AI evaluation protocol

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Defines a versioned dataset, acceptance threshold and failure handling before a model is released.

Synthetic evaluation-method sample. Version 1.0, published November 7, 2026. Authored by Newton & Carter for demonstration; no client, participant or measured outcome is implied.

Newton & CarterDefine what ready means.
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Scope

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Build

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Review

Illustrative planning diagram. Scope and acceptance are agreed per engagement.

Earlier method version 1.0. Inspect the current version 1.1 acceptance protocol and 200-query worksheet →

Inspect the artifact

The complete, machine-readable source is below. Use it to discuss the structure and acceptance of an engagement.

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{
  "version": "1.0",
  "dataset": "Fictional CivicAnswer corpus and 50-question benchmark",
  "decision": "Can the system select an approved source or refuse an unsupported question?",
  "measures": [
    "Expected source/refusal agreement",
    "Source-text fidelity",
    "Unsupported-question refusal"
  ],
  "acceptance": "Expected source/refusal agreement is assessed against the published cases. Review every failure; do not infer general model quality.",
  "humanReview": [
    "Confirm the expected cases",
    "Inspect false refusals and unsafe answers",
    "Approve deployment boundary"
  ],
  "limits": "A deterministic extractive demonstration is not model inference, a client result or evidence of general AI performance."
}

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