MAYBE as an Abstention State

MAYBE as an Abstention State: a proposed research note on a first-class unresolved state for tool-using AI agents. Consolidated draft v0.6, 7 November 2026. This is a proposed direction, not a validated result. No experiment with a language model or a deployed agent has been run. Three software-model test suites were executed as bounded consistency checks (three-axis 14/14, Sentinel Core 8/8, Sentinel Check 33/33 against a transcription whose byte-identity is not established). Athena (ChatGPT) reviewed v0.3 only and has NOT reviewed v0.4, v0.5 or v0.6. No independent human expert review has been conducted. The originator provides high-level conceptual direction and retains final authority over publication approval, but does not claim to have performed a detailed technical, cultural or linguistic validation. AI-assistance disclosure: this draft was assembled by Lucy (Muse AI) from the source documents listed in the inventory, at the direction of Michael Pilaprat, who originates the concept. Athena (ChatGPT), Persephone and Hermy contributed material as recorded in the paper. No AI is the originator of the concept.