Working template
Intelligence-Selection Record
Intelligence-Selection Record, a learner-facing working resource from the free and open-source Lumyn FDE School.
Complete one record per consequential decision route.
Evidence boundary
- Evidence mode: live field evidence / sanitized retrospective / synthetic practice:
- Evidence classes used: assertion / observation / policy / measured operations / exact-build test / exercised capability:
- Intended use or decision:
- Scope and applicability:
- Current limitations and prohibited claims:
Decision route
- Decision being made:
- Inputs and evidence:
- Required output:
- Consequence of error:
- Maximum tolerable error or effect:
- Latency and availability need:
- Cost ceiling:
- Human authority and fallback:
Candidate comparison
| Mechanism | Evidence fit | Quality | Explainability | Latency | Full cost | Failure detectability | Recovery | Authority fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deterministic code | ||||||||
| Optimization | ||||||||
| Classical ML | ||||||||
| Retrieval | ||||||||
| Foundation-model call | ||||||||
| Bounded agent workflow | ||||||||
| Human review |
Selection
- Selection status: provisional hypothesis / selected for the accepted route:
- Smallest sufficient mechanism or hybrid route:
- Outcome and authority evidence that permit this status:
- Why simpler options fail the stated requirements:
- Why more complex options do not earn their added cost or risk:
- Software-enforced boundaries:
- Human review capacity and authority:
- Fallback behavior:
- Evaluation evidence required:
Change and retirement
- Condition that invalidates this choice:
- Signal that a simpler mechanism now suffices:
- Cost, error, adoption, or policy retirement trigger:
- Review owner and date: