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assess_ai_readiness

Assess AI readiness

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Assess an organization's readiness to run AI in production across five dimensions (data readiness, workflow ownership, governance and controls, delivery capacity, executive sponsorship), each scored 1-5 with evidence or marked unknown, plus classified candidate use cases. Returns a deterministic verdict — Ready, Ready with conditions, Not yet ready, or Insufficient evidence (thresholds: ready needs no dimension below 3; 2+ dimensions at 2 or below is not yet ready) — with a handoff-ready Markdown assessment. Read-only; not for triaging a single AI idea (use triage_ai_opportunity).

Input schema

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
organizationNamestringyesThe organization or team being assessed.
preparedForstringnoOptional sponsor or requester the assessment is prepared for.
dimensionsobjectyesAll five readiness dimensions, each scored 1-5 with evidence, or marked unknown.
useCasesarrayyesCandidate AI use cases, each classified start-now, prepare-first, or defer.
risksarraynoOptional risk register entries; scoring gaps should each become one.
sequencingobjectnoOptional 30-60-90 day sequencing recommendation.
Raw JSON schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "organizationName": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 160,
      "description": "The organization or team being assessed."
    },
    "preparedFor": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 160,
      "description": "Optional sponsor or requester the assessment is prepared for."
    },
    "dimensions": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "dataReadiness": {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "score": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "minimum": 1,
                  "maximum": 5
                },
                {
                  "type": "string",
                  "enum": [
                    "unknown"
                  ]
                }
              ],
              "description": "Score from 1 (absent) to 5 (strong), or 'unknown' when the evidence to score this dimension is missing. Unknown is never treated as a low score."
            },
            "evidence": {
              "type": "string",
              "minLength": 1,
              "maxLength": 2000,
              "description": "One or two sentences supporting the score — or, for unknown, what evidence is missing."
            },
            "evidenceLabel": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "fact",
                "assumption",
                "estimate"
              ],
              "description": "Optional classification of the supplied evidence."
            },
            "gap": {
              "type": "string",
              "maxLength": 500,
              "description": "Optional named gap for this dimension, used in the risk register and conditions."
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "score",
            "evidence"
          ],
          "description": "Data readiness: the data the workflows need exists, is accessible, and its quality problems are known and bounded."
        },
        "workflowOwnership": {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "score": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "minimum": 1,
                  "maximum": 5
                },
                {
                  "type": "string",
                  "enum": [
                    "unknown"
                  ]
                }
              ],
              "description": "Score from 1 (absent) to 5 (strong), or 'unknown' when the evidence to score this dimension is missing. Unknown is never treated as a low score."
            },
            "evidence": {
              "type": "string",
              "minLength": 1,
              "maxLength": 2000,
              "description": "One or two sentences supporting the score — or, for unknown, what evidence is missing."
            },
            "evidenceLabel": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "fact",
                "assumption",
                "estimate"
              ],
              "description": "Optional classification of the supplied evidence."
            },
            "gap": {
              "type": "string",
              "maxLength": 500,
              "description": "Optional named gap for this dimension, used in the risk register and conditions."
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "score",
            "evidence"
          ],
          "description": "Workflow ownership: each candidate workflow has a named owner with authority to change how the work is done."
        },
        "governanceControls": {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "score": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "minimum": 1,
                  "maximum": 5
                },
                {
                  "type": "string",
                  "enum": [
                    "unknown"
                  ]
                }
              ],
              "description": "Score from 1 (absent) to 5 (strong), or 'unknown' when the evidence to score this dimension is missing. Unknown is never treated as a low score."
            },
            "evidence": {
              "type": "string",
              "minLength": 1,
              "maxLength": 2000,
              "description": "One or two sentences supporting the score — or, for unknown, what evidence is missing."
            },
            "evidenceLabel": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "fact",
                "assumption",
                "estimate"
              ],
              "description": "Optional classification of the supplied evidence."
            },
            "gap": {
              "type": "string",
              "maxLength": 500,
              "description": "Optional named gap for this dimension, used in the risk register and conditions."
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "score",
            "evidence"
          ],
          "description": "Governance and controls: security, compliance, and audit constraints are documented and have owners, so phase-one design can build them in rather than bolt them on."
        },
        "deliveryCapacity": {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "score": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "minimum": 1,
                  "maximum": 5
                },
                {
                  "type": "string",
                  "enum": [
                    "unknown"
                  ]
                }
              ],
              "description": "Score from 1 (absent) to 5 (strong), or 'unknown' when the evidence to score this dimension is missing. Unknown is never treated as a low score."
            },
            "evidence": {
              "type": "string",
              "minLength": 1,
              "maxLength": 2000,
              "description": "One or two sentences supporting the score — or, for unknown, what evidence is missing."
            },
            "evidenceLabel": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "fact",
                "assumption",
                "estimate"
              ],
              "description": "Optional classification of the supplied evidence."
            },
            "gap": {
              "type": "string",
              "maxLength": 500,
              "description": "Optional named gap for this dimension, used in the risk register and conditions."
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "score",
            "evidence"
          ],
          "description": "Delivery capacity: engineering and operations can commit to iterative delivery, evaluation cycles, and post-launch operation."
        },
        "executiveSponsorship": {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "score": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "minimum": 1,
                  "maximum": 5
                },
                {
                  "type": "string",
                  "enum": [
                    "unknown"
                  ]
                }
              ],
              "description": "Score from 1 (absent) to 5 (strong), or 'unknown' when the evidence to score this dimension is missing. Unknown is never treated as a low score."
            },
            "evidence": {
              "type": "string",
              "minLength": 1,
              "maxLength": 2000,
              "description": "One or two sentences supporting the score — or, for unknown, what evidence is missing."
            },
            "evidenceLabel": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "fact",
                "assumption",
                "estimate"
              ],
              "description": "Optional classification of the supplied evidence."
            },
            "gap": {
              "type": "string",
              "maxLength": 500,
              "description": "Optional named gap for this dimension, used in the risk register and conditions."
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "score",
            "evidence"
          ],
          "description": "Executive sponsorship: an accountable sponsor exists for adoption and policy decisions."
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "dataReadiness",
        "workflowOwnership",
        "governanceControls",
        "deliveryCapacity",
        "executiveSponsorship"
      ],
      "description": "All five readiness dimensions, each scored 1-5 with evidence, or marked unknown."
    },
    "useCases": {
      "type": "array",
      "minItems": 1,
      "maxItems": 12,
      "description": "Candidate AI use cases, each classified start-now, prepare-first, or defer.",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "minLength": 1,
            "maxLength": 160
          },
          "valueCase": {
            "type": "string",
            "minLength": 1,
            "maxLength": 500,
            "description": "The tracked operating metric this use case improves, and roughly by how much."
          },
          "risk": {
            "type": "string",
            "minLength": 1,
            "maxLength": 500,
            "description": "Impact and reversibility of failures."
          },
          "classification": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "start-now",
              "prepare-first",
              "defer"
            ]
          },
          "rationale": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 500
          },
          "blockingGap": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 500,
            "description": "For prepare-first: the named gap that blocks starting now."
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "name",
          "valueCase",
          "risk",
          "classification"
        ]
      }
    },
    "risks": {
      "type": "array",
      "maxItems": 12,
      "description": "Optional risk register entries; scoring gaps should each become one.",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {
          "risk": {
            "type": "string",
            "minLength": 1,
            "maxLength": 500
          },
          "severity": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "low",
              "medium",
              "high"
            ]
          },
          "owner": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 160
          },
          "remediation": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 500
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "risk",
          "severity"
        ]
      }
    },
    "sequencing": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "description": "Optional 30-60-90 day sequencing recommendation.",
      "properties": {
        "next30": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 1000
        },
        "next60": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 1000
        },
        "next90": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 1000
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "organizationName",
    "dimensions",
    "useCases"
  ]
}

First seen 2026-09-15 · last seen 2026-09-15