📆 Session Baseline Template

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📌 Template Instructions — Copy to analysis/daily/$ARTICLE_DATE/$SUBFOLDER/session-baseline.md. Used by weekly-review, monthly-review, motions (quarterly aggregation), propositions and any aggregation workflow. See per-artifact-methodologies.md §session-baseline.

🎯 Purpose — The comprehensive, structured fact layer of which Riksdag plenary sittings and committee sessions took place during the period, how long they sat, and which texts they adopted. Distinct from historical-parallels.md (metric trending). This is the calendar + roster — data-dense, low-prose — that every other artifact in the run points back to.

🔄 Tradecraft Context

F3EAD stage — Find + Fix: this is the primary evidence-gathering artifact; all other artifacts cite back to it for dates, dok_ids, vote counts, and actor names
Scope discipline — Record every sitting and committee session in the covered period discretely; do not aggregate across sessions when individual session data is available
Evidence standard — Source-grounded, structured, and low-inference; prioritise dates, durations, adopted texts, counts, chairing/session metadata over narrative prose
Gap handling — If source material is incomplete or ambiguous, note the gap explicitly ([DATA GAP: source returned zero rows]) rather than inferring missing details; flag in mcp-reliability-audit.md §Failure analysis
Cross-reference baseline — Every dok_id cited here must resolve via get_dokument; every MP reference must carry an intressent_id
MCP tools — get_calendar_events, search_dokument, search_voteringar, search_anforanden, get_betankanden, get_propositioner, get_motioner, get_fragor, get_interpellationer, search_regering

📅 Calendar sourcing (degraded-source guard) — The raw get_calendar_events MCP tool is brittle: when data.riksdagen.se/kalender/ serves an HTML error page the server still returns a successful result with an empty events: [] array plus an error/rawHtml sentinel, which silently reads as a legitimate zero-event window. Do not treat an empty get_calendar_events result as ground truth. Prefer, in order:

The pre-warmed artifact data/runtime/calendar-status.json (written by the news-prewarm action) — check its status (ok/error) and path (mcp-primary/web-fallback/none) fields.

The resilient CLI scripts/calendar-fetch.ts --from <YYYY-MM-DD> --to <YYYY-MM-DD>, which falls back from MCP to the public-page scraper and reports status/path honestly.

If both report status: error / path: none, record the calendar as a DATA GAP ([DATA GAP: calendar source degraded]) and log it in mcp-reliability-audit.md §Failure analysis — never fabricate a zero-sitting week.

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

Slot Value
Owning methodology per-artifact-methodologies.md
Owning gate check Supplementary (Tier-C aggregation) — see 05-analysis-gate.md
Required inputs 30 prior runs of same article type
Horizon band per-run (per scripts/horizon-context.ts)
Output family Operational Supplementary
Aggregation order appended (alphabetical, after canonical block) (see scripts/render-lib/aggregator/order.ts)
Reader Intelligence Guide row generated from session-baseline.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	Supplementary (Tier-C aggregation) — see `05-analysis-gate.md`
Required inputs	30 prior runs of same article type
Horizon band	per-run (per `scripts/horizon-context.ts`)
Output family	Operational Supplementary
Aggregation order	appended (alphabetical, after canonical block) (see `scripts/render-lib/aggregator/order.ts`)
Reader Intelligence Guide	row generated from `session-baseline.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.

📋 Run Context

Field	Value
Date	`[REQUIRED: YYYY-MM-DD]`
Run ID	`[REQUIRED: {type}-run{N}]`
Analysis Directory	`[REQUIRED: analysis/daily/YYYY-MM-DD/{type}-run{N}/]`
Article Type	`[REQUIRED]`
Riksmöte	`[REQUIRED: e.g. 2025/26]`
Period Covered	`[REQUIRED: e.g. Week 17 (20-26 April 2026)]`
Kammaren sittings	`[REQUIRED: total # in period]`
Committee sessions	`[REQUIRED: total # in period]`
Antagna betänkanden	`[REQUIRED: total # in period]`
Total voteringar	`[REQUIRED: total # in period]`

1️⃣ Kammaren (Plenary Sittings)

Record each sitting separately. Populate from get_calendar_events (org=kammaren) and search_dokument — see the 📅 Calendar sourcing guard above; prefer data/runtime/calendar-status.json / scripts/calendar-fetch.ts over the raw tool.

Sitting 1 — `[REQUIRED: date]`

Field	Detail
Datum	`[REQUIRED: YYYY-MM-DD]`
Plats	`Riksdagshuset, Stockholm`
Starttid / sluttid	`[REQUIRED: HH:MM–HH:MM]`
Duration	`[REQUIRED: decimal hours, e.g. 6.5 h]`
Antagna betänkanden	`[REQUIRED: #]`
Voteringar (roll-call)	`[REQUIRED: #]`
Anföranden	`[REQUIRED: #]`
Huvudtema	`[REQUIRED: 1-line summary of dominant legislative focus]`
Talman (chair)	`[REQUIRED: name + party]`
Vice talman	`[if relevant]`
Calendar source	`get_calendar_events dok_id or event_id`

Key vote(s) this sitting

Voteringsnummer	Beteckning	Ämne	Resultat (J–N–A–F)	Party-block pattern	Margin
`[REQUIRED]`	`[REQUIRED]`	`[1-line]`	`[#–#–#–#]`	`[e.g. Tidö vs S+V+MP+C]`	`[#]`

(Repeat §1 block for each sitting in the period; add Sitting 2, Sitting 3, etc.)

2️⃣ Utskott (Committee) Sessions

Populate from get_calendar_events (org=UTSK), get_betankanden, and direct committee-page queries — see the 📅 Calendar sourcing guard above; prefer data/runtime/calendar-status.json / scripts/calendar-fetch.ts over the raw tool.

Utskott	Datum	Tid	Typ (beslutsmöte/sammanträde)	Dagordning	Antagna betänkanden	Ordförande	Party	Source
`[e.g. FiU]`	`[YYYY-MM-DD]`	`[HH:MM]`	`[REQUIRED]`	`[1-line]`	`[#]`	`[name + intressent_id]`	`[party]`	`[get_betankanden dok_id]`

Committee composition snapshot (updated when change occurs)

Utskott	Ordförande (party)	Vice ordförande (party)	Majority block	Minority parties
`[FiU]`	`[name (M)]`	`[name (S)]`	`[M+KD+L+SD]`	`[S, V, MP, C]`
`[…]`

3️⃣ Adopted Texts Roster

All rows must resolve via get_dokument. Flag any row that fails resolution in §8 Data Quality.

`dok_id`	Title	Typ	Föredragande utskott	Voteringsresultat	Majoritet	Länk
`[REQUIRED: e.g. H901FiU1]`	`[REQUIRED]`	`[bet / prop / mot / skr]`	`[utskott abbrev]`	`[J/N/A/F counts]`	`[Ja/Nej/bifall/avslag]`	`[riksdagen.se URL]`

Period totals:

Betänkanden adopted: [#] (unanimous: [#]; contested: [#]; one-vote margin: [#])
Propositioner referred to committee: [#]
Motioner filed: [#]

4️⃣ Votering Summary

Top 10 by salience (sort by margin desc or political significance)

#	Voteringsnummer	Beteckning	Ämne	Resultat (J–N–A–F)	Margin	Party-block pattern	Pivotal defectors
1	`[REQUIRED]`	`[REQUIRED]`	`[REQUIRED]`	`[#–#–#–#]`	`[#]`	`[Tidö vs opposition]`	`[name + party + intressent_id if any]`
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Discipline matrix (by party)

Source: search_voteringar grouped by parti. Discipline = (MPs voting with party caucus majority / MPs casting a vote) × 100.

Party	Seats in kammaren	Votes cast	Discipline %	Break-aways (# MPs)	Break-away names (intressent_id)
S	107	`[#]`	`[%]`	`[#]`	`[names if any]`
M	68	`[#]`	`[%]`	`[#]`	`[names if any]`
SD	73	`[#]`	`[%]`	`[#]`	`[names if any]`
V	24	`[#]`	`[%]`	`[#]`	`[names if any]`
MP	18	`[#]`	`[%]`	`[#]`	`[names if any]`
C	24	`[#]`	`[%]`	`[#]`	`[names if any]`
L	16	`[#]`	`[%]`	`[#]`	`[names if any]`
KD	19	`[#]`	`[%]`	`[#]`	`[names if any]`

Period average party discipline: [overall %] Most-disciplined party: [party, %] Least-disciplined party: [party, %; note if low discipline correlates with specific issue]

Coalition arithmetic tracker

Vote	Coalition votes (J)	Opposition votes (N)	Majority line (175)	Margin	Bloc pattern
`[top 3 contested votes]`	`[#]`	`[#]`	175	`[J - 175]`	`[M+KD+L+SD / S+V+MP+C / split]`

5️⃣ Interpellationer & Skriftliga Frågor

Source: get_interpellationer and get_fragor. Record all in period; highlight politically significant ones.

Typ	Nr	Avsändare	Party	Mottagare (minister)	Departement	Ämne	Status	Datum ställd	Datum besvarad
`[interpellation / skriftlig fråga]`	`[YYYY:N]`	`[MP + intressent_id]`	`[party]`	`[minister + titel]`	`[Fi / Ju / UD…]`	`[1-line]`	`[ställd / besvarad / utgår]`	`[YYYY-MM-DD]`	`[YYYY-MM-DD or —]`

Period totals — Interpellationer: [#] (besvarade: [#], utgångna: [#]). Skriftliga frågor: [#] (besvarade: [#]).

Most-active interpellant: [name + party + intressent_id] ([#] interpellationer in period).

6️⃣ Regeringens Aktivitet under Perioden

Source: search_regering and get_regering_document.

Datum	Dokumenttyp	Titel	Departement	Avsändande minister	Länk
`[REQUIRED]`	`[prop / skr / SOU / Ds / remiss / pressmeddelande]`	`[REQUIRED]`	`[e.g. Fi / Ju / UD]`	`[minister name + title]`	`[regeringen.se URL]`

Riksråd (government decisions) of note:

Datum	Ärende	Beslutsdepartement	Significance	URL
`[YYYY-MM-DD]`	`[1-line]`	`[abbrev]`	`[1–5]`	`[URL]`

7️⃣ EU-Agenda Interface

Record any EU-level developments (COM proposals, Council of EU decisions, EP votes, ECOFIN/Eurogroup) that directly interface with the period's Riksdag/Riksdag agenda. This section establishes the EU political context for downstream PESTLE §Legal and §Economic analysis.

EU event	Date	Institution	Instrument / CELEX	Swedish Riksdag interface	Responsible utskott
`[e.g. COM proposal published]`	`[YYYY-MM-DD]`	`[COM / EP / Council]`	`[COM(YYYY)N / CELEX]`	`[Riksdag EUN discussion / prop. referral / UU betänkande]`	`[UU / EUN / sector utskott]`

8️⃣ Budget Cycle Position

Locate the current period within the Swedish budget cycle. This informs downstream risk-assessment §Fiscal and scenario-analysis horizon calibration.

Budget milestone	Date	Status	Responsible actor
Vårpropositionen (Spring fiscal bill)	`[YYYY-MM-DD]`	`[planned / submitted / adopted / past]`	Finansdepartementet
Budgetpropositionen (Autumn budget)	`[YYYY-MM-DD]`	`[planned / submitted / adopted / past]`	Finansdepartementet
Rambeslutet (Framework decision)	`[YYYY-MM-DD]`	`[planned / adopted / past]`	Riksdag FiU
Anslagsbeslutet (Appropriation decision)	`[YYYY-MM-DD]`	`[planned / adopted / past]`	Riksdag kammaren
Finanspolitiska rådet annual report	`[YYYY-MM-DD]`	`[published / pending]`	FPR

Current fiscal cycle position: [describe: e.g. "Post-Vårproposition; pre-Budgetpropositionen; FiU reviewing spring supplement amendments"]

9️⃣ Speaker (Anföranden) Statistics

Source: search_anforanden grouped by party and talare.

Party	# Anföranden	Top speaker	# Speeches	Dominant topic
S	`[#]`	`[name + intressent_id]`	`[#]`	`[1-line]`
M	`[#]`	`[name]`	`[#]`	`[1-line]`
SD	`[#]`	`[name]`	`[#]`	`[1-line]`
V	`[#]`	`[name]`	`[#]`	`[1-line]`
MP	`[#]`	`[name]`	`[#]`	`[1-line]`
C	`[#]`	`[name]`	`[#]`	`[1-line]`
L	`[#]`	`[name]`	`[#]`	`[1-line]`
KD	`[#]`	`[name]`	`[#]`	`[1-line]`

Government representative anföranden: [# speeches by statsråd] Longest debate: [topic, date, total speeches] Most contested debate: [topic, date, # interruptions / repliker]

🔟 Data Source Coverage

Source	MCP tool	Rows contributed	Freshness (last retrieval ts)	Status	Notes
Plenary calendar	`get_calendar_events`	`[#]`	`[ts]`	`[✅/⚠️/❌]`	—
Document register	`search_dokument`	`[#]`	`[ts]`	`[✅/⚠️/❌]`	—
Vote records	`search_voteringar`	`[#]`	`[ts]`	`[✅/⚠️/❌]`	—
Speech records	`search_anforanden`	`[#]`	`[ts]`	`[✅/⚠️/❌]`	—
Committee reports	`get_betankanden`	`[#]`	`[ts]`	`[✅/⚠️/❌]`	—
Propositions	`get_propositioner`	`[#]`	`[ts]`	`[✅/⚠️/❌]`	—
Motions	`get_motioner`	`[#]`	`[ts]`	`[✅/⚠️/❌]`	—
Written questions	`get_fragor`	`[#]`	`[ts]`	`[✅/⚠️/❌]`	—
Interpellations	`get_interpellationer`	`[#]`	`[ts]`	`[✅/⚠️/❌]`	—
Government docs	`search_regering`	`[#]`	`[ts]`	`[✅/⚠️/❌]`	—

Any source returning zero rows when it should not → flag in mcp-reliability-audit.md §Failure analysis with the exact error and timestamp.

1️⃣1️⃣ Data Quality Checklist

🔗 Cross-References

Methodology: ../methodologies/per-artifact-methodologies.md#session-baseline
Pair with: cross-session-intelligence.md (narrative) + historical-parallels.md (trend) + coalition-mathematics.md (vote arithmetic)
Operational log: mcp-reliability-audit.md (data quality issues flagged here appear there)
Source tools: riksdag-regering MCP (see ../../.github/prompts/02-mcp-access.md)
Budget context: analysis/imf/README.md for IMF fiscal vintage used in §8

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