Glossary
Run
One execution of a prompt set against an engine. AI outputs are not fully deterministic, so a single run is a snapshot; several runs, or replications, form a range with a confidence interval.
Definition
A run is one execution of a prompt set against an engine and produces one citation result. Because AI model outputs are not fully deterministic, running the identical prompt twice can return two different citations.
A single run is a snapshot, not a trend, and is labeled that way (see Single-Run Snapshot). Several runs of the same prompt, called replications, produce a range instead of one flattering figure, and that range is what a confidence interval describes. Search-AI surfaces are closer to deterministic for a fixed query and need fewer replications than chat engines.
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This term is part of the same declared methodology every score on this site follows: which prompts, which engines, how many runs.
Related terms
Single-Run Snapshot
The honesty label for a score built from exactly one pass, not an average of repeated runs. Real data, but a photograph, not a trend line.
Confidence Interval
The range a repeated score could plausibly fall within, computed by resampling the runs behind it. Ships with every score built from more than one run; a single run gets a snapshot label instead.
Prompt Set
The declared, fixed list of questions run against each AI engine to produce a citation score. Kept stable across measurement runs so a later delta reflects the market, not a different question.
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