Harm Receipt — Operational test: Receipts capture what happened, the system’s belief, and the next steps with timelines.
Operational test "Receipts capture what happened, the system’s belief, and the next steps with timelines." for Harm Receipt in the Decision states & edges glossary category.
Operational test
Receipts capture what happened, the system’s belief, and the next steps with timelines.
Use this test to validate operational readiness.
Pair this test with the minimum evidence criteria to capture both qualitative and quantitative signals.
- Evidence artifact: Artifact documenting how Harm Receipt is expected, enforced, or governed.
- Behavior signal: Observed behavior showing Harm Receipt in practice during real use or drills.
- Metric signal: Metric tracked to monitor Harm Receipt performance over time.
A claimant-facing artifact documenting what happened, what the system believes, and what it will do next, by when. Harm receipts make decision artifacts legible to affected people.
J. Decision states & edges. Where and how decisions flip from reversible to permanent.
Ethotechnics uses Harm Receipt to extend the j. decision states & edges vocabulary and connect governance, design, and policy teams.