# Capability/Utility

> The degree of usefulness a model offers, which strict safety limits can constrain.

Record: `lexicon:capability-utility`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-capability-utility

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Trust](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/trust.md) and before [Curation Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/curation-cost.md).

## Category

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/model-architecture.md)

## In tension with

- [Model Safety](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/model-safety.md)
- [Model Safety / Capability/Utility](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/capability-utility-model-safety.md)

## Linked from

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-model-architecture.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)