C001 — Claim Definition¶


Research	R0052 — Methodology Claims
Run	2026-03-31
Claim	C001

Claim as Received¶

ICD 203 defines nine tradecraft standards that govern how intelligence analysts produce assessments.

Claim as Clarified¶

Intelligence Community Directive 203 (Analytic Standards), issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, specifies exactly nine analytic tradecraft standards that all Intelligence Community analytic products must implement and exhibit. The claim is about both the count (nine) and the governing function (these standards dictate how analysts produce their work).

BLUF¶

The claim is accurate. ICD 203 explicitly requires all IC analytic products to "implement and exhibit" nine Analytic Tradecraft Standards. Multiple authoritative sources confirm both the count and the governing function.

Scope¶

Domain: Intelligence Community analytical standards
Timeframe: Current (ICD 203 was established 2007, revised 2015)
Testability: Directly verifiable against the published ICD 203 document and secondary sources that enumerate the standards

Assessment Summary¶

Probability: Almost certain (95-99%)

Confidence: High

Hypothesis outcome: H1 (claim is accurate as stated) is supported. All sources confirm nine tradecraft standards with governing authority over IC analytic products.

[Full assessment in assessment.md.]

Status¶

Field	Value
Date created	2026-03-31
Date completed	2026-03-31
Researcher profile	Phil Moore
Prompt version	ai-research-methodology v1 research.md
Revisit by	2027-03-31
Revisit trigger	If ODNI issues a new revision of ICD 203 that changes the number of tradecraft standards