cited-answerlisted

# Cited Answer Build Standard **Spec:** AIP-BS-CITED-ANSWER · **Version:** 2026-09-17 · **Canonical:** https://aipathway.com.au/explore-ai/cited-answer-build-standard Open specification: how to build an assistant that answers questions about the rules you are accountable for without inventing them. Source cards, the four queues, the change feed and who accepts it, and why declining to answer is a valid output. Free to implement, with a conformance checklist. ## Read the standard first The full specification is in `reference/cited-answer.md` in this skill. Read it before writing code. It is about 3,000 words and it is the whole job: the checks in order, the objects with their fields, what must never be automated, and a pass test. For the current version, fetch https://aipathway.com.au/explore-ai/cited-answer-build-standard.md. This copy is 2026-09-17. The checks are also structured data, so you do not have to infer a test plan from the prose: https://aipathway.com.au/explore-ai/cited-answer-build-standard/checks.json gives each check a stable id, the ports it observes, what to inject and what to assert. `npx @aipathway/conformance show cited-answer-build-standard` prints them and comes with a stub and a runner, so a build can be driven through those ports and asserted without a live phone number. Verdicts are not pass/fail: a check needing a live number returns `with_us` rather than failing you, and one asking what you measured before building returns `evidence_required`