troupe-standup/wizard-work/quill/evidence-checklist.md

Wizard Evidence Checklist

Every claim in a draft or artifact must attach evidence before it ships. This checklist enforces the evidence law: prepared is not observed; a plan is not a build; "the executor said done" is not "a test passed."

Claim

• One sentence: what is asserted.
• No vague language ("seems", "likely", "probably").
• If the claim includes a number, the unit and source are stated.

Source

• Source is named: file path, URL, tool output, or person.
• If from a tool call, the tool name and arguments are recorded.
• If from a human, the timestamp and role are recorded.

Measured vs Claimed

• Measured results are tagged with how they were obtained (command, test, observation).
• Claimed-only items are explicitly labeled CLAIMED and include what would falsify them.
• No claimed result is presented as if it were measured.

Reproducibility

• Every measured result includes the exact command or procedure to reproduce it.
• The reproduction target is current (not moved, renamed, or deleted).
• If reproduction depends on environment, the env is specified.

Timestamp

• Observation timestamp is ISO-8601 UTC.
• Claims older than 24 hours without a fresh measurement are flagged.

Owner

• A single owner is named for every claim.
• The owner is the person or agent who observed the evidence, not the one who requested it.

Verdict

• Verdict line starts with VERDICT: and states pass/fail with measured evidence.
• Check command is a single bare shell command whose exit code equals the verdict.
• No tautology: the command inspects the artifact, it does not echo a hard-coded success.