{"id":"mf-agent-developers","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"buyer-audiences","slug":"agent-developers","audience":["agent-developers"],"workflows":["cross-team handover"],"contentType":"scenario","question":"How does MirrorFirm help agent developers?","summary":"Connected business tasks, including handovers and dependencies.","answerMarkdown":"Build agents around connected business tasks, including the handovers and dependencies that determine what happens next.\n\nScenario: an agent finishes a step and passes the work on. Evaluate whether it can tell what the next team depends on from the records it is given.","valueProposition":"Build agents around connected business tasks, including the handovers and dependencies that determine what happens next.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/buyer-audiences","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/buyer-audiences"}
{"id":"mf-approval-limits","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"approvals-and-connected-records","slug":"approval-limits","audience":["agent-developers","evaluation-teams"],"workflows":["delegated approval","credit escalation"],"contentType":"scenario","question":"How can an approval limit be turned into an evaluation task?","summary":"Test when an agent should act and when it should escalate.","answerMarkdown":"An approval is also a question of authority. An illustrative task can test when an agent should act and when it should escalate.\n\nIllustrative scenario (fictional): a reviewer limit is 100000 and application APP-1042 requests 125000. The expected action is to escalate rather than approve.","valueProposition":"An approval is also a question of authority. An illustrative task can test when an agent should act and when it should escalate.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/approvals-and-connected-records","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/approvals-and-connected-records"}
{"id":"mf-changing-state","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"state-and-environments","slug":"changing-state","audience":["agent-developers","environment-builders"],"workflows":[],"contentType":"scenario","question":"How does changing state shape the next task?","summary":"Actions change what comes next, and the consequences can be inspected.","answerMarkdown":"Business actions change the next task. Build scenarios around those state changes and inspect their consequences.\n\nScenario (fictional): once an approval is recorded, a repayment schedule can be created. Check that the later step is only possible because the earlier state changed.","valueProposition":"Business actions change the next task. Build scenarios around those state changes and inspect their consequences.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/state-and-environments","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/state-and-environments"}
{"id":"mf-connected-records","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"approvals-and-connected-records","slug":"connected-records","audience":["environment-builders","model-labs"],"workflows":["credit escalation"],"contentType":"explanation","question":"Why do records need to be connected?","summary":"A decision affects an application, its policy and downstream work.","answerMarkdown":"A decision affects more than one row. Model the relationships between an application, its policy, the decision and downstream work.\n\nEvaluation question: starting from a downstream record, can you follow identifiers back to the decision, the policy and the application?","valueProposition":"A decision affects more than one row. Model the relationships between an application, its policy, the decision and downstream work.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/approvals-and-connected-records","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/approvals-and-connected-records"}
{"id":"mf-core-proposition","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"observed-business-foundation","slug":"core-proposition","audience":["model-labs","agent-developers","evaluation-teams","environment-builders","licensed-resellers"],"workflows":[],"contentType":"explanation","question":"What does MirrorFirm provide?","summary":"Generated data and simulated environments for AI training and evaluation, informed by observed business operations.","answerMarkdown":"MirrorFirm turns observed business operations into generated data and simulated environments for AI training and evaluation.\n\nLimitation: this is a positioning statement. It does not say which workflows have been observed or which releases are available; ask for the scope of a specific release before relying on it.","valueProposition":"MirrorFirm turns observed business operations into generated data and simulated environments for AI training and evaluation.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/observed-business-foundation","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/observed-business-foundation"}
{"id":"mf-custom-scope","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"scoping-and-evaluating-a-release","slug":"custom-scope","audience":["model-labs","agent-developers","evaluation-teams","environment-builders","licensed-resellers"],"workflows":[],"contentType":"faq","question":"How is a custom scope defined?","summary":"Objective, operating patterns, deliverable and evaluation criteria are scoped together.","answerMarkdown":"Bring a training objective. Scope the relevant operating patterns, deliverable and evaluation criteria together.\n\nBefore the conversation, decide what you want to train or evaluate and in what form you would prefer to start: a generated dataset, a task and evaluation pack, or a simulated environment.","valueProposition":"Bring a training objective. Scope the relevant operating patterns, deliverable and evaluation criteria together.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/scoping-and-evaluating-a-release","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/scoping-and-evaluating-a-release"}
{"id":"mf-dataset-buyers","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"scoping-and-evaluating-a-release","slug":"dataset-buyers","audience":["licensed-resellers","model-labs"],"workflows":[],"contentType":"checklist","question":"What should a dataset buyer inspect first?","summary":"A small sample that exposes schema, relationships and business logic.","answerMarkdown":"Start with a small sample that exposes the schema, relationships and business logic before agreeing a larger release.\n\nChecklist: does the sample show the schema, how records link to each other, and the rules behind the decisions? The fictional Aster Financial example is a demonstration of this shape, not a validated dataset.","valueProposition":"Start with a small sample that exposes the schema, relationships and business logic before agreeing a larger release.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/scoping-and-evaluating-a-release","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/scoping-and-evaluating-a-release"}
{"id":"mf-environment-builders","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"buyer-audiences","slug":"environment-builders","audience":["environment-builders"],"workflows":[],"contentType":"integration","question":"What do environment builders get from MirrorFirm?","summary":"Operating patterns translated into roles, records, tools and changing state.","answerMarkdown":"Translate operating patterns into roles, records, tools and changing state that agents can work with.\n\nIntegration question: which roles, records and tools does your environment need to expose, and which state changes must later steps be able to see?","valueProposition":"Translate operating patterns into roles, records, tools and changing state that agents can work with.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/buyer-audiences","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/buyer-audiences"}
{"id":"mf-evaluation-teams","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"buyer-audiences","slug":"evaluation-teams","audience":["evaluation-teams"],"workflows":["delegated approval"],"contentType":"explanation","question":"How can evaluation teams use MirrorFirm?","summary":"Evaluations around business decisions, policy boundaries and explicit outcomes.","answerMarkdown":"Scope evaluations around business decisions, policy boundaries and explicit outcomes informed by observed operations.\n\nEvaluation question: what is the explicit expected outcome for each task, and which policy boundary does it test?","valueProposition":"Scope evaluations around business decisions, policy boundaries and explicit outcomes informed by observed operations.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/buyer-audiences","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/buyer-audiences"}
{"id":"mf-exceptions","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"handovers-and-exceptions","slug":"exceptions","audience":["agent-developers","evaluation-teams"],"workflows":["credit escalation"],"contentType":"explanation","question":"Why build tasks around exceptions?","summary":"The interesting work often begins when the standard path breaks.","answerMarkdown":"The interesting work often begins when the standard path breaks. Use observed exception patterns to shape generated tasks.\n\nLimitation: an exception task is only as useful as its stated expected action. Define what a correct response is before using it as an evaluation.","valueProposition":"The interesting work often begins when the standard path breaks. Use observed exception patterns to shape generated tasks.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/handovers-and-exceptions","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/handovers-and-exceptions"}
{"id":"mf-first-step","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"scoping-and-evaluating-a-release","slug":"first-step","audience":["model-labs","agent-developers","evaluation-teams","environment-builders","licensed-resellers"],"workflows":[],"contentType":"faq","question":"What is a sensible first step?","summary":"Inspect a sample, discuss the business logic and define what a pilot must demonstrate.","answerMarkdown":"Inspect a sample, discuss the business logic and define what a successful pilot needs to demonstrate.\n\nEvaluation question: what result would make a scoped pilot worth continuing, and how will it be measured?","valueProposition":"Inspect a sample, discuss the business logic and define what a successful pilot needs to demonstrate.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/scoping-and-evaluating-a-release","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/scoping-and-evaluating-a-release"}
{"id":"mf-generated-output","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"observed-business-foundation","slug":"generated-output","audience":["licensed-resellers","model-labs"],"workflows":[],"contentType":"faq","question":"Is MirrorFirm selling observed business data?","summary":"The commercial product is generated data and environments; the observed foundation explains how they are built.","answerMarkdown":"MirrorFirm’s commercial product is generated data and environments. The observed business foundation explains their construction.\n\nEvaluation question: for the release you are considering, what was observed, what was modelled and what was generated?","valueProposition":"MirrorFirm’s commercial product is generated data and environments. The observed business foundation explains their construction.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/observed-business-foundation","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/observed-business-foundation"}
{"id":"mf-grounding-evidence","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"observed-business-foundation","slug":"grounding-evidence","audience":["evaluation-teams","licensed-resellers"],"workflows":[],"contentType":"checklist","question":"How can a buyer inspect the grounding of a release?","summary":"Separate what was observed, what was modelled and what was generated.","answerMarkdown":"Ask what was observed, what was modelled and what was generated. A useful release should make those boundaries understandable.\n\nChecklist: (1) the observation behind the release; (2) the business logic modelled from it; (3) the outcomes and checks used to inspect the output; (4) the rights that apply to the release.","valueProposition":"Ask what was observed, what was modelled and what was generated. A useful release should make those boundaries understandable.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/observed-business-foundation","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/observed-business-foundation"}
{"id":"mf-handovers","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"handovers-and-exceptions","slug":"handovers","audience":["agent-developers","environment-builders"],"workflows":["cross-team handover"],"contentType":"scenario","question":"Why do handovers matter in generated scenarios?","summary":"Context, dependencies and responsibility move with the work.","answerMarkdown":"Work changes hands. Generated scenarios can preserve the context, dependencies and responsibility that move with it.\n\nScenario: in the fictional Aster Financial example an application moves from origination to credit. Check that the record passed on identifies who now holds the next action.","valueProposition":"Work changes hands. Generated scenarios can preserve the context, dependencies and responsibility that move with it.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/handovers-and-exceptions","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/handovers-and-exceptions"}
{"id":"mf-licensed-resellers","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"buyer-audiences","slug":"licensed-resellers","audience":["licensed-resellers"],"workflows":[],"contentType":"checklist","question":"What should a licensed reseller look for?","summary":"An inspectable release, documented provenance and clear terms.","answerMarkdown":"Start with an inspectable generated-data release, documented provenance and clear terms for the buyer’s intended use.\n\nChecklist: can the release be inspected before purchase, is provenance documented, and do the terms match the use your own buyer intends?","valueProposition":"Start with an inspectable generated-data release, documented provenance and clear terms for the buyer’s intended use.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/buyer-audiences","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/buyer-audiences"}
{"id":"mf-model-labs","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"buyer-audiences","slug":"model-labs","audience":["model-labs"],"workflows":[],"contentType":"explanation","question":"What can a model lab use MirrorFirm for?","summary":"Richer business-operations material for model training.","answerMarkdown":"Give model training a richer picture of business operations, with generated records shaped by observed workflows, decisions and exceptions.\n\nScenario: a lab wants training material in which a decision is followed by downstream work. The useful question is whether the records carry the decision, its policy and the consequences together.","valueProposition":"Give model training a richer picture of business operations, with generated records shaped by observed workflows, decisions and exceptions.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/buyer-audiences","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/buyer-audiences"}
{"id":"mf-multiple-teams","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"handovers-and-exceptions","slug":"multiple-teams","audience":["model-labs","environment-builders"],"workflows":["cross-team handover"],"contentType":"explanation","question":"How are workflows that cross departments represented?","summary":"Shared context is retained across departments.","answerMarkdown":"A workflow can cross departments before it is complete. Retain that shared context when creating generated training material.\n\nScenario: the fictional Aster Financial map connects Origination, Credit, Servicing and Collections through shared business state, so a later team can trace back to the original application.","valueProposition":"A workflow can cross departments before it is complete. Retain that shared context when creating generated training material.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/handovers-and-exceptions","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/handovers-and-exceptions"}
{"id":"mf-origin-of-realism","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"observed-business-foundation","slug":"origin-of-realism","audience":["model-labs","agent-developers","evaluation-teams","environment-builders","licensed-resellers"],"workflows":[],"contentType":"explanation","question":"Where does the realism in MirrorFirm output come from?","summary":"Access to real businesses informs what is generated.","answerMarkdown":"Our starting point is access to real businesses and the way work actually moves through them. Those observations inform what we generate.\n\nObservation informs the output; it is not the output. Ask which operating patterns informed a given release and how they were modelled before generation.","valueProposition":"Our starting point is access to real businesses and the way work actually moves through them. Those observations inform what we generate.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/observed-business-foundation","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/observed-business-foundation"}
{"id":"mf-stateful-environments","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"state-and-environments","slug":"stateful-environments","audience":["environment-builders","model-labs"],"workflows":[],"contentType":"integration","question":"What is a stateful environment?","summary":"Business operations as connected state with actions that affect later outcomes.","answerMarkdown":"Represent business operations as connected state, with actions that affect later decisions and outcomes.\n\nIntegration question: how will actions be exposed to your agent, and how will you check the resulting state against the expected outcome?","valueProposition":"Represent business operations as connected state, with actions that affect later decisions and outcomes.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/state-and-environments","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/state-and-environments"}
{"id":"mf-task-packs","brand":"mirrorfirm","canonicalTopic":"scoping-and-evaluating-a-release","slug":"task-packs","audience":["agent-developers","evaluation-teams"],"workflows":[],"contentType":"explanation","question":"What is in a task pack?","summary":"A business objective with the policies, records and starting conditions to work through it.","answerMarkdown":"Pair a business objective with the policies, records and starting conditions an agent needs to work through it.\n\nEvaluation question: what success criteria and checks accompany the objective, so a run can be judged consistently?","valueProposition":"Pair a business objective with the policies, records and starting conditions an agent needs to work through it.","claimStatus":"positioning","evidenceStatus":"editorial","sourceRefs":[],"canonicalPath":"/knowledge/scoping-and-evaluating-a-release","revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-11-08","licenceId":"mirrorfirm-terms-public-text","publicationStatus":"published","canonicalUrl":"https://mirrorfirm.com/knowledge/scoping-and-evaluating-a-release"}