{
  "artifact": "White Noise Public KPI Source Record Gate",
  "date": "2026-06-29",
  "public_route": "wn-kpi-source-record-gate.html",
  "markdown_source": "white-noise-public-kpi-source-record-gate.md",
  "prepared_from": "current public KPI evidence register, metrics release policy, source-record acceptance standard, and local evidence gaps only",
  "use_boundary": "This gate is a public board-readiness artifact only. It is not audited reporting, not investment advice, not an offer to sell or solicit securities, not a KPI report, and not proof that any White Noise KPI actual has been accepted.",
  "board_rule": "Do not publish any KPI actual, trend, conversion, churn, pipeline, delivery-velocity, Exchange-readiness, routing, revenue, or capital-readiness metric until a KPI source record passes this gate and the public claim-language boundary is reviewed.",
  "current_status": "pending_source_evidence",
  "companion_tools": [
    {
      "path": "tools/check_kpi_source_record_gate.js",
      "purpose": "Validate that the public gate, source files, image provenance, manifest references, and cross-links preserve the KPI acceptance boundary."
    },
    {
      "path": "tools/evaluate_kpi_source_record.js",
      "purpose": "Generate a private KPI source-record template and evaluate a redacted KPI source record before any public KPI language changes."
    }
  ],
  "covered_kpi_families": [
    "visitors to account creation",
    "free-to-paid conversion",
    "paid member churn",
    "qualified R&D pipeline",
    "consulting pipeline",
    "evidence artifacts shipped",
    "Exchange readiness gates closed",
    "production contact routing status",
    "revenue quality",
    "member retention"
  ],
  "blocked_public_claims": [
    "audited KPI reporting",
    "source-backed traction",
    "source-backed conversion",
    "source-backed churn or retention",
    "source-backed revenue quality",
    "production CRM or response SLA",
    "repeatable pipeline or enterprise demand",
    "delivery velocity or customer outcome proof",
    "Exchange launch readiness or market activity",
    "stronger capital-readiness language based on metrics"
  ],
  "required_source_inputs": [
    {
      "field": "kpi_name",
      "minimum": "Plain-language KPI name mapped to one current board KPI family or a newly board-approved metric family.",
      "public_boundary": "Public materials may name the KPI family only when the source window and metric definition are also stated."
    },
    {
      "field": "metric_definition",
      "minimum": "Numerator, denominator where relevant, calculation method, unit, timezone, and whether the value is a count, rate, status, or dated milestone.",
      "public_boundary": "Do not publish a metric value without enough definition for a reviewer to reproduce the interpretation."
    },
    {
      "field": "source_family",
      "minimum": "Analytics, payment/account reconciliation, inquiry log, artifact ledger, permission record, contact-routing record, Exchange launch file, or other accepted source family.",
      "public_boundary": "Public materials may name the source family but must not expose private raw records, personal data, provider secrets, or confidential counterparty details."
    },
    {
      "field": "dated_window",
      "minimum": "Start date, end date, timezone, and reason the window is representative or intentionally narrow.",
      "public_boundary": "The public summary must state the dated window and avoid implying broader history."
    },
    {
      "field": "exclusion_rule",
      "minimum": "Explicit treatment for tests, sandbox/demo activity, internal accounts, duplicates, bots, refunds, failed payments, confidential records, and unsupported records as applicable.",
      "public_boundary": "Warm metrics are blocked if exclusions are unresolved or inconsistent across the source record."
    },
    {
      "field": "retained_evidence",
      "minimum": "Private retained source path, receipt ID, provider category, ledger path, or public artifact path with redaction status and access boundary.",
      "public_boundary": "Do not publish raw exports, customer data, provider receipts, secrets, bank/payment identifiers, or confidential counterparty material."
    },
    {
      "field": "owner_review",
      "minimum": "Owner role, reviewer role, review date, decision, unresolved gaps, and next review trigger.",
      "public_boundary": "Owner role and review date may be public; private reviewer names and sensitive source details can stay private."
    },
    {
      "field": "claim_boundary",
      "minimum": "Exact public sentence or metric wording that is allowed if accepted, plus the claims that remain blocked.",
      "public_boundary": "The public summary must be narrower than the source record and must preserve unsupported claim blocks."
    }
  ],
  "acceptance_gates": [
    {
      "gate": "metric_definition",
      "pass_condition": "KPI name, metric definition, unit, calculation method, and denominator where relevant are complete enough for board review.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_metric_definition_incomplete"
    },
    {
      "gate": "source_presence",
      "pass_condition": "Retained evidence exists for the stated source family and dated window.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_missing_source"
    },
    {
      "gate": "window_integrity",
      "pass_condition": "Date range, timezone, current/prior comparison basis where relevant, and narrow-window caveats are explicit.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_window_unclear"
    },
    {
      "gate": "exclusion_integrity",
      "pass_condition": "Demo, test, sandbox, bot, duplicate, refund, failed-payment, internal, confidential, and unsupported records are excluded or explicitly handled as applicable.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_exclusions_unclear"
    },
    {
      "gate": "privacy_boundary",
      "pass_condition": "Public summary excludes personal data, raw account records, private receipts, provider secrets, confidential counterparty details, and sensitive financial identifiers.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_privacy_boundary"
    },
    {
      "gate": "owner_review",
      "pass_condition": "Owner and reviewer have recorded a decision, unresolved gaps, review date, and next review trigger.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_owner_review_missing"
    },
    {
      "gate": "claim_boundary",
      "pass_condition": "Allowed public language is date-bounded, source-bounded, and does not imply audited reporting, broader traction, formal financing readiness, or speculative technology deployment.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_claim_boundary"
    }
  ],
  "status_labels": [
    "pending_source_evidence",
    "ready_for_private_review",
    "rejected_needs_rework",
    "accepted_for_bounded_public_summary"
  ],
  "public_summary_allowed_when_accepted": [
    "KPI name and source family",
    "metric definition and unit",
    "dated window and timezone",
    "exclusion rule summary",
    "owner role and review date",
    "bounded metric value only if directly supported",
    "unresolved gap count or explicit no-material-gap statement",
    "next review trigger",
    "claims that remain blocked"
  ],
  "public_summary_disallowed": [
    "raw customer, account, payment, provider, or counterparty records",
    "personal data",
    "provider API keys or secrets",
    "bank or payment account identifiers",
    "confidential inquiry details",
    "audited KPI language unless audit exists",
    "investment performance language",
    "formal financing process implication",
    "trend claims using incompatible source windows",
    "claims about speculative White Noise technologies being commercially deployed"
  ],
  "companion_controls": [
    "wn-kpi-evidence-register.html",
    "white-noise-public-kpi-evidence-register.md",
    "wn-metrics-release-policy.html",
    "white-noise-public-metrics-release-policy.md",
    "wn-source-record-acceptance-standard.html",
    "white-noise-public-source-record-acceptance-standard.json",
    "wn-board-review-2026-06-29.html",
    "wn-investors.html"
  ],
  "image_asset": {
    "path": "assets/governance/white-noise-kpi-source-record-review-console-20260629.png",
    "provenance": "assets/governance/white-noise-kpi-source-record-review-console-20260629.provenance.json",
    "alt_text": "AI-generated White Noise KPI source-record review console with abstract evidence folders, metric definition cards, owner-review lanes, and a public-output gate",
    "usage_boundary": "GPT-generated conceptual/editorial KPI source-record review image only; not proof of audited KPI reporting, released traction metrics, source-backed conversion, source-backed revenue, production CRM, staffed operations, formal financing process, live Exchange activity, investment performance, or operational speculative technology."
  }
}