Evaluation AI

For monitoring & evaluation professionals · October 2026

Use AI in your evaluations -
without gambling your reputation.

AI can now draft a report in minutes. It can also invent a number or a source, and say it with complete confidence. Evaluation AI gives you a simple, no-code way to check every claim before it reaches a donor. Written for evaluators, not engineers.

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No code. No jargon. Works with the AI you already have.

An evaluator reviewing a report while AI drafts alongsideYou stay in charge
Why this matters

Your name is on the report. The mistakes would be yours too.

When a funder asks “how do you know?”, a confident-sounding paragraph is not enough. It has never been easier to produce a polished report, and it has never been easier to ship an error with it.

$290,000

A consulting firm had to repay part of a government report after AI-generated errors were found in it.

150,000+

fake citations from AI tools entered the scientific record in a single year, according to researchers.

1 in 3

evaluation teams now use AI, but almost none can prove which sentences came from a source and which were invented.

The method

A harness: four simple files that keep AI honest.

You do not need to understand how AI works. You need a routine that refuses to let an unsupported claim onto the page. We call it a harness. It is plain English and it takes an afternoon to set up.

  • The Skill, the rules your AI must follow, every time.
  • The Golden Set, a few tasks with known answers, so you can test it.
  • The Checklist, one page to score each output before it goes out.
  • The Proof Table, every claim, with its source. Your audit trail.
Read the free book
Seven common AI mistakes orbiting one verified document
Ways to start

Start free. Go further when you're ready.

Everything is built for busy people who care about rigour, with no assumption that you are technical.

The book
Free

The full method in plain language, plus the checklist. Yours to keep and share.

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The course
$299

Build your first harness with us, step by step on video. Early-bird $199.

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Done for you
On request

We set the whole system up for your organisation, inside your own account.

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Built for the way you actually work

No new software to learn. No data to hand over.

You keep using the AI tools and documents you already use. The harness runs inside your own account, so a client's confidential material never leaves your control. If you can use Word and a chatbot, you can use this.

  • Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot
  • Plain English throughout, every term explained
  • Your data stays with you
Who this is for

If any of these sound familiar, you're in the right place.

Report writing eats your week

The drafting is slow and repetitive. Our method lets AI do the first pass, while you keep the judgement and the credit.

The data is hard to interpret

You need the pattern, not another spreadsheet. AI helps you see it, and our checks make sure you can stand behind what you find.

Interviews take hours to transcribe

Let the machine do the typing. You spend your time on analysis and meaning, not on listening back at half speed.

You're wary of AI getting it wrong

So were we. That is exactly why this whole system exists: to make AI safe enough to actually use.

What you get

Practical tools, not hype.

Everything is written for people who did not grow up with technology, and who cannot afford a mistake in front of a funder.

The four-file harness

The rules, the test set, the checklist and the proof table, explained from the beginning.

Ready-made rules

Copy-and-paste instructions for reports, logframes, indicators, interviews and data.

Checklists

One page to review any output before it reaches a donor.

Plain-English glossary

Every technical word defined, so nothing is assumed.

Worked examples

See a real paragraph repaired, line by line, with the sources shown.

Privacy guidance

How to keep client data safe, and the exact wording to disclose your use of AI.

How it works

Three simple steps.

01

Read the free book

Understand the problem and the four-file method. About forty minutes.

02

Set up your harness

Paste the rules into your own AI. One afternoon, once.

03

Check every report

Run the checklist before anything reaches a donor. Minutes each time.

Coming soon

A directory of M&E AI tools.

A curated, plain-English directory of AI tools for monitoring and evaluation, sorted by the work you actually do: data collection, analysis, reporting, design, visualisation and learning.

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Tools by task

Surveys · Transcription · Analysis · Reporting · Visuals · Learning

Questions

Frequently asked.

Do I need to be technical?

No. The whole method is plain English, and every term is explained from scratch.

Does this replace my judgement?

No, it protects it. AI drafts; you decide. The checks make the machine's guesses visible.

Is my data safe?

The method runs inside your own account, and we show you exactly how to keep client information private.

Where do I start?

With the free handbook. It costs nothing, and it may be all you ever need.

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