Undominated · Identity dedup audit

---
name: undominated-identity-dedup
description: Collapse duplicate identities inside one population before ranking, so one model or one seller cannot be counted twice.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Undominated.ai
  version: "1.0.0"
---

# Identity dedup audit

Use when a count, a coverage figure, a ranked list or a spread is produced from a table of rows.

1. Rows are not identities. A model and its `:batch` and `:free` twins are one measurement entering a table three times. Dedupe on identity before any count, before any ranking, and before any comparison.
2. Normalise before comparing: trim and case-fold identity strings, and fold seller names the same way. `Vendor A` and `vendor a` are one seller until evidence says otherwise.
3. The invariant: one identity appears at most once in any published population. Report every duplicate group with its row indices, so the collapsed entries are visible rather than asserted.
4. A same-identity price conflict is a different defect from a duplicate and is reported separately. Duplicates mean a denominator is wrong; conflicting prices for one identity mean the source itself disagrees, and deduplicating would hide that by silently picking a winner.
5. State the denominator change explicitly. Published coverage fell from 153 to 112 distinct models on one task, and four task chips lost their visibility threshold as a result — the collapse is the finding, not a formatting detail.

## Run the local check

Resolve these paths relative to this skill directory, regardless of the project working directory:

```sh
python3 scripts/check.py examples/synthetic.json
python3 scripts/check.py /absolute/path/to/your-input.json
```

The bundled example is **synthetic**, not a current vendor quote or market measurement. Read and adapt it; never cite its numbers as market data. The script reads one explicit local JSON file and prints JSON. It makes no network requests and writes no files. Python 3.10+; no dependencies.

Exit codes: `0` every identity is unique and consistent; `1` review required; `2` invalid input. Passing validates uniqueness and internal price agreement for the supplied rows, not that a vendor or benchmark supplied them. Do not turn a script pass into a purchasing or publication permission.

## Input contract

`unit` is `model` or `seller`. `rows` is a non-empty list of objects; each carries `id`, plus `seller` when `unit` is `seller`. A `price` field, when present, must be a decimal string and is used for conflict detection. Identities and sellers are text, not numbers.

## Deliverable and limits

Return the row count, the deduplicated identity count, the number of rows dropped, every duplicate group with its indices, and every conflicting group. Quote observed values. A duplicate is not a licence to invent a merge rule, and an absent price is not a price of zero.

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