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The reviewed sources do not verify these as standard offerings ."},{"fit":"not_best_suited","scenario":"Homes requiring major HVAC repair, duct replacement, air balancing, ventilation redesign, or remediation of wet or moldy duct insulation (openai context)."},{"fit":"not_best_suited","scenario":"Buyers unwilling to verify the local franchise's exact scope, certification, equipment, warranty, and total installed price ."}],"citations":{"source_mix":{"company_owned":32,"independent":25,"unclear":0},"sources_referenced_by_questions":0,"support_mix":{"direct":53,"partial":4},"total_sources":57,"unique_domain_count":23},"claims":[{"claim_id":"claim-001","confidence":"verified","observed_at":"2026-10-01","platform_support":["anthropic","deepseek","google","grok","kimi","openai","perplexity"],"predicate":"platforms_analyzed","qualifier":"valid included platform responses","subject":"Best Whole Home Air Quality and Duct Cleaning Specialists","unit":"platforms","value":7},{"claim_id":"claim-002","confidence":"verified","observed_at":"2026-10-01","platform_support":["deepseek","google","grok","kimi","openai"],"predicate":"final_consensus_rank","qualifier":"air quality and duct cleaning","subject":"Stanley Steemer","unit":"rank","value":2},{"claim_id":"claim-003","confidence":"verified","observed_at":"2026-10-01","platform_support":["deepseek","google","grok","kimi","openai"],"predicate":"platform_mentions","qualifier":"out of 7","subject":"Stanley Steemer","unit":"platforms","value":5},{"claim_id":"claim-004","confidence":"verified","observed_at":"2026-10-01","platform_support":["openai","anthropic","grok","perplexity","google"],"predicate":"fit_rating_count","qualifier":"good","subject":"Stanley Steemer","unit":"platforms","value":5},{"claim_id":"claim-005","confidence":"verified","observed_at":"2026-10-01","platform_support":["deepseek","kimi"],"predicate":"fit_rating_count","qualifier":"mixed","subject":"Stanley Steemer","unit":"platforms","value":2}],"content_scope":"aggregated facts, computed metrics, and retrieval summaries","entities":[{"average_rank":3.2,"best_rank":2,"entity_id":"entity-001","entity_type":"company","final_rank":2,"name":"Stanley Steemer","platform_mentions":5,"platform_share":0.7142857142857143}],"identity":{"dataset_url":"https://homeservicesconsensusindex.com/datasets/hvac-installation-and-repair/air-quality-duct-cleaning/stanley-steemer.json","page_url":"https://homeservicesconsensusindex.com/hvac-installation-and-repair/air-quality-duct-cleaning/stanley-steemer","report_type":"fit_review","study_id":"HSCI-STUDY-E64CF54F8E6A","title":"Stanley Steemer Review for air quality and duct cleaning"},"limitations":["Use the run researchdate as the study date. 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.","Platform-reported research dates differ from the authoritative run date; disclose this as a methodology limitation.","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 Services 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":"2026-10-01 02:24:24.606148+00","research_date":"2026-10-01","source_snapshot_sha256":"a5c0502051caaeb28191a6025667f4262130d8ec01e2ca10647db66bed22f574","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":31,"qualified_finalists":7,"ranking_unit":"HVAC contractor or company brand"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Stanley Steemer is a good — but not complete — fit for air quality and duct cleaning. 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