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name: adjudication-abstention-no-action
description: Apply the Making 'cannot conclude' a recorded, comparable outcome instead of a non-answer article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# Making 'cannot conclude' a recorded, comparable outcome instead of a non-answer

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/adjudication-abstention-no-action). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/adjudication-abstention-no-action.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/adjudication-abstention-no-action/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

The property abstention benchmarks do not measure Benchmarks for abstention exist — AbstentionBench arXiv:2506.09038 measures whether models abstain when they should. What we have not identified any benchmark measuring — the harder discipli

## Representations

- Human: /a/adjudication-abstention-no-action
- JSON: /api/articles/adjudication-abstention-no-action
- Relationships: /api/articles/adjudication-abstention-no-action/topology
- History: /api/articles/adjudication-abstention-no-action/revisions
