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Recover only the relevant holder premises

Ask which fact, if different, would change a direction, protected condition, comparison or return. Recover that fact for the holder and configuration named in the advice question; do not build an exhaustive diagnosis as an entry fee.

Developing holderPremises that can matterWhat cannot substitute
PersonRepresentative later Work; current capability and evidence; access and expression conditions; target demand; resources; acceptable burden; intervention and transfer premises; consent and choice boundary.A job title, course attendance, a generic competence inventory or another person’s successful transition.
OrganizationNeeded contribution and receiving use; current Work and arrangement; positions and assignments; authority and interfaces; continuity; resources; candidate obtaining arrangements; strategy and protected conditions.An organization chart, purchased platform, provider promise or one successful employee.
AI model, agent or composite arrangementThe changed object and its version; data, scaffold, tools or allocation; environment; evaluation validity; oversight and escalation; safety/security; baseline and protected conditions.A human learning study, a benchmark from another configuration, a product label or a ranked recommender output.

Current HCD demand, diagnosis and profile results can identify human premises; they do not, by that fact, establish an intervention’s retention or transfer. OCE and Operations results can characterize a contribution or arrangement; they do not automatically compare every way of obtaining it. An AI result qualified for model/scaffold A is not evidence for B merely because both have the same product name.

For every material premise, retain the claim and identify its subject and configuration, the supplier or source, the qualification window, uncertainty and intended use. “Unknown” is useful when it says what cannot yet be inferred. Absence of evidence for one configuration is not evidence that every configuration is infeasible.