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H.A.R.D. Protocol 0.3 · Public Preview
Human-centered AI Readiness and Decision Protocol
Evidence supports a bounded engineering step
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SYNTHETIC-LOW-001 · Fictional advisor intake · 0.3-preview.1
Engineering recommendation only. Owner authorization and deployment evaluation are separate.
Review mode: engineering_commitment; artifact population: runtime_ai. Population remains separate from evaluator provenance.
| Decision | Profile needed | Risk | First stop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROCEED_TO_ENGINEERING | QUICK6 | low | No gate stop |
The software checks structure and decision rules. Recorded human evidence-quality review: RECORDED_PASS. The software does not independently verify evidence authenticity or certify criterion conformance.
Next action
Does the named owner authorize this exact bounded engineering step?
Owner: engineering lead. Record the owner's separate dated authorization or refusal and conditions. Do not infer authorization from a gate pass.
Six gates - no combined score
| Gate and criteria | Result | What is missing or failed |
|---|---|---|
| Understand today's work (HCAI-1.2) | PASS | Required checks passed |
| Name the need and success condition (HCAI-1.1, HCAI-1.3, HCAI-1.4) | PASS | Required checks passed |
| Model system truth, state and recovery (HCAI-3.1, HCAI-3.2) | PASS | Required checks passed |
| Check the requirement and tested revision (HCAI-2.1, HCAI-2.2, HCAI-2.3) | PASS | Required checks passed |
| Estimate the remaining human work (HCAI-3.3) | PASS | Required checks passed |
| Bound the engineering decision (HCAI-4.1, HCAI-4.2, HCAI-4.3, HCAI-4.4, HCAI-4.5) | PASS | Required checks passed |
PASS means the structural rules and supplied review judgments satisfy this gate. It does not prove the evidence is true or sufficient in practice. MISSING means gather evidence; FAIL means repair a known problem; NOT_EVALUATED means no conclusion was drawn.
Effort, costs and performance
| Result | Value | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| Gross labor minutes saved / case | 15.0 | Before AI-output oversight |
| Oversight minutes / case | 5.0 | Review + correction + escalation + rework |
| Net labor minutes saved / case | 10.0 | Projected; not measured performance |
| Net operating benefit / period | 470.0 | USD / month; PROJECTED |
| Preparation elapsed minutes | 0.0 | Preparation time outside the review session |
| Review session elapsed minutes | 12.0 | Includes capture/reporting |
| Total evaluation person-minutes | 24.0 | Disjoint preparation + evaluator + participant + adjudication |
| Protocol evaluation cost | 12.0 | USD |
| Operational system performance | not_collected | No deployment decision is made by this instrument |
Missing values are not zero. Money and time are scenario estimates unless separately observed. The cost of this review is reported separately from workflow operating cost.
Current workflow - observed versus reported
| Step | Role and action | Next / endpoint | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| C1 | intake advisor: Read and check intake | C2, C4 | observed |
| C2 | intake advisor: Ask for correction | C3 | reported |
| C3 | intake advisor: Correct saved fields or retain cancelled record | C4 | reported |
| C4 | intake lead: Confirm or close intake | Endpoint | observed |
People and consequences
Affected roles: intake advisor, requester
| Review area | Applicability and reason | Requirements / owner |
|---|---|---|
| access_usability | applicable: Stipulated synthetic case: readable editable drafts, equal correction access, local fictional data, advisor control. Not empirical evidence. | R1 / intake lead |
| privacy_security | applicable: Stipulated synthetic case: readable editable drafts, equal correction access, local fictional data, advisor control. Not empirical evidence. | R1 / intake lead |
| unequal_effects | applicable: Stipulated synthetic case: readable editable drafts, equal correction access, local fictional data, advisor control. Not empirical evidence. | R1 / intake lead |
| human_agency | applicable: Stipulated synthetic case: readable editable drafts, equal correction access, local fictional data, advisor control. Not empirical evidence. | R1 / intake lead |
Proposed workflow - connected paths
| State | Behavior | Next / endpoint |
|---|---|---|
| S1 | Review request | S2, S4 |
| S2 | Flag missing field | S3 |
| S3 | Retain corrected or cancelled intake | S4 |
| S4 | Close with retained record | Endpoint |
Consequential choices and accountable review
This ledger examines choices visible in the artifact against its purpose and criteria. Historical alternatives need source records. Proposed alternatives and new rationale belong to the current review. A justified existing choice can remain; replacement is not a prerequisite.
Declared consequential choice IDs: CHOICE-SYNTHETIC-1
CHOICE-SYNTHETIC-1: Synthetic fixture: preserve advisor control and contact details
Decision criteria: Synthetic criterion: preserve the defined fields on correction and cancellation; Synthetic criterion: require advisor approval before changes
Observed choice: Synthetic fixture: retain editable intake drafts instead of sending automatically
Observed evidence locations: examples/evidence/synthetic-workflow.md (synthetic artifact only)
| Alternative category | Description | Source evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Proposed in this review | Synthetic current-review alternative: a non-AI form with field checks | Proposal; not historical evidence |
Alternatives review: Synthetic current comparison; no claim about a creator's historical choices
Rationale provenance: new; justification: Synthetic stipulated current review: retaining editable drafts meets the preservation and approval criteria; retain this choice for a bounded prototype
Rationale evidence: No historical rationale evidence recorded
Impacts and tradeoffs: Synthetic tradeoff: advisor review adds time but retains control; no live sending
| Assumption | Status and consequence if false | Evidence / next evidence / revisit |
|---|---|---|
| A-SYNTHETIC-1: The retained draft remains the authoritative editable record until advisor confirmation. | supported | Correction or cancellation could silently operate on stale or conflicting data. | examples/evidence/synthetic-workflow.md | revisit: Any persistence, ownership or cancellation-flow change |
Affected requirements: R1
Engineering deepening: required; basis: The choice mutates persistent draft state and its correctness depends on preservation and ownership assumptions.
Deepening triggers: persistent_state_mutation
Required decision surfaces: truth, state
| Decision surface | Current model and status | Evidence / next evidence |
|---|---|---|
| truth / DS-TRUTH | The synthetic intake draft record is authoritative until advisor confirmation. / supported | examples/evidence/synthetic-workflow.md |
| state / DS-STATE | Correction and cancellation preserve the same synthetic draft record before closure. / supported | examples/evidence/synthetic-workflow.md |
| Challenge | Condition and invariant | Result / evidence |
|---|---|---|
| CH-1 | Correction or cancellation interrupts the normal path | The same defined fields remain available after recovery | pass / walkthrough | SYNTHETIC T1: stipulated walkthrough, not actual execution |
Next coherent slice: Implement one disposable correction/cancellation path through persistence and recheck field preservation.
Human disposition: accepted; accountable owner: Fictional human reviewer (synthetic; no actual approval)
Human disposition evidence: SYNTHETIC owner decision: stipulated acceptance for software tests only
Verification evidence: SYNTHETIC T1: stipulated walkthrough, not actual execution
Follow-up: Synthetic plan: recheck field preservation after the disposable prototype changes; owner: Fictional intake lead (synthetic)
Unresolved gaps: No recorded structural gaps
Inspect requirement -> artifact -> check
R1: Correct or cancel without data loss
Success condition: All three paths preserve the defined fields
Behavior shown: simulated; this label is not inferred from visual fidelity.
Form: Review form with editable fields | Fit: Advisor intake workflow and email dependency | Function: Preserve details through correction/cancel
Reference records: E1
Artifact E1 · version fixture-1 · SHA-256 87a35fd15180404eedfd92f7c23b7afc6e35d8309ff1af4581ec356baaf2a5c7
Check T1: Stipulated three-path walkthrough | walkthrough | pass | tested revision matches: True | requirement/context matches: True
Engineering scope and owner decision
Owner: engineering lead
Engineering step: Build a disposable intake prototype
Resource cap: One engineer-day; no live sending
Revisit trigger: Review after prototype walkthrough
Owner authorization: pending separate dated record. A recommendation alone does not permit deployment.
Provenance and limits
Versions: protocol 0.3-preview.1; mcp 0.3.0rc1; skill 0.3.0-rc.1; contract 0.3.0-rc.1
Input SHA-256: 4ce86e99149cb20e072937002e5ed6010c85413aaf28bd0e819adbd2de971d0c
Previous run: Not recorded; revision: Not recorded
The report checks the structure of supplied evidence digests without fetching or authenticating the files. Practitioner correspondence and software tests do not establish empirical effectiveness.