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How the Agent-Executable SOP Readiness Gate gate works
How the Agent-Executable SOP Readiness Gate grades every step of one SOP and rolls the whole SOP up to its worst step: a keystone gate forces NOT EXECUTABLE when any step defines no success criterion or no stop/escalation — which is how a 96/100 SOP with five READY steps still can't be run unattended.
How the gate works
This tool grades every step of one SOP against what an agent needs to run it unattended, then rolls the SOP up to its worst step. It reads 6 steps and rolls them into one verdict — the worst, never the average — and then a gate that can only make it worse.
The 6 steps
| Step | Verdict |
|---|---|
| S1-lookup-order | READY100/100 · every signal defined |
| S2-verify-eligibility | READY100/100 · every signal defined |
| S3-check-refund-window | READY100/100 · every signal defined |
| S4-issue-refundfix first | BLOCKERno stop / escalation defined · 82/100 |
| S5-notify-customer | READY92/100 · decision branches thin, still clears |
| S6-log-outcome | READY100/100 · every signal defined |
The verdict bands
A step with no checkable success criterion or no defined stop / escalation is a BLOCKER - an agent has no way to know it succeeded or when to halt and hand off. One blocked step overrides the mean readiness score, however high, so the whole SOP reads NOT EXECUTABLE.
In the worked sample it reads NOT EXECUTABLE — Five of six steps are READY and the mean readiness score is 96/100 - on the number alone this refund SOP looks runnable. But step S4-issue-refund defines no stop or escalation: if the refund call is ambiguous the agent has nowhere to halt and hand off. One keystone-blocked step overrides the score, so the SOP is NOT EXECUTABLE until S4 gets a stop condition. The one thing to fix first: S4-issue-refund - it defines no stop or escalation, so an agent can't know when to halt and hand off a bad refund. Add that stop condition first; every other step already clears READY..
Common questions
Can every step look survivable on the How the Agent-Executable SOP Readiness gate works and the company still read NOT EXECUTABLE?
Yes. The roll-up takes the worst of 6 steps — never the average — then a worsen-only gate, the Keystone gate, escalates when trouble clusters. In the worked sample it reads NOT EXECUTABLE because five of six steps are READY and the mean readiness score is 96/100 - on the number alone this refund SOP looks runnable. But step S4-issue-refund defines no stop or escalation: if the refund call is ambiguous the agent has nowhere to halt and hand off. One keystone-blocked step overrides the score, so the SOP is NOT EXECUTABLE until S4 gets a stop condition.
What is a worsen-only gate?
A dispositive rule that can only lower a verdict, never raise it. One fatal flaw overrides an otherwise-set of survivable lines, because a single disqualifying gap shouldn't hide behind an average of the healthy ones. The tool also names the one thing to fix first — here, "S4-issue-refund - it defines no stop or escalation, so an agent can't know when to halt and hand off a bad refund. Add that stop condition first; every other step already clears READY.".
A readiness aid for your own SOP documents - it grades the document, never people, and never runs an agent. Not legal advice.
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