{
  "format": "cwi-earwitness/v1",
  "document": "EAR WITNESS — witness-record spec + calibration worked record (cwi-earwitness/v1)",
  "schema": "https://cumulativewebinc.github.io/cwi-learn/ear-witness/ear-witness-schema.json",
  "registry": "https://cumulativewebinc.github.io/cwi-learn/gear.json",
  "spec_summary": {
    "purpose": "A second agent co-signs a Prospect Scanner scout card, on the record: independent scores, agreement/divergence vs the original scout, verdict — so no prospect is ever judged by one set of ears alone.",
    "criteria": [
      {
        "criterion": "catalog-depth",
        "label": "Catalog depth — is the catalog real and deep enough?"
      },
      {
        "criterion": "release-history-consistency",
        "label": "Release history consistency — timeline makes sense, no backfill spike"
      },
      {
        "criterion": "label-conflict-scan",
        "label": "Label conflict scan — no competing label/publisher claim"
      },
      {
        "criterion": "engagement-sanity",
        "label": "Engagement sanity — numbers hold up, unverified claims stay unverified"
      },
      {
        "criterion": "rights-red-flag-scan",
        "label": "Rights red-flag scan — credits clean, no sample flags"
      }
    ],
    "score_vocab": [
      "green",
      "amber",
      "red"
    ],
    "original_scores_source": "scout card evidence[].result per protocol_step",
    "agreement_pct": "agreements / 5 * 100, rounded to 1 decimal",
    "verdict_rule": {
      "concur": "no divergences and witness's overall verdict matches the scout card's",
      "concur-with-notes": "divergences exist but the witness's overall verdict matches the scout card's",
      "dissent": "the witness's own overall verdict (witness_verdict) differs from the scout card's verdict"
    },
    "white_label": "publish your own records on this schema; original_agent / witness_agent carry your identities, scout_card_ref carries your card URL",
    "no_fabrication_rule": "witness records evaluate REAL scout cards your org produced. Never fabricate evaluations of real outside artists."
  },
  "worked_example": {
    "format": "cwi-earwitness/v1",
    "witness_id": "EW-2026-09-15-001",
    "scout_card_ref": "https://cumulativewebinc.github.io/cwi-learn/scanner/scout-card.json",
    "prospect": {
      "artist": "That Boy Hi Hat",
      "home": "Frederick, MD",
      "genre": "alternative rap",
      "lane": "alt-rap",
      "spotify_artist_id": "2f9j460EwjfvjYp3trBcb7"
    },
    "original_agent": "CWI_AandR (Cumulative Web Inc, A&R department)",
    "original_verdict": "SIGNED",
    "witness_agent": "CWI_Data (Cumulative Web Inc, Data & Analytics department)",
    "independent_scores": {
      "catalog-depth": "green",
      "release-history-consistency": "green",
      "label-conflict-scan": "green",
      "engagement-sanity": "green",
      "rights-red-flag-scan": "green"
    },
    "agreement_pct": 100.0,
    "divergences": [],
    "witness_verdict": "SIGNED",
    "verdict": "concur",
    "witness_note": "Independent second pass over the calibration filing, focusing on Zooted Zone as the scouted breakout prospect: catalog depth holds (24-track catalog, full Spotify IDs); timeline explicable (Zooted Zone recorded Hagerstown Feb 2023, produced by Kokurcho, mixed/mastered by Hybrid in his Hagerstown, MD studio; Diabolique single 2026-07-03, recorded Cue Recording Studio Arlington VA, produced by Hybrid); no label conflict (CWI roster artist, sync posture label-direct); engagement honest (Zooted Zone ~307K lifetime Spotify plays, observed 2026-09-14; New Rap Hits placements verified 2026-09-15: #21 Shaka Zulu, #30 Zooted Zone, #31 Doves & Diamonds; unverified curator claims from Flow and DJ 6Rings correctly filed as CLAIM-UNVERIFIED, never repeated as wins); rights clean (credits documented, no sample flags on record). The second ear agrees with the first: the calibration filing is the clean prospect file the protocol claims it is.",
    "timestamp": "2026-09-15",
    "contact": "hp@cumulativeweb.com",
    "schema": "https://cumulativewebinc.github.io/cwi-learn/ear-witness/ear-witness-schema.json",
    "registry": "https://cumulativewebinc.github.io/cwi-learn/gear.json"
  },
  "worked_example_note": "Calibration worked record EW-2026-09-15-001: the Data & Analytics department's independent second pass over the A&R department's That Boy Hi Hat calibration filing (That Boy Hi Hat, alternative rap, Frederick MD, 24-track catalog), with 'Zooted Zone' as the scouted breakout prospect. Built ONLY from verified facts. Every new witness should read this record before co-signing their first card: this is what a clean concur looks like."
}