pattern // aiSTUDY
AI Output With Provenance Boundaries
Make AI-assisted technical work label what came from source material, observation, inference and missing context.
Trust & provenanceSTUDY
Evidence tierSTUDYOfficial sources0Other sources0Last verifiedNot recorded
Evidence tier describes my hands-on relationship with the content. Official sources describe platform contracts/documentation. Production observations should not automatically be treated as official limits.
Problem
Fluent explanations can hide unsupported reconciliation or invented details.
Approach
Provide bounded context, require provenance classes in the response and validate automation-facing output deterministically.
Longer prompts and outputs
Requires discipline in source packaging
Much easier review of AI-assisted engineering work