Agent Z Questions

Agent Z: the 100 standard questions

Default policy: systemx-agent-z, version 1.1.0.

These are the same ordered questions used on each review under this policy. See Agent Z for evidence rules, scores, unknowns, applicability, versioned customization, and retained scorecards. Policy source.

C01 — Intent and acceptance

ID	Question
Z01.01	Is the intended outcome stated clearly?
Z01.02	Is the subject of this review identified precisely?
Z01.03	Is the intended user or beneficiary identified?
Z01.04	Are the original acceptance criteria available?
Z01.05	Are success criteria observable rather than subjective claims?
Z01.06	Are explicit non-goals recorded?
Z01.07	Are important constraints recorded?
Z01.08	Are assumptions separated from confirmed requirements?
Z01.09	Does the result or proposed action address the original objective?
Z01.10	Is any remaining acceptance gap stated clearly?

C02 — Scope and authority

ID	Question
Z02.01	Is the active workspace or project explicitly selected?
Z02.02	Are permitted files and systems identified?
Z02.03	Are applicable instruction and policy sources identified?
Z02.04	Is the requested action within the user's authorization?
Z02.05	Are consequential external actions separately authorized when required?
Z02.06	Are unrelated local changes preserved?
Z02.07	Is each shared resource assigned a clear owner?
Z02.08	Are agent role records distinguished from running processes?
Z02.09	Are cross-project actions explicitly scoped?
Z02.10	Is the stopping or escalation condition clear?

C03 — Context and provenance

ID	Question
Z03.01	Are the relevant source records identified?
Z03.02	Is the source revision or input version recorded?
Z03.03	Are facts separated from proposals and interpretations?
Z03.04	Are volatile facts checked recently enough for this decision?
Z03.05	Can important claims be traced to original evidence?
Z03.06	Was each decisive claim corroborated by a second independent source where feasible, with conflicts reconciled or flagged?
Z03.07	Are imported documents treated as reference data within the instruction hierarchy?
Z03.08	Is private context limited to the selected scope?
Z03.09	Are unresolved questions retained instead of filled with guesses?
Z03.10	Can another reviewer reconstruct the relevant context from the references?

C04 — Planning and dependencies

ID	Question
Z04.01	Is the next action concrete and bounded?
Z04.02	Are task dependencies identified?
Z04.03	Are prerequisites verified before dependent work proceeds?
Z04.04	Is ownership clear for the work being reviewed?
Z04.05	Is the plan proportionate to the problem?
Z04.06	Are parallel assignments non-overlapping or explicitly coordinated?
Z04.07	Are time, capacity, and tool constraints considered?
Z04.08	Is recovery from an interrupted step described where needed?
Z04.09	Does the plan preserve prior accepted work?
Z04.10	Does further work have a stated reason rather than an automatic repeat loop?

C05 — Correctness and completeness

ID	Question
Z05.01	Does the deliverable satisfy the reviewed requirements?
Z05.02	Are the main inputs and outputs defined?
Z05.03	Are invalid or missing inputs handled explicitly?
Z05.04	Are relevant boundary conditions handled?
Z05.05	Are failure paths understandable and recoverable?
Z05.06	Are existing supported behaviors preserved?
Z05.07	Are state changes internally consistent?
Z05.08	Are unnecessary dependencies or project-specific assumptions avoided?
Z05.09	Are repeated operations safe for the intended workflow?
Z05.10	Are known defects or incomplete parts disclosed?

C06 — Verification and evidence

ID	Question
Z06.01	Are checks matched to the acceptance criteria?
Z06.02	Were the relevant checks actually performed?
Z06.03	Are the exact checked inputs or revisions recorded?
Z06.04	Are check results and execution times recorded?
Z06.05	Are failed and skipped checks visible?
Z06.06	Was each decisive check shown able to fail on a known-bad, negative, or refusal input where relevant?
Z06.07	Are modified components checked together where relevant?
Z06.08	Is stale evidence distinguished from current verification?
Z06.09	Is claimed completion supported by original evidence?
Z06.10	Is the scope of each verification claim stated accurately?

C07 — Security and data handling

ID	Question
Z07.01	Are secrets excluded from source, prompts, and public artifacts?
Z07.02	Are sensitive records kept within their authorized audience?
Z07.03	Are path and project boundaries respected?
Z07.04	Are untrusted inputs validated before use?
Z07.05	Are external commands or tools invoked with explicit arguments and scope?
Z07.06	Are permissions limited to what the requested action needs?
Z07.07	Are dependencies and external services necessary and identified?
Z07.08	Are destructive changes prevented or recoverable within the authorized workflow?
Z07.09	Are logs useful without exposing unnecessary private data?
Z07.10	Are material security or privacy uncertainties disclosed?

C08 — Usability and documentation

ID	Question
Z08.01	Is the result understandable to its intended audience?
Z08.02	Are setup steps complete for the supported environment?
Z08.03	Are examples generic or clearly labeled as project-specific?
Z08.04	Are names, paths, and exact casing consistent?
Z08.05	Are errors actionable without hiding the failed operation?
Z08.06	Are configuration and customization boundaries explained?
Z08.07	Are important limitations stated alongside the relevant feature?
Z08.08	Are the affected documentation and references current?
Z08.09	Can a new user follow the intended workflow without guessing missing steps?
Z08.10	Are accessibility or equivalent access needs addressed where relevant?

C09 — Delivery and operational state

ID	Question
Z09.01	Is implemented work distinguished from delivered or deployed work?
Z09.02	Is the intended delivery target identified?
Z09.03	Is the actual delivered revision or artifact identified?
Z09.04	Is the live or installed state observed rather than inferred from source checks?
Z09.05	Are configuration and environment differences accounted for?
Z09.06	Are update and compatibility effects understood?
Z09.07	Are rollback, backup, or removal paths appropriate to the change?
Z09.08	Are post-delivery checks tied to the actual delivered revision?
Z09.09	Are known differences between source and live state recorded?
Z09.10	Is operational ownership clear after handoff?

C10 — Time, continuity, and delta

ID	Question
Z10.01	Are relevant timestamps timezone-aware and unambiguous?
Z10.02	Are event occurrence times distinguished from recording times?
Z10.03	Are due items assigned an owner and explicit state?
Z10.04	Are planned schedules distinguished from executed jobs?
Z10.05	Are retries or repeated events identified without duplicating effects?
Z10.06	Does the handoff preserve the current objective and next action?
Z10.07	Are changed code, evidence, environment, or policy inputs identified since the prior review?
Z10.08	Are comparable review scores based on the same question set and policy version?
Z10.09	Are unchanged results reused instead of reprocessed automatically?
Z10.10	Is the remaining difference between idea, implementation, verification, and live state explicit?