The AI Completion Record

Choose the 7-page handoff kit or the companion 12-slide presentation. Both downloads are free.

• The completion record. Eight fields: claim, scope, evidence, method limits, not checked, uncovered paths, decision needed, next check.
• The claim ladder. Five labels for reporting the status of a claim, from drafted to monitored. A summary may shorten a claim; it may never strengthen it.
• A handoff acceptance checklist. Ten checks for the receiving side and three possible decisions.
• Twelve false-completion patterns. Each paired with a check that can detect it.
• A worked example. A hypothetical consent-banner task, with limits and remaining decisions recorded.
• A machine-readable version. The same fields in YAML.

The material includes a 7-page handoff kit and a companion 12-slide presentation.

1. Ask for the eight fields in each completion report.
2. Name the status of each claim and the conditions under which it was checked.
3. Review the evidence and remaining work before passing the claim to the next agent or person.

Use a separate record when claims have different scopes or different evidence.

Engineers and technical leads who use AI agents in sequence to plan, execute, verify and release work, and need the receiving side to know what was actually established.

Copying and adapting this kit for personal and internal business use is permitted. No redistribution, resale or third-party rights are granted. No CC licence is granted.

The slides may be viewed and downloaded. Reproduction or adaptation requires separate permission.

Sharing the URL of this resource page is welcome.

This resource describes a way of working. It is not a standard, a certification or legal advice. Its consent-banner example is hypothetical.

Definition of Done for AI Agents: What a Completion Report Has to Carry introduces the record and explains what a completion report needs to carry across a handoff.

Take an AI Answer Back to Verifiable Evidence explains how to connect a fluent answer to original sources, applicable conditions and the uncertainty that remains.