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How the AI Output Audit Trail Kit gate works
How the AI Output Audit Trail Kit grades 8 recordkeeping fields across a log of AI-assisted outputs: a structural gate forces UNRECORDED when a high-impact entry has no reviewer — which is how six entries averaging 98% complete still read UNRECORDED because one pricing decision has no reviewer on file.
How the gate works
This tool grades an organization's AI-output record-keeping across 8 fields per logged entry. Each control is marked from your own evidence and weighted into a 0–100 score — and then the score is run past a gate that can only make the verdict worse.
The 8 weighted controls
| Signal | Weight |
|---|---|
| Tool / model recorded | 18 |
| Owner recorded | 18 |
| Date recorded | 14 |
| Purpose recorded | 12 |
| Prompt reference recorded | 12 |
| Output location recorded | 12 |
| Reviewer recorded | 8 |
| Source reference recorded | 6 |
| Total | 100 |
The verdict bands
A missing required field (tool/model, owner, date), or a high-impact entry missing a reviewer or a source, forces UNRECORDED no matter how complete the log reads on average.
In the worked sample it scores 98 out of 100 and still reads UNRECORDED — Six logged AI outputs average 98% field completeness across all 8 fields - practically perfect. But one entry, a high-impact pricing decision, has no reviewer on record. That's structural, not graduated: the gate forces the whole log to UNRECORDED regardless of the 98. Marked fix first on this sample: Log the missing reviewer on the high-impact entry - the one structural gap forcing UNRECORDED on an otherwise 98%-complete trail.
Common questions
Can something score well on the AI Output Audit Trail gate and still fail?
Yes. The weighted score is run past a worsen-only gate — the Structural completeness — that can only make the verdict worse. In the worked sample it scores 98 out of 100 and still reads UNRECORDED, because six logged AI outputs average 98% field completeness across all 8 fields - practically perfect. But one entry, a high-impact pricing decision, has no reviewer on record. That's structural, not graduated: the gate forces the whole log to UNRECORDED regardless of the 98.
What is a worsen-only gate?
A rule that can only lower a verdict, never raise it. One gate-triggering gap overrides an otherwise-good score, because a single gate-triggering gap shouldn't hide behind a high average. Where something is short, the fix-first row names it — here, "Log the missing reviewer on the high-impact entry - the one structural gap forcing UNRECORDED on an otherwise 98%-complete trail.".
Audits a record's completeness, not the AI output's quality and not people. Not legal advice - confirm your own record-keeping requirements with counsel.
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