Prediction Cascade

Legacy prediction keys in V2

Older consumers expect five result keys. V2 keeps those keys as a compatibility view of its prediction engine; it does not run the old numeric selection cascade.

Key	Meaning
manual	Explicit operator time override; uncalibrated and excluded from model-training evidence.
llm	Always None numerically.
ml	Optional promoted residual correction; inactive in the 2.0.0 release.
baseline	The V2 core prediction.
panel	Broad Standing Block/Underhand prior used for degraded fallback.

Selection order is manual override, active residual, core, then panel. A normal non-manual 2.0.0 prediction therefore uses baseline.

Compatibility inputs such as quality, heat, division or tournament context may still be accepted, but inactive factors do not change the prediction. Read the returned warnings, versions, cutoff and degraded state. See V2.

STRATHMARK_PREDICTION_ENGINE=legacy is a temporary baseline-only rollback mode. It still applies the cutoff and does not restore numeric LLM behavior. These keys and that mode are V2-specific; V3 has a separate contract.