# Verify independent rule examples

Independently test matches, refusals, boundary values and unchanged workflows before release.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/labels/guides/rule-examples

Audience: Author

## Verify independent rule examples

1. **Open the independent rule examples**

   Open the independent rule examples.

   These five prepared expectations were authored independently. Cover a match, a non-match, missing data, the quantity boundary and an unrelated workflow.

2. **Record the source of the expected answers**

   Record the source of the expected answers.

   Expected answers come from the business requirement, not from whatever result the candidate happens to produce.

3. **Confirm the independent examples**

   Confirm the independent examples.

   Check every prepared input and expected outcome before saving the suite. A green report cannot compensate for incorrect expectations.

4. **Save the reviewed examples**

   Save the reviewed examples.

   The suite is immutable and bound to this exact draft revision. Later edits require another save and verification.

5. **Verify the saved rule examples**

   Verify the saved rule examples.

   The real rule engine and renderer compare the frozen expected outcomes and generate canonical proofs. A failure must be fixed before a release can proceed.

[Watch or practise this chapter](https://help.smartfact.ai/labels/demo?guide=rule-examples&chapter=rule-examples&audience=office)