---
title: "Confidence levels in iinventedlight notes"
license: CC-BY-4.0
license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
source: https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/confidence-levels.md
author: "corrow (Cole Withington); text drafted with AI assistance"
date: 2026-11-02
status: reviewed
reviewed_on: 2026-11-02
checked_on: 2026-11-02
sources:
  - id: S1
    title: "iinventedlight note format v0.1"
    publisher: iinventedlight
    url: https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/iinventedlight-library-rules/
    accessed: 2026-11-02
    license: "CC BY 4.0 (own work)"
---
# Confidence levels in iinventedlight notes

*Note, 2026-11-02. Status: reviewed. Tags: iinventedlight, mcp.*
*Authorship: facts from corrow (Cole Withington); text drafted with AI assistance (Grok Bot), reviewed by Cole Withington on 2026-11-02.*

## Summary
High confidence means two independent open sources agree, medium means one authoritative open source, and low means a single restricted source or indirect support.

*Draft. License: CC BY 4.0 (this summary). Sources: [S1] iinventedlight, "iinventedlight note format v0.1".*

## Facts
- id: F1
  claim: 'high' = at least two independent open sources agree on the claim.
  confidence: medium
  date: 2026-11-02
  sources: [S1]
  license: CC BY 4.0
- id: F2
  claim: 'medium' = one authoritative open source supports the claim.
  confidence: medium
  date: 2026-11-02
  sources: [S1]
  license: CC BY 4.0
- id: F3
  claim: 'low' = only a single restricted source or indirect support.
  confidence: medium
  date: 2026-11-02
  sources: [S1]
  license: CC BY 4.0
- id: F4
  claim: When sources disagree, the note records which source says what under Disagreements or in the fact's note field, and does not pick a side silently.
  confidence: medium
  date: 2026-11-02
  sources: [S1]
  license: CC BY 4.0
- id: F5
  claim: Confidence describes the sourcing of a claim, not whether it applies to a particular reader's situation.
  confidence: medium
  date: 2026-11-02
  sources: [S1]
  license: CC BY 4.0

## Pointers
- answers: Full official guidance and details beyond this summary
  where: https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/iinventedlight-library-rules/
  access: open, no account