Start with the relevant map
Ask the agent to orient itself in the intended Mind and follow the map for the work. A map can point towards a project, a responsibility, a person or a type of record. It helps find the sources, but it is not proof of every fact it summarises.
If the map is incomplete or out of date, name the missing subject. Search can help find candidate records; those results still need to be opened and checked.
From a map to a checked claim
Which step establishes the answer?
Start from the relevant map, follow it to a source record and compare that record with the claim in the answer. If the map does not find the source, search can supply candidate records. Open and check those candidates before treating them as evidence. Each step stays within your access.
Check one source yourself
Open the record the answer cites. Match the entity, event and time in your question. Check whether the passage supports the claim directly or only provides background. Ask the agent to label its inference when it combines evidence into a conclusion.
If the answer says an action happened, look for the result of that action as well as the plan. Reviewing changes explains the difference between asking for a save and seeing it applied.
Organise a subject around its ongoing job
Keep related records together in an appropriate area, with a map or summary that helps the next reader reach them. A customer, decision or project should have a clear home rather than several competing copies. Use zones and permissions to decide who should use that area.
A map comes in two forms. An area’s _summary.md is an ordinary note that can be corrected with a normal proposal. The _index.md file is generated by the Mind, and a direct write to it is rejected. Ask for the underlying records or a correction to the summary rather than rewriting a generated index as if it were an ordinary note. Folder names carry a number prefix, for example 06-decisions for the decisions area, so use the path an actual read returns rather than the area’s short name.
Say what the search did not establish
A result missing from your view can mean the source is absent, excluded, filtered or unavailable. It does not establish what another account can see. An incomplete read or failed connection is also different from a successful search with no result. Improve a missing answer gives the next checks.
Leave a useful trail
Ask the agent to name the source paths or links, the fact each supports and any unresolved gap. That lets another authorised person inspect the same evidence without having to trust the conversation alone.
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