How local economic coordination could be recorded, decided and monitored.

Seven records, each with its own label, author role and control. Read downwards: nothing later in the chain exists without the record above it.

1. 1

   Step 1 of 7 — Consent and scope

   Approved

   Consent recorded before any count is entered

   The fictional market coordination committee agrees what may be counted, for what purpose and with whom aggregate results may be shared. Nothing is recorded until this exists.

   Recorded by

   CDMS analyst (fictional role holder)

   Control

   Consent must be active for every later step; revoking it closes access.

2. 2

   Step 2 of 7 — Evidence registered

   Observed factApproved

   Stall occupancy counted on six market days

   A fictional market clerk counts occupied stalls out of 80 each market day and notes the weather. Week 4 has no count: the clerk was absent. That week is recorded as missing, not as zero.

   Recorded by

   Market clerk (fictional) — transcribed from a paper register

   Evidence quality

   Client provided

   Control

   Source, collection date and owner are recorded; quality is labelled Client provided.

3. 3

   Step 3 of 7 — Calculated result

   Calculated resultApproved

   Occupancy on dry days 71%; on wet days 41%

   Formula: occupied stalls ÷ 80, averaged across the days with a count. Three dry days average 71%; two wet days average 41%. Week 4 is excluded from both averages because it has no count.

   Recorded by

   CDMS analyst (fictional role holder)

   Control

   Formula, denominator and excluded periods are stated with the result.

4. 4

   Step 4 of 7 — Analyst interpretation

   Analyst interpretationPending review

   Shelter, not demand, may explain the wet-day drop

   The analyst reads the gap as a shelter problem: 24 stalls have no roof and stand empty when it rains. An alternative reading — that buyers stay away in rain regardless of shelter — cannot be excluded from counts alone. Confidence: moderate.

   Recorded by

   CDMS analyst (fictional role holder)

   Control

   Stays labelled as interpretation until an approver confirms or returns it.

5. 5

   Step 5 of 7 — Approved diagnosis

   AmberApproved diagnosisApproved

   Unsheltered stalls are the binding constraint on wet-day market use

   The fictional CDMS approver confirms the interpretation on the basis of the counts and the roofless-stall register, and records that buyer demand in rain remains Insufficient Evidence.

   Recorded by

   CDMS approver (fictional role holder)

   Control

   Approval is timestamped and attributed; the returned-or-approved decision is auditable.

6. 6

   Step 6 of 7 — Approved prescription

   Approved prescriptionApproved

   Repair roofing on the 24 unsheltered stalls before the wet season

   Owner: the fictional market coordination committee. Success measure: wet-day occupancy within 10 points of dry-day occupancy across the next four wet market days. Escalation: if fewer than 12 roofs are repaired by the deadline, the committee reviews the plan.

   Recorded by

   Market coordination committee (fictional body)

   Control

   Client-side approval by the decision authority is recorded separately from internal approval.

7. 7

   Step 7 of 7 — Monitored outcome

   AmberMonitored outcomeApproved

   First monitoring cycle: wet-day occupancy 58% after 18 roofs repaired

   Two wet market days after the repairs average 58% against a 41% baseline — Improving, target not yet met. Trader income was not in the consented scope, so it is recorded as Insufficient Evidence rather than inferred from occupancy.

   Recorded by

   CDMS analyst (fictional role holder)

   Control

   Baseline, target, actual and trend are stated; the next decision (continue, adjust, close) is the committee's.

The same card used across the platform. One record is rated, one records that evidence is insufficient, and one is a machine-assisted draft held for human review.