An answer is not enough. You must be able to defend it.
APLOMB does not replace the model: it frames it. For each request it produces six outputs meant to be defensible, not merely read.
01
Explicit verdict
Established, established with conditions, contested, not established, or insufficient evidence.
02
Explainable level of proof
Several dimensions (authority, recency, concordance, coverage, reproducibility), never an invented score.
03
Qualified sources
Each source accepted or rejected, with the reason and the official link.
04
Exposed contradictions
Where two sources or two models diverge, and how it is settled.
05
Documented limits
What could not be verified is stated, not hidden.
06
Verifiable certificate
Signed, timestamped, third-party-verifiable.
APLOMB is not a model. It is the layer that controls what the model asserts.
ModelsInterchangeable. Several, with distinct roles. None decides the verdict alone.
SourcesOfficial, qualified and versioned. Proof comes from them, not from the model.
RulesDeterministic, domain-specific: a repealed source proves nothing, a figure without a date proves nothing.
ProofsThe sealed trace: verdict, sources, contradictions, rules, signed certificate.
Question→models→sources→domain rules→APLOMB arbitration→answer + certificate