June 1, 2026
Your deterministic script instinct is exactly right. Picture this: `forecast = baseline * seasonal_factor + trend` runs in Python, logs every input, spits out the same number every time. Claude reads that output and explains it to ops in plain English. The model never touches the calculation path.
When you skip this split, two forecast runs differ and nobody knows why. Was it drift? Temperature variance? Someone tweaked the prompt? You can't debug a black box, and enterprise won't ship what they can't audit.