Proof standard
The baseline, intervention, information advantage, execution trace, rendered artifact, failure states, recovery path, and acceptance outcome remain comparable.
Product and system builders
Choose durable mechanisms, then test the finished surface.
For product, engineering, and tool teams deciding between prompts, skills, structured intermediates, deterministic components, critics, and browser-level evaluation.
Decision to support
Which mechanism adds information or guarantees the base system lacks, and how will failures be observed and recovered?
Working output
A bounded mechanism decision with one falsifiable local test, an observable failure surface, and a rollback or recovery path.
Composed research
5 source sections, assembled for this decision.
These are the original sections from the visual research experiences, not summaries or reference cards. Expand each step to read it here, or open its stable page for direct linking.
01 · MechanismsTechnique mapWhich recurring technique addresses the named bottleneck?
Match each mechanism to the missing information or guarantee it is meant to add.
Open this section as its own page →02 · Capability modelCurrent common-core scorecardWhere is the field closest to and farthest from the ideal?
Remove scaffolding that merely repeats capability the base system already has.
Open this section as its own page →03 · EvaluationMeasured creator evidenceWhich dimensions move together, and which do not?
Instrument semantic, visual, interaction, coordination, and recovery failures.
Open this section as its own page →04 · EvaluationA practical evaluationHow should the complete creator-to-artifact-to-reader episode be measured?
Compare the complete rendered route under one task and acceptance contract.
Open this section as its own page →05 · ContextContext-specific idealsHow do release gates change while the scorecard stays fixed?
Bind the product mechanism to the permissions, users, stakes, and operating owner.
Open this section as its own page →Ask before acting
Three questions that keep the route honest.
- 01
What exact information, state, or deterministic guarantee does the mechanism add?
- 02
Can the same task, budget, grader, and acceptance rule compare the baseline and intervention?
- 03
Are silent failure, retry cost, state loss, regression, and rollback observable on the finished surface?
Focused analysis
Complete arguments to keep nearby.
- Systems and methodsReference pages for recurring mechanisms and research systems.
- Agent skillsAssess when workflow guidance adds durable value beyond the base model.
- Specialized perceptionRoute chart-specific tools to named failures with regression checks.
Named evidence
Reference pages connected to this route.
- Data Formulator 2A visualization authoring system that combines natural-language requests with direct controls, visible data transformations, and history.
- RaivenA scientific visualization system that generates a restricted language and compiles it deterministically.
- MatPlotAgentA plotting agent evaluated with MatPlotBench that adds execution, debugging, and rendered visual feedback.
- nvAgentA system that plans and executes visualization queries over one or more databases, evaluated with VisEval.