Reading the diagnosis
Substrate panel
The Substrate panel is the small selector at the top of the result page that switches the decision-maker label rendered on the page and the report.
What the Substrate panel is
The Substrate panel is a presentation-layer toggle. It does not change the engine math or the verdict. It changes the decision-maker label across the result page and the validation report, so the language matches the substrate the buyer is reviewing.
The public substrates
The engine ships three public substrates in v0.1. Each carries a locked decision-maker label and a one-line description.
| Slug | Decision-maker label | Description |
|---|---|---|
biological |
Decision-maker | Human decision-makers. Individuals, teams, and organisations. |
artificial |
AI system | AI and ML systems. Models, algorithms, and autonomous agents. |
hybrid |
Human-AI system | Human-AI collaboration. Copilots, augmented decisions, and assisted workflows. |
The IADTX research programme also addresses neural and quantum substrates, which are engine-level concepts in the underlying theory. Neither is surfaced as a buyer-facing toggle in v0.1. They land as public substrates when the dedicated overlays ship.
What the panel does and does not do
The Substrate panel does the following.
- Changes the decision-maker label across the result page for the current diagnosis.
- Changes the same label in the masthead of any validation or diagnosis report downloaded after the toggle.
- Persists the choice in the session for the current diagnosis.
The Substrate panel does not do the following.
- Change the engine math.
- Change the verdict.
- Change any band reading.
- Change any reading in the Model Comparison panel.
- Change the Improvement block.
How the substrate affects the report
The validation report renders the decision-maker label in the masthead. Switching the substrate before downloading the report changes that label. Switching after the download does not retroactively edit the downloaded artefact; the downloaded report is a fixed-state document, locked by its SHA-256 hash.
