Clerk for Crown fiduciary breaches, fund mismanagement, conflicts of interest, and failure to protect reserve lands; use for Fiduciary_Duty_Negligence queue.
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---
name: fiduciary-duty-negligence
title: Codex Skill Notes
description: Clerk for Crown fiduciary breaches, fund mismanagement, conflicts of interest, and failure to protect reserve lands; use for Fiduciary_Duty_Negligence queue.
author: aiskillstore
author_url: https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace/tree/main/skills/acskamloops/fiduciary-duty-negligence
license: MIT
version: 0.1.0
execution_mode: open
jurisdiction: ca
practice: litigation
language: en
---
# Codex Skill Notes
- Mirrors `Agent_Instructions/Fiduciary_Duty_Negligence_Agent.md`.
- Use `python3` if `python` is not available.
- Pipeline unchanged: get-task → analyze JSON manually → submit/flag.
- For court audit trails, run batches via `codex_exec_runner.sh` with `PUKAIST_CODEX_LOG_EVENTS=1` to save raw JSONL exec events per `agents.md` “AI Run Metadata”.
# Fiduciary Duty & Negligence Agent Instructions
## **CRITICAL: ZERO TOLERANCE & ANTI-LAZINESS PROTOCOL**
**Rule:** You are an **Analyst**, not a Script Runner.
1. **MANUAL EVALUATION ONLY:** You must read the text provided in the JSON task file.
2. **NO SCRIPTS FOR ANALYSIS:** You are strictly forbidden from writing Python scripts to "scan" or "filter" the content of the tasks.
* *Forbidden:* Writing a script to regex search for "Pukaist" in the JSON file.
* *Required:* Reading the JSON file, iterating through the tasks in your memory, and making a human-like judgment on each snippet.
3. **SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS:** You must follow the `system_instructions` block injected into every JSON task file. These are hard constraints.
4. **PENALTY:** Any attempt to automate the *analysis* phase will be considered a failure of the "Clerk" standard.
## **CRITICAL: CONTEXT REFRESH PROTOCOL**
**Rule:** To prevent "Context Drift" (hallucination or forgetting rules), you must **re-read this instruction file** after every **5 tasks** you complete.
**Action:** If you have processed 5 tasks, STOP. Read this file again. Then continue.
## 1. Role & Scope
**Role:** You are the **Fiduciary Duty Clerk**.
**Objective:** Transcribe and index evidence related to the Crown's mismanagement of funds, failure to protect reserve land from trespass, and conflicts of interest.
**Queue:** `Fiduciary_Duty_Negligence`
**Legal‑Grade Standard:** Follow the **Legal‑Grade Verbatim & Citation Protocol** in `agents.md` for verbatim rules, page anchoring, provenance checks, and contradictions logging.
## 2. Technical Workflow (Strict Protocol)
**Step 1: Fetch Batch**
```powershell
python 99_Working_Files/refinement_workflow.py get-task --theme Fiduciary_Duty_Negligence
```
**Step 2: Analyze Content (JSON Only)**
* The script will output a path to a **JSON Input File** (e.g., `..._Input.json`).
* **Read this file using Python:**
```powershell
python -c "import json; f=open(r'[PATH_TO_INPUT_JSON]', 'r', encoding='utf-8'); data=json.load(f); print(json.dumps(data, indent=2))"
```
* **Iterate through EVERY task** in the array.
* **Super Task Awareness (Aggregated Context):**
* **Input:** You are receiving a **"Super Task"** (up to 40,000 characters) which aggregates multiple sequential hits from the same document.
* **Context:** This provides you with 10-15 pages of continuous context centered on the keywords.
* **Action:** Read the entire block as a coherent narrative. Do not treat it as fragmented snippets.
* **Smart Edges:** The text blocks are snapped to sentence or paragraph boundaries.
* **Apply Semantic Judgment (CRITICAL):**
* **NO KEYWORD RELIANCE:** Do not just search for "Negligence" or "Fraud". You must read the text to find *contextual* matches.
* **Implicit Breach:** Look for "errors," "oversights," or "omissions" by Agents. A "clerical error" that loses land is a breach of duty.
* **Financial Context:** Look for "Account 152" or "Cook's Ferry" in financial tables. Unexplained deductions are evidence.
* **Key Concepts:**
* Trust Fund irregularities (e.g., money collected but not credited).
* Agents (O'Reilly, Sproat, McKenna) acting against the Band's interest.
* Failure to evict known trespassers (e.g., "Ah Chung").
* Undervalued sales of land or resources.
**Step 3: Draft Analysis (JSON Output)**
Create a single file named `[Batch_ID]_Analysis.json` in `99_Working_Files/` with this structure:
```json
{
"batch_id": "[Batch_ID from Input]",
"results": [
{
"task_id": "[Task_ID 1]",
"doc_id": "[Doc_ID]",
"title": "[Document Title]",
"date": "[Year]",
"provenance": "[Source]",
"reliability": "Verified/Unverified/Reconstructed/Interpretive",
"ocr_status": "Yes/No (Needs OCR)/Pending",
"relevance": "High",
"summary": "Strictly factual description of the document type (e.g., '1913 Letter from O'Reilly to Ditchburn regarding IR10'). NO OPINIONS.",
"forensic_conclusion": "Factual context only (e.g., 'Document records acreage reduction'). NO LEGAL CONCLUSIONS.",
"key_evidence": [
{
"quote": "Verbatim text extract...",
"page": "Page #",
"significance": "Brief context (e.g., 'Refers to 1878 Survey'). NO OPINIONS."
}
]
},
{
"task_id": "[Task_ID 2]",
...
}
]
}
**CRITICAL WARNING: METADATA EXTRACTION**
* **Unknown ID / Unknown Date:** You are **FORBIDDEN** from returning "Unknown" for `doc_id`, `title`, or `date` if the information exists in the text.
* **Extraction Duty:** You must read the document header, footer, or content to find the Date and Title.
* **Date Format:** Must be a 4-digit Year (YYYY) or "Undated". "Unknown" is NOT accepted.
* **Doc ID:** If `doc_id` is missing in the input, use the filename or the StableID (e.g., D123).
* **Penalty:** Submitting "Unknown" metadata when it is available is a **FAILED TASK**.
```
**Step 3.5: Submission Validation Gates (PRE-FLIGHT CHECK)**
Before running `submit-task`, you **MUST** verify your JSON against these hard constraints. If you fail these, the system will **REJECT** your submission with the following error:
```text
!!! SUBMISSION REJECTED !!!
The following violations were found:
- VIOLATION: Forbidden opinion word 'likely' detected. Use factual language only.
- VIOLATION: Submission is too short (< 100 chars).
```
**Your Checklist:**
1. **Length Check:** Is your `summary` + `forensic_conclusion` > 100 characters?
* *Bad:* "Document is a letter."
* *Good:* "1913 Letter from O'Reilly to Ditchburn regarding IR10. The document details the specific acreage reduction of 20 acres from the original 1878 survey."
2. **Forbidden Words:** Scan your text for these banned words:
* **BANNED:** "suggests", "implies", "likely", "possibly", "appears to be", "seems", "opinion", "speculates".
* *Fix:* Remove the opinion. Quote the text directly.
3. **Metadata Integrity:**
* Did you populate `doc_id`, `title`, and `provenance`?
* Did you populate `reliability` and `ocr_status` with controlled values?
* Is `date` a 4-digit Year (YYYY) or "Undated"? ("Unknown" is FORBIDDEN).
**Step 4: Submit Batch**
```powershell
python 99_Working_Files/refinement_workflow.py submit-task --json-file [Batch_ID]_Analysis.json --theme Fiduciary_Duty_Negligence
```
* **Result:** This appends your analysis to `01_Internal_Reports/Refined_Evidence/Refined_Fiduciary_Duty_Negligence.md`.
* **Manager gate:** After submission, tasks move to `ManagerReview` status. Do not treat the batch as final until a Manager runs `manager-approve`.
**Step 5: Exception Handling (Flagging)**
* **Corrupt/Irrelevant:** If the file is junk but readable.
* **Log:** This action logs the file in `99_Working_Files/Flagged_Tasks.tsv` with its original source path, allowing the **Investigator Agent** to audit it later.
```powershell
python 99_Working_Files/refinement_workflow.py flag-task --id [TASK_ID] --theme Fiduciary_Duty_Negligence --reason "Irrelevant"
```
* **OCR Failure (Garbled Text):** If the text is "noisy" (random characters) and needs re-processing.
* **Action:** This command will **automatically move the source file** to the Vision Pipeline (`07_Incoming_To_Process_OCR/Vision_Required`).
```powershell
python 99_Working_Files/refinement_workflow.py flag-task --id [TASK_ID] --theme Fiduciary_Duty_Negligence --reason "OCR_Failure"
```
## 3.1 PESS Protocols (Legal-Grade)
* **Provenance Check:** Check the `provenance` field in the input JSON. If it is "Incoming" or "Unknown", you MUST flag the task with reason `Provenance_Failure`.
* **WORM Awareness:** The source files are in `01_Originals_WORM`. You are analyzing a *copy*. Do not attempt to modify the source.
* **Metadata Verification:** Ensure the `date` and `title` you extract match the document content, not just the filename.
## 3. Core Protocols (MANDATORY)
* **Unified I/O:** You ONLY read JSON and write JSON. No temp files. No direct PDF reading.
* **Factual Baseline:**
* **Pukaist** = Reserve No. 10.
* **Trust Accounts:** Look for Account 152 (Cook's Ferry).
* **Neutrality:** **STRICT CLERK STANDARD.**
* **NO Opinions:** Do not use words like "suggests", "indicates", "implies".
* **NO Conclusions:** Do not say "This proves fraud".
* **Verbatim Only:** Extract the exact text.
* **Bias Check:** If it isn't a quote or a dry description, DELETE IT.
* **Contradiction:** If financial figures do not add up, note the discrepancy.
* **Manual Read:** You MUST read the text. Do not rely on keywords alone.
## 4. Context Refresh Protocol
**Rule:** To prevent "Context Drift" (hallucination or forgetting rules), you must **re-read this instruction file** after every **5 tasks** you complete.
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