Accepted-obligation amendment ledger
Carry accepted requirements into later revisions while preserving the amendment history.
These examples and illustrative results are independently authored teaching materials, not measured model results.
Use case
Design review R1 accepted keyboard access and visible focus; engineering review R2 changes loading. Update the current plan without retaining only the latest reviewer’s suggestions. Teaching obligations are tied to their accepted revision.
Mechanism
Separate editable implementation plans from review history. Track accepted requirements with source, conditions and checks. Carry forward still-valid obligations and record additions/replacements under R2. Expose conflicts and explicitly superseding user decisions rather than editing history to erase earlier requirements.
Bad example
Rewrite for engineering, deleting R1 keyboard/focus requirements. Keep only R2 loading advice and change R1 history to say no obligations were accepted.
Good example
Revise the current plan while retaining R1 keyboard access, visible focus and verification conditions. R2 records loading changes/evidence without rewriting R1. If loading conflicts with accessibility, identify it and a proposed resolution; record authorized supersession after a valid decision. Do not silently remove obligations through rewriting or compaction.
Why the change matters
Latest-only rewriting loses accepted commitments and obscures attribution. Current-plan references plus preserved history let recipients inspect valid conditions and actual amendments.
Observable expectation
An illustrative R2 plan contains keyboard/focus plus loading changes, while R1/R2 histories preserve separate decisions. Later explicit changes cite the superseded requirement and source.
Reject invented R1 None records, dropped checks or expansion of historical approval into new external permission.
Limits
Explicit later decisions can replace obligations; history is not timeless authorization. Source automation modes, phase labels and tooling are not prerequisites. Preserve actual provenance, conditions and amendment relationships.