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the truth layer
Trust layer evaluation model

Is your trust score telling the truth?

Adoption measures whether people use the system. Calibration measures whether the system is right. Select a scenario to see the difference.

Scenario

Everything is working. All signals green. Score is accurate.

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90
reported trust score
Five trust signals
lineage
95
discoverability
88
freshness
92
ownership
90
usage
85
Why the system missed it

Which evaluation catches it?
The calibration principle

Adoption asks: "Are people using the trust scores?"
Calibration asks: "Are the trust scores right?"
You need both. Most teams only measure the first.

Part of: Stage 03 · Grading Itself

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A contract that cannot grade itself is decoration. The architecture audits its own trust scores against what actually happened, because a score nobody checks against outcomes is a check engine light that has been on for two years.

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