EVIDENCE PRESS

Productivity Protocols

Open, tested workflows for getting useful work done with AI agents.

Every protocol carries two independent status values: protocol assurance (is it well built and safe?) and productivity evidence (does it help, and how do we know?). They are never merged, and a claim never exceeds the evidence. Read the two ladders.

Search Level Risk Assurance Evidence

Protocol	Purpose	Level	Risk	Assurance	Evidence	Get
`adversarial-output-review` Adversarial output review	Challenge a supplied draft or analysis rather than confirm it. Produce findings ranked by severity, each tied to a specific claim in the draft, each framed to refute — stating why the claim may be wrong and what would verify or falsify it — plus a limitations note and a compact receipt. It transfers the Evidence Press discipline of adversarial, refute-framed review into everyday work.	verified	low	EXAMPLE_CONFORMANCE_VALIDATED	NO_IMPACT_EVIDENCE	.tar
`decision-memo-under-uncertainty` Decision memo under uncertainty	Turn a decision question into a memo that separates what the supplied materials establish from what the reasoning assumes. It sets out the sourced facts, the labelled assumptions, the options, the facts and assumptions each option is most sensitive to, and which actions are reversible — so a decision-maker sees what is known versus assumed before choosing.	verified	moderate	EXAMPLE_CONFORMANCE_VALIDATED	NO_IMPACT_EVIDENCE	.tar
`document-to-action-plan` Document to action plan	Read supplied documents and extract the decisions already made, the obligations and commitments, the deadlines, the open uncertainties, and the concrete next actions — each item traceable to a location in the source. The protocol is read-only; it produces a structured action plan, open questions, limitations, and a receipt. It invents nothing the documents do not contain.	verified	low	TASKSET_PASSED	NO_CLEAR_GAIN	.tar
`evidence-backed-brief` Evidence-backed brief	Produce a concise briefing on a question from supplied sources, in which every claim is labelled by type (fact, estimate, opinion, assumption), carries its source, states its uncertainty, and where relevant surfaces contrary evidence. It transfers the Evidence Press discipline — claims with the evidence attached — into everyday work.	verified	moderate	TASKSET_PASSED	NO_CLEAR_GAIN	.tar
`goal-to-verified-deliverable` Goal to verified deliverable	Turn an unclear task into an explicit deliverable, an input and permission boundary, a checkpointed plan, and acceptance tests — then execute and hand back the deliverable with its limitations and a compact receipt. This is the foundational protocol nearly every other agent task can be run through.	verified	low	CROSS_MODEL_REPRODUCED	NO_CLEAR_GAIN	.tar
`project-handoff` Project handoff	Turn a half-finished project into durable state another person or agent can pick up: the decisions already made and why, the questions still open, the current state of the work, and the exact next steps needed to resume. The protocol is read-only; it produces a handoff document, a limitations statement, and a receipt. It invents no decision or fact the supplied materials do not contain.	verified	low	EXAMPLE_CONFORMANCE_VALIDATED	NO_IMPACT_EVIDENCE	.tar
`repetitive-workflow-capture` Repetitive workflow capture	Read a description of a repeated manual process and turn it into a CANDIDATE protocol: a draft contract (deliverable, inputs, permissions, prohibited actions, steps, acceptance tests), a ten-question README skeleton, and a list of what to test. The output is a starting point for the foundry, not a finished or validated protocol. The protocol is read-only over the description; it invents no step the description does not contain and claims no maturity the candidate has not earned.	verified	low	EXAMPLE_CONFORMANCE_VALIDATED	NO_IMPACT_EVIDENCE	.tar
`spreadsheet-quality-audit` Spreadsheet quality audit	Audit a supplied spreadsheet or table for formula errors, unit mismatches, missing data, internal inconsistencies, and suspicious values. Each finding is located to a cell or row and rated by severity. The protocol is read-only; it produces an audit table, a limitations statement, and a receipt. It does not modify the supplied spreadsheet, and it invents no finding the data does not support.	verified	moderate	EXAMPLE_CONFORMANCE_VALIDATED	NO_IMPACT_EVIDENCE	.tar

· machine-readable: protocols.json · schema · feed

How the library works

The Verified Agent Work kernel — the eight-step method every protocol instantiates.
Two status ladders — assurance and productivity evidence, kept separate.
Each pack ships a machine-readable contract, a skill, worked examples, tests, an evaluation design, adapters, a manifest of file hashes, and a receipt.