references/v2/audit-protocol.md

# Automated Audit Protocol

Run the audit tool before any deep workflow is labeled complete.

- Citation audit: every material factual claim has bounded support, correct lineage, and an accessible source.
- Numerical audit: important ratios, bridges, valuation outputs, scenario weights, and enterprise-to-equity adjustments recalculate and reconcile.
- Definition audit: periods, units, fiscal calendars, KPI definitions, peer definitions, and GAAP/non-GAAP bases are consistent or explicitly bridged.
- Contradiction audit: the strongest contrary evidence and incompatible claims are surfaced and resolved or left open.
- Freshness audit: volatile claims meet their shelf life or are flagged stale.
- Completion audit: dependency gates, relevant module failure tests, workflow gates, and Appendix M are passed or openly unresolved.

An audit is a falsification pass, not a stylistic review. A failed mandatory audit produces RESEARCH INCOMPLETE, never a softened pass.