Map the entitlement path from the pasted process
Rung 8 of 10 · Cognitive verifier
1 · Learn the move · Cognitive verifier
The approval path is where deals die on the calendar. A missed hearing cycle or an appeal window can cost a quarter. The move is the cognitive-verifier pattern: make the AI lay out the steps in order, each one quoted from the process document you paste, then run a critique pass that re-checks every step against its quote. It maps only what the paste supports. A stage the document doesn't mention is UNKNOWN and routes to the jurisdiction, never invented to make the sequence look complete. Any timeframe gets derived in the open from your target date and tagged for calendar verification, with the business-day-vs-calendar convention flagged, because the AI counts statutory days about as reliably as it counts anything else. Interpretation goes to counsel.
What's the approval process for my project and when are the key dates?
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
You're targeting a site-plan submittal on Sept 1 and need the ordered entitlement path plus diarizable dates. You paste the city's process summary: site-plan application; completeness review 'within 30 days of submittal'; planning-commission public hearing 'at the next regular meeting'; a '15-day appeal period' after PC action; and, for the rezone component. 'City Council action following Planning Commission recommendation.' The summary is silent on council timing and on staff-report deadlines. Write a prompt that orders the path and derives the dates without inventing the stages the summary skips.
Remember: the AI sees only your prompt, not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.
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