# Employee Onboarding Gate
> [!summary]
> Human onboarding is role-based. The AI-reviewed platform readiness gate proves platform lifecycle readiness, while first human cohorts still require role assignment, scoped access checks, persistence proof, and clear active-hardening caveats.
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## Current readiness status
```text
AI-reviewed platform readiness gate: PASSED
Human Lucia-quality approval: NOT PASSED / NOT CLAIMED
Human onboarding: ROLE-BASED / CONTROLLED
Owner/admin oversight: IMPLEMENTED
Tester lane: IMPLEMENTED
Evaluator workbench: IMPLEMENTED / ACTIVE HARDENING
Registry Diagnostics: OWNER/ADMIN DIAGNOSTIC SURFACE
Behavioral Observatory: OWNER/ADMIN LABEL SURFACE
```
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## Required before onboarding
Human employees/evaluators should not be onboarded until:
1. AI-reviewed platform readiness gate is passed.
2. Clerk auth works for the cohort.
3. Clerk public metadata has the correct `eval_labs_role`.
4. The Clerk session token includes the role claim required by Supabase RLS.
5. The user's visible surfaces match [[08 - Eval Labs Roles and Access Matrix|Eval Labs Roles and Access Matrix]].
6. Real runs persist to Supabase and reload from the correct scoped view.
7. Owner/admin can inspect shared persisted evidence through Team Review or Global Analysis where oversight applies.
8. Human review process is clearly distinguished from AI-reviewed platform testing.
9. Behavioral Observatory persistence and access boundaries are verified before assigning saved-label work to employees.
10. Any active-hardening caveats are named before work begins.
Status as of this Canon update:
- Steps 1-4 are implemented.
- Steps 5-7 must be verified for the specific role/cohort.
- Steps 8-10 are onboarding responsibilities.
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## Tester boundary
Tester is the entry-level prompt-testing role.
Testers can use:
- Custom Prompt Test
- Auto-generated Prompt Test
Testers cannot use Verification Check, Verification Results, Controlled Batch Runner, Team Review, Global Analysis, Registry Diagnostics, Behavioral Observatory, or owner/admin tools.
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## Evaluator boundary
Evaluator is the full evaluator workbench role.
Evaluators can use evaluator-safe test surfaces and their own run/review/history routes.
Evaluators cannot use Team Review or Global Analysis. Those are owner/admin oversight surfaces.
Evaluator workspace polish remains active hardening; do not describe the evaluator UX as fully final while that work continues.
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## Do not overclaim
Do not describe Eval Labs as broadly production-mature or open-access.
Do not describe Lucia as human-approved from AI-reviewed gate results.
Correct language:
```text
The platform readiness gate passed.
Human Lucia-quality approval remains pending.
Human onboarding is role-based and controlled.
Evaluator workspace polish remains active hardening.
```