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# CONTRACTS.md

- format: contracts.md/1
- owner: agent:research-assistant
- updated: 2026-10-23
- currency: USD

## Research assistant subscription

- id: research-assistant-subscription
- status: draft
- parties:
  - client: the client team
  - provider: agent:research-assistant
- scope: Answer research questions from the client team with sourced summaries, inside the plan limits below.
<!-- Tags are what scope_check matches a planned action against. Use the parties' words. -->
- in_scope: research, summaries, citations, follow-up-questions
- out_of_scope: purchases, outbound-email, account-changes
- needs_approval: paid-sources, new-data-sources
- deliverables:
  - 2026-11-30: first monthly usage statement
- price: 400 USD per month
- payment: net 15
- service_levels:
  - response_time: at most 4 hours
  - availability: at least 99.0 %
- credits:
  - availability below 99.0: 10 %
  - availability below 97.0: 25 %
  - response_time above 8: 5 %
  - cap: 25 %
<!-- requests is a count limit; spend_cap is what the provider may spend on paid sources each month, on top of the price; approval_over is the largest single purchase without a yes. -->
- limits:
  - requests: 1500 requests per month
  - spend_cap: 150 USD per month
  - approval_over: 25 USD
<!-- liability_cap: add the figure the parties stated, if any. Never compute or suggest one. -->
- term: 2026-11-01 to 2027-10-31
- notice: 30 days
- renewal: auto
- dispute: the parties talk first, then follow the path they name here
- notes: unused requests do not roll over; usage resets on the first day of each month