diff --git a/scripts/generator-freshness-contract.cjs b/scripts/generator-freshness-contract.cjs
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+'use strict';
+
+const GENERATOR_FRESHNESS_REASON = Object.freeze({
+  FRESH: 'fresh',
+  STALE: 'stale',
+  MISSING_SOURCE: 'missing_source',
+  MISSING_GENERATED: 'missing_generated',
+});
+
+/**
+ * Compare source and generated artifacts by content hash-equivalence contract.
+ * @param {{source?:string, generated?:string}} input
+ * @returns {{ok:boolean, reason:string}}
+ */
+function evaluateGeneratorFreshness(input) {
+  const source = input?.source;
+  const generated = input?.generated;
+
+  if (typeof source !== 'string') {
+    return { ok: false, reason: GENERATOR_FRESHNESS_REASON.MISSING_SOURCE };
+  }
+  if (typeof generated !== 'string') {
+    return { ok: false, reason: GENERATOR_FRESHNESS_REASON.MISSING_GENERATED };
+  }
+  if (source === generated) {
+    return { ok: true, reason: GENERATOR_FRESHNESS_REASON.FRESH };
+  }
+  return { ok: false, reason: GENERATOR_FRESHNESS_REASON.STALE };
+}
+
+module.exports = { GENERATOR_FRESHNESS_REASON, evaluateGeneratorFreshness };
diff --git a/tests/generator-freshness-contract.test.cjs b/tests/generator-freshness-contract.test.cjs
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+const { test, describe } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+
+const {
+  GENERATOR_FRESHNESS_REASON,
+  evaluateGeneratorFreshness,
+} = require('../scripts/generator-freshness-contract.cjs');
+
+describe('generator freshness contract module', () => {
+  test('fresh when source and generated match exactly', () => {
+    const out = evaluateGeneratorFreshness({ source: 'abc', generated: 'abc' });
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(out, { ok: true, reason: GENERATOR_FRESHNESS_REASON.FRESH });
+  });
+
+  test('stale when source and generated differ', () => {
+    const out = evaluateGeneratorFreshness({ source: 'abc', generated: 'abd' });
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(out, { ok: false, reason: GENERATOR_FRESHNESS_REASON.STALE });
+  });
+
+  test('missing_source when source omitted', () => {
+    const out = evaluateGeneratorFreshness({ generated: 'abc' });
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(out, { ok: false, reason: GENERATOR_FRESHNESS_REASON.MISSING_SOURCE });
+  });
+
+  test('missing_generated when generated omitted', () => {
+    const out = evaluateGeneratorFreshness({ source: 'abc' });
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(out, { ok: false, reason: GENERATOR_FRESHNESS_REASON.MISSING_GENERATED });
+  });
+});