Words the desk runs on.

The ordered trail from a first-party origin through every amplifier the desk has observed for a given claim.

Every claim Radar Six publishes carries the source chain that produced it. A chain starts at a Tier 1 origin (issuer, regulator, first-party channel), travels through Tier 2 amplification (press, creators), and ends in the operator post. The chain stays attached so a reader can walk back to the origin record.

A downstream restatement of a claim by a source other than the origin, including press, creators, and search interest.

Amplification is not evidence. The desk treats amplification as context and tracks it separately from the origin record. A claim with strong Tier 1 evidence and broad Tier 2 amplification ranks higher than a claim with only amplification.

The current operating posture: the desk observes and audits but does not generate, mutate, or automatically publish.

Dry-mode is enforced at the backend, not at the page boundary. While dry-mode is on, every observation row is recorded with dry_run=true and no Phase B gate can flip. Posts to @RadarSixHQ are operator-written during dry-mode.

The next activation step. Six gates (account creation, real sources, image and video generation, paid model generation, content mutation, platform publishing) move from locked to unlocked one at a time.

Account creation and real-source adapters are unlocked. The other four gates remain locked. Live state for every gate is on /methodology.

The full set of feeds, accounts, and search families the scheduler is allowed to poll.

The cohort is configured per Phase B gate state. Cohort changes are recorded in the scheduler ledger so any expansion or freeze can be reproduced from history.

The first-party publisher of a claim. Examples: an issuer IR site, a regulator filing, a first-party channel.

Tier 1 evidence is the highest-confidence source the desk recognises. The dated artefact at the origin is the citation of record.

Mainstream press, established creators, and other credible second-hand reporters of a Tier 1 claim.

Tier 2 sources do not replace the origin record. They establish that the claim has travelled and provide an audit trail for the reader.

Long-running enthusiast forums, hobby channels, and aggregator accounts with a track record but no editorial process.

Tier 3 surfaces are tracked for cadence and pattern, not for evidence weight. A Tier 3 echo without Tier 1 or Tier 2 backing is treated as chatter.

Anonymous posts, throwaway accounts, and unverifiable screenshots.

Tier 4 material is observed for the contour of the noise floor. It does not enter the source chain of a published claim.