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

# Shadow flag QA

> See what a rule would catch before it catches anything

## The problem

You've written a rule, but you don't trust it yet. Turn it on and a mistake hits real
users — content wrongly rejected, people wrongly warned. Leave it off and you never
find out whether it works.

## The view

<Steps>
  <Step title="Put the rule in shadow mode">
    A [shadow-flagged](/content-moderation/thresholds) rule evaluates every item and
    records what it would have done, without affecting the response your app acts on.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Build the view">
    Filter **Flag status → Shadow flagged**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Reading it

This view is a list of decisions your rule wanted to make. Work it like a proofreading
pass rather than a queue:

* Items you'd have actioned yourself — the rule is right.
* Items you'd have left alone — false positives, and the reason to keep it in shadow.

When the view stops surprising you, enforce the rule. If it's mostly noise, adjust the
[thresholds](/content-moderation/thresholds) and watch again.

<Tip>
  Corrections you make here still count. They feed
  [adaptive optimization](/custom-models/adaptive-model-optimization) exactly as
  corrections in any other view do.
</Tip>