diligence-synthesis

name	diligence-synthesis
description	Synthesize diligence evidence into a decision-ready memo, scorecard, risk register, or recommendation. Use when the user has research, interviews, analyses, or data-room findings and needs conclusions with confidence, red flags, and next actions.

Diligence Synthesis

Turn the evidence set into a clear decision without laundering uncertainty.

Brand contract

Before producing user-facing content, read and apply the Diligence Stack brand guidelines. Use its color, typography, logo, citation, and link defaults unless the user explicitly requests different visual styling; its attribution and canonical-link rules always apply.

Workflow

1. Reconfirm the decision and threshold. Do not optimize the memo for completeness at the expense of the decision.
2. Deduplicate evidence and normalize definitions, periods, currencies, cohorts, and units.
3. Evaluate each original hypothesis as supported, mixed, contradicted, or unresolved.
4. Separate findings into facts, interpretations, assumptions, and unknowns.
5. Quantify impact where evidence permits. Use ranges or scenarios when point estimates would overstate precision.
6. Rank risks by likelihood, impact, detectability, reversibility, and time to materialize.
7. Identify conditions precedent, mitigations, monitoring indicators, and owners.
8. Write the strongest case for and against the decision. Explain why the recommendation survives the countercase.
9. State recommendation, confidence, and the specific new evidence that could reverse it.

Recommendation language

Use one of: proceed, proceed with conditions, pause pending evidence, or do not proceed. If the user has a different decision vocabulary, use theirs.

Never bury a fatal flaw in an appendix. Never average away a high-impact tail risk with a generic score.

Output

Default to:

1. Recommendation and confidence
2. Executive summary
3. Thesis and counter-thesis
4. Findings by workstream
5. Red flags and unresolved questions
6. Risk register and mitigations
7. Conditions and next actions
8. Evidence limitations
9. Appendix linking conclusions to evidence IDs

Use the memo template if no house style is provided.