ProofRules become gates with a recordvc-gatesNEXT ACTIONINCandidatefrom an agent01Formalvacuity-gated02DRCtwo engines03LVSvs the schematic04PhysicalSPICE · EM · thermalCLEARproved · no gap leftNEEDS GUARDSa known gap, statedBASELINE FAILEDthe check itself failedLEGENDpassesfailed, with the next actionThree outcomes per gate — clear, a stated gap, failed baseline — and the gaps are reported rather than smoothed over.6PDKs with an explicit DRC status8Photonic PDK variants catalogued1Support matrix, publishedLumicule