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Diagnostics

This page is for operators, governance teams, and auditors who need decision-ready diagnostics. Pick a diagnostic, arrive with a question, and leave with a decision-ready summary.

Summary

Pick the fastest diagnostic first

Use the quick triage prompts to choose a tool, then compare outputs before running the full menu.

Key takeaways

  • Each diagnostic produces a shareable, linkable report.
  • Every output references mechanisms for remediation.
  • Anti-weaponization checks are built into the baseline.

Recommended path: choose a diagnostic in 30 seconds, then run and share the output.

Next required artifact

Run one diagnostic, then attach its primary output to your incident or audit packet before moving on.

  • Burden Modeler → Burden evidence table
  • Maintenance Simulator → Escalation coverage report
  • Evidence-Pack Readiness → Standards evidence checklist
Self-serve by default • Studio optional How Studio fits

Most-used diagnostics

Start with the six diagnostics teams run most often.

If you are unsure where to begin, these paths handle the highest-volume governance questions first.

System Audit & Guardrail Synthesizer

Evaluates AI system prompts, architectures, and automated decision logic against 80+ governance failure modes and synthesizes executable guardrail code and legal SLA clauses.

Best for: AI engineers, compliance leads, and product architects designing high-stakes decision systems.

Launch System Auditor

Burden Modeler

Quantifies task load, cognitive friction, and risk exposure so you can reroute toil before it burns people out.

Best for: Best for leaders who need a fast workload snapshot before teams hit a burnout threshold.

Start the Burden Modeler

Technical Capacity Forecaster

Charts compound decay against refusal windows to spot saturation risk across a 24-month horizon.

Best for: Best for delivery leaders aligning long-term stability plans with capacity constraints.

Start the Technical Capacity Forecaster

Maintenance Simulator

Tabletop simulation that plays through outages, maintenance windows, and handoffs to stress-test coverage.

Best for: Best for operations leaders rehearsing outage response and escalation ownership.

Start the Maintenance Simulator

Maintenance Debt Calculator

Maps decision speed, intervention readiness, and revenue exposure to quantify maintenance debt risk.

Best for: Best for ethics leads and executives translating maintenance debt into budget-ready risk language.

Start the Maintenance Debt Calculator

Quick triage

Pick the fastest diagnostic path in three questions.

Use these prompts to route to the right tool without the demo widget.

Start here sequence

  1. Choose one prompt below that best matches your immediate decision.
  2. Compare two candidate tools for delivery mode, prep, and outputs.
  3. Run one diagnostic and share the linkable output with owners.

Do you need a fast workload snapshot before teams hit burnout thresholds?

Quantify task load and hotspot relief paths.

Run Burden Modeler

Are you rehearsing outage coverage or escalation ownership?

Simulate maintenance branches and comms coverage.

Run Maintenance Simulator

Are you modeling capacity decay or saturation risk over time?

Forecast long-term stability and remediation timing.

Run Capacity Forecaster

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Why teams call us

Diagnostics turn fuzzy risk into a concrete next step.

Built for visitors who need a clear answer without a long engagement.

Decide quickly

Each diagnostic is scoped to a single question so you can share a concise readout with executives, regulators, or partners.

Shareable outputs

Every tool produces a linkable report you can pass to leadership, regulators, or partners.

Link to shared language

Recommendations connect to the mechanism language so product, policy, and ops teams can move together.

Output baseline

What every diagnostic output includes.

Use the shared baseline to align teams before diving into tool specifics.

Open output baseline details
  • Linkable results page and a shareable PDF summary.
  • Mechanism language references to keep mitigations consistent.
  • Optional facilitation handoff when ambiguity or risk stays high.

Need to verify how users appeal decisions? Use the contestability checklist before you publish outputs tied to appeals or reversals.

Self-serve by default • Studio optional How Studio fits

Anti-weaponization

Diagnostics must verify AW-01 through AW-04

Every diagnostic output should include evidence that anti-weaponization clauses are honored.

Open anti-weaponization checklist
  • AW-01: Burden metrics include a remediation plan and staffing allocation.
  • AW-02: Appeal paths are tested for non-regression and public replacement windows.
  • AW-03: Downgrades or eligibility changes always emit receipts and clocks.
  • AW-04: High-burden flows include assisted channels or human escalation.

Reference: Anti-weaponization constraints and the evidence requirements.

Facilitated, but lightweight

You bring the scenario, we guide the decision.

Sessions are lightweight and focused. We keep the scope tight so you can move work forward without adding overhead.

  1. Frame the question

    We define what a good answer looks like and what needs to be decided after the diagnostic.

  2. Run the tool together

    You walk through prompts, inputs, and trade-offs while we map gaps and risks.

  3. Leave with a next step

    You get a linkable readout, mechanism references, and a next-step path.

Diagnostics are written for visitors: no prior relationship needed, and every tool is CC BY through the Institute.

Self-defense diagnostics

Short-form checks for appeal, governability, and power.

Use these three tools when you need fast answers before escalating.

Who holds power?

Map the people and levers that can reverse the outcome.

Map power

Diagnostics menu

Pick the tool that matches your situation.

Every diagnostic ships with a linkable result and mechanism references.

Compare before you commit

System Audit & Guardrail Synthesizer

Time
5 minutes
Effort
Self-serve
Output
Interactive governance health score.
Launch System Auditor

Burden Modeler

Time
10–15 minutes
Effort
Self-serve
Output
Burden index score with plain-language findings tied to your scenario.
Start the Burden Modeler

Filter by delivery type

Quick intent jumps

Showing all diagnostics.

Diagnostic tool

System Audit & Guardrail Synthesizer

Evaluates AI system prompts, architectures, and automated decision logic against 80+ governance failure modes and synthesizes executable guardrail code and legal SLA clauses.

Self-serve tool

Run on demand and share the linkable readout immediately.

Estimated time: 5 minutes

AI engineers, compliance leads, and product architects designing high-stakes decision systems.

When to use: AI engineers, compliance leads, and product architects designing high-stakes decision systems.

When to skip: Choose a studio-facilitated diagnostic when governance ownership or decision framing is unclear.

  • Use this when

    • System prompt or workflow spec available.
    • Target autonomy level defined.
    • Primary hazard domain identified.

  • What you receive

    • Interactive governance health score.
    • Quantitative SLA matrix.
    • Production-ready guardrail code.

  • Prep checklist

    • Locate system prompt or decision policy documentation.
    • Identify escalation and dispute handling workflows.
Launch System Auditor Method details View methodology

Diagnostic tool

Burden Modeler

Quantifies task load, cognitive friction, and risk exposure so you can reroute toil before it burns people out.

Self-serve tool

Run on demand and share the linkable readout immediately.

Estimated time: 10–15 minutes

Best for leaders who need a fast workload snapshot before teams hit a burnout threshold.

When to use: Best for leaders who need a fast workload snapshot before teams hit a burnout threshold.

When to skip: Choose a studio-facilitated diagnostic when governance ownership or decision framing is unclear.

  • Use this when

    • Run when leaders need to see how burden accumulates across roles or release cycles.
    • Pair with support and operations partners to weight inputs and confirm where friction is worst.

  • What you receive

    • Burden index score with plain-language findings tied to your scenario.
    • Ranked hotspots with mitigation paths and expected relief per action.
    • PDF summary built for quick stakeholder forwarding.

  • Prep checklist

    • Scenario name and primary workflow.
    • Rough task volume or handoff counts.
    • Known friction points or escalation paths.
Start the Burden Modeler Method details View sample output

Diagnostic tool

Maintenance Simulator

Tabletop simulation that plays through outages, maintenance windows, and handoffs to stress-test coverage.

Self-serve tool

Run on demand and share the linkable readout immediately.

Estimated time: 20–30 minutes

Best for operations leaders rehearsing outage response and escalation ownership.

When to use: Best for operations leaders rehearsing outage response and escalation ownership.

When to skip: Choose a studio-facilitated diagnostic when governance ownership or decision framing is unclear.

  • Use this when

    • Use during planning to negotiate coverage, escalation, and staffing constraints with partners.
    • Stress-test appeal paths, safety valves, and service-level guarantees before launch.

  • What you receive

    • Scenario runs with clear ownership, mitigation branches, and time-to-halt expectations.
    • Communication templates mapped to risk levels, roles, and escalation routes.
    • Coverage map that highlights readiness gaps per team.

  • Prep checklist

    • Upcoming maintenance or outage scenario.
    • Named escalation owner and comms partner.
    • Known dependency or rollback risks.
Start the Maintenance Simulator Method details View sample output

Diagnostic tool

Maintenance Debt Calculator

Maps decision speed, intervention readiness, and revenue exposure to quantify maintenance debt risk.

Self-serve tool

Run on demand and share the linkable readout immediately.

Estimated time: 10–12 minutes

Best for ethics leads and executives translating maintenance debt into budget-ready risk language.

When to use: Best for ethics leads and executives translating maintenance debt into budget-ready risk language.

When to skip: Choose a studio-facilitated diagnostic when governance ownership or decision framing is unclear.

  • Use this when

    • Use before budgeting cycles to size safety engineering investment.
    • Pair with incident retrospectives to calibrate exposure assumptions.

  • What you receive

    • Maintenance debt tier with CFO-ready language.
    • Estimated cost delta between uncontrolled and stoppable actions.
    • Shareable link for budget and governance briefs.

  • Prep checklist

    • Decision speed estimates for the system.
    • Runbook response window and escalation plan.
    • Revenue exposure range or recovery cost estimate.
Start the Maintenance Debt Calculator Method details View sample output

Diagnostic tool

Technical Capacity Forecaster

Charts compound decay against refusal windows to spot saturation risk across a 24-month horizon.

Self-serve tool

Run on demand and share the linkable readout immediately.

Estimated time: 15–20 minutes

Best for delivery leaders aligning long-term stability plans with capacity constraints.

When to use: Best for delivery leaders aligning long-term stability plans with capacity constraints.

When to skip: Choose a studio-facilitated diagnostic when governance ownership or decision framing is unclear.

  • Use this when

    • Use when delivery teams need to visualize stability trade-offs with remediation paths.
    • Pair with portfolio reviews to align refusal policies with operational bandwidth.

  • What you receive

    • Side-by-side baseline and remediated capacity projections.
    • PDF export with saturation callouts for stakeholder sharing.
    • Scenario table that clarifies timing trade-offs for leadership.

  • Prep checklist

    • Current capacity baseline or recent burn rates.
    • Known remediation options or refusal windows.
    • Stakeholder who needs the output PDF.
Start the Technical Capacity Forecaster Method details View sample output

Referenced by

Where diagnostics connect to enforcement

Cross-links keep diagnostic outputs aligned with standards, bindings, and evidence packs.

Used in examples

Required by bindings

Verified by evidence packs

Toolkit: Agent Prompt & Clause Packs for stakeholder summaries, audit prompts, and procurement follow-through.

Search IDs: AW-01, AW-02, AW-03, AW-04, VAL-01, VAL-02, VAL-03, STD-02.2.1, STD-02.3.1.

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