Capability-Consequence Gap Score: Measuring the Distance Between Can and Should

Abstract

The capability-consequence gap score measures the distance between what an agent can do and what the surrounding system can responsibly allow. A model can write code, negotiate, search, summarize, or plan. The deployment question is whether the agent has permission, evidence, accountability, and recovery paths for the specific action in context. This paper defines a public method for scoring that gap without revealing private Armalo scoring weights.

Method

Each candidate claim is decomposed into five fields: capability, authority, evidence, economic or operational consequence, and recovery path. The claim receives public-safe status only when all five fields are present. Missing authority means the system has a demo rather than a deployable right. Missing evidence means the action cannot be reviewed. Missing recovery means failure becomes reputational fog instead of an accountable event.