What a Coach Debrief review is, and what it is not

Last updated October 29, 2026 · version 2026-10-29

A note from me

I built Coach Debrief because I wanted honest, regular feedback on my own coaching between mentor sessions, and I know how rare and costly that feedback is. I want you to trust it for the right things and not for the wrong ones. So this page says plainly what a review can do, where it can be wrong, and what stays your responsibility. Please read it before you rely on a review.

Ming Gosier, PCC

1. What a review is

A Coach Debrief review is produced by artificial intelligence. It reads the transcript you upload against the ICF's published minimum skills for the level you choose (ACC, PCC or MCC), points to the moments it relied on, and gives an overall read: “meets on this read”, “borderline”, “not yet”, or “no basis”. It also counts six craft numbers, such as talk time. Those numbers are Coach Debrief's own and are not ICF measures. A review is a development aid: a structured second look to help you reflect and practise.

2. What a review is not

• Not an ICF assessment. It is not a performance evaluation, a credential decision, or an official score of any kind.
• Not connected to the ICF. Coach Debrief is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by the International Coaching Federation. ICF, ACC, PCC and MCC are the ICF's marks. They appear here only to name the published standards a review refers to. No ICF document is reproduced.
• Not a prediction or a guarantee. “Meets on this read” means the AI found the evidence it looks for in this transcript. An ICF assessor or your mentor coach may hear the same session differently. “Not yet” does not mean you would not pass. No review promises or rules out any credential result.
• Not a replacement for mentor coaching. It does not count toward the mentor coaching hours the ICF requires, and it does not replace a qualified mentor coach's judgment.
• Not professional advice of any other kind: not legal, medical, mental health, or financial advice.

3. How a review can be wrong

I would rather tell you this than have you find out. A review can be wrong because:

• it reads words only. It cannot hear tone, pace or silence, or see the session;
• a transcript can mislabel speakers or garble words, and the review inherits those errors;
• deciding whether a moment shows a competency is a judgment. Experienced human assessors also disagree on it;
• running the same transcript twice can produce slightly different counts.

To reduce errors, every quote in a review is checked word for word against your transcript, verdicts follow written rules applied by code rather than by the AI, and the method is published in full. As of October 29, 2026, the reviews have not yet been compared against the scores of a credentialed ICF assessor. I will update this page when that changes.

4. What stays your responsibility

• Your decisions. Whether and when to apply for a credential, and how you use any review, is your decision.
• Your client's consent and confidentiality. Upload only sessions you coached, with your client's agreement to recording and to AI-assisted review. Under the ICF Code of Ethics (2025, Standard 2.5), your ethical obligations to your client apply through every technology you use, including this one.
• Aliases, not names. Use an alias for your client and remove identifying details where you can.
• Adults only. Do not upload a session with anyone under 18.
• No monitoring. Coach Debrief does not watch for risk or emergencies. If a session raises a safety concern, act on your own professional obligations.

5. Your transcript

Your transcript is deleted from Coach Debrief's storage when the review finishes, with automatic clean-up within 24 hours as a backstop. The AI provider does not use it to train models and deletes its copy within 30 days. Coach Debrief keeps the review, a session record under your alias, and the craft numbers, so you can see your progress over time. No online system is perfectly secure.

6. No warranty

Coach Debrief and every review are provided “as is” and “as available”. To the fullest extent the law allows, I make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, including any warranty of accuracy, completeness, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. I do not warrant that a review will match the view of any ICF assessor, mentor coach, or credentialing body.

7. Limits on liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, I am not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages. Nor am I liable for lost fees (including credential application and mentor coaching fees), lost income or opportunity, or harm to reputation arising from your use of or reliance on a review. That includes a review that rates a session higher or lower than an assessor or mentor coach would. My total liability for any claim relating to Coach Debrief is limited to the amount you paid for Coach Debrief in the 12 months before the claim, or US $50 if you paid nothing. Nothing in these terms limits liability that the law does not allow to be limited.

8. If a transcript is shared without permission

If you upload a transcript without the consent or rights described in section 4, you agree to be responsible for claims that result from that upload, including reasonable legal costs.

9. Changes, law, and contact

I may update these terms as the product and the ICF's rules change. The date and version above will change, and you will be asked to accept the new version before your next upload. Florida law governs these terms, and any dispute will be heard in the courts of Palm Beach County, Florida. Coach Debrief is provided by Ming Gosier. Questions: truefulfill@gmail.com.