DEAL

DEAL

DEAL governs relationships. Every deal ledgered. Every stage evidenced.

Purpose

DEAL is the relationship. DECK is the artifact. DEAL ends in a contract.

A DEAL is a governed business relationship — the full lifecycle from first contact through signed contract. Every deal scope tracks a specific person or organization: meetings, follow-ups, proposals, negotiations, and economic events. DEAL content is VAULT-gated because it contains sensitive commercial terms, counter-proposals, and private correspondence.

DEAL ≠ DECK. A DECK is a presentation you bring to a deal. A DEAL is the ongoing engagement with a person or institution. The HOWARD deal tracks the relationship with Howard University. The HOWARD deck is the slide deck presented at Howard. One deal may involve many decks. The deal outlives every deck.

Structure

Leaf SERVICE scope. No governed child scopes. Deal content lives in {USER}/DEALS/ (instance scope, VAULT.md projection). Instance follows the Instance Pattern at {USER}/DEALS/.

Required closure artifacts per scope: CANON.md, README.md, DEAL.md, VOCAB.md, ROADMAP.md, COVERAGE.md, LEARNING.md.

Learning lane per governed scope: LEARNING.md at the scope root is terminal and SHALL NOT nest further LEARNING/.

Routes

web_docs:    https://hadleylab-canonic.github.io/
web_surface: https://hadleylab-canonic.github.io/SERVICES/DEAL/
web_app:     https://hadleylab-canonic.github.io/DEALS/
magic:       magic://hadleylab-canonic.github.io/SERVICES/DEAL/

Deal Lifecycle

PROSPECT -> QUALIFY -> PROPOSE -> NEGOTIATE -> CLOSE -> LEDGER

Each stage transition is a governed gate:
  PROSPECT:   First contact logged, INTEL populated
  QUALIFY:    Fit assessment complete, stakeholders identified
  PROPOSE:    DECK delivered, terms outlined
  NEGOTIATE:  Terms iterated, counter-proposals governed
  CLOSE:      Agreement executed, COIN minted
  LEDGER:     Full deal ledgered with evidence chain

Ecosystem Connectivity

  1. Upstream: SERVICES governance contracts and DEXTER scope inheritance.
  2. Runtime: VAULT-gated deal content. SHOP-safe summaries only in public projection.
  3. Frontend: DEAL scope surfaced through governed catalog at DEALS/ route.
  4. Ledger plane: deal events ledgered (stage transitions, evidence, COIN minted).

Pages

Page Sections
Overview Purpose, Structure
Lifecycle Routes, Deal Lifecycle
Ecosystem Ecosystem Connectivity

Default: Overview.

Instance Pattern

{USER}/DEALS/
  DEALS.md       <- instance spec
  CANON.md       <- scope governance
  VAULT.md       <- private projection (auth-gated)
  COVERAGE.md    <- compliance
  LEARNING.md    <- learning trail
  README.md      <- scope readme
  ROADMAP.md     <- scope roadmap
  VOCAB.md       <- scope vocabulary
*DEAL SPEC SERVICES*
TALK AUTO