---
id: coverage-management.overview
title: Coverage Management
summary: Manage benchmark coverage from setup through representation, Coverage Stories, case review, Case Foundry, and contribution requests.
kind: concept
product_area: coverage_management
status: stable
updated: 2026-09-07
canonical: /docs/coverage-management
---

# Coverage Management

Coverage Management is the benchmark-scoped workspace for deciding whether the current dataset represents the behavior space the benchmark is meant to test. It connects project Coverage Facets to dataset representation, coverage guidance, Coverage Stories, case preparation, and expert contribution requests.

## Definition

Project Coverage Facets define reusable Dimensions, Project Topics, and Case Construction Patterns. Coverage Management applies those foundations to one benchmark. **Get Started** establishes benchmark coverage guidance. The overview shows representation and operational status. Coverage Stories organize meaningful slices or gaps. Case Review inspects prepared cases and materials. Case Foundry coordinates case construction work.

The goal is to make missing or thin behavior explicit before evaluation evidence is trusted. Coverage Management does not replace Benchmark Datasets; it explains and improves the representation of the selected data.

## Decision checkpoint

| Observation | Use | Next durable result |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benchmark purpose or guidance is missing | Get Started | Saved coverage setup and readiness |
| A facet tuple is thin or absent | Representation and Coverage Stories | Named coverage need and intended evidence |
| More cases are needed | Case Foundry | Bounded construction work tied to the gap |
| Generated cases may be unclear | Case Review | Reviewed case and material quality |
| Specialist judgment is required | Contribution request from coverage context | Benchmark-scoped Expert Contribution |
| Coverage changed materially | Benchmark Datasets | Updated selection and snapshot boundary |

## Coverage Stories and case work

A Coverage Story gives a gap or behavior slice an operational narrative: why it matters, which facet combinations define it, what evidence exists, and what sourcing work remains. It should be concrete enough to guide case construction and expert attention.

Case Foundry can prepare case work from that structure. Case Review checks the resulting inputs and generated materials before they enter trusted dataset evidence. AI assistance can accelerate preparation, but selection and benchmark interpretation remain explicit human and product-state decisions.

## Coverage and correctness

Coverage gaps sometimes reveal missing correctness rather than missing cases. If experts cannot say how a represented situation should be judged, request an Expert Contribution and update policies or rubrics. If the standard is clear but no case exercises it, use Weave and Case Foundry. If cases exist but are not selected or snapshotted, use Benchmark Datasets.

This routing prevents Comparison Directions, Contribution-scoped agent behavior, and coverage structure from being mixed together. Comparison Directions guide response variation; Coverage Facets and Coverage Stories describe the benchmark behavior space.

{% example-demo title="Conflicting-source story" %}
Representation shows that the benchmark covers current-source questions but almost never combines them with a plausible superseded document. A Coverage Story names the conflict pattern, relevant source-freshness and impact facets, and the desired case count. Case Foundry prepares candidates, Case Review rejects unrealistic material, and the accepted cases enter a new dataset snapshot.
{% /example-demo %}

## Related workflows

{% related-card-grid title="Related workflows" %}
- [Set up benchmark coverage](/docs/coverage-management/get-started)
- [Work with Coverage Stories](/docs/coverage-management/coverage-stories)
- [Run Case Foundry](/docs/coverage-management/case-foundry)
- [Review prepared Cases](/docs/coverage-management/case-review)
- [Plan benchmark coverage](/docs/coverage-engineering/plan-benchmark-coverage)
- [Work with Benchmark Datasets](/docs/benchmark-datasets)
- [Request an Expert Contribution](/docs/expert-contributions/request-contribution)
{% /related-card-grid %}

## Related reference pages

{% related-card-grid title="Related reference pages" %}
- [Coverage Engineering](/docs/coverage-engineering)
- [Cases](/docs/assets/cases)
- [Comparison Directions](/docs/assets/comparison-directions)
{% /related-card-grid %}

## Source confidence

Code-backed: the active benchmark coverage routes expose setup, overview, Coverage Stories, Case Review, Case Foundry integration, realtime state, and contribution-request entry points.