# Vet an AI agency before you sign

A practical method for buyers: ask for evidence you can inspect, test before you expand, map data and approvals, and compare scope and exit terms.

- Level: Practitioner
- Length: 60 minutes
- Exam questions: 9, pass mark 80%, up to 3 attempts
- Certificate: valid for 12 months

## What you will learn

- Ask an agency for project evidence, named people and a reference that you can check.
- Run a controlled test with a baseline and a test set that the supplier cannot tune against.
- Build an approval map and a data inventory before a pilot starts.
- Compare quotes by scope and write ownership and exit terms into the contract.

## Lessons

1. [Ask for evidence you can inspect](https://aiagencies.fyi/academy/vet-an-ai-agency-before-you-sign/ask-for-evidence-you-can-inspect.md) (12 minutes)
2. [Test before you expand](https://aiagencies.fyi/academy/vet-an-ai-agency-before-you-sign/test-before-you-expand.md) (12 minutes)
3. [Data, approvals and permissions](https://aiagencies.fyi/academy/vet-an-ai-agency-before-you-sign/data-approvals-and-permissions.md) (14 minutes)
4. [Compare quotes and set exit terms](https://aiagencies.fyi/academy/vet-an-ai-agency-before-you-sign/compare-quotes-and-set-exit-terms.md) (12 minutes)

## Questions

### Can I use this course with any agency?

Yes. The method does not depend on one agency. Use it on each agency that you shortlist and send the same questions to all of them.

### Is this legal advice?

No. The course shows what to ask and what to record. Ask a qualified local adviser to review the planned use, the data and the contract.

### Does passing the exam mean an agency is approved?

No. The certificate of completion records that you passed this site's exam. Approval of an agency is your organisation's decision, based on your own evidence and tests.

Also on the [web page](https://aiagencies.fyi/academy/vet-an-ai-agency-before-you-sign).