Decisions
144 rules
Twelve areas, twelve rules each. Every rule is an IF / THEN / ELSE with a primary metric, a guardrail and the LAKA levels it operates at.
74 of 144 rules · clear filters
- CON-001 Select format from task IF the dominant task is known Major
- CON-003 Require information advantage IF the proposed asset only restates widely available material Major
- CON-004 Prefer firsthand evidence where relevant IF the task involves reviews, demonstrations, processes, products, or lived outcomes Major
- CON-005 Make evidence visible IF a claim depends on a source, test, credential, or dataset Minor
- CON-006 State limitations IF evidence has uncertainty, sample limits, conflicts, exceptions, or changing conditions Minor
- CON-008 Govern AI-assisted content IF AI assists research, drafting, transformation, or scale Structural
- CON-010 Use media when it improves the task IF an image, diagram, video, audio, or interactive can explain or demonstrate more effectively Major
- CON-011 Define refresh triggers IF content depends on changing data or conditions Structural
- CON-012 Support commercial pages with useful assets IF a commercial page is important but difficult to cite or insufficient for research-stage users Major
- ONP-001 Align the title with the task IF the title does not clearly identify the page’s dominant task or value Minor
- ONP-005 Use headings as answer architecture IF the task has stages, criteria, subquestions, or choices Major
- ONP-008 Describe meaningful images IF an image communicates information or functions as a link/control Minor
- GRF-003 Require user context for links IF a proposed link does not help the reader understand, compare, verify, or take the next step Minor
- GRF-006 Reduce excessive depth IF important pages are difficult to reach through internal navigation Structural
- GRF-010 Concentrate, do not hoard IF many low-value pages dilute attention and internal graph flow Structural
- GRF-011 Update the graph after migrations IF a page is merged, redirected, renamed, or retired Structural
- AUT-002 Create a linkable reason IF outreach asks for attention without a concrete user benefit Major
- AUT-003 Support difficult commercial targets IF the target commercial page is unlikely to earn independent citations Major
- AUT-004 Reject manipulative placements IF a link requires deception, irrelevant insertion, undisclosed payment, or policy violation Baseline
- AUT-006 Prefer contextual editorial placement IF a link can appear in a useful body context or only in a repeated footer/sidebar Major
- AUT-007 Use tool metrics as proxies IF DA, DR, UR, PA, traffic estimates, or difficulty scores are used Baseline
- AUT-010 Segment outreach by relationship IF prospects differ by audience, reason to care, or editorial context Major
- TEC-002 Use correct response states IF a canonical page is healthy and available Structural
- TEC-004 Separate crawling from indexing controls IF the goal is to keep a page out of search results Structural
- TEC-007 Redirect to the closest valid successor IF a URL permanently moves or is consolidated Structural