Guides

Guides for teams verifying agent work

The questions to ask before you trust an agent result, the evidence to require, and the rollout path for adding Excellent to a real workflow.

Still working out how agent work should be verified? Start here.

8 min

Local-first

The local verification buyer's guide

What local verification should mean in 2026: where evidence lives, how receipts are checked, and what must work without trusting a hosted agent dashboard.

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You've decided agent claims need proof — here's how to choose the system and how to roll it out.

9 min

Evaluation

How to choose an agent verification system

Twelve questions to ask before you trust an agent workflow: evidence capture, checks, reviewer boundaries, receipts, and exit cost.

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8 min

Rollout

Rolling out agent verification: a 30-day plan

A pragmatic four-week plan for replacing ad hoc agent trust with attempts, checks, evidence, results, and receipts.

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The agent is the reason you're here. Tell a real one from a chat box.

10 min

AI agents

Evaluating AI agents

How to tell a useful AI agent from a confident chat box — separation of duties, evidence trails, checks, receipts, and the questions that filter the noise.

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Not sure where to start?

Find your situation below — it points you at the right guide.

“Still arguing that the proof has to stay on our machines”The local verification buyer's guide8 min “Choosing how agent work gets checked”How to choose an agent verification system9 min “Ready to roll verification out to a team”Rolling out agent verification: a 30-day plan8 min “Working out which AI agent to trust”Evaluating AI agents10 min

Comparing head-to-head? Sizing it for your team?

Compare it head-to-head

Excellent next to the other tools that claim to check what an AI agent produced — with dated prices and sourced claims.

11 comparisons

Sized for the work you actually do

Solo developers, technical founders, engineering teams and platform/DevEx — including where Excellent stops for each of them.

4 solution pages

Skip the reading. Check a real task

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