Review-Ready Trade Case Checklist

1. Canonical case state

• One canonical case reference connects all source materials and role actions.
• Parties, goods or receivables, value, currency, dates, and commercial references are clear.
• Lifecycle state is current and source-aware.
• Duplicate records and alternate identifiers are reconciled or linked.

2. Evidence traceability

• Every material fact links to an exact source or authorized confirmation.
• Source origin, date, owner, and version are recorded.
• Extracted facts remain separate from review interpretation.
• Human-confirmed facts are distinguishable from machine-generated suggestions.

3. Conflicts and gaps

• Material inconsistencies are visible and classified.
• Missing, stale, weakly attributed, or incomplete evidence is listed.
• Each unresolved issue has a clear review question.
• No uncertainty has been converted into a false definitive value.

4. Roles and authority

• Evidence providers, confirmers, reviewers, and decision authorities are distinguished.
• The next authorized reviewer is identifiable.
• Actions taken by AI or system modules are separated from human decisions.
• No module or surface can bypass the boundary decision layer.

5. Review handoff quality

• The case summary is concise and source-aware.
• The evidence index is complete enough for the review purpose.
• The conflict and gap registers are included.
• Open questions and expected next actions are prioritized.
• The audit timeline shows material changes and confirmations.

6. Final boundary check

• The package states that review readiness is not approval.
• No payment, settlement, repayment, token movement, or chain submission is triggered.
• No live connector write-back or external delivery occurs from the review-only workspace.
• Authorized humans retain approval, rejection, legal, risk, and commercial decisions.

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