RYZOLV | AI HARNESS READINESS CHECKLIST https://ryzolv.com/ai-harness Workflow: ____________________ Reviewer: ____________________ Review date: ____________________ For each check, identify the evidence, its owner and any open issue. This checklist supports a review; it does not certify readiness or compliance. [ ] 1. A defined task and owner Evidence: A written outcome, permitted use and accountable business/technical owners. Owner / open issue: _________________________________________ [ ] 2. Versioned instructions and configuration Evidence: A record of the model, instructions, tools and configuration used for each release. Owner / open issue: _________________________________________ [ ] 3. Source and data permissions Evidence: Tests showing users and agents can access only the data their role allows. Owner / open issue: _________________________________________ [ ] 4. Scoped tool access Evidence: A tool inventory separating reads, drafts and external changes, with credentials managed outside model context. Owner / open issue: _________________________________________ [ ] 5. Validated inputs and outputs Evidence: Checks at tool and system boundaries, including unexpected or malformed responses. Owner / open issue: _________________________________________ [ ] 6. Specific human approvals Evidence: Approval records tied to the exact proposed action, with permission and state rechecked before execution. Owner / open issue: _________________________________________ [ ] 7. Protected task state Evidence: Clear ownership of completed, pending and uncertain work, with access and retention rules. Owner / open issue: _________________________________________ [ ] 8. Safe retry and recovery Evidence: Tests for timeouts and interrupted work, including reconciliation of uncertain external changes. Owner / open issue: _________________________________________ [ ] 9. Resource and stopping limits Evidence: Enforced cost, time and iteration budgets, plus a way to stop work safely. Owner / open issue: _________________________________________ [ ] 10. Useful, protected activity records Evidence: Source references, actions and results recorded with appropriate redaction, access and retention. Owner / open issue: _________________________________________ [ ] 11. Task and adversarial evaluations Evidence: Representative success cases, ambiguous requests, hostile content and dependency failures. Owner / open issue: _________________________________________ [ ] 12. An operating and change plan Evidence: Monitoring, escalation, rollback and re-evaluation responsibilities when models, tools or data change. Owner / open issue: _________________________________________ Record unresolved risks and agree the release decision with the responsible team. Discuss a project: https://go.withryzolv.com/widget/form/QnVltqbdjTS3b7BFBXxO?utm_source=ryzolv-website&utm_medium=cta&utm_campaign=discuss-your-project&interested_in=AI%20Engineering