executive-brief.md

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📰 Executive Brief Template — REPLACE THIS H1 WITH A PUBLISHABLE STORY-ORIENTED TITLE

📊 Decision-Grade BLUF for Editors and Duty Officers
🎯 Bottom-Line-Up-Front · 3 Decisions · 60-Second Read · Confidence-Labeled

📋 Document Owner: CEO | 📄 Version: 1.2 | 📅 Last Updated: 2026-04-25 (UTC) 🏢 Owner: Hack23 AB (Org.nr 5595347807) | 🏷️ Classification: Public

📌 Template instructions: Produce one executive-brief.md per workflow folder. It is the 60-second read that an editor uses to decide if the day ships, what leads, and what goes on the forward-watch board. Save as analysis/daily/${ARTICLE_DATE}/${DOC_TYPE}/executive-brief.md.

✨ What to produce: A BLUF that names the leading development, lists three decisions this brief supports, an 8-bullet 60-second read, and the single top forward trigger — all evidence-backed and confidence-labeled.

📐 Template Contract — every fill of this template MUST satisfy this row.

Slot Value
Owning methodology per-artifact-methodologies.md
Owning gate check Check 1 + Check 7 (BLUF/Decisions, 400–600 words) — see 05-analysis-gate.md
Required inputs all Family A peers
Horizon band per-run (per scripts/horizon-context.ts)
Output family Family A — Core Synthesis
Aggregation order 1 of 30 in canonical order (see scripts/render-lib/aggregator/order.ts)
Reader Intelligence Guide row generated from executive-brief.md (see scripts/render-lib/aggregator/reader-guide.ts)
Canonical evidence anchor | claim | evidence (dok_id / vote / MP intressent_id / primary-source URL) | retrieved_at | confidence | — every analytical claim row uses this schema.

Cross-reference: README.md §Template ↔ Methodology ↔ Gate-Check Matrix.

Slot	Value
Owning methodology	`per-artifact-methodologies.md`
Owning gate check	Check 1 + Check 7 (BLUF/Decisions, 400–600 words) — see `05-analysis-gate.md`
Required inputs	all Family A peers
Horizon band	per-run (per `scripts/horizon-context.ts`)
Output family	Family A — Core Synthesis
Aggregation order	1 of 30 in canonical order (see `scripts/render-lib/aggregator/order.ts`)
Reader Intelligence Guide	row generated from `executive-brief.md` (see `scripts/render-lib/aggregator/reader-guide.ts`)
Canonical evidence anchor	`\| claim \| evidence (dok_id / vote / MP intressent_id / primary-source URL) \| retrieved_at \| confidence \|` — every analytical claim row uses this schema.

🔄 Tradecraft Context

Element	Value
F3EAD Stage	DISSEMINATE — finished intelligence product for decision-makers
PIRs Served	`[REQUIRED: List which PIRs this brief addresses, e.g., PIR-1, PIR-5]`
Admiralty Floor	[B2] — all evidence in this brief must reach ≥[B2] reliability
WEP + ODNI	Key judgments use WEP (almost certain / very likely / likely); confidence level reflects evidence quality (HIGH for multi-source dok_id corroboration)
Source Diversity Floor	P0/P1 claims in BLUF: ≥3 sources minimum; single-source claims prohibited in executive brief
SAT(s) Applied	Key Assumptions Check (validation), Brainstorming (decision options)
ICD 203 Standards	5 (customer relevance), 6 (logical argumentation), 9 (visual information)

📋 Brief Context

Field	Value
Brief ID	`EB-YYYY-MM-DD-NNN`
Generated	`YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM UTC`
Scope	`e.g., 2026-04-21 realtime-1353`
Documents covered	`N`
Overall Confidence	`🟦 VERY HIGH / 🟩 HIGH / 🟧 MEDIUM / 🟥 LOW / ⬛ VERY LOW`
Publication recommendation	`PUBLISH / ANALYSIS-ONLY / SKIP`
PIR Relevance	`[REQUIRED: Primary PIR(s) addressed by this brief]`

🎯 BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front)

⚠️ Editor instruction (highest impact on SEO, news value, and reader trust).

REPLACE the H1 of this template with a publishable, story-oriented article title BEFORE saving — the H1 IS the SERP <title>, og:title, JSON-LD headline, and sitemap card. A boilerplate H1 like # 📰 Executive Brief Template or # Executive Brief — Propositions 2026-04-23 will trip cleanArticleTitle() (which strips the Executive Brief — prefix and trailing date) and force a weaker fallback synthesised from the BLUF. Hand-crafted always beats fallback.

The first BLUF paragraph IS the <meta name="description"> verbatim (with markdown stripped). Write it as a publishable lede, not as an analyst summary. The renderer truncates at sentence boundary inside the 140–200 char window (per-language budgets in .github/prompts/seo-metadata-contract.md §4).

No admin metadata (Brief ID:, Classification:, Prepared by:, Analyst:, 60-second read:, Admiralty baseline:, Distribution:, Methodology:) between the H1 and the BLUF heading — readBlufParagraph() skips admin paragraphs but a clean editor keeps the brief well-formed regardless.

Decision-Grade BLUF Rubric (6-axis · all axes ≥ 3/5 to pass Pass-2)

Axis	Question	Minimum pass	Excellent
Actor	Is the principal political actor named?	Party + role	Named person + party + role + intressent_id
Verb	Is there an active news verb?	One verb from `seo-metadata-contract.md` §2.1	Verb plus precise modifier (`narrowly approves`, `unilaterally blocks`)
Instrument	Is a concrete legislative instrument cited?	`dok_id` / `bet` / `prop.` / vote ID	Instrument + chamber stage + commencement date
Number	Is at least one concrete number present?	SEK/€ amount, vote count, seats, or %	Multiple numbers + comparison anchor (vs. prior year / vs. baseline)
Consequence	Is the so-what spelled out?	Single-sentence consequence for citizens / parties / coalition	Quantified consequence + Election-2026 lens
Confidence	Is the confidence labelled?	WEP band	WEP + Admiralty + ODNI + single-source flag if applicable

Pass-2 check: score each axis honestly; any axis below 3/5 forces a rewrite of the BLUF sentence (not just the rubric). Record the score in methodology-reflection.md §"Pass-2 audit log".

BLUF paragraph (this is your meta description)

[2–4 sentences. Sentence 1 = the publishable lede: 140–200 chars EN, one complete sentence, ends on ./!/?/…, leads with the #1 DIW-ranked finding, names principal actor, states concrete action, quantifies impact, ends with confidence label. Sentences 2–4 = optional supporting detail; the renderer truncates at sentence boundary for the <meta description>.]

Example: Sweden's Riksdag Finance Committee approved FiU48 today, cutting fuel taxes SEK 0.50–0.80/litre and providing electricity/gas price support to ~3 M households. Paired with the new wind-power revenue-sharing law, the move anchors the government's cost-of-living + green narrative ahead of September 2026. [🟩 HIGH — source: H901FiU48, vote record 2026-04-21].

🪧 Headline Candidates (worksheet — choose the best as H1)

Purpose: the H1 is the single highest-impact line in the brief (SERP, sitemap, RSS, social cards). Always draft ≥ 3 alternatives and score them on the rubric below before locking the H1. Keep the worksheet in the artifact — it is evidence to the gate that the rubric was applied.

#	Headline candidate (55–70 chars EN)	Actor	Verb	Instrument	Number	Consequence	Score /30
A	`[REQUIRED — actor + active verb + instrument + number]`	/5	/5	/5	/5	/10	/30
B	`[REQUIRED — alternative angle, same evidence]`	/5	/5	/5	/5	/10	/30
C	`[REQUIRED — third angle]`	/5	/5	/5	/5	/10	/30

Selected H1 (copy into the document H1 at the top of this file): [REQUIRED]

Banned phrases (auto-fail): Executive Brief — …, AI-generated political intelligence, any literal YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY/MM/DD, Brief ID:, Classification:, Prepared by:, Analyst:, 60-second read:, Admiralty baseline:, trailing — Riksdagsmonitor.

🌐 14-Language SEO Metadata Seeds

Purpose: seed good titles, descriptions and keywords for every generated HTML language page. Do not leave this to a date suffix. Each row must express the same verified story in the target language with a contextual angle: actor, action, object, consequence and provenance. Per-language character budgets are in .github/prompts/seo-metadata-contract.md §4 — CJK count glyphs not bytes; RTL languages (ar/he) keep proper nouns in source script where conventional.

lang	localized title angle (per-budget)	localized description angle (per-budget)	keyword seeds (5–8)
`en`	`[REQUIRED — 55–70 chars · actor + active verb + policy object + consequence]`	`[REQUIRED — 140–200 chars · SERP-ready summary with named actor/action, so-what, and source provenance]`	`[topic, actor, policy, Riksdag, OSINT]`
`sv`	`[REQUIRED — 55–70 chars · use native instrument names "proposition", "utskott"]`	`[REQUIRED — 140–200 chars]`	`[REQUIRED]`
`da`	`[REQUIRED — 55–70 chars · "Riksdagen" stays Swedish]`	`[REQUIRED — 140–200 chars]`	`[REQUIRED]`
`nb`	`[REQUIRED — 55–70 chars · BCP-47 nb; file suffix` no`, hreflang` nb`]`	`[REQUIRED — 140–200 chars]`	`[REQUIRED]`
`fi`	`[REQUIRED — 55–70 chars · tolerate +10 for agglutination]`	`[REQUIRED — 140–200 chars]`	`[REQUIRED]`
`de`	`[REQUIRED — 55–70 chars · tolerate +10 for compounds]`	`[REQUIRED — 140–200 chars]`	`[REQUIRED]`
`fr`	`[REQUIRED — 55–70 chars]`	`[REQUIRED — 140–200 chars]`	`[REQUIRED]`
`es`	`[REQUIRED — 55–70 chars]`	`[REQUIRED — 140–200 chars]`	`[REQUIRED]`
`nl`	`[REQUIRED — 55–70 chars]`	`[REQUIRED — 140–200 chars]`	`[REQUIRED]`
`ar`	`[REQUIRED — 45–60 chars · RTL · Riksdagen → الريكسداغ]`	`[REQUIRED — 120–170 chars · RTL]`	`[REQUIRED]`
`he`	`[REQUIRED — 45–60 chars · RTL · Riksdagen → ריקסדאג]`	`[REQUIRED — 120–170 chars · RTL]`	`[REQUIRED]`
`ja`	`[REQUIRED — 30–45 glyphs]`	`[REQUIRED — 70–120 glyphs]`	`[REQUIRED]`
`ko`	`[REQUIRED — 30–45 glyphs]`	`[REQUIRED — 70–120 glyphs]`	`[REQUIRED]`
`zh`	`[REQUIRED — 30–45 glyphs · Simplified · Riksdag → 瑞典议会]`	`[REQUIRED — 70–120 glyphs]`	`[REQUIRED]`

Pass-2 check: no two rows may be identical except for date or language label. If they are, rewrite the title/description around the concrete story topic and consequence. Translation cribs: scripts/translation-dictionary-party-names.ts, scripts/translation-dictionary-committee-names.ts, scripts/translation-dictionary-political-terms.ts.

📖 Narrative (v3.2 — required)

Purpose: the BLUF is the analytic verdict; this section is the prose handoff to article.md. Apply political-style-guide.md §"Narrative-Voice Standards" — pick one canonical lede pattern, name three people in the first 200 words, vary sentence cadence, include ≥ 1 concrete sensory detail per 400 words, and end with the counter-narrative paragraph. This subsection is graded on the 6-axis Pass-2 narrative rubric (lede / scene / character / surprise / takeaway / counter-narrative); any axis < 3 forces a Pass-2 rewrite.

Lede paragraph (120–180 words, hard-news / tension-contrast / scene-setting / significance-first)

[REQUIRED — choose lede pattern. Sentence 1 must satisfy the pattern's evidence requirement. Sentence 2 should pull the reader into the consequence.]

Body paragraphs (2–4 paragraphs, total 300–500 words)

[REQUIRED — name third actor by word 200, vary sentence length (one short / two medium / two long per paragraph), include one concrete sensory detail (time, room, exact phrasing of an interjection, or seating-chart fact). Tradecraft jargon allowed only with payoff within ≤ 2 sentences.]

Counter-narrative (60–150 words, signposted)

"There is a contrary read." [REQUIRED — name one actor whose framing of these same numbers is genuinely different. Quote them. Do not soften with "however".]

🧭 3 Decisions This Brief Supports

#	Decision	Who Decides	Deadline	Evidence
1	Editorial: publish EN + SV breaking article within 2 h	Editor-in-chief	+2 h	DIW score 9.1 on HD01FiU48
2	Monitoring: flag FiU48 chamber vote outcome	Duty monitor	2026-04-22 → 2026-04-24	`get_voting_group(bet=FiU48)`
3	Forward-watch: assign EU-Commission-response trigger	Analysis lead	+7 d	Green Deal fuel-tax tension

📰 60-Second Read

🔴 [Top development] — who, what, where, when; cite dok_id
🟠 [Second development] — named actor, quantified effect
🟢 [Positive development or win for coalition] — include party
🟡 [Point of tension or ambiguity] — explain uncertainty in one line
🔵 [Data or context point] — IMF-first macro/fiscal figure with vintage tag, SCB Swedish ground truth, Statskontoret agency-capacity evidence, or WB non-economic residue
🟣 [Cross-reference] — link to another dok_id or cluster
🩷 [Emerging threat or attack surface] — political-threat-taxonomy dimension
⚪ [Carry-forward or stale item] — only if relevant; otherwise omit

Each bullet must name either a dok_id, a politician + party, a vote count, or a primary-source figure.

🗂️ Top Documents Table (DIW-ranked)

Rank	dok_id	Title (short)	DIW	Confidence	Status
1	`H901FiU48`	Extra amendment budget	9.1	🟩 HIGH	Committee adopted
2	`HD03239`	Wind municipal revenue	7.4	🟩 HIGH	Tabled
3	`HD11680`	Interpellation: Israel policy	6.2	🟧 MEDIUM	Awaiting minister reply

Rank order must match significance-scoring.md. If it diverges, update one of the two files during Pass-2 rewrite.

⚠️ Risk & Threat Snapshot

graph LR
    R1["🔴 Coalition fracture<br/>FiU48 SD-pivotal<br/>L×I = 3×5"] --> CONS["Watch chamber vote"]
    R2["🟠 EU Commission pushback<br/>Green Deal tension<br/>L×I = 4×3"] --> CONS
    R3["🟡 Opposition narrative<br/>S social-welfare focus<br/>L×I = 3×3"] --> CONS

    style R1 fill:#D32F2F,color:#FFFFFF
    style R2 fill:#FF9800,color:#FFFFFF
    style R3 fill:#FFC107,color:#000000
    style CONS fill:#1565C0,color:#FFFFFF

Risk	L	I	Score	Trigger	Source	Admiralty
Coalition fracture on fuel-tax package	3	5	15	Any coalition-party `Avstår` on FiU48 chamber vote	`risk-assessment.md` R1	[A1]
EU Commission Green-Deal scrutiny	4	3	12	EU Commissioner statement within 14 d	`risk-assessment.md` R2	[B2]

🔮 Top Forward Trigger

Single most important event to watch next. Include date, type, and what its outcome would change.

Example: Chamber vote on FiU48 expected 2026-04-22 to 2026-04-24. A coalition-solid Ja outcome confirms pre-election discipline; any Avstår from L or KD raises R1 from score 15 to 20 and forces a revision of the Coalition-Mathematics analysis.

📎 Links

Link	Path
Synthesis summary	`synthesis-summary.md`
Significance scoring	`significance-scoring.md`
Risk assessment	`risk-assessment.md`
SWOT analysis	`swot-analysis.md`
Data manifest	`data-download-manifest.md`
Per-document analyses	`documents/`

Document Control

Template path: /analysis/templates/executive-brief.md
Referenced by: ai-driven-analysis-guide.md § Step 4
Classification: Public
Next Review: 2026-07-21

✅ Pass-2 Self-Audit Checklist (v4.4 — required)

Purpose: AI-FIRST principle requires a Pass-2 read-back-and-improve. After producing this artifact in Pass 1, re-read it end-to-end and verify each item below. Document any remediation in methodology-reflection.md §"Pass-2 audit log". Any unchecked ❌ box at the end of Pass 2 forces a Pass-3 rewrite of the affected section.