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Check answerability

Decide whether supplied evidence can answer an entire question.

You need to know if you have enough evidence and can answer a question.

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Use answerability in TypeScript

Install with npm install jev-recipes. Requires Node.js 22.9 or newer and ES modules. Set TYPESAFE_API_KEY in your server environment for live calls, which send input to TypeSafe and use API quota. See the installation guide.

import { answerability } from 'jev-recipes/answerability';

const result = await answerability({
  "question": "How do I reset my password, and when does the link expire?",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "id": "reset",
      "text": "Select Forgot password on the sign-in page. Reset links expire after 30 minutes."
    }
  ]
});
console.log(result);

Input contract

FieldTypeNeeded
questionstringRequired
evidencearrayRequired
minConfidencenumberOptional
Full input and result schemas
{
  "input": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "question": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "evidence": {
        "minItems": 1,
        "maxItems": 50,
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "id": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "text": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "id",
            "text"
          ]
        }
      },
      "minConfidence": {
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "question",
      "evidence"
    ]
  },
  "result": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "model": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "usage": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "input_tokens": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 9007199254740991
          },
          "output_tokens": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 9007199254740991
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "input_tokens",
          "output_tokens"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "status": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "ready",
          "review"
        ]
      },
      "verdict": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "sufficient",
          "partial",
          "insufficient",
          "conflicting"
        ]
      },
      "canAnswer": {
        "type": "boolean"
      },
      "confidence": {
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1
      },
      "probabilities": {
        "type": "object",
        "propertyNames": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "sufficient",
            "partial",
            "insufficient",
            "conflicting"
          ]
        },
        "additionalProperties": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 1
        },
        "required": [
          "sufficient",
          "partial",
          "insufficient",
          "conflicting"
        ]
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "model",
      "usage",
      "status",
      "verdict",
      "canAnswer",
      "confidence",
      "probabilities"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false
  }
}

Saved example result

This hand-authored response demonstrates the contract. It is not a model accuracy measurement. Run it without an API key: npx jev-recipes demo answerability.

{
  "model": "demo-fixture",
  "usage": {
    "input_tokens": 0,
    "output_tokens": 0
  },
  "status": "ready",
  "verdict": "sufficient",
  "canAnswer": true,
  "confidence": 0.96,
  "probabilities": {
    "sufficient": 0.97,
    "partial": 0.01,
    "insufficient": 0.01,
    "conflicting": 0.01
  }
}

Evaluation evidence

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No verified live accuracy measurement is available. Evaluate representative cases before using this decision in your workflow.

Use the evaluation guide to measure this decision on your own labeled cases.

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