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id: EL-008
title: "Eval gates: shipping agent output without babysitting it"
status: draft
version: v0.4
series: ams
part: 3
tags: [Evals, Agents]
published: 2026-09-30
updated: 2026-10-09
concepts: [eval-gate, agent-loop, brand-voice-eval, escalation-path]
abstract: >-
  Most teams review every agent output by hand, which caps throughput at human speed. This paper proposes eval gates: rubric-scored checkpoints that decide whether an artifact advances, revises, or escalates — and shows how to calibrate them against human judgement.
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