Frequently asked questions

There are three entry points depending on who you are.

If you're the rater: Pick the rated soldier's rank, eval type, and your box check intent. Upload or paste their accomplishments. TopBlock generates the full eval — duty description, performance bullets, and overall narrative — in the right structure for that form. Review, regenerate anything that doesn't sound right (with optional guidance for the model), then copy section by section into EES.

If you're the rated soldier: You have two options: generate a full eval or just a support form. "Full draft" generates a completed eval with properly formatted bullets in PDF form so you can email it direct to your rater. "Support form" generates support form bullets ready to drop directly into EES yourself. Just don't forget to initiate afterward!

If you're the senior rater: TopBlock generates the senior rater narrative for you. Upload the rater's PDF draft, pick your box check intent, your narrative intent, and add any observations the rater might not have captured. TopBlock then generates the SR narrative and recommended assignments.

All options end with a copy-to-EES page with per-section copy buttons that match the EES format for inputting. So easy a caveman could do it.

Either upload a PDF (support form, an eval you wrote about yourself, chicken scratch accomplishments, etc.) or type them in to the appropriate boxes. TopBlock feeds those accomplishments plus your rated period info (rank, duty position, box check intent, narrative intent) into an AI model. This model is hard coded with all required EES rules, army writing style, and all evaluation regulations. The model then returns structured bullets that fit the form's character limits and all required Army rules and regulations. You review, edit, regenerate, then paste into EES.

Important disclaimer: The tool doesn't invent accomplishments. It only works with what you give it.

Absolutely! This is not rocket science. Anyone can feed a general AI model with information and ask it to make an eval. However, all current AI models require a lot of structure, prompting, guidance, and just general know-how to produce the right outcome. And it will very likely make a lot of mistakes that you might or might not even catch until HRC kicks your eval back.

TopBlock was specifically made with all of that in mind. The integrated model knows all current Army evaluation regulations, forms, EES structure, evaluation language requirements, army writing style, and general best practices. It exists because soldiers and senior leaders just don't have hours or days to work on evals (or learn AI) on top of our ever growing list of requirements.

If you want to do it all yourself, go for it. But if you just want it done - and done right - this tool is for you.

AR 623-3, DA PAM 623-3, and EES and HRC guidelines. The system prompt also draws on lessons from actual evaluations — mine and others I've seen kicked back.

Free during testing. Paid plans coming once it's stable and being used by more people than current servers can handle.

No. TopBlock doesn't save your evaluations or any data to a database. When you close your browser, all data is gone.

No. Don't upload anything containing PII (SSNs, full DOBs, family information) or classified information. The PDFs you upload get sent to the model's API for processing and then discarded — but the upload itself is your responsibility. Treat TopBlock the way you'd treat any commercial cloud tool.

If you're not sure whether your document is safe to upload, it probably isn't. Type the accomplishments in manually instead (and go take your annual Cyber Security).

No. TopBlock is not an official Army product. It's a personal drafting aid. You are always responsible for what you submit.

If your command has a policy against using AI tools for official writing, follow your command's guidance.