The readiness ladder
Each stage builds on the last, and each one is auto-enabled by the stage above it:
- Agent blueprint — mission, operating loop, tools, permissions, and a readiness status: ready, needs discovery, prototype only, or not recommended.
- Agent scaffold — a runtime contract, eval suite, readiness gap workflow, and pilot package on top of the blueprint.
- Pilot validation — checks whether the scaffold is actually complete and safe enough to run a mock pilot with: ready for mock eval, needs evidence, or unsafe to pilot.
- Pilot execution — actually runs the eval suite offline against mock connector stubs: mock eval passed, mock eval failed, blocked, or unsafe to run.
- Human pilot — converts a passed mock execution into a structured real-pilot plan: ready for human pilot, needs pilot setup, or unsafe for human pilot.
- Production deployment — converts a ready human pilot into a handoff package: ready for production handoff, needs production setup, or unsafe for production.
Why this matters for buyers
Anyone can generate an agent-shaped narrative with an LLM. Use Case Foundry ties every readiness verdict to your evidence graph and the scaffold you actually built, so a “ready” verdict means something specific: the tools are covered, the unsafe-action checks are exercised, the approval workflow exists, and the eval threshold was met.
What it does not do
This is a readiness package and gate, not an automated deployment. No credentials are created, no infrastructure is provisioned, and no external systems are called.