STOP 06

It leaves the building

The step sends, posts, publishes, contacts someone outside, buys or subscribes.

If it guesses

A wrong update, post or order reaches other people, or costs money, before you read it.

COPY INTO YOUR INSTRUCTION

Prepare the message, post, tracker or order, but do not send, publish, contact anyone, buy or subscribe. Stop and hand it back to me.

Where it appears

Choose suppliers with a written ruleGive it quotes and your buying policy. Get award proposals, the cost frontier, and a new answer when a quote changes.
Watch official sources for changesName the pages to watch. Get a source comparison; a failed check never reads "no change".
Write a weekly update from tracker and notesGet a draft update that preserves the current plan, shows proposals and reflects authorized changes.
Turn research into a decision memoHand over research and criteria. Get a decision memo that names the unknowns that matter.
Hand a project to a fresh agentGive it the project's state. Get a handoff file a new agent can pick up.
Compare competitor pages in one matrixGive it product pages. Get a matrix where unstated cells read NOT STATED, never "no".
Turn research notes into a decision deckGive it notes, audience and the decision. Get a deck that gives what's unknown its own slide.
Build a run-of-show from constraintsGive it your event constraints. Get a timed run-of-show with clashes flagged, not fixed.
Turn one source into channel draftsGive it one source. Get drafts for each channel, with your stance labeled as yours.
Check related drafts against a policyGive it the drafts and the policy. Get inconsistencies listed with proposed edits.
Triage repeating requests and draft repliesGive it a batch of requests. Get a triage table and draft replies, none sent.
Build a small shared project trackerDescribe the project. Get a tracker preview to inspect before anything is published.