BRAG, The Audit Layer Under Everything

Every score, every citation event, every fix recommendation runs through BRAG before it reaches you. It is not a scoring heuristic, it is a verifiable chain of evidence with evidence IDs attached.

BBased RRetrieval AAuditable GGrading

Results are grounded in scraped, evidence-linked source IDs, not model opinion. Deterministic semantic telemetry means measurements are exact: resolved against the engine's actual interpretation of your entity at query time, not sampled or approximated. Every output is independently validated before publication.

Four-Pillar Citation Operating System

Most platforms stop at measurement. AIVIS closes the full loop: measure → prepare → verify → act → prove. Each pillar is a distinct capability; together they form a system no lookalike platform currently replicates.

◈ Telemetry
Deterministic Semantic Telemetry

AIVIS doesn't sample. Every measurement is resolved against the engine's actual interpretation of your entity at query time, exact, not estimated. Results are reproducible and evidence-linked.

◈ Verification
Citation Preparation + Interpretation Verification

Content is structured for citation readiness, then the model's interpretation is verified against intent before publish. Preparation without verification is half the job.

◈ Action
Automated Agent Repo / Code Fix PRs

When a gap is detected, AIVIS opens a repo PR with the fix automatically, schema markup, entity disambiguation, structured claim correction. No manual handoff from insight to implementation.

◈ Proof
Cite Ledger

Immutable, timestamped record of every citation event: which engine, which source, which claim triggered the citation, and when. BRAG evidence IDs attach to every entry.

Immutable Citation History

The Cite Ledger is your audit trail. Every citation event is timestamped and attached to a BRAG evidence ID, traceable to the source, the claim, and the engine that triggered it. Public Observer share links surface a redacted view; full ledger access requires authentication.

Cite Ledger, live view
● Recording
EngineEventClaim triggerTimestamp
Perplexity CITED BRAG methodology definition 2m ago
ChatGPT CITED Triple-check pipeline (Signal → Critique → Validate) 11m ago
Gemini CITED Deterministic semantic telemetry 38m ago
Claude CITED Cite Ledger evidence ID architecture 1h ago

Sample view. Actual ledger entries include full source URLs, evidence IDs, and prompt context. Available to authenticated accounts only.

Pipeline Model Assignment

Model routing is deterministic and documented here. All claims elsewhere on aivis.biz that reference model names defer to this table as the source of record.

Role Primary model Fallback / pipeline
Observer
Citation monitoring
Gemini 4 31B
Gemini 4 31B Gemini 4 26B MoE Nemotron 3 Super 120B MiniMax M2.5 Nemotron 3 Nano 30B GPT-OSS 120B
Alignment
Entity alignment checks
GPT-5 Nano Free-model fallback routing
Signal + Score Fix
Triple-check pipeline
GPT-5 Mini
GPT-5 Mini generates Claude Sonnet 4.6 critiques Grok 4.1 Fast validates

Observer uses free-model routing, cost is not a signal of quality here. The 6-model fallback chain ensures continuity; the primary model handles the majority of production load. Signal pipeline uses a fixed three-model sequence: one model making claims is not a methodology, three models checking each other is.

How a Score Is Produced

Trace any AIVIS score through these steps. Each step has a corresponding evidence artifact in Cite Ledger.

01
Retrieval

Target entity is queried across monitored AI engines. Responses are scraped; source citations are extracted and logged with evidence IDs. Deterministic telemetry resolves the engine's interpretation at query time.

BRAG: B
02
Alignment Check

Retrieved data is passed to Alignment (GPT-5 Nano). Entity signals are validated: is the model correctly associating the entity with its defined claims? Gaps are flagged with structured gap IDs.

BRAG: R
03
Citation Preparation + Interpretation Verification

Content is structured for citation readiness. The AI engine's interpretation of the prepared content is verified against intended meaning before any recommendation or publication proceeds.

New pillar
04
Signal Triple-Check

GPT-5 Mini generates the signal output. Claude Sonnet 4.6 critiques it for accuracy, entity consistency, and citation readiness. Grok 4.1 Fast validates the final result. All three outputs are logged.

BRAG: A+G
05
Automated Fix PR (if gap detected)

Where a structural issue is confirmed, an automated agent opens a repository pull request with the specific fix, schema, markup, entity disambiguation, or claim restructuring. No manual handoff.

Agent action
06
Cite Ledger Entry

Every citation event, whether a successful cite or a gap, is written to Cite Ledger as an immutable, timestamped record with attached BRAG evidence IDs. This is the proof layer.

Immutable

What Each Page Claims, and Doesn't

To prevent misinterpretation, scope is defined explicitly here.

Page What it is What it isn't
Compare A citation positioning snapshot grounded in Cite Ledger history, showing where your entity appears relative to category peers across AI engines. An independent benchmark publication. Rankings are retrieval-grounded, not editorially curated.
Observer (public share) A view-only snapshot of a monitoring run. Redacted for security. A full audit. Telemetry signals, evidence IDs, and implementation details are withheld from public links.
Methodology (this page) The canonical source of record. All model names, pipeline steps, and BRAG definitions are authoritative as written here. Marketing copy. Claims here supersede any conflicting language elsewhere on the site.

Last updated: May 2026  ·  Canonical URL: aivis.biz/methodology  ·  All other pages on aivis.biz defer to this document for model allocation, retrieval logic, telemetry architecture, and BRAG audit definitions. Implementation details in Observer public share links are intentionally redacted; authenticated accounts access full Cite Ledger history.