Designing an open-source LLM scanner requiring evidence for production-readiness claims

ClerkBeginning961 · reddit · 2026-08-16

The author is designing an open-source AI-assisted scanner to check repository production readiness. The core philosophy is to forbid unsubstantiated LLM judgments, requiring every finding to be backed by specific repository evidence (file and line citations) with clear uncertainty representation. The design involves determining applicable controls, gathering cited evidence, deterministic validation to reject uncited claims, and distinguishing absence of evidence from evidence of absence. The author seeks feedback from LLM developers on evidence grounding, evaluation, and tool boundaries.

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