A finding is one claim you might act on. The earlier notes already say what has to sit under that claim. This note puts those requirements in one place, so you can use them as you read.
The question comes first
A finding answers a question someone asked. "Is this supplier able to deliver on this route over the next season?" is a question. "Tell me everything about the country" is not finished enough to judge a finding against. The scope section is where the question is written down. If you cannot see the question, you cannot tell whether the finding is on the work you wanted.
A source you can open
Every finding in a finished report links to its source. The link is how you check. A summary without a source is a draft, not a released finding. The source should be the one the finding actually used, not a later page that happens to agree.
Two dates
You want two dates where the source provides them:
- When the source was published, or the date on the document itself.
- When AetherVett read it.
The first tells you the age of the underlying fact. The second tells you the age of the reading. A page can change between those dates. If the report shows a failed reading, that failure belongs in the gaps, not in a guessed update.
A label that matches the evidence
Ratings are Low, Moderate, or High. A risk score multiplies likelihood by impact, and each of those is from 1 to 5. The label should follow from the sources in that section. A high label with no source, or a low label that ignores a named gap, is a reason to read more slowly, not a reason to invent a different label.
The gap, written out
If something could not be checked, the finding is incomplete in that respect. The honest form is to name the missing piece and leave it open. Filling it with a plausible story makes the report look finished and makes it worse. The drawbacks note says the same thing in other words: name the gap instead of guessing.
A person has reviewed it
AI can pull names, dates, and places out of a long text, group notices, and draft a first summary. The released finding is the one a person reviewed. The review is the point where someone asks whether the source is real, whether the join makes sense, and whether the wording is stronger than the source.
What you do with it
You can rely on a finding to the extent the source, the dates, the rating, and the gaps support the decision in front of you. You still decide. A colleague, a lawyer, or an accountant may need to read the same source for their own work. The report is there so they can.
Not legal, financial or other regulated advice.