Use when scoping or commissioning a psychological audit of an AI/ML personnel assessment — to define which claims the audit will evaluate (validity, utility, lack of bias), establish the auditor's stance and credibility (internal / external / independent), decide formative vs. summative timing and the audience, and settle data/documentation access and disclosure terms. Triggers: "audit an AI hiring tool", "plan an algorithm audit", "bias audit scope", "internal vs external vs independent auditor", "formative vs summative audit", "NYC Local Law 144 bias audit", "what claims should the audit test".
