# [Interface Name]

**Header**: `src/core/<header>.h`
**Component ID**: `MBCA-COMP-XXX`
**Stability**: Experimental / Provisional / Stable

## Design Rationale

Why this interface exists, what architectural decision it enables.

## Interface Contract

### Preconditions

- [List preconditions]

### Postconditions

- [List postconditions]

### Invariants

- [List invariants]

## Implementation Map

| Method | Implementation(s) | Notes |
|--------|-------------------|-------|
| `method()` | `ConcreteImpl::method()` | Brief description |

## Assumptions and Constraints

1. [List assumptions]

## Known Limitations and Failure Modes

1. [List limitations — each feeds into anomaly assessment]

## Hazard Hints

Technical conditions for ISO 14971 hazard identification.
**Not clinical risk assessments** — those are the manufacturer's responsibility.

- [List technical conditions]

## Downstream Dependencies

| SOUP Component | Version | Interaction |
|---------------|---------|-------------|
| [dependency] | [version] | [how this interface uses it] |

## Verification Evidence

| Benchmark | What It Proves | Result |
|-----------|---------------|--------|
| MBCA-VER-XXX | [description] | PASS/FAIL |

## References

- [List [@Key] citations if applicable]