Verifier record: F2 decision memo (fixture run, fictional)
Filed verbatim by the orchestrator on 2026-09-10 at about 05:05 EDT from the verifier's return; the verifier role has no write tool by design. The record is the verifier's; the orchestrator changed no word of it.
Artifact: 04-decision-memo.md. Criteria: F2 row and Scope in 02-03-plan-unit.md. Source: ../fixture/fixture-brief.md. Both fresh-context-verification and stop-slop passes ran.
Verdict: PASS, with one CONFIRMED fix the builder should apply before the memo is called done (it does not fail a named criterion; it is a cited claim the source does not make).
Criteria
- Under 700 words: PASS. Manual wc-style count 676 including markdown tokens and table pipes; about 610 prose words. No shell available, so no mechanical count.
- Three options incl. doing nothing: PASS (A, B, C).
- Numbers trace to brief lines: PASS (ledger below).
- Evidence tagged owner-stated / assumption / unknown: PASS.
- Risks and reversibility per option: PASS.
- One recommendation with reasoning: PASS (Option A, line 39).
- Closing GO/NO-GO request: PASS (line 45).
- No real client data; first line states fictional: PASS (line 1).
- Plain prose, no em or en dashes, American spelling: PASS (grep clean).
- Responds to Scope, not a different request: PASS; produces no referral plan or product.
CONFIRMED
- Line 36: "one accountant is the only lead source (lines 8-9)". Brief lines 8-9 say four of six cleanups came from that accountant, so two came from elsewhere. The cite does not support "only". Severity medium; fix the wording.
PLAUSIBLE
- Line 26: "converting at the same 4-of-6 rate" reframes a share of cleanups by source as a referral conversion rate. Tagged assumption, but a client could read it as a measured rate.
- Lines 34, 39, 42: the $500 ad budget is assigned to Option B as if the brief tied it there. Brief line 12 states the $500 independently of either path. The recommendation at line 39 leans on this untagged allocation.
- Lines 3, 8, 45: "90 days" appears three times with no line cite (brief line 10 states it).
- Line 14: "lines 12-13" for the spreadsheet template and PDF checklist; both sit on line 13 only.
Claim ledger
| Memo line | Number | Brief line | Holds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12, 16, 21 | $900 flat, $250/month | 7 | yes |
| 12, 22, 36, 39 | six cleanups, four months, four from one accountant | 8-9 | yes |
| 16, 23, 28, 34, 42, 45 | 15 hours/week | 9 | yes |
| 8, 14, 24, 27 | $79/month | 11 (cited 10-11) | yes |
| 25, 34, 39, 42, 45 | $500 ads | 12 | yes |
| 14 | one-page PDF | 13 (cited 12-13) | yes, loose |
| 3, 8, 45 | 90 days | 10, uncited | traces, no cite |
| 5 | 2026-09-10, F2 | metadata, not a brief figure | n/a |
Stop-slop
Score 37/50. Notes, not blockers: adverbs at lines 16 ("exactly", "roughly"), 26 ("deliberately"), 36 ("Fully"); passive at 34 ("are sunk") and 36 ("is committed").
Scope not checked: no independent page render; word count is manual. This record was produced without access to the builder's reasoning or drafts.
Disposition (orchestrator, after the record)
CONFIRMED 1 applied: "the only lead source" rewritten to "the main lead source, four of six cleanups". PLAUSIBLE 3 and 4 applied in part as cite corrections (90 days cited to line 10 at its first use in the decision statement, not at the two later mentions; the template and checklist cited to line 13). PLAUSIBLE 1 and 2 left as recorded for the owner's judgment; the handoff names them.