Fit Note
- What we saw
- What you told us
- What we think might be true
- What we do not know
- One useful next step
To keep whether or not you proceed.
The first call leaves you a written note. A Blueprint, if you commission one, is a design you keep. A Build leaves its tests, a runbook and an access and ownership record, and Care adds a note each month.
All six are below, each shown whole. They are examples, written for one example business and one of its goals. That business is not a client. Where we do not yet have work we can show, we say so and show a labelled example.
A 25‑minute call. No files, no homework. A written note either way.
Fit Note
To keep whether or not you proceed.
Blueprint
From enquiry to booked job
Handover
Quote from enquiry
Lena Ruiz
12 white oak cupboard doors
The job itself
Proof that it works
What your people need to run it
What it costs to run
Acceptance tests
| Case | Expected | Actual | Pass |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary day | |||
| Normal | $1,854.00 + GST | $1,854.00 + GST | |
| Bad day | |||
| Incomplete | “no source found” | “no source found” | |
| Adverse | Nothing leaves without your person. | Stopped for Sam | |
Written acceptance
Sam, office managerAcceptedExample job. The business shown is not a client.
Fit Note
The written note of your Fit Call. It holds five things:
It arrives within the time agreed on the call. You keep it whether or not you proceed.
Blueprint
A two‑week design sprint across one revenue path. It holds:
The baseline is how the path runs now. Each design covers current work, alternatives, AI and human roles, permissions and failure paths. Each ends in a recommendation: build, defer or no‑build.
To keep whether or not you proceed.
From enquiry to booked job
Example job. The business shown is not a client.
Acceptance tests
Every Build is tested on your real cases: the normal ones, the adverse ones and the incomplete ones.
In the example, the normal case is an enquiry for 12 white oak cupboard doors, 720 x 450 mm. The incomplete case is a second enquiry with no door sizes, which is held.
Runbook
How to operate, review, recover, finish and repeat each job without us. It is handed over with every Build, when your operator and your reviewer are trained.
Access and ownership record
Who is responsible for ownership, access and changes, in writing. It is included in every Build.
| Case | Expected | Actual | Pass |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary day | |||
| Normal | $1,854.00 + GST | $1,854.00 + GST | |
| Bad day | |||
| Incomplete | “no source found” | “no source found” | |
| Adverse | Nothing leaves without your person. | Stopped for Sam | |
Written acceptance
Sam, office managerAcceptedQuote from enquiry
Lena Ruiz
12 white oak cupboard doors
Build
What your people need to run it
Operator and reviewer trained
An access and ownership record
A connection inventory
Quote from enquiry
Example job. The business shown is not a client.
Monthly note
Part of Care, each month, for as long as you choose to keep Care.
December
| Care |
|---|
| Monitoring and failure alerts |
| Fixes to prompts, rules and integrations |
| Model-version changes handled |
| Provider cost oversight against the cap |
| Access and permission changes |
| A response within one business day |
| A monthly note |
| Job | Agreed by |
|---|---|
| Quote from enquiry | Sam |
| Final invoice | Pat |
| Questions about a job | Pat |
Example job. The business shown is not a client.
The example business wants to get from enquiry to booked job. One piece of that goal is a quote reply drafted from the price list. This is one enquiry going through it.
A second enquiry came through the same form with no door sizes. Held: no door sizes.
Example job. The business shown is not a client.
| State | Record |
|---|---|
| Enquiry received | Tuesday 10 November, 6:12 pm |
| Drafted | $1,854.00 + GST |
| Waiting for Sam | Since 6:15 pm |
| Signed by Sam | 6:31 pm |
Lena Ruiz
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| 12 x $112.00 | $1,344.00 |
| Fitting, 6 hours | $510.00 |
Terms, clause 3: holds for 30 days
Quote from enquiry
Sam, office manager
Waiting for Sam since 6:15 pm
Sam signs
Sam, office manager
Saved outputs, Workflows and Agents
AI candidate; human semantic correction
Report 12 · source 2
The sponsor’s version uncertainty and the lead’s report of complete handovers concern distinct aspects of the process. The lead passage challenges a missing-information explanation for two cases; it does not contradict the sponsor’s experience or the distinction made in this theme. Treat its relationship as qualified rather than as an opposing account.
W26 · Proposed · Design only
Actual AI draft; Maya’s clarification; NOT REVIEWED
Draft a2c34f25 · not reviewed
Recommend HOLD internal closeout. The server-supplied deterministic readiness gate is HOLD and says AI drafting cannot clear it. Its recorded reasons are: the current report needs exact professional review; report13/source3 does not cover the changed scope2; there is no delivery reference; there is no explicit client acceptance; and the remaining Northline support and retention handover is open or unreconciled. These reasons explain the hold; this draft does not independently decide or alter readiness.
Actual AI checklist; human internal review
Working copy 4f081531
Nadia, the accountable sample lead, owns receipt and internal review of the remaining handover. Elena, in the departing sample role, owns preparation: identify remaining clarification support, record the retention obligation, and identify permitted Northline-only material. Rowan is the named sample receiver. The stated 29 October 2026 date is an internal target, not a client promise.
Nadia
owns receipt and internal review of the remaining handover
Authorised humans execute HR/access/retention decisions
AI candidate; human semantic correction
Report 12 · source 2
The sponsor’s version uncertainty and the lead’s report of complete handovers concern distinct aspects of the process. The lead passage challenges a missing-information explanation for two cases; it does not contradict the sponsor’s experience or the distinction made in this theme. Treat its relationship as qualified rather than as an opposing account.
Actual AI response; Maya’s clarity edits; internal review
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You asked why the sponsor passage was called counter-evidence and whether three authored accounts supported a recurrence claim. The earlier counter-evidence label was an evidence-classification error. The sponsor’s account describes uncertainty about the decision awaiting action and the next owner; it supports investigating that uncertainty. It does not demonstrate that approval delays caused repeated questions, nor does it oppose the theme.
Actual AI finance draft; human internal review
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The supplied assertions reconcile deterministically to one invoice assertion, INV-NORTH-01, for AUD 100. They also contain a AUD 20 received-payment assertion, PAY-NORTH-01, followed by an exact AUD 20 reversal for that same payment. The payment’s net asserted effect is therefore AUD 0. The supplied reconciliation consequently reports matched receipt assertions of 0 and an asserted balance of AUD 100, labelled “No matching receipt.” No unmatched assertions or held reversals are supplied.
Actual AI checklist; human internal review
Working copy 4f081531
Nadia, the accountable sample lead, owns receipt and internal review of the remaining handover. Elena, in the departing sample role, owns preparation: identify remaining clarification support, record the retention obligation, and identify permitted Northline-only material. Rowan is the named sample receiver. The stated 29 October 2026 date is an internal target, not a client promise.
Actual AI draft; Maya’s clarification; NOT REVIEWED
Draft a2c34f25 · not reviewed
Recommend HOLD internal closeout. The server-supplied deterministic readiness gate is HOLD and says AI drafting cannot clear it. Its recorded reasons are: the current report needs exact professional review; report13/source3 does not cover the changed scope2; there is no delivery reference; there is no explicit client acceptance; and the remaining Northline support and retention handover is open or unreconciled. These reasons explain the hold; this draft does not independently decide or alter readiness.
AI-prepared material; reviewed internally
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The permitted precedent set is limited to owned sample firm methods; the knowledge search returned no other permitted entries. The closest fit is the Cross-case interview synthesis method, version 2. It fits because the present question is not whether a service should be launched, but how to compare selected role accounts while keeping a reported experience separate from a causal explanation. It transfers four usable disciplines: quote-linked candidate themes; visible source roles; a specific explanation of what any apparently contrary account challenges; and an explicit limit on prevalence, causation, demand and value claims.
AI preparation and recorded human judgement
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Human correction: classify the relationship as qualified, not opposing. The lead account narrows one proposed explanation; missing handover information; for two checked sample cases. It does not contradict the sponsor’s uncertainty over which version was active, and it does not erase the distinction between a file existing and a participant being able to identify the current version. The earlier model classification remains inspectable history; the reviewed relationship is a fresh, run-specific human judgement.
AI-prepared exercise; human internal review
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Interpretation A: label the second account as opposing evidence because it says the file was complete. Interpretation B: label it as qualifying a missing-information explanation, while retaining it as compatible with the distinction between completeness and visibility. Interpretation B is the stronger reading. Completeness narrows a claim that absent material caused the question; it does not answer whether people could identify the active version. The first account supports the visibility theme. Neither account establishes how often either condition occurs or which condition caused the question.
Actual AI preparation; human owner correction
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Improvement action 1; Nadia, existing named owner: assess the scope-v2 change against the earlier scope-v1 report and record whether a revised internal working product is required. Test: a review must explicitly identify whether the residual-obligation preparation deliverable is represented; it must not imply access, retention, contractual, or client actions.
Design only; workflow-specific setup and validation required
Output
Checked relevance brief, evidence and discovery questions
Partner chooses whether and how to pursue
Output
Meeting brief, questions and proposed next steps
Human conducts discovery and confirms buyer need
Output
Fit/conflict gaps and pursue/defer/decline options
Responsible partner resolves conflicts and acceptance
Output
Requirement-linked proposal draft and unanswered conditions
Partner approves claims and submission
Output
Proposed work plan, scope options and fee assumptions
Partner agrees price, terms and commitments
Output
Checked engagement brief with commitments and gaps
Manager accepts the handover; ambiguous promises are returned
A01specialist
Find permitted internal or external material and explain its relevance.
Cannot infer buying intent or bypass access; source quality and significance stay human.
Research lead
A02specialist
Organise documents or authorised interview material into traceable observations.
Interview coding is a method-specific configuration; cannot claim representativeness or causal certainty.
Evidence owner
A03specialist
Prepare comparisons, scenarios and workpapers against agreed assumptions.
Calculations run in deterministic tools; no self-approved staffing, financial, investment or professional decision.
Qualified specialist
A04specialist
Prepare proposals, reports, briefings or internal documents from permitted reviewed material.
No invented evidence, fee, commitment, qualification or external sending.
Author or engagement lead
A05specialist
Compare versions and prepare the affected edits and review questions.
Unknown dependency coverage remains visible; consequential changes invalidate affected review state.
Author and accountable reviewer
A06specialist
Assemble support, consistency checks and challenges for the accountable reviewer.
Does not certify professional quality; using another model is not independent human professional review.
Accountable reviewer
Bring the goal, or only the question. Twenty‑five minutes with a founder, free, and a written note either way.
Fit Note
To keep whether or not you proceed.