All capability theses

A use case to evaluate

Catch a claim the evidence does not support

With Jev, an agent can check a specific claim against a supplied tool result or passage.

A human example

An agent says a release is live, but the output only confirms a successful build.

What the caller supplies

The caller supplies the exact claim and current build and deployment evidence.

What happens next

Jev returns separate support and contradiction signals. The agent checks missing evidence before stating success.

Illustrative example, not a recorded result.

Potential value: high

A short check can catch premature completion claims in recurring agent workflows.

Evidence confidence: moderate

Our small diagnostic and a controlled SRE study support testing the pattern. Both expose errors; neither establishes general reliability.

The rating describes support for this claim. It is separate from Jev's returned probability. How we assign ratings.

Evidence, including disagreement

The next test

This protocol is planned. Its outcome is not yet known.

60 pre-labeled claims covering stale outputs, partial completion, missing evidence and explicit contradictions.

Compare against

  • Parse structured status fields
  • Direct agent review
  • Separate Jev questions

Measure

  • False confirmations
  • Review rate
  • Final response accuracy
  • Additional latency

Decision after the test

Do not default to automatic acceptance. A useful adviser must reduce false confirmations without hiding uncertain cases.

The report will retain inputs, question versions, every attempt and failure examples. We will update the confidence rating after reviewing the result.

Use a related Engine recipe

Recipes are implementation starting points. Their presence does not mean the protocol above has passed.

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