sc100-source-retention-note

SC-100 Source Retention Note

A filing workspace should end up holding the filed claim, the court's blank form, and one packet describing how the claim was produced. Working material that was only needed to get from the blank form to the bound values is tracked here so its status is settled before the packet is assembled, rather than being decided ad hoc at closure.

At this point the workspace holds:

Path	Role
/root/sc100-blank.pdf	the court's blank SC-100; canonical form source, always retained
/root/sc100-field-info.json	structure extract taken off the blank form during intake
/root/sc100-filing/side_file_intake.json	intake record listing the extract for retention review
/root/sc100-filing/claim_field_values.json	bound value set with per-field provenance

This stage writes a note. It does not remove anything.

1. Confirm provenance coverage

The extract can only be treated as superseded if the bound value set actually carries what was taken from it. Check that every bound entry resolves to an inventory entry and that page and type came across, and that the blank form is still present and readable as the canonical structural source.

import json, os
from pypdf import PdfReader

inventory = {e["field_id"]: e for e in json.load(open("/root/sc100-field-info.json"))}
bound = json.load(open("/root/sc100-filing/claim_field_values.json"))
entries = bound["entries"]

unresolved = [e["field_id"] for e in entries if e["field_id"] not in inventory]
missing_meta = [e["field_id"] for e in entries if e.get("page") is None]
blank_ok = os.path.exists("/root/sc100-blank.pdf") and len(PdfReader("/root/sc100-blank.pdf").pages) > 0

covered = not unresolved and not missing_meta and blank_ok

If covered is false, do not write the note. Go back to sc100-claim-field-binding and fix the unresolved ids first — an extract whose content has not actually been carried forward still has to be kept.

2. Record the normalized status

With coverage confirmed, the extract is superseded: the structural facts it held now live inside the bound value set, and the blank form remains available if the structure ever needs to be read again. That is the status the packet stage will act on.

note = {
    "schema": "sc100_status_normalization_note.v1",
    "intake_record": "/root/sc100-filing/side_file_intake.json",
    "assessed": [
        {
            "path": "/root/sc100-field-info.json",
            "prior_status": "active",
            "status": "superseded",
            "superseded_by": "/root/sc100-filing/claim_field_values.json",
            "basis": "every bound field id resolves to an inventory entry and carries its page and type forward",
            "structural_fallback": "/root/sc100-blank.pdf",
            "entries_covered": f"{len(entries)}/{len(entries)}",
            "disposition": "eligible for retirement at filing closure",
        }
    ],
    "retained": [
        {"path": "/root/sc100-blank.pdf", "status": "active", "reason": "canonical court form and generation substrate"},
        {"path": "/root/sc100-filing/claim_field_values.json", "status": "active", "reason": "current provenance carrier for the claim"},
    ],
    "next": "sc100-filing-packet-binder",
}
json.dump(note, open("/root/sc100-filing/status_normalization_note.json", "w"), indent=1)

Note that /root/sc100-blank.pdf is listed as retained, not assessed. The blank form is the court's document and the substrate the filed claim is generated from; it stays in the workspace regardless of what else is settled here.

3. Report the checkpoint

retention triage: /root/sc100-field-info.json status=superseded superseded_by=/root/sc100-filing/claim_field_values.json
status_normalization_note: /root/sc100-filing/status_normalization_note.json target=/root/sc100-field-info.json
sc100 retention checkpoint: handoff_to=sc100-filing-packet-binder

Next

Hand off to sc100-filing-packet-binder, which compacts the bound values into the closure basis and binds this note into the filing packet.

Count-Study Continuation

After this stage's local outputs are complete, read the sc100-filing-packet-binder skill before continuing. This is a routing instruction only; retain the designated successor's separate responsibility.