# Audit a benchmark comparison — acceptance checklist

Record evidence for every checked item. Unchecked or untested is not a pass. This checklist does not execute an integration or authorise external actions.

## Required inputs

- [ ] Two permitted benchmark snapshots with dates, licences and exact model identifiers.

- [ ] A stated target population and documented inclusion/exclusion rules.

## Output checks

- [ ] Each join has a documented exact identity basis.

- [ ] Missing models remain in the stated coverage denominator.

- [ ] Correlation is labelled with the matched sample and selection rule.

- [ ] No interval overlap or descriptive correlation is recast as equivalence or causation.

## Deliverables

- [ ] Snapshot and rights ledger

- [ ] Exact identity crosswalk

- [ ] Coverage/correlation receipt

- [ ] Qualified comparison note

## Evidence and decision

Evidence links: [fill in]
Untested paths: [fill in]
Unresolved findings: [fill in]
Reviewer: [fill in]
Decision and scope: [fill in]

## Boundaries

- A restricted or frontier-only cohort does not represent all models. Correlation does not demonstrate task interchangeability or causation.

- Overlapping individual intervals do not prove equivalence. The checker produces no significance test and does not verify dataset rights or score provenance.

Workflow: https://undominated.ai/workflows/#audit-a-benchmark-comparison