gates.json

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "updated": "2026-07-05",
  "description": "Release-gate thresholds for protoLabs model cards and the /lab model-compare delta semantics. A quant PASSES its gate when its regression vs baseline stays within max_regression. Delta rendering is gate-aware, NOT red-on-any-negative: beats_base (green), within_gate (muted chip -- the parity claim every model card ships), over_gate (red -- a real regression). Naive red-on-negative would contradict every card we publish.",
  "direction": "higher_is_better",
  "delta_convention": "delta = value - baseline. A row is within gate when (baseline - value) <= max_regression, i.e. delta >= -max_regression. beats_base when delta > 0; within_gate when -max_regression <= delta <= 0; over_gate when delta < -max_regression.",
  "baseline_fields": ["baseline_bf16", "baseline_fp8_official"],
  "baseline_note": "Gate rows carry ONE baseline field naming the reference the quant was gated against (bf16 for most; fp8_official when the shipped baseline was the official FP8, e.g. Agents-A1). Frontend: use whichever baseline_* key is present on the row.",
  "gates": {
    "claw": {
      "max_regression": 0.03,
      "unit": "score",
      "metric": "mean_task_score",
      "label": "claw (agentic)",
      "suites": ["claw_paired", "claw_paired29", "claw", "claw_business", "claw_coding"]
    },
    "function_call": {
      "max_regression": 0.02,
      "unit": "rate",
      "metric": "pass_rate",
      "label": "function-call",
      "suites": ["function_call"],
      "note": "Published claim is '<= 2 percentage points'. pass_rate is stored as a 0-1 rate, so the threshold in row units is 0.02."
    },
    "reasoning": {
      "max_regression": 0.05,
      "unit": "score",
      "metric": "mean_task_score",
      "label": "reasoning",
      "suites": ["reasoning_v2", "reasoning_v2_16k", "reasoning"]
    },
    "code": {
      "max_regression": 0.05,
      "unit": "score",
      "metric": "mean_task_score",
      "label": "code",
      "suites": ["code_exec_v2", "code_spec_delta", "coding", "code_exec"]
    }
  }
}