Executive summary

AI coding assistants need an evidence contract, not a confidence style guide.

The kit reduces delivery risk by forcing completion claims to carry proof, known debt, and release-readiness boundaries.

The risk

AI-assisted development can generate convincing implementation narratives faster than teams can verify them. The failure mode is not only bad code; it is the mismatch between a PR's claim and the evidence behind it.

Brutal Honesty Kit creates a shared convention for naming that mismatch early, preserving caveats, and preventing local-only confidence from being presented as production readiness.

InstallDrop-in repo package
OperatePR and smoke gates
GovernRulebook-backed evidence