here: deterministic, free, and safe (worst
# case it strips a borderline sentence, which is professionally safer than
# leaking advice on a Level 1 product).
_L1_ADVICE_SENTENCE_RE = re.compile(
r"""
[^.!?]*? # sentence body up to its terminator
\b(?: # forbidden L1 advice markers
we\s+(?:would\s+|strongly\s+)?recommend(?:ed|ation|ations|s)? |
we\s+(?:would\s+)?advise(?:d|s)? |
we\s+suggest(?:ed|s)? |
you\s+should |
should\s+be\s+(?:repaired|replaced|inspected|investigated|considered|undertaken|installed|carried\s+out|commissioned) |
it\s+is\s+(?:recommended|advised|suggested) |
consideration\s+should\s+be\s+given |
further\s+investigation\s+(?:is|should\s+be)\s+(?:recommended|commissioned|undertaken|considered) |
# Loose "obtain/seek/consult ... <expert noun>" within one sentence:
# matches e.g. "obtain a structural engineer's report" / "seek
# specialist advice" / "consult a Gas Safe engineer".
(?:obtain|seek|consult)\s+(?:[\w'β-]+\s+){0,5}(?:quotation|quote|inspection|specialist|report|engineer|surveyor|advice|review)
)\b
[^.!?]* # rest of the sentence
[.!?] # terminator
\s* # trailing whitespace
""",
re.IGNORECASE | re.VERBOSE,
)
# Residual-leakage detector. Run AFTER the sentence-level strip; if anything
# advisory still remains we emit the L1 placeholder so the field is never
# user-visible with leftover advice. Note: the placeholder text itself must
# NOT contain any of these tokens, or the function would fall into a
# self-rejecting loop.
_L1_ADVICE_KEYWORDS_RE = re.compile(
r"""
\b(?:
we\s+recommend |
we\s+advise |
we\s+suggest |
recommend(?:ed|ation|ations|s)? |
should\s+be\s+(?:repaired|replaced|inspected|investigated|undertaken|commissioned) |
it\s+is\s+(?:recommended|advised|suggested) |
further\s+investigation\s+(?:is|should\s+be) |
you\s+should |
consult\s+(?:a|an|the\s+)?(?:specialist|engineer|surveyor) |
obtain\s+(?:a|an|the\s+)?(?:specialist|quotation) |
seek\s+specialist
)\b
""",
re.IGNORECASE | re.VERBOSE,
)
# Approved L1 placeholder. Cannot contain any token in
# `_L1_ADVICE_KEYWORDS_RE` (otherwise the leakage check would reject our
# own placeholder). Wording mirrors the L1 system-prompt directive.
_L1_PLACEHOLDER = "Observation only β no repair advice issued at Level 1."
def strip_l1_advice(text: str) -> str:
"""Remove repair/advice sentences from Level-1 (Condition Report) outputs.
Level 1 is observation-only by RICS definition. This sanitiser drops
whole sentences that contain advice markers ("we recommend", "should be
replaced", "obtain a specialist report"), preserving the surrounding
observation prose. If every sentence is stripped, returns an
L1-appropriate placeholder so the field is never silently empty.
Used by both the legacy LCEL pipeline (post-`_tier_validation_issues`)
and the agentic inspector loop (post-grounding-guard) to give the
agentic path the same tier behavioural enforcement the legacy path
has had since the original ai-level work.
Args:
text: Raw LLM-generated text for a Level-1 section/field.
Returns:
Text with advice sentences removed; or an L1 placeholder when
the input was entirely advisory.
"""
if not text or not text.strip():
return text
# Replace each matched advice sentence with a single space β NOT an empty
# string. The non-greedy `[^.!?]*?` prefix consumes the whitespace that
# follows the previous sentence's terminator (so the engine can position
# at the `\b` before the advice marker), and the trailing `\s*` consumes
# whitespace after this sentence's terminator. Replacing with `""` would
# collapse adjacent sentences into one (e.g. "Walls are sound.Floors are
# level."); the `\s{2,}` cleanup below only fixes 2+ spaces, not zero
# spaces. The single-space replacement always preserves a separator,
# and the `\s{2,}` collapse + `.strip()` clean up any doubled spaces or
# leading/trailing whitespace introduced at the boundaries of the text.
cleaned = _L1_ADVICE_SENTENCE_RE.sub(" ", text)
cleaned = re.sub(r"\s{2,}", " ", cleaned).strip()
if not cleaned or _L1_ADVICE_KEYWORDS_RE.search(cleaned):
return _L1_PLACEHOLDER
return cleaned
def strip_l1_advice_payload(payload: dict[str, str]) -> dict[str, str]:
"""Apply :func:`strip_l1_advice` to every string field of a submit payload.
Mirrors the field set used by the agentic ``submit_inspection_section``
tool: ``executive_summary``, ``property_description``,
``condition_assessment``, ``defects_and_risks``, ``recommendations``.
Unknown / non-string fields are passed through unchanged so this stays
safe for partial payloads.
"""
out: dict[str, str] = {}
for key, value in payload.items():
if isinstance(value, str) and value.strip():
out[key] = strip_l1_advice(value)
else:
out[key] = value
return out
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