{
  "code": "S68",
  "name": "Cover letter",
  "shape": "letter",
  "family": "Openers and endings",
  "fits": "A personal letter to the reader: salutation, four to six short paragraphs, one bold line, a short list and a sign-off, beside one picture.",
  "use_when": "An editor's note, a welcome or a thank-you at the front of an issue or deck, where the voice should feel addressed to one person.",
  "slots": [
    {
      "name": "illustration",
      "holds": "one scene down the left, full height (bleeds top, left, bottom)",
      "budget": "3:4 scene"
    },
    {
      "name": "salutation",
      "holds": "who the letter is to",
      "budget": "2-5 words"
    },
    {
      "name": "letter",
      "holds": "paragraphs, one bold line, a list of three",
      "budget": "under 200 words"
    },
    {
      "name": "signoff",
      "holds": "who it is from",
      "budget": "2-4 words"
    }
  ],
  "columns": 2,
  "density": "dense",
  "surface": "paper",
  "works_on": [
    "deck",
    "page"
  ],
  "library": "Hoffman",
  "dir": "S68-cover-letter",
  "semantic": {
    "audience_question": "Why are you writing to me, and what is the personal proposal?",
    "intent": "Read a self-contained letter with a clear request and accountable sign-off.",
    "reasoning_relation": "direct address and proposal",
    "message_pattern": "You face [context]. We propose [response], because [reason]. [Specific invitation].",
    "required_content": [
      "A real audience and authorized writer.",
      "A reason for writing, one governing commitment and three concrete implications.",
      "A relevant illustrative image."
    ],
    "narrative_positions": [
      "context",
      "explanation",
      "evidence: choose only when the page supports the surrounding argument"
    ],
    "requires_before": [
      "Establish the relationship or explain why the reader is receiving the proposal."
    ],
    "enables_after": [
      "Present the pilot outline, evidence and practical terms."
    ],
    "slot_roles": {
      "illustration": "Contextual image beside the letter, with provenance.",
      "salutation": "Address the intended audience accurately.",
      "letter": "Four to six short paragraphs, one emphasized commitment and a three-item list; keep reasons, promise and ask connected.",
      "signoff": "The accountable, authorized author."
    },
    "avoid_when": [
      "A personal endorsement written without authority.",
      "A long argument that needs evidence comparison."
    ],
    "layout_specific_contract": "A personal letter to the reader: salutation, four to six short paragraphs, one bold line, a short list and a sign-off, beside one picture.",
    "provenance": {
      "basis": "interpretation of the existing layout and slot contracts",
      "review": "Tessel model-authored guidance; implementation approved by Nic, 2026-10-10",
      "corpus_evidence_status": "not yet established",
      "guide": "../SEMANTICS.md"
    },
    "variation_rule": "Read the selected option’s actual markup, slot count and source record. Preserve this reasoning relationship only if the option still expresses it; flag a mismatch before adapting.",
    "reader_outcome": "Read a self-contained letter with a clear request and accountable sign-off.",
    "matching": {
      "audience_question": "Why are you writing to me, and what is the personal proposal?",
      "reader_outcome": "Read a self-contained letter with a clear request and accountable sign-off.",
      "reasoning_relation": "direct address and proposal",
      "content_shape": {
        "composition": "A personal letter to the reader: salutation, four to six short paragraphs, one bold line, a short list and a sign-off, beside one picture.",
        "selected_state": "A personal letter to the reader: salutation, four to six short paragraphs, one bold line, a short list and a sign-off, beside one picture.",
        "density": "dense",
        "columns": 2,
        "column_note": "Base metadata only; selected option can replace the base geometry."
      },
      "required_slots": [
        {
          "name": "illustration",
          "reader_question": "What subject, example or view must I inspect, and is it evidence or illustration?",
          "semantic_role": "Contextual image beside the letter, with provenance.",
          "content_unit_count": {
            "min": 1,
            "max": 1,
            "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
          },
          "placeholder": "[CLEARED IMAGE OR LABELLED ILLUSTRATION · illustration · one scene down the left, full height (bleeds top, left, bottom)]",
          "layout_budget": {
            "authored": "3:4 scene",
            "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
          },
          "markup": {
            "slot": "illustration",
            "occurrences": 1,
            "annotation_status": "present",
            "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
            "sample_word_counts": [
              0
            ]
          },
          "integrity": "Clear rights and provenance, retain meaningful alt text; generated scenes illustrate and cannot prove a historical event."
        },
        {
          "name": "salutation",
          "reader_question": "What does the salutation contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
          "semantic_role": "Address the intended audience accurately.",
          "content_unit_count": {
            "min": 1,
            "max": 1,
            "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
          },
          "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · salutation · who the letter is to]",
          "layout_budget": {
            "authored": "2-5 words",
            "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
          },
          "markup": {
            "slot": "salutation",
            "occurrences": 1,
            "annotation_status": "present",
            "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
            "sample_word_counts": [
              2
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "letter",
          "reader_question": "What does the letter contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
          "semantic_role": "Four to six short paragraphs, one emphasized commitment and a three-item list; keep reasons, promise and ask connected.",
          "content_unit_count": {
            "min": 1,
            "max": 1,
            "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
          },
          "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · letter · paragraphs, one bold line, a list of three]",
          "layout_budget": {
            "authored": "under 200 words",
            "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
          },
          "markup": {
            "slot": "letter",
            "occurrences": 1,
            "annotation_status": "present",
            "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
            "sample_word_counts": [
              199
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "signoff",
          "reader_question": "Who is accountable for this material, and where can I verify it?",
          "semantic_role": "The accountable, authorized author.",
          "content_unit_count": {
            "min": 1,
            "max": 1,
            "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
          },
          "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · signoff · who it is from]",
          "layout_budget": {
            "authored": "2-4 words",
            "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
          },
          "markup": {
            "slot": "signoff",
            "occurrences": 1,
            "annotation_status": "present",
            "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
            "sample_word_counts": [
              3
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "rejection_constraints": [
        "Corporate brochure fragments pretending to be a letter or unsupported personal familiarity.",
        "Pretending to know the recipient or fabricating a personal endorsement."
      ],
      "option_guidance": {
        "option": "default",
        "composition_delta": "A personal letter to the reader: salutation, four to six short paragraphs, one bold line, a short list and a sign-off, beside one picture.",
        "semantic_change": "retains base content relationship; changes presentation or disclosure",
        "matching_instruction": "Select S68 default when the supplied material answers “Why are you writing to me, and what is the personal proposal?” through direct address and proposal. Respect this state: A personal letter to the reader: salutation, four to six short paragraphs, one bold line, a short list and a sign-off, beside one picture."
      },
      "provenance": {
        "status": "inferred composition evidence",
        "author_intent": "not independently confirmed",
        "basis": [
          "retained source composition where available",
          "authored layout and slot contracts",
          "static implementation inspection"
        ],
        "source_visual_count": 1,
        "source_visual_sha256": [
          "5ba051de5d8a48b15f34eeae37a2f8b6e363425a03a57a715630cc1c18c32d1d"
        ],
        "source_export": "private source images remain outside this draft site",
        "markup_sha256": "05248ba2862b6dfe0f6fcd2a3854dccfee47d8ef8c5c288d56cde20672b82507",
        "limits": [
          "Static parsing inventories authored nodes; it does not certify rendered visibility, responsive fit or interactive state.",
          "Budgets are authored layout guidance, not a content-writing limit or proof of fit.",
          "Matching guidance is a draft inference; it does not establish facts, endorsement, causation or source author intent."
        ]
      },
      "adaptation_rules": [
        "Choose by audience question, reasoning relation and required content before aesthetic preference.",
        "Supply every required semantic role; retain visible unknowns as labelled real-content placeholders.",
        "A number needs source, scope and units; a quotation needs faithful wording and attribution.",
        "Do not infer importance from area, colour, depth or movement unless the content explicitly defines that encoding.",
        "Keep colour token roles, structural objects, licences and source records; changing content does not authorize changing them."
      ]
    },
    "rejection_constraints": [
      "Corporate brochure fragments pretending to be a letter or unsupported personal familiarity.",
      "Pretending to know the recipient or fabricating a personal endorsement."
    ],
    "markup_inventory": {
      "file": "spread.html",
      "sha256": "05248ba2862b6dfe0f6fcd2a3854dccfee47d8ef8c5c288d56cde20672b82507",
      "method": "static lxml markup plus authored option description; no rendered-visibility claim",
      "all_markup_slot_counts": {
        "illustration": 1,
        "letter": 1,
        "salutation": 1,
        "subline": 1,
        "signoff": 1,
        "handle": 1
      },
      "slot_evidence": {
        "illustration": [
          {
            "tag": "figure",
            "classes": "ph r-3x4",
            "sample_word_count": 0,
            "repeated_children": 1
          }
        ],
        "letter": [
          {
            "tag": "div",
            "classes": "letter",
            "sample_word_count": 199,
            "repeated_children": 13
          }
        ],
        "salutation": [
          {
            "tag": "h2",
            "classes": "salute",
            "sample_word_count": 2,
            "repeated_children": 0
          }
        ],
        "subline": [
          {
            "tag": "p",
            "classes": "subl tx-only",
            "sample_word_count": 8,
            "repeated_children": 0
          }
        ],
        "signoff": [
          {
            "tag": "p",
            "classes": "sign",
            "sample_word_count": 3,
            "repeated_children": 0
          }
        ],
        "handle": [
          {
            "tag": "p",
            "classes": "handle tx-only",
            "sample_word_count": 1,
            "repeated_children": 0
          }
        ]
      },
      "option_selectors": [
        "framed",
        "mirror",
        "text"
      ],
      "linked_implementation": [
        {
          "file": "../spreads.css",
          "sha256": "32da94472b0c9131e4d5dae7d5bf0498b09202a9e66294b4e4f23e6ddfbf37ba"
        },
        {
          "file": "../spread.js",
          "sha256": "3d99948b83f750bd4ae95dac08e3e50a395de7c149c90a6f1a1c0ea36a2634a4"
        }
      ]
    },
    "variations": {
      "mirror": {
        "audience_question": "Why are you writing to me, and what is the personal proposal?",
        "intent": "Read a self-contained letter with a clear request and accountable sign-off.",
        "reader_outcome": "Read a self-contained letter with a clear request and accountable sign-off.",
        "reasoning_relation": "direct address and proposal",
        "slot_roles": {
          "illustration": "Contextual image beside the letter, with provenance.",
          "salutation": "Address the intended audience accurately.",
          "letter": "Four to six short paragraphs, one emphasized commitment and a three-item list; keep reasons, promise and ask connected.",
          "signoff": "The accountable, authorized author."
        },
        "matching": {
          "audience_question": "Why are you writing to me, and what is the personal proposal?",
          "reader_outcome": "Read a self-contained letter with a clear request and accountable sign-off.",
          "reasoning_relation": "direct address and proposal",
          "content_shape": {
            "composition": "A personal letter to the reader: salutation, four to six short paragraphs, one bold line, a short list and a sign-off, beside one picture.",
            "selected_state": "Picture on the right",
            "density": "dense",
            "columns": 2,
            "column_note": "Base metadata only; selected option can replace the base geometry."
          },
          "required_slots": [
            {
              "name": "illustration",
              "reader_question": "What subject, example or view must I inspect, and is it evidence or illustration?",
              "semantic_role": "Contextual image beside the letter, with provenance.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[CLEARED IMAGE OR LABELLED ILLUSTRATION · illustration · one scene down the left, full height (bleeds top, left, bottom)]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "3:4 scene",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "illustration",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  0
                ]
              },
              "integrity": "Clear rights and provenance, retain meaningful alt text; generated scenes illustrate and cannot prove a historical event."
            },
            {
              "name": "salutation",
              "reader_question": "What does the salutation contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
              "semantic_role": "Address the intended audience accurately.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · salutation · who the letter is to]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "2-5 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "salutation",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  2
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "letter",
              "reader_question": "What does the letter contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
              "semantic_role": "Four to six short paragraphs, one emphasized commitment and a three-item list; keep reasons, promise and ask connected.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · letter · paragraphs, one bold line, a list of three]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "under 200 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "letter",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  199
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "signoff",
              "reader_question": "Who is accountable for this material, and where can I verify it?",
              "semantic_role": "The accountable, authorized author.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · signoff · who it is from]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "2-4 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "signoff",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  3
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "rejection_constraints": [
            "Corporate brochure fragments pretending to be a letter or unsupported personal familiarity.",
            "Pretending to know the recipient or fabricating a personal endorsement."
          ],
          "option_guidance": {
            "option": "mirror",
            "composition_delta": "Picture on the right",
            "semantic_change": "retains base content relationship; changes presentation or disclosure",
            "matching_instruction": "Select S68 mirror when the supplied material answers “Why are you writing to me, and what is the personal proposal?” through direct address and proposal. Respect this state: Picture on the right"
          },
          "provenance": {
            "status": "inferred composition evidence",
            "author_intent": "not independently confirmed",
            "basis": [
              "retained source composition where available",
              "authored layout and slot contracts",
              "static implementation inspection"
            ],
            "source_visual_count": 1,
            "source_visual_sha256": [
              "5ba051de5d8a48b15f34eeae37a2f8b6e363425a03a57a715630cc1c18c32d1d"
            ],
            "source_export": "private source images remain outside this draft site",
            "markup_sha256": "05248ba2862b6dfe0f6fcd2a3854dccfee47d8ef8c5c288d56cde20672b82507",
            "limits": [
              "Static parsing inventories authored nodes; it does not certify rendered visibility, responsive fit or interactive state.",
              "Budgets are authored layout guidance, not a content-writing limit or proof of fit.",
              "Matching guidance is a draft inference; it does not establish facts, endorsement, causation or source author intent."
            ]
          },
          "adaptation_rules": [
            "Choose by audience question, reasoning relation and required content before aesthetic preference.",
            "Supply every required semantic role; retain visible unknowns as labelled real-content placeholders.",
            "A number needs source, scope and units; a quotation needs faithful wording and attribution.",
            "Do not infer importance from area, colour, depth or movement unless the content explicitly defines that encoding.",
            "Keep colour token roles, structural objects, licences and source records; changing content does not authorize changing them."
          ]
        },
        "narrative_profile": {
          "central_point": "An accountable writer explains why they are addressing this reader and what they intend to offer.",
          "communication_job": "Same communication job as default. The same letter is paired with the image on the right; the argument and authorship remain unchanged.",
          "audience_value": "Perspective and reassurance: gives the reader a human rationale and explicit commitments without pretending personal tone is evidence.",
          "reading_path": [
            "The same letter is paired with the image on the right; the argument and authorship remain unchanged.",
            "Read the salutation as a real audience address.",
            "Follow the letter from reason for writing to central commitment and three practical implications.",
            "Read the sign-off as accountability; the image sets context rather than proving sincerity."
          ],
          "adaptation": {
            "required_inputs": [
              "A real audience and authorized writer.",
              "A reason for writing, one governing commitment and three concrete implications.",
              "A relevant illustrative image."
            ],
            "slot_guidance": {
              "illustration": "Contextual image beside the letter, with provenance.",
              "salutation": "Address the intended audience accurately.",
              "letter": "Four to six short paragraphs, one emphasized commitment and a three-item list; keep reasons, promise and ask connected.",
              "signoff": "The accountable, authorized author."
            },
            "can_change": [
              "Subject, names and wording within the active slot roles.",
              "Illustrations or supporting values where present, with their provenance and limits."
            ],
            "must_survive": [
              "The writer owns the promise.",
              "The ask follows the stated reason for writing.",
              "Warmth does not conceal limitations."
            ]
          },
          "worked_example": {
            "fictional": true,
            "scenario": "A fictional repair pilot team writes to neighborhood members.",
            "slot_fills": {
              "illustration": "Illustrative workbench with a notebook and a lamp awaiting inspection.",
              "salutation": "Dear neighborhood members,",
              "letter": "We are writing because a broken appliance can leave people unsure where to begin. Our proposed workshop starts with that uncertainty.\n\nWe will help people find a responsible next step. Repair is one possible outcome; referral is another.\n\nThe pilot has three commitments: explain what we can assess; record what remains uncertain; refer work beyond our skills.\n\nWe will begin with three staffed sessions at one branch. The schedule and exclusions will be shared before anyone books.\n\nPlease read the pilot outline and tell us which part is unclear. Your questions will help us improve the explanation before launch.",
              "signoff": "The pilot team"
            },
            "reasoning": "The letter moves from a recognizable reader problem to a bounded commitment, practical obligations and a proportionate response.",
            "qualification": "Every organization, value and assertion in this example is fictional. Replace it with approved, sourced content before use."
          },
          "narrative_fit": {
            "before": "Establish the relationship or explain why the reader is receiving the proposal.",
            "after": "Present the pilot outline, evidence and practical terms.",
            "good_uses": [
              "An opening note from a named team.",
              "An editorial or proposal preface."
            ],
            "poor_fits": [
              "A personal endorsement written without authority.",
              "A long argument that needs evidence comparison."
            ]
          },
          "evidence": {
            "observations": [
              "Current markup uses a salutation, short paragraphs, one bold line, three-item list and sign-off beside a tall image.",
              "Viewed source capture is blurred; only arrangement is observable."
            ],
            "interpretations": [
              "The communication job and reuse advice are inferred from the current arrangement and slot contract, not independently confirmed source intent."
            ],
            "not_verified": [
              "Original author intent, factual accuracy of sample copy and persuasion effects are not verified.",
              "No confidential archive or proposal corpus was used.",
              "Variant-specific source playback was not independently tested; the variation reading uses its current implementation and metadata."
            ],
            "references": [
              "dist/S68-cover-letter/spread.json",
              "dist/S68-cover-letter/spread.html",
              "02_product/spreads/S68-cover-letter/source.webp (viewed for arrangement)"
            ]
          },
          "review": {
            "status": "reviewed",
            "basis": "Motif inspected current metadata, active markup and the retained source arrangement, then checked the fictional example against the content roles. This is a layout-contract adaptation review."
          },
          "variation_relationship": "same-job"
        },
        "required_content": [
          "A real audience and authorized writer.",
          "A reason for writing, one governing commitment and three concrete implications.",
          "A relevant illustrative image."
        ],
        "requires_before": [
          "Establish the relationship or explain why the reader is receiving the proposal."
        ],
        "enables_after": [
          "Present the pilot outline, evidence and practical terms."
        ],
        "avoid_when": [
          "A personal endorsement written without authority.",
          "A long argument that needs evidence comparison."
        ]
      },
      "framed": {
        "audience_question": "Why are you writing to me, and what is the personal proposal?",
        "intent": "Read a self-contained letter with a clear request and accountable sign-off.",
        "reader_outcome": "Read a self-contained letter with a clear request and accountable sign-off.",
        "reasoning_relation": "direct address and proposal",
        "slot_roles": {
          "illustration": "Contextual image beside the letter, with provenance.",
          "salutation": "Address the intended audience accurately.",
          "letter": "Four to six short paragraphs, one emphasized commitment and a three-item list; keep reasons, promise and ask connected.",
          "signoff": "The accountable, authorized author."
        },
        "matching": {
          "audience_question": "Why are you writing to me, and what is the personal proposal?",
          "reader_outcome": "Read a self-contained letter with a clear request and accountable sign-off.",
          "reasoning_relation": "direct address and proposal",
          "content_shape": {
            "composition": "A personal letter to the reader: salutation, four to six short paragraphs, one bold line, a short list and a sign-off, beside one picture.",
            "selected_state": "Smaller framed picture at the top left instead of a full-height bleed",
            "density": "dense",
            "columns": 2,
            "column_note": "Base metadata only; selected option can replace the base geometry."
          },
          "required_slots": [
            {
              "name": "illustration",
              "reader_question": "What subject, example or view must I inspect, and is it evidence or illustration?",
              "semantic_role": "Contextual image beside the letter, with provenance.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[CLEARED IMAGE OR LABELLED ILLUSTRATION · illustration · one scene down the left, full height (bleeds top, left, bottom)]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "3:4 scene",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "illustration",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  0
                ]
              },
              "integrity": "Clear rights and provenance, retain meaningful alt text; generated scenes illustrate and cannot prove a historical event."
            },
            {
              "name": "salutation",
              "reader_question": "What does the salutation contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
              "semantic_role": "Address the intended audience accurately.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · salutation · who the letter is to]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "2-5 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "salutation",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  2
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "letter",
              "reader_question": "What does the letter contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
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              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · letter · paragraphs, one bold line, a list of three]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "under 200 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "letter",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  199
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "signoff",
              "reader_question": "Who is accountable for this material, and where can I verify it?",
              "semantic_role": "The accountable, authorized author.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · signoff · who it is from]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "2-4 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "signoff",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  3
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "rejection_constraints": [
            "Corporate brochure fragments pretending to be a letter or unsupported personal familiarity.",
            "Pretending to know the recipient or fabricating a personal endorsement."
          ],
          "option_guidance": {
            "option": "framed",
            "composition_delta": "Smaller framed picture at the top left instead of a full-height bleed",
            "semantic_change": "retains base content relationship; changes presentation or disclosure",
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          },
          "provenance": {
            "status": "inferred composition evidence",
            "author_intent": "not independently confirmed",
            "basis": [
              "retained source composition where available",
              "authored layout and slot contracts",
              "static implementation inspection"
            ],
            "source_visual_count": 1,
            "source_visual_sha256": [
              "5ba051de5d8a48b15f34eeae37a2f8b6e363425a03a57a715630cc1c18c32d1d"
            ],
            "source_export": "private source images remain outside this draft site",
            "markup_sha256": "05248ba2862b6dfe0f6fcd2a3854dccfee47d8ef8c5c288d56cde20672b82507",
            "limits": [
              "Static parsing inventories authored nodes; it does not certify rendered visibility, responsive fit or interactive state.",
              "Budgets are authored layout guidance, not a content-writing limit or proof of fit.",
              "Matching guidance is a draft inference; it does not establish facts, endorsement, causation or source author intent."
            ]
          },
          "adaptation_rules": [
            "Choose by audience question, reasoning relation and required content before aesthetic preference.",
            "Supply every required semantic role; retain visible unknowns as labelled real-content placeholders.",
            "A number needs source, scope and units; a quotation needs faithful wording and attribution.",
            "Do not infer importance from area, colour, depth or movement unless the content explicitly defines that encoding.",
            "Keep colour token roles, structural objects, licences and source records; changing content does not authorize changing them."
          ]
        },
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          "audience_value": "Perspective and reassurance: gives the reader a human rationale and explicit commitments without pretending personal tone is evidence.",
          "reading_path": [
            "A smaller framed image sits at the upper left, giving more visual emphasis to the letter.",
            "Read the salutation as a real audience address.",
            "Follow the letter from reason for writing to central commitment and three practical implications.",
            "Read the sign-off as accountability; the image sets context rather than proving sincerity."
          ],
          "adaptation": {
            "required_inputs": [
              "A real audience and authorized writer.",
              "A reason for writing, one governing commitment and three concrete implications.",
              "A relevant illustrative image."
            ],
            "slot_guidance": {
              "illustration": "Contextual image beside the letter, with provenance.",
              "salutation": "Address the intended audience accurately.",
              "letter": "Four to six short paragraphs, one emphasized commitment and a three-item list; keep reasons, promise and ask connected.",
              "signoff": "The accountable, authorized author."
            },
            "can_change": [
              "Subject, names and wording within the active slot roles.",
              "Illustrations or supporting values where present, with their provenance and limits."
            ],
            "must_survive": [
              "The writer owns the promise.",
              "The ask follows the stated reason for writing.",
              "Warmth does not conceal limitations."
            ]
          },
          "worked_example": {
            "fictional": true,
            "scenario": "A fictional repair pilot team writes to neighborhood members.",
            "slot_fills": {
              "illustration": "Illustrative workbench with a notebook and a lamp awaiting inspection.",
              "salutation": "Dear neighborhood members,",
              "letter": "We are writing because a broken appliance can leave people unsure where to begin. Our proposed workshop starts with that uncertainty.\n\nWe will help people find a responsible next step. Repair is one possible outcome; referral is another.\n\nThe pilot has three commitments: explain what we can assess; record what remains uncertain; refer work beyond our skills.\n\nWe will begin with three staffed sessions at one branch. The schedule and exclusions will be shared before anyone books.\n\nPlease read the pilot outline and tell us which part is unclear. Your questions will help us improve the explanation before launch.",
              "signoff": "The pilot team"
            },
            "reasoning": "The letter moves from a recognizable reader problem to a bounded commitment, practical obligations and a proportionate response.",
            "qualification": "Every organization, value and assertion in this example is fictional. Replace it with approved, sourced content before use."
          },
          "narrative_fit": {
            "before": "Establish the relationship or explain why the reader is receiving the proposal.",
            "after": "Present the pilot outline, evidence and practical terms.",
            "good_uses": [
              "An opening note from a named team.",
              "An editorial or proposal preface."
            ],
            "poor_fits": [
              "A personal endorsement written without authority.",
              "A long argument that needs evidence comparison."
            ]
          },
          "evidence": {
            "observations": [
              "Current markup uses a salutation, short paragraphs, one bold line, three-item list and sign-off beside a tall image.",
              "Viewed source capture is blurred; only arrangement is observable."
            ],
            "interpretations": [
              "The communication job and reuse advice are inferred from the current arrangement and slot contract, not independently confirmed source intent."
            ],
            "not_verified": [
              "Original author intent, factual accuracy of sample copy and persuasion effects are not verified.",
              "No confidential archive or proposal corpus was used.",
              "Variant-specific source playback was not independently tested; the variation reading uses its current implementation and metadata."
            ],
            "references": [
              "dist/S68-cover-letter/spread.json",
              "dist/S68-cover-letter/spread.html",
              "02_product/spreads/S68-cover-letter/source.webp (viewed for arrangement)"
            ]
          },
          "review": {
            "status": "reviewed",
            "basis": "Motif inspected current metadata, active markup and the retained source arrangement, then checked the fictional example against the content roles. This is a layout-contract adaptation review."
          },
          "variation_relationship": "same-job"
        },
        "required_content": [
          "A real audience and authorized writer.",
          "A reason for writing, one governing commitment and three concrete implications.",
          "A relevant illustrative image."
        ],
        "requires_before": [
          "Establish the relationship or explain why the reader is receiving the proposal."
        ],
        "enables_after": [
          "Present the pilot outline, evidence and practical terms."
        ],
        "avoid_when": [
          "A personal endorsement written without authority.",
          "A long argument that needs evidence comparison."
        ]
      },
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        "audience_question": "What personal message and request does this short letter carry?",
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        "reader_outcome": "Read a compact self-contained letter and accountable sign-off.",
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          "salutation": "The visible heading or address; the existing h2 serves this purpose.",
          "letter": "Two complete paragraphs carrying the short argument; hidden later text is not part of this variant.",
          "signoff": "The accountable, authorized author.",
          "subline": "A brief scope or author line.",
          "handle": "A real contact or public identifier when authorized; this example is fictional."
        },
        "matching": {
          "audience_question": "What personal message and request does this short letter carry?",
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            "composition": "A personal letter to the reader: salutation, four to six short paragraphs, one bold line, a short list and a sign-off, beside one picture.",
            "selected_state": "Short letter with no picture: centred column, bold title, subline, two paragraphs, an ornament, centred sign-off and handle",
            "density": "dense",
            "columns": 2,
            "column_note": "Base metadata only; selected option can replace the base geometry."
          },
          "required_slots": [
            {
              "name": "salutation",
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              "semantic_role": "The visible heading or address; the existing h2 serves this purpose.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · salutation · who the letter is to]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "2-5 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "salutation",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  2
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "letter",
              "reader_question": "What does the letter contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
              "semantic_role": "Two complete paragraphs carrying the short argument; hidden later text is not part of this variant.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · letter · paragraphs, one bold line, a list of three]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "under 200 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "letter",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  199
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "signoff",
              "reader_question": "Who is accountable for this material, and where can I verify it?",
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              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · signoff · who it is from]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "2-4 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "signoff",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  3
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "subline",
              "reader_question": "What does the subline contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
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              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · subline · A brief promise or scope line that prepares the letter or passage.]",
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                "authored": "one sentence",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "subline",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  8
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "handle",
              "reader_question": "Who is accountable for this material, and where can I verify it?",
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              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · handle · The accountable writer’s real contact or public identifier.]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "one verified identifier",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "handle",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  1
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "rejection_constraints": [
            "A slogan used instead of the letter’s reason for writing.",
            "Pretending to know the recipient or fabricating a personal endorsement."
          ],
          "option_guidance": {
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            "composition_delta": "Short letter with no picture: centred column, bold title, subline, two paragraphs, an ornament, centred sign-off and handle",
            "semantic_change": "changes content relationship",
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          },
          "provenance": {
            "status": "inferred composition evidence",
            "author_intent": "not independently confirmed",
            "basis": [
              "retained source composition where available",
              "authored layout and slot contracts",
              "static implementation inspection"
            ],
            "source_visual_count": 1,
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              "5ba051de5d8a48b15f34eeae37a2f8b6e363425a03a57a715630cc1c18c32d1d"
            ],
            "source_export": "private source images remain outside this draft site",
            "markup_sha256": "05248ba2862b6dfe0f6fcd2a3854dccfee47d8ef8c5c288d56cde20672b82507",
            "limits": [
              "Static parsing inventories authored nodes; it does not certify rendered visibility, responsive fit or interactive state.",
              "Budgets are authored layout guidance, not a content-writing limit or proof of fit.",
              "Matching guidance is a draft inference; it does not establish facts, endorsement, causation or source author intent."
            ]
          },
          "adaptation_rules": [
            "Choose by audience question, reasoning relation and required content before aesthetic preference.",
            "Supply every required semantic role; retain visible unknowns as labelled real-content placeholders.",
            "A number needs source, scope and units; a quotation needs faithful wording and attribution.",
            "Do not infer importance from area, colour, depth or movement unless the content explicitly defines that encoding.",
            "Keep colour token roles, structural objects, licences and source records; changing content does not authorize changing them."
          ],
          "previous_required_slots": [
            {
              "name": "salutation",
              "reader_question": "What does the salutation contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
              "semantic_role": "who the letter is to",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · salutation · who the letter is to]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "2-5 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "salutation",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  2
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "letter",
              "reader_question": "What does the letter contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
              "semantic_role": "paragraphs, one bold line, a list of three",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · letter · paragraphs, one bold line, a list of three]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "under 200 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "letter",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  199
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "signoff",
              "reader_question": "Who is accountable for this material, and where can I verify it?",
              "semantic_role": "who it is from",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · signoff · who it is from]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "2-4 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "signoff",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  3
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "title",
              "reader_question": "What personal message and request does this short letter carry?",
              "semantic_role": "The honest subject or governing point of this composition.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · title · The honest subject or governing point of this composition.]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "one complete title",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "title",
                "occurrences": 0,
                "annotation_status": "unannotated semantic unit; locate in authored structure",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing"
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "subline",
              "reader_question": "What does the subline contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
              "semantic_role": "A brief promise or scope line that prepares the letter or passage.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · subline · A brief promise or scope line that prepares the letter or passage.]",
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                "authored": "one sentence",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "subline",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
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                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "handle",
              "reader_question": "Who is accountable for this material, and where can I verify it?",
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              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · handle · The accountable writer’s real contact or public identifier.]",
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                "authored": "one verified identifier",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "handle",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  1
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "contract_correction": {
            "date": "2026-10-13",
            "basis": "Actual selected HTML/CSS inspection; previous required slots retained for review.",
            "records": [
              {
                "code": "S68",
                "option": "text",
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                  "salutation",
                  "letter",
                  "signoff",
                  "subline",
                  "handle"
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "narrative_profile": {
          "central_point": "A brief letter preserves the writer’s reason and commitment while directing the reader to the complete proposal.",
          "communication_job": "Deliver a short accountable note with one clear commitment and next step.",
          "audience_value": "Perspective and reassurance: gives the reader a human rationale and explicit commitments without pretending personal tone is evidence.",
          "reading_path": [
            "The picture and later paragraphs are hidden; a centered short note shows its heading, subline, two paragraphs, sign-off and handle.",
            "Read the salutation as a real audience address.",
            "Follow the letter from reason for writing to central commitment and three practical implications.",
            "Read the sign-off as accountability; the image sets context rather than proving sincerity."
          ],
          "adaptation": {
            "required_inputs": [
              "One short commitment and ask, expressed fully in two paragraphs.",
              "An accountable author and truthful contact path."
            ],
            "slot_guidance": {
              "salutation": "The visible heading or address; the existing h2 serves this purpose.",
              "letter": "Two complete paragraphs carrying the short argument; hidden later text is not part of this variant.",
              "signoff": "The accountable, authorized author.",
              "subline": "A brief scope or author line.",
              "handle": "A real contact or public identifier when authorized; this example is fictional."
            },
            "can_change": [
              "Subject, names and wording within the active slot roles.",
              "Illustrations or supporting values where present, with their provenance and limits."
            ],
            "must_survive": [
              "The writer owns the promise.",
              "The ask follows the stated reason for writing.",
              "Warmth does not conceal limitations."
            ]
          },
          "worked_example": {
            "fictional": true,
            "scenario": "A fictional repair pilot team writes to neighborhood members.",
            "slot_fills": {
              "salutation": "A responsible place to begin",
              "letter": "A broken appliance can leave a neighbor unsure where to turn. Our proposed workshop will begin with safe assessment, clear limits and a responsible referral when the job exceeds our skills.\n\nPlease read the three-session pilot outline before booking. We will publish the scope and schedule first, so you can decide whether this is the right next step.",
              "signoff": "The pilot team",
              "subline": "A note from the fictional pilot team.",
              "handle": "pilot.example/contact"
            },
            "reasoning": "The short note remains complete after the long-form sections are hidden.",
            "qualification": "Every organization, value and assertion in this example is fictional. Replace it with approved, sourced content before use."
          },
          "narrative_fit": {
            "before": "Establish the relationship or explain why the reader is receiving the proposal.",
            "after": "Present the pilot outline, evidence and practical terms.",
            "good_uses": [
              "An opening note from a named team.",
              "An editorial or proposal preface."
            ],
            "poor_fits": [
              "A personal endorsement written without authority.",
              "A long argument that needs evidence comparison."
            ]
          },
          "evidence": {
            "observations": [
              "Current markup uses a salutation, short paragraphs, one bold line, three-item list and sign-off beside a tall image.",
              "Viewed source capture is blurred; only arrangement is observable."
            ],
            "interpretations": [
              "The communication job and reuse advice are inferred from the current arrangement and slot contract, not independently confirmed source intent."
            ],
            "not_verified": [
              "Original author intent, factual accuracy of sample copy and persuasion effects are not verified.",
              "No confidential archive or proposal corpus was used.",
              "Variant-specific source playback was not independently tested; the variation reading uses its current implementation and metadata."
            ],
            "references": [
              "dist/S68-cover-letter/spread.json",
              "dist/S68-cover-letter/spread.html",
              "02_product/spreads/S68-cover-letter/source.webp (viewed for arrangement)"
            ]
          },
          "review": {
            "status": "reviewed",
            "basis": "Motif inspected current metadata, active markup and the retained source arrangement, then checked the fictional example against the content roles. This is a layout-contract adaptation review."
          },
          "variation_relationship": "same-job"
        },
        "required_content": [
          "One short commitment and ask, expressed fully in two paragraphs.",
          "An accountable author and truthful contact path."
        ],
        "requires_before": [
          "Establish the relationship or explain why the reader is receiving the proposal."
        ],
        "enables_after": [
          "Present the pilot outline, evidence and practical terms."
        ],
        "avoid_when": [
          "A personal endorsement written without authority.",
          "A long argument that needs evidence comparison."
        ]
      }
    },
    "narrative_profile": {
      "central_point": "An accountable writer explains why they are addressing this reader and what they intend to offer.",
      "communication_job": "Answer why this letter matters to me and what the writer is asking or promising.",
      "audience_value": "Perspective and reassurance: gives the reader a human rationale and explicit commitments without pretending personal tone is evidence.",
      "reading_path": [
        "Read the salutation as a real audience address.",
        "Follow the letter from reason for writing to central commitment and three practical implications.",
        "Read the sign-off as accountability; the image sets context rather than proving sincerity."
      ],
      "adaptation": {
        "required_inputs": [
          "A real audience and authorized writer.",
          "A reason for writing, one governing commitment and three concrete implications.",
          "A relevant illustrative image."
        ],
        "slot_guidance": {
          "illustration": "Contextual image beside the letter, with provenance.",
          "salutation": "Address the intended audience accurately.",
          "letter": "Four to six short paragraphs, one emphasized commitment and a three-item list; keep reasons, promise and ask connected.",
          "signoff": "The accountable, authorized author."
        },
        "can_change": [
          "Subject, names and wording within the active slot roles.",
          "Illustrations or supporting values where present, with their provenance and limits."
        ],
        "must_survive": [
          "The writer owns the promise.",
          "The ask follows the stated reason for writing.",
          "Warmth does not conceal limitations."
        ]
      },
      "worked_example": {
        "fictional": true,
        "scenario": "A fictional repair pilot team writes to neighborhood members.",
        "slot_fills": {
          "illustration": "Illustrative workbench with a notebook and a lamp awaiting inspection.",
          "salutation": "Dear neighborhood members,",
          "letter": "We are writing because a broken appliance can leave people unsure where to begin. Our proposed workshop starts with that uncertainty.\n\nWe will help people find a responsible next step. Repair is one possible outcome; referral is another.\n\nThe pilot has three commitments: explain what we can assess; record what remains uncertain; refer work beyond our skills.\n\nWe will begin with three staffed sessions at one branch. The schedule and exclusions will be shared before anyone books.\n\nPlease read the pilot outline and tell us which part is unclear. Your questions will help us improve the explanation before launch.",
          "signoff": "The pilot team"
        },
        "reasoning": "The letter moves from a recognizable reader problem to a bounded commitment, practical obligations and a proportionate response.",
        "qualification": "Every organization, value and assertion in this example is fictional. Replace it with approved, sourced content before use."
      },
      "narrative_fit": {
        "before": "Establish the relationship or explain why the reader is receiving the proposal.",
        "after": "Present the pilot outline, evidence and practical terms.",
        "good_uses": [
          "An opening note from a named team.",
          "An editorial or proposal preface."
        ],
        "poor_fits": [
          "A personal endorsement written without authority.",
          "A long argument that needs evidence comparison."
        ]
      },
      "evidence": {
        "observations": [
          "Current markup uses a salutation, short paragraphs, one bold line, three-item list and sign-off beside a tall image.",
          "Viewed source capture is blurred; only arrangement is observable."
        ],
        "interpretations": [
          "The communication job and reuse advice are inferred from the current arrangement and slot contract, not independently confirmed source intent."
        ],
        "not_verified": [
          "Original author intent, factual accuracy of sample copy and persuasion effects are not verified.",
          "No confidential archive or proposal corpus was used."
        ],
        "references": [
          "dist/S68-cover-letter/spread.json",
          "dist/S68-cover-letter/spread.html",
          "02_product/spreads/S68-cover-letter/source.webp (viewed for arrangement)"
        ]
      },
      "review": {
        "status": "reviewed",
        "basis": "Motif inspected current metadata, active markup and the retained source arrangement, then checked the fictional example against the content roles. This is a layout-contract adaptation review."
      },
      "variation_relationship": "base"
    }
  },
  "options": [
    {
      "id": "mirror",
      "what": "Picture on the right"
    },
    {
      "id": "framed",
      "what": "Smaller framed picture at the top left instead of a full-height bleed"
    },
    {
      "id": "text",
      "what": "Short letter with no picture: centred column, bold title, subline, two paragraphs, an ornament, centred sign-off and handle"
    }
  ],
  "also_seen_in": [],
  "source": {
    "ref": "Private deck reference; original evidence retained in the private Spreads library."
  }
}