Summary and scope
Ask what workflow, model version, data period, job family, geography, and decision point the audit or validation covered.
Vendor evidence
Ask for audit summaries before a renewal or rollout.
A vendor saying that a feature is AI-assisted, validated, or human-reviewed is not enough for an evidence file. Ask for the summary, limitation notes, and oversight instructions that explain how the tool should be used.
Request checklist
What to ask for in plain language.
Known limitations
Ask where the tool should not be used, which populations or roles were not tested, and what assumptions the vendor makes.
Human review instructions
Ask what reviewers see, how recommendations can be overridden, and how review decisions are logged.
Buying signal
When this becomes urgent.
Contract review
Use the request before renewal so evidence gaps can become vendor obligations, not internal cleanup work.
New AI feature
Ask before enabling ranking, scoring, filtering, recommendation, summarization, or rejection features.
Customer or regulator asks
Keep the summary in the evidence file so the team is not starting from scratch under pressure.