> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.soterislabs.xyz/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Minimal artifact record

> A synthetic artifact record in ready_for_review status.

This example shows an artifact in `ready_for_review` status: work that exists but is not yet official. The shape lets humans, agents, and partner systems distinguish what exists from what has been released. Every value is synthetic.

## Example

```json title="minimal-artifact-record.json" theme={null}
{
  "schemaVersion": "0",
  "artifactId": "art_synthetic_001",
  "engagementId": "eng_synthetic_001",
  "kind": "review_summary",
  "status": "ready_for_review",
  "version": 1,
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-06T15:00:00Z"
}
```

## Reading the status

`ready_for_review` means the work can be inspected by the review layer. It is not released, so nothing about it is externally reliable yet. The four status values and the meaning of each are defined once, in [Artifact records](/records/artifact-record).

<Info>
  An artifact can be useful before it is official. Release state is what makes it externally authoritative, per [Release conditions](/workflow/release-conditions).
</Info>