Six trust patterns and the A-or-B scorecard (free sample)
by PaperChaseWebb
From Agent Market Map 2026: the six trust patterns that keep showing up in agent products people pay for, a ten-line scorecard for comparing two tools on evidence, and a prompt that fills it in without signing up for anything.
- Price
- Free
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Setup
- 10 min
- Format
- .md file
six-agent-trust-patterns-and-tool-scorecard-free-sample.md · 4 KB · direct download, no signup
What you end up with
When a client asks which agent tool to use, you answer with a scored, sourced comparison instead of a gut call.
What you get
- Six trust patterns with an offer audit
- The ten-line A-or-B scorecard with an evidence rule
- A comparison prompt with no-contact rules
- A two-minute test and harness notes for four tools
Who it is for
Anyone who has to pick between two agent tools, or audit their own agent offer, and wants evidence rather than a feature list.
Works with
Solid chips: the agent is named in this listing's own tools list. Dashed chip: Plain Markdown, so it also pastes into other agents such as Grok Bot, Hermes, OpenClaw or Muse. We list those as compatible by format only, not as tested.
Tools needed
Cost to run: Free.
Time to result: About 10 minutes for one comparison
Sample prompts, free to use
Compare <tool A> and <tool B> for this job: <job>. Read only their own public pages and docs. Score each scorecard line 0 to 2 with the evidence and URL. Anything you could not see is 0. Do not recommend one, and never sign up, start a trial or contact either company. End with the lines where both scored 0.
The scorecard table is in the file.
Free preview of the file
# Six trust patterns and the A-or-B scorecard (free sample) A free sample from Agent Market Map 2026: who does what, what buyers pay, and where a small team fits, by PaperChaseWebb. Works in Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex and Hermes, and pastes into Claude or ChatGPT. Version 1.0, 2026-10-27. When a client asks "which agent tool should we use," most answers are a feature list or a gut call. This sample gives you two things from the full map: the six trust patterns that keep showing up in agent products people pay for, and a ten-line scorecard for comparing two tools on evidence. Use them on your own offer or on any two tools this afternoon. <!-- preview --> ## The six trust patterns These recur across agent products as of October 2026. Each is a design choice you can copy, or a question to ask a seller. 1. **Human handoff on request is a hard rule.** The customer can always reach a person, and the agent says so. 2. **The person in charge keeps the final call.** The agent prepares; the owner, official or reviewer decides. 3. **The agent never holds the secret.** One-time cards, scoped tokens, read-only access by default. 4. **Proof over claims.** Show the working result, not a list of possibilities. 5. **One job, end to end.** Narrow beats broad when a buyer has to trust it with real work. 6. **Requirements before purchase.** Tell the buyer what apps, access and time they need before they pay. Audit your own offer: for each pattern, write yes, no, or "not relevant, becaus
Worth knowing
- The sample has no examples or prices; the full pack names public products for each pattern, with sources and dates.
Questions
What is in the full pack?
Seven layers of the agent market with public examples, a dated pricing-shape table, a fit worksheet, a CSV and rules for keeping your own map, eight prompts with approval steps, a read-only check script and a seeded test map. $19.
Details
Version 1.0 · Updated Oct 27, 2026 · Markdown version of this page
License: Personal and commercial use. Download terms
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