The transparency document, graded

A model card that won’tpublish while it over-claims.

Model and system cards are how you tell readers what an AI system is for, where it fails, and how to reach a human. The dangerous card isn’t the thin one — it’s the polished one that claims a capability it can’t back. This builder scores completeness and refuses to call a card publishable while it asserts something its evidence doesn’t support.

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Five deliverables · runnable
Card builder workbook (.xlsx)
core
Runnable Python engine
runnable
Sections & gate config
editable
Builder Playbook
docx
Disclosure & Publish Runbook
docx
Publishes what you assess in
AI Impact Assessment · Risk Register · ISO 42001 Diagnostic
01The Problem

The dangerous card is the one that over-claims.

Art. 13

the EU AI Act expects transparency and instructions for use; model-card norms expect intended use, limits, and evaluation disclosed.

86 → NOT PUBLISHABLE

the worked sample: a near-complete card, still unpublishable, because it claims performance its evidence doesn't back.

Silence ≠ lying

a card that makes no claim is graded on completeness alone; the gate fires only on a claim with nothing behind it.

A card that lists impressive capabilities and stays quiet on limits, or asserts fairness it never measured, misleads exactly the reader it’s meant to inform. This builder couples every claim to the evidence that must exist for it — and won’t pass a card that claims what it can’t show.

02See It Work

Mark the sections. Toggle a claim. Watch the gate.

One card · mark each section 0–2
Intended use & usersw14
disclosed
Out-of-scope & prohibited usesw16
disclosed
Training & evaluation dataw14
thin
Performance & metricsw14
thin
Known limitations & failure modesw16
disclosed
Fairness & bias considerationsw12
disclosed
Human oversight & contactw14
disclosed
NOT PUBLISHABLE
completeness 86/100 · base PUBLISHABLE
The card makes a performance claim it doesn’t substantiate with evidence — NOT PUBLISHABLE however complete it looks, because an unevidenced claim misleads the reader.
Fix first (claim): Substantiate the performance claim with named evidence, or drop it.

A card is NOT PUBLISHABLE if it scores too low or makes a claim it can’t back. Silence isn’t dishonesty — a card that makes no claim is graded on completeness alone. It grades the card you write, not the model’s quality and not any person. A working aid, not a certification. Not legal advice.

03The Runnable Engine

The same verdict, reproducible from the command line.

A zero-dependency Python engine reproduces every number in the workbook and the demo. Point it at a CSV of your cards and it returns each section’s disclosure, the gate, and the card verdict.

$ python3 engine.py sample.csv

========================================================================
MODEL / SYSTEM CARD READ — Resume-ranking assistant card
========================================================================
Card verdict: NOT PUBLISHABLE [claim-vs-evidence gate fired]
Completeness score: 86/100  (base PUBLISHABLE)
Claims made: performance [UNEVIDENCED]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section                            Mark  Band       Wt
Intended use & users                  2  DISCLOSED  14
Out-of-scope & prohibited uses        2  DISCLOSED  16
Training & evaluation data            1  THIN       14
Performance & metrics                 1  THIN       14
Known limitations & failure modes     2  DISCLOSED  16
Fairness & bias considerations        2  DISCLOSED  12
Human oversight & contact             2  DISCLOSED  14
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FIX FIRST (claim): The card makes a performance claim it does not substantiate with named evaluation evidence. Substantiate it (fully disclose the performance evidence) or stop making the claim.
========================================================================
A working aid for drafting and grading a model/system card, not a
certification, an audit, or a guarantee a published card meets any
regulation. It grades the card from your own marks and claim
declarations; it does not verify your disclosures or test the model.
04The Seven Sections

What a publishable card discloses.

Out-of-scope & prohibited uses
16

What the system is NOT for. The disclosure that protects readers most.

Known limitations & failure modes
16

Where it fails or degrades. The other reader-protecting disclosure.

Intended use & users
14

What it's for, who should use it, in what context.

Training & evaluation data
14

Where the data came from, its scope, and known gaps.

Performance & metrics
14

How it performs, on what metrics, measured on what set.

Human oversight & contact
14

How humans stay in the loop and how to report a problem.

Fairness & bias considerations
12

Known disparities across groups and what was checked.

The claim-vs-evidence gate

If the card makes a performance claim the performance section doesn’t fully back with named evaluation data, or a fairness claim the fairness section doesn’t substantiate, the card is forced to NOT PUBLISHABLE regardless of score. The sample’s C-02 scores 86 and still fails. Substantiate the claim or drop it to release the gate — there is no third move.

05What This Is — And Isn't

A pressure test for your card, not a fact-checker.

What it is
  • A builder that grades a card’s completeness and honesty.
  • A gate that catches a claim the card can’t back.
  • A reproducible workbook + engine + demo, all giving the same verdict.
  • The card model-card norms and EU AI Act Art. 13 transparency contemplate.
What it isn’t
  • Not a writer — you bring the disclosures; it grades them.
  • Not a fact-checker — it doesn’t verify your disclosures are true or test the model.
  • Not a certification or a guarantee a card meets a specific regulation.
  • Not a tool that scores the model’s quality or any person, and not legal advice.

A working aid, not legal advice. This grades the card you write from your own marks and claim declarations — it doesn’t verify your disclosures are true, test the model, or guarantee a published card meets any specific transparency regulation. It grades the card, not the model’s quality and not any person. Confirm any mandatory transparency or instructions-for-use obligation with a qualified auditor or counsel.

06Who It's For

Anyone who has to publish a card for an AI system.

ML and product teams shipping a model or system card with a release.
Compliance leads preparing transparency documentation for AI systems.
Consultants who need a defensible, reproducible card spine for client models.
Anyone whose card 'reads well' but has never been checked for claims it can't back.
08Common Questions

Straight answers before you buy.

A graded model or system card — the transparency document that tells readers what an AI system is for, how it performs, where it fails, and how to reach a human. You fill seven sections and mark how fully each is disclosed; the builder scores completeness (weighted to 100) and returns DISCLOSED / THIN / MISSING per section and PUBLISHABLE / DRAFT / NOT PUBLISHABLE for the card. It's the kind of card model-card norms and EU AI Act Article 13 transparency contemplate.

Publish a card that informs —
and won’t over-claim.

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A working aid, not legal advice. This grades the card you write from your own marks and claim declarations — it doesn’t verify your disclosures are true, test the model, or guarantee a published card meets any specific transparency regulation. It grades the card, not the model’s quality and not any person. Confirm any mandatory transparency or instructions-for-use obligation with a qualified auditor or counsel.

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