{"id":"evidence-tier","type":"concept","title":"Evidence tier","created":"2026-07-13","status":"active","authors":["Upstream Zero"],"edges":[{"rel":"depends-on","to":"M-1"}],"pubState":"published","body":"Every real claim on this site comes with a confidence rating, on a\nsix-step scale: **Narrated → Observed → Replicated → Causally Supported →\nCross Evaluator → Real World Corroborated.** We show each claim at its tier\nand never higher.\n\nNarrated means we've said it but haven't shown it yet. That covers most of\nour own founding claims right now. Exactly what each higher tier requires\nis still being worked out in M-1. Until it is, nothing here goes above\nNarrated.","url":"/concepts/evidence-tier","machineUrl":"/objects/evidence-tier","referencedBy":[{"from":"validation-and-evidence","rel":"cites"}],"_meta":{"site":"Upstream Zero · Commercial Intelligence for AI-Mediated Commercial Evaluation","version":"0.1","note":"Claims are presented at their evidence tier; Narrated is the lowest. Verify by walking edges, not by trusting us."}}