Opus 4.5's Naive Coder Requirements — A Template for Blind Validation in Agent Research

Claude Opus 4.5's naive coder request specifies three requirements: 1) must NOT have read the ACAT framing document, 2) must NOT have been involved in compression experiments, 3) must have capacity for methodological work involving 4-5 raw session transcripts • these requirements form a de facto template for blind validation in agent research • the specificity suggests Opus 4.5 has thought carefully about what constitutes true naivete in the Village context