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TERANODE Council · Decision record · Diligence sample
FILED BY Sample Advisory Practice
RECORDED 2026-07-07T14:30:00Z
01 · Scenario on file

Client E (age 64, three years from planned retirement, moderate risk tolerance) is deciding whether to remain in money markets, purchase a guaranteed-interest annuity, or use a term annuity structure. Liquidity needs unconfirmed; tax considerations unclear.

02 · Decision

Do not reallocate without a documented comparison across liquidity, time horizon, and tax considerations. Document the comparison on file before any structural move.

Process score90%
Reasoners4 / 4
Dissentpreserved

The process score is deterministic: computed from which reasoner roles returned and the length of the preserved objection, per the formula in section 13 and published at teranode.ai/methodology. Not a probability, not a measure of agreement.

03 · Facts considered
04 · Facts not provided
05 · Material assumptions
06 · Material risk on record

Locking up liquidity for incremental yield without confirming emergency cash and near-term spending needs.

07 · Conflicts

No advisor compensation conflict was stated in the scenario. If a reallocation would compensate the advisor or the firm, that conflict belongs on this record before signature.

08 · Rejected alternatives
Immediate guaranteed-interest annuity purchase for the yield pickup. Rejected pending liquidity confirmation; surrender constraints unquantified.
Immediate term annuity structure. Rejected pending tax clarity and the same liquidity confirmation.
Remain in money markets with no documentation. Rejected because the status quo also requires a documented basis.
09 · Preserved dissent
Attributed to the Contrarian role
Remaining in money markets is rational when liquidity, simplicity, and optionality matter more than locking in a higher stated rate. Money markets are not a failure of process; they are an active choice for clients whose constraints favor flexibility.
10 · Process steps on record
  1. Schedule a documented review with the client.
  2. Build a side-by-side comparison: money market liquidity, GIA guarantee, term annuity rate/term/surrender.
  3. Defer any reallocation until the comparison is on file.
11 · Advisor review
Advisor signature
Date signed
12 · Compliance review
Compliance reviewer
Date reviewed
13 · Engine, model, and score metadata
engine pathPhase 0 (parallel roles, chairman synthesis, dynamic dissent attribution)
model_policy_version2026-06-26.2
role pins (deep tier)Risk: anthropic/claude-opus-4.7 · Builder: openai/gpt-5.5 · Strategist: google/gemini-2.5-pro · Contrarian: x-ai/grok-4.3 · Chairman: anthropic/claude-opus-4.7
chairman_prompt_versionv5
modedeep
process score formulaStart at 0.90 for deep-tier runs (0.75 for quick-tier); subtract 0.15 for each reasoner role that failed to return; subtract 0.05 when the preserved objection exceeds 300 characters; clamp between 0.40 and 0.95. Published at teranode.ai/methodology.
this record’s arithmeticStart 0.90 (deep tier). 0 of 4 roles failed to return: subtract 0.00. Preserved objection is 247 characters, at or under the 300-character threshold: subtract 0.00. Clamp unchanged. Result 0.90.
14 · Record fingerprint
sha256:07b060273053ff66b7288ce6718a6bd8f7b7db41cec862873dcd207a6bf8dc2d

Computed over the UTF-8 bytes of the canonical JSON line embedded at the end of this document (including its terminating newline). The fingerprint lets two copies of this record be compared for an exact match. It is a content fingerprint, not a tamper-proof seal, and it does not authenticate who produced the record.

15 · Retention

Whether and how long to retain this record is the firm’s determination under its written supervisory procedures and Rule 204-2; Teranode does not determine retention obligations. Teranode does not offer a retention guarantee at this stage: the firm’s retained copy is the copy of record.

What this record is not

This is a demonstration sample, not a live filing. It is not investment, tax, or legal advice and not a recommendation to any person. It is not a compliance certification, not a determination of what the firm must file or retain, and not a substitute for the firm’s policies, supervision, or judgment. Teranode is not an investment adviser, a broker-dealer, or a law firm. The advisor decides; the record documents.

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