You are designing a checklist for evaluating Claude outputs and must complete the upstream steps...

An evaluation cannot be applied consistently until the organization defines what the output must achieve and what score constitutes an acceptable result. Therefore, the evaluator must first define task-specific criteria, such as factual accuracy, completeness, relevance, tone, format compliance, privacy preservation, or citation quality. The evaluator must then establish a threshold or decision rule that separates acceptable from unacceptable performance.

Anthropic’s evaluation guidance states that successful AI applications begin with clearly defined success criteria followed by evaluations that measure performance against those criteria. Effective criteria should be specific, measurable, achievable, and relevant to the application’s purpose. A threshold converts those criteria into an operational decision—for example, requiring all material claims to be supported or setting a minimum score across defined dimensions.

Options A, D, and E occur after evaluation. Promotion into production follows an acceptable result. Escalation to a senior reviewer occurs after an output fails or presents elevated risk. Recording the final score and reviewer comments also follows the scoring activity. Without B and C, different reviewers could apply inconsistent standards or approve an output without knowing what “acceptable” means. Anthropic’s evaluation guidance

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