Context-specific ideals

The scorecard stays fixed. The release gates change.

These are outcome definitions and binding gaps, not product ratings.

ContextWhat perfect means hereCurrent strengthBinding gaps

Explain and present

A grounded account survives editorial, mobile, and accessible delivery and improves defined-reader comprehension or calibrated trust.

Static construction 3

Integrity 2 · delivery 2 · outcome 1

Explore and discover

An analyst forms and tests valid questions, sees transformations, branches safely, and reaches sound findings with lower total effort.

Grounding 3 · steering 3

Critique 2 · discovery outcome 1–2

Monitor and respond

Fresh governed measures support timely response; misses, false alarms, access, uptime, escalation, and handoff are measured.

Semantic grounding 3

Stateful delivery 2 · operations 1

Compare and decide

Fair alternatives, uncertainty, counterevidence, and an audit trail improve a consequential decision under accountable ownership.

Grounding 3 · interpretation 3

Integrity 2 · decision outcome 1

Produce, revise, and reuse

An accepted artifact costs less in total, edits stay local, delivery tests pass, and another person can update it later.

Construction 3 · steering 3

Delivery 2 · lifecycle 1

Scientific and professional

Domain conventions, coordinates, uncertainty, and specialized transformations survive expert review and reproducible delivery.

Specified reproduction can approach 4

Open-ended reading 2 · integrity and outcome

Reader assistance and accessibility

Assistance fits the actual reader and device, improves immediate and delayed unassisted performance, and avoids dependence or false confidence.

Selected mechanisms 1–2

Delivered access · sampling · transfer · harm