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Check information freshness needs

Does question require a current or time-specific state that can change, or stable conceptual knowledge?

You need to know whether a question depends on current or changing information.

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Use freshness-needed 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 { freshnessNeeded } from 'jev-recipes/freshness-needed';

const result = await freshnessNeeded({
  "question": "Is the API experiencing an outage right now?"
});
console.log(result);

Input contract

FieldTypeNeeded
questionstringRequired
minConfidencenumberOptional
Full input and result schemas
{
  "input": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "question": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "minConfidence": {
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "question"
    ]
  },
  "result": {
    "$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": [
          "current",
          "stable",
          "unclear"
        ]
      },
      "confidence": {
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1
      },
      "probabilities": {
        "type": "object",
        "propertyNames": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "current",
            "stable",
            "unclear"
          ]
        },
        "additionalProperties": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 1
        },
        "required": [
          "current",
          "stable",
          "unclear"
        ]
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "model",
      "usage",
      "status",
      "verdict",
      "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 freshness-needed.

{
  "model": "demo-fixture",
  "usage": {
    "input_tokens": 0,
    "output_tokens": 0
  },
  "status": "ready",
  "verdict": "current",
  "confidence": 0.96,
  "probabilities": {
    "current": 1,
    "stable": 0,
    "unclear": 0
  }
}

Evaluation evidence

Fixture only

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.

Limitations

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