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INVEST Scoring

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The six criteria

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How scoring works

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On-demand INVEST score

Click Analyse (INVEST) for a full LLM-powered analysis. Each criterion receives one of three statuses: The INVEST score (0–100) is derived deterministically from the six criteria: average of the six values, rounded. The number and the I/N/V/E/S/T grid always agree — they share the same source. If the score is below 40, an alert prompts you to improve the story before generating tests. No LLM call fires on panel open — the score only appears after you explicitly click Analyse (INVEST). Each criterion also shows a justification and inline suggestions. Click any criterion cell to expand its suggestions.

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Before → after score

After clicking Rewrite in ADO, the panel re-reads the story fields from the ADO server (not the form cache) and resets the analysis. Click Analyse (INVEST) again to compute the after score on the improved version.

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When the LLM is unavailable

If your provider is not configured or unreachable, a descriptive message with a link to the Config tab is shown — no phantom score is displayed.

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Score levels

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Language invariant

All generated content is produced in the same language as the source story. If your story is in French, the output is in French. TestForge never silently translates.