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---
id: capability.feature-control.evaluate
name: Feature Availability Evaluation
summary: Evaluate whether a feature is active, hidden, disabled, or unavailable for a subject in context.
owner: feature-control
status: draft
domain: helix_forge
tags:
- feature-control
- evaluation
- sdk
maturity:
discovery:
current: D5
target: D7
confidence: medium
rationale: >
Concrete use cases and research references are documented in the maturity
standard example and feature-control domain work.
availability:
current: A4
target: A6
confidence: medium
rationale: >
SDK and service API artifacts exist in the feature-control repository.
Managed platform operation is the natural target for multi-tenant reuse.
external_evidence:
completeness:
level: C3
name: Functional Core
confidence: medium
basis: scope_vs_intent_and_consumer_expectations
satisfied_expectations:
- tenant-level feature evaluation
- user-level feature evaluation
- machine-readable decision result
broken_expectations:
- no agent-specific rule simulation
- no bulk import/export of rules
out_of_scope_expectations:
- billing entitlement ownership
- authorization policy enforcement
reliability:
level: R3
name: Usable
confidence: medium
basis: consumer_quality_signals
known_reliability_risks:
- unclear timeout behavior under heavy load
- limited diagnostics for complex tenant rule conflicts
discovery:
intent: >
Support controlled feature availability across installations, tenants,
domains, groups, users, and agents.
includes:
- feature decision evaluation
- context-aware targeting
- explainable decision result
excludes:
- user authorization
- billing entitlement ownership
- UI rendering
assumptions:
- subject and tenant context can be resolved by adjacent capabilities
use_cases:
- ucc.feature-control.tenant-toggle
- ucc.feature-control.agent-disable
- ucc.feature-control.domain-rollout
research_memos:
- specs/CapabilityMaturityStandard.md
availability:
current_level: A4
target_level: A6
current_artifacts:
- feature-control/packages/feature-control-sdk
- feature-control/services/feature-control-api
target_artifacts:
- feature-control/charts/feature-control
- feature-control/platform/feature-control-service
consumption_modes:
- SDK
- service API
- managed platform service
relations:
depends_on:
- capability.identity.vocabulary-canonicalize
supports:
- capability.registry.register
related_to:
- capability.feature-control.rollout
- capability.feature-control.visibility
evidence:
documentation:
- specs/CapabilityMaturityStandard.md
tests: []
consumer_feedback: []
bug_reports: []
incidents: []
consumer_guidance:
recommended_for:
- application integration through SDK or service API
- tenant-aware feature gating in helix_forge products
not_recommended_for:
- authorization decisions
- billing entitlement ownership
- assuming agent-specific simulation without checking current scope
known_limitations:
- bulk rule management is not yet covered
- agent-specific simulation remains a known gap
---
# Feature Availability Evaluation
## Overview
This capability evaluates whether a feature should be available for a subject in
a given context. It is the primary implementation-ready example in the sample
registry and demonstrates a D5/A4/C3/R3 vector.
## Current reuse mode
Consumers can integrate through SDK or service API artifacts in the
feature-control repository. This is implementation reuse (A4), not just planning
metadata.
## Comparison notes
Compared with `capability.registry.register`, this entry is far stronger on
availability and external evidence. Compared with
`capability.identity.vocabulary-canonicalize`, it is stronger on delivery mode
and weaker on cross-domain generalization.