Govern the analysis before relying on the output.
Analyse It is designed to expose the construction of an argument without allowing fluent AI commentary to become unearned assurance.
The central boundary
Analyse It examines how a source makes its case. Audit It determines what may be relied upon.
Analysis can reveal structure, transformations, persuasive techniques and possible integrity issues. It cannot, without additional evidence, prove truth, falsity, reproducibility, bias, intent or Permission-to-Rely.
Core governance controls
- Source registration: identify the exact material analysed.
- Scope Lock: state what is included and excluded.
- Provenance labels: separate source content, interpretation and analysis.
- Traceability: link every material finding to a location.
- Uncertainty preservation: do not convert ambiguity into certainty.
- Continuous findings: maintain stable identifiers.
- Audit referral: identify what requires direct verification.
Describe the technique before inferring intention.
Weak, fallacious or potentially manipulative argumentation does not by itself prove deliberate deception.
Observable questions
- Is the opposing view represented fairly?
- Are terms and scope stable?
- Does evidence support the claim attached to it?
- Are standards applied symmetrically?
- Does uncertainty survive into the conclusion?
- Do examples clarify—or substitute for evidence?
Intent caution
A misleading passage may result from strategy, poor writing, disciplinary convention, unconscious bias, misunderstanding, oversimplification or incomplete reporting.
Use “potentially misleading,” “argument-undermining,” “unfairly framed” or “requires clarification” unless deliberate intent is independently supported.
Watch what happens at the junctions
| Transformation | Question | Possible issue |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence → claim | Does the material directly support the proposition? | Source Authority Transfer |
| Result → interpretation | Was additional meaning introduced? | Causal or mechanistic overreach |
| Interpretation → conclusion | Was uncertainty preserved? | Certainty Laundering |
| Sample → population | Did the scope expand? | Scope Inflation |
| Description → recommendation | Were values and assumptions made explicit? | Is-to-ought transition |
Need verification rather than analysis?
Move unresolved claims, citations, data and methodological questions into a separate Audit It process with declared criteria, admissible evidence, finding classifications, human review and reliance conditions.