Ratings
Every full teardown ends with a score out of five stars. The score is not a mood: it is the count of documented mistakes in the piece, mapped through the bands below. Each counted mistake is set out in the teardown itself with a citation, so the arithmetic can be checked against the document.
The bands
| 5 out of 5 stars | No documented mistakes. The CLEARED outcome: it does what it says. |
| 4 out of 5 stars | 1 to 3 documented mistakes |
| 3 out of 5 stars | 4 to 9 documented mistakes |
| 2 out of 5 stars | 10 to 19 documented mistakes |
| 1 out of 5 stars | 20 or more documented mistakes |
Five stars is a real outcome, not a decoration: a document with nothing material wrong gets the CLEARED verdict and the full five, in public.
Best and worst so far
The table
| Score | Document | Mistakes | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 out of 5 stars | The insolvency chapter, tested | 3 | 12 September 2026 |
| 4 out of 5 stars | The performance data almost nobody publishes | 3 | 12 September 2026 |
| 3 out of 5 stars | The rulebook with a dead address | 5 | 12 September 2026 |
| 3 out of 5 stars | The audit that grades itself | 5 | 12 September 2026 |
| 3 out of 5 stars | Solvent, and still a disaster | 6 | 13 September 2026 |
| 3 out of 5 stars | Nine pages, eight mistakes | 8 | 12 September 2026 |
| 2 out of 5 stars | Nobody checked the AI Playbook | 13 | 11 September 2026 |