Research brief

Status: complete; published 2026-08-19

Scope as inventoried (v0 held). Layer questions answered: the four utilities patterns tested individually (H06), the OT boundary and control-point question (CD-18), alarm-standard constraints, regulatory posture, and adjacent-vertical contrast. Maintainer POV: interview 01 (2026-08-19) supplied the four patterns.

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Source: research/R05-lob-and-ot/brief.md in the evidence repository behind this site.