Keep checks, judgment, independent review, qualification, and human authority separate.
TRUST & EVIDENCE
Trust is a stack—not a badge.
A convincing output is not evidence of readiness. WTK separates machine-checkable requirements, semantic judgment, optional independent review, and the bounded qualification claim.
One green status can hide several different questions.
Every layer emits its own evidence and can narrow—but never silently upgrade—the next claim.
Deterministic checks
Did the required structure and behavior checks pass?
- Role
- Blocking floor
- Produces
- Passed, failed, or not assessable
Semantic evaluation
Does an independent evaluator find that the result meets qualities rules cannot fully express?
- Role
- Independent assessment
- Produces
- Pass, fail, inconclusive, or error
Independent review
Does risk justify several perspectives or judge bindings instead of one?
- Role
- Optional independent panel
- Produces
- Findings, quorum, split, or no quorum
Qualification
What may be claimed about this exact package and execution form?
- Role
- Scoped conclusion
- Produces
- Claim plus limitations and invalidation rules
EVIDENCE RECEIPT
A trust claim should carry its basis.
A receipt binds the claim to the exact subject, execution conditions, evidence, review, limitations, and integrity record. It is a forensic report—not a decorative badge.
Exact package + execution form
Model + harness + tools
Declared fixtures + conditions
Deterministic evidence
Semantic findings + dissent
Qualification + limits
Lineage + evidence digest
INDEPENDENT REVIEW
Multiple reviewers are useful only when their independence is real.
Use additional perspectives when one evaluator's bias or instability creates material risk. Technical references reserve the term tribunal for a formally composed review panel.
Several lenses, different questions
Security, reliability, evidence sufficiency, goal alignment, and operational risk can produce distinct findings for remediation.
Best for broader failure discovery.Several judges, the same question
Independent bindings vote on the same bound evidence and an M-of-N policy reports pass, fail, split, inconclusive, or error.
Best for reducing single-judge variance in higher-risk decisions.