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Platform-reported dates are provenance metadata and do not independently prove freshness.","All included platforms evaluated fit, but platformmentions counts only platforms that named the entity during ranking discovery.","Do not resolve conflicting product names, pricing, or capabilities by guessing; describe the conflict and tell buyers what to verify.","The supplied URLs were collected from platform responses and were not independently validated by the writer stage.","Company-owned citations materially outnumber independent citations; do not describe company claims as independently verified.","The deterministic identity audit contains qualification notes that must be disclosed where relevant.","Citations are platform-reported evidence, not independently verified facts. No-search model claims require explicit verification before being described as current facts."],"methodology":{"fit_rating_contract":["strong","good","mixed","weak","uncertain"],"included_valid_platform_count":7,"maximum_finalists":10,"minimum_mentions":2,"name":"Home Improvement Consensus Index cross-platform AI consensus analysis","platforms_included":["anthropic","deepseek","google","grok","kimi","openai","perplexity"],"platforms_queried":["openai","anthropic","deepseek","grok","perplexity","kimi","google"],"stages":["ranking_discovery","fit_assessment","normalization","editorial_synthesis"],"version":"alias-table-1"},"provenance":{"generated_at":"2026-10-02 08:53:39.509139+00","research_date":"2026-10-02","source_snapshot_sha256":"21cc06ecabd87d7b662c7421ca4ae2daadfb2fa169cade1d505aa10b984baa23","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":35,"qualified_finalists":9,"ranking_unit":"Flooring retailer, manufacturer, or installation contractor"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Craftsman Hardwood Floors LLC is a good, but not fully verified, fit for hardwood floor installation in the western Chicago suburbs. Two of the seven platforms in this study named the company during the ranking stage, and those two ranked it first (DeepSeek) and fifth (Perplexity). The strongest reason to consider it is owner-led, NWFA-claimed installation work with explicit subfloor evaluation and site-finishing capability, backed by favorable independent review-platform ratings. 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