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Issue #49: OCR Extraction Contracts for Document AI Systems
Build a .NET document extraction gate that treats OCR output as uncertain evidence, validates required fields, tables, confidence, and totals, and quarantines weak records before they reach a workflow.
Issue #48: Jev A New Kind of AI Model for Typed Decisions
Build a Python expense-policy workflow that uses Jev for typed semantic decisions while deterministic code owns amounts, dates, duplicates, thresholds, audit records, and final routing.
Issue #47: Batch Inference Job Control for AI Pipelines
Build a .NET batch inference runner with request manifests, idempotency keys, retry envelopes, checkpoints, failed-row quarantine, and replayable output records backed by Microsoft Foundry.
Issue #46: Embedding Index Lifecycle Gates for RAG Systems
Treat RAG embedding indexes as deployable artifacts with current and candidate manifests, recall regression checks, metadata validation, snapshots, restore drills, lineage, and promotion evidence.