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+name: OpenAI Erdos 23 n=1 kernel audit
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/openai-erdos23-n1-audit.yml'
+      - 'FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/23N1Proof.lean'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  audit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 45
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Install pinned Lean toolchain
+        run: |
+          curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leanprover/elan/master/elan-init.sh | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain none
+          echo "$HOME/.elan/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            .lake/packages
+            .lake/build
+          key: erdos23-n1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('lean-toolchain', 'lake-manifest.json', 'lakefile.toml') }}
+          restore-keys: erdos23-n1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-
+      - name: Fetch compiled dependencies
+        run: lake exe cache get
+      - name: Reject holes and compiler-trust shortcuts
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          f=FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/23N1Proof.lean
+          ! grep -nE '\b(sorry|admit)\b|native_decide|decide \+native|unsafe|axiom |Lean\.ofReduce|Lean\.ofReduceBool|Lean\.trustCompiler' "$f"
+      - name: Compile exact kernel proof module
+        run: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          lake build FormalConjectures.ErdosProblems.«23N1Proof» 2>&1 | tee /tmp/erdos23-n1-build.log
+      - name: Audit exact theorem axioms
+        run: |
+          cat > /tmp/Erdos23N1Axioms.lean <<'EOF'
+          import FormalConjectures.ErdosProblems.«23N1Proof»
+          #print axioms Erdos23.erdos_23_n1_kernel
+          #print axioms Erdos23.erdos_23_n1_tight_kernel
+          EOF
+          lake env lean /tmp/Erdos23N1Axioms.lean 2>&1 | tee /tmp/erdos23-n1-axioms.log
+          ! grep -E 'sorryAx|Lean\.ofReduce|Lean\.ofReduceBool|Lean\.trustCompiler' /tmp/erdos23-n1-axioms.log
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: erdos23-n1-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: |
+            /tmp/erdos23-n1-build.log
+            /tmp/erdos23-n1-axioms.log
+          if-no-files-found: warn
diff --git a/FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/23N1Proof.lean b/FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/23N1Proof.lean
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+/-
+Copyright 2026 The Formal Conjectures Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-/
+
+import FormalConjectures.ErdosProblems.«23»
+
+/-!
+# Kernel enumeration of the five-vertex case of Erdős Problem 23
+-/
+
+namespace Erdos23
+
+/-- Every triangle-free graph on five vertices can be made bipartite by deleting at most one edge. -/
+@[category test, AMS 5]
+theorem erdos_23_n1_kernel :
+    ∀ (G : SimpleGraph (Fin 5)), G.CliqueFree 3 → ∃ (H : SimpleGraph (Fin 5)),
+      H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧ (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ 1 := by
+  decide +kernel
+
+/-- The five-cycle witnesses that the one-edge bound is sharp. -/
+@[category test, AMS 5]
+theorem erdos_23_n1_tight_kernel :
+    ∃ (G : SimpleGraph (Fin 5)), G.CliqueFree 3 ∧ ∀ (H : SimpleGraph (Fin 5)),
+      H ≤ G → H.IsBipartite → 1 ≤ (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card := by
+  decide +kernel
+
+#print axioms erdos_23_n1_kernel
+#print axioms erdos_23_n1_tight_kernel
+
+end Erdos23