Glossary
Transcript versus outcome
The distinction between what an agent reports it did and the state of the system it touched. Reliability is graded on the outcome.
Example
An agent reports that it posted a reconciliation entry. The ledger is read back to confirm the entry exists exactly once, with the expected amount.
How we deliver →Related terms
01Read-back verificationAfter an agent writes to a system of record, reading the record back to confirm the intended change exists exactly once.02Agent reliability engineeringThe practice of bounding, verifying, recovering and measuring AI agents that act inside enterprise systems, so that autonomy is expanded on evidence.