Safe-use rating

What does Needs work mean on AgentProof safe-use?

Needs work on AgentProof safe-use means your answers showed gaps on one or more of three questions: client data, checking AI output, and what not to hand to AI alone. It does not block your certificate or lower your level. The rating is private to you. It does not appear on the verify page. Employers and team leads do not see your individual safe-use rating.

For the full Strong / Solid / Needs work framework, see Safe use of AI at work. This page focuses on Needs work.

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The three questions behind the rating

After the live task, AgentProof asks three short safe-use questions:

  1. Client data. How you treat private or client information when you use AI tools.
  2. Checking output. Whether you review AI output before it goes to a client, a teammate, or the public.
  3. What not to hand off. What you refuse to leave to AI alone (judgment calls, sensitive decisions, work that still needs a human).

Your answers get Strong, Solid, or Needs work. You see that on your results. It is separate from L1 to L4. Levels: levels glossary. Scoring: How scoring works.

What Needs work means (and does not)

Means:

  • Gaps on one or more of the three areas above
  • A private signal for you to tighten habits with data, review, or handoff boundaries

Does not mean:

  • Your certificate is held back
  • Your level is lowered
  • Employers can see the rating on verify
  • Teammates can open a peer feed of your safe-use score

Verify never shows answers, selfie, email, or individual safe-use. Detail: how verify works. Privacy: Who can see my AgentProof certificate?.

Strong and Solid (quick contrast)

  • Strong: Clear, specific answers on all three questions
  • Solid: Good habits overall, with room to get sharper on one area
  • Needs work: Gaps on one or more of the three

Full definitions live on Safe use of AI at work. Skill and safe habits stay apart so neither hides the other.

Teams and managers (privacy)

Teams that run AgentProof get a private report of totals once at least three people finish. The report may include group signals. It does not show your individual Strong / Solid / Needs work rating to employers or team leads. Team product: how AgentProof works for teams. Report definition: What is a private team AI report?.

If you share only your verify link with a manager, they still do not see individual safe-use. Manager share: How to share AgentProof results with your manager.

Quick answers

What does Needs work mean?
Gaps on one or more of three safe-use questions (client data, checking output, what not to hand off). It does not change your level.

Does Needs work block my certificate?
No. You still get your level and your free certificate. The rating is a separate signal.

Can employers see my Needs work rating?
No. Individual safe-use is private to you. It is not on the verify page.

Is Needs work the same as failing the assessment?
No. AgentProof is not binary pass/fail. See What if I don't pass AgentProof?.

Where is the full safe-use definition?
Safe use of AI at work.

Do teammates see my safe-use rating?
No peer results feed for individual safe-use. See Can teammates see each other's AgentProof results?.

More in the AgentProof FAQ. Background: What is AI readiness? and What is an AI skills certificate?

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