# Validation checklist

## Data and labeling

- [ ] labeled validation set exists by category
- [ ] positive and negative pairs are balanced

## Quality metrics

- [ ] precision target met
- [ ] recall target met
- [ ] false-positive rate under threshold

## Review flow

- [ ] manual review queue defined
- [ ] reviewer SLA defined
- [ ] reviewer feedback loop updates matching rules

## Production safety

- [ ] reject decisions are explainable with reason codes
- [ ] auto-match thresholds tested on recent catalog samples
- [ ] bundle/variant/condition guardrails validated