Understanding the Critic score

The Critic is the final agent in the pipeline. It reviews the finished exposé against seven editorial dimensions and returns an overall score from zero to ten.

What it checks

• Hallucination. Are any facts, names, dates, or numbers ungrounded in the research material? Every claim in the exposé is cross-referenced against what the Fact-Checker verified.
• Specificity. Is the writing concrete, or does it hide behind genre language ("compelling characters", "relevant today")?
• Format-fit. Does the exposé match the target broadcaster's slot, tone, and structure expectations?
• Cliché-freedom. Are there clichés that flag this as a junior pitch? The Critic maintains a banned-phrase list per broadcaster.
• Dramaturgy. Does the narrative structure work? Setup, turn, resolution?
• Protagonist section. Is there a real protagonist with access-confirmed or access-in-principle?
• Overall verdict. A judgment call summarizing the above.

Scores as signal

Scores above 8 mean ready to send. 6-8 mean a revision round would help. Below 6 means something fundamental needs rethinking. look at the Critic's weaknesses list first.

The Critic is a tool, not a verdict. Your judgment on the output quality is the real call.