The Stratix Workflow — the six intents

The Stratix Workflow — six stages from picking a model to governing it in production.

Six stages from "I need to pick a model" to "this AI is governed in production." Every concept, how-to, tutorial, and recipe in these docs maps to one of them.

1. Select

Review leaderboards and benchmarks; optionally compare candidates side-by-side.

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2. Instrument

Wire your code to emit traces.

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3. Observe

See real production behavior.

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4. Evaluate

Score with scorers, judges, and code graders.

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5. Improve

Tune prompts, judges, models. Re-run.

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6. Govern

Enforce gates in CI/CD and across the org.

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Why a workflow spine

Without a spine, evaluation is a grab-bag of features. With a spine:

• Each stage has a clear question it answers
• The path from "picking a model" to "shipping confidently" is named
• Documentation links naturally between stages

How the stages relate

The stages aren't strictly sequential; they're a cycle. Your AI is always at some stage, and the cycle goes around as it matures:

Select → Build → Observe → Evaluate → Improve → Govern
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 └─ back to Observe

The exception: Select can also reappear mid-cycle when a new model generation drops or your evaluation surfaces a model that's outgrown its envelope. Returning to Select means re-running the side-by-side and confirming your incumbent is still the right choice.

Pick a starting stage

If you're...	Start at
Thinking about adding AI	Select — pick a model
Already shipping	Observe — what's it actually doing?
Mid-build	Evaluate — score it
In production	Govern — gate it

Where to next

• Select
• Concepts
• Tutorials