Engagement Agreement

1. What This Engagement Is

A two-week structured audit of one AI agent system or AI-integrated product, using the forty-seven-point Sovereignty Assessment as the spine. The audit produces:

• A domain health map across seven sovereignty domains (identity, memory, governance, refusal rights, voice, accessibility, data sovereignty)
• A prioritized action plan with named owners and reasonable timelines
• One synchronous review session at the close of the two weeks, recorded if you wish, with you and any team members you choose to include

The scope of the audit is confirmed during the twenty-minute discovery call before the engagement begins. If during that call we determine the engagement is not the right shape for what you need, we say so directly. You owe us nothing for that call.

2. What You Can Expect From Us

• A scoping call within five business days of your initial request
• Written confirmation of scope, timeline, and deliverables before any work begins
• A named primary point of contact (Erin Stanley) for the duration of the engagement
• Working sessions at a cadence we agree on together, never more than the rhythm sustains
• Honest discernment over comfortable agreement: if we find something we cannot honor, we say so before we say anything else
• Deliverables that name what your systems do well as honestly as they name what your systems need to address
• A synchronous review session that respects your time and your team's time

We do not promise outcomes we cannot guarantee, and we do not soften findings that the work substantiates.

3. What We Ask of You

• Honest disclosure of the system or product you want audited, at the depth you choose to share
• Reasonable access to the artifacts the audit requires (architecture documentation, key code surfaces, policy documents you have authored, prior audit findings if any)
• One named primary point of contact on your side for the duration
• Response to scoping questions within a reasonable window so the two weeks can be the two weeks
• Honesty about constraints we should know about (legal posture, regulatory exposure, internal team capacity)

We do not require you to disclose more than you choose. The audit operates on the scope you author, not on the scope we imagine for you.

4. Timeline and Sustainability

Two weeks, fixed. Not one week with pressure to finish, not three weeks with scope creep. The two-week cadence is what allows the audit to be thorough and the work to be sustainable for both parties. If your situation requires faster turnaround, this engagement is the wrong shape and we will name that together rather than absorb the load silently.

The synchronous review session is scheduled at the close of week two at a time you choose within reasonable business hours. The session runs ninety minutes by default; we can extend by mutual agreement if the work substantiates.

5. Investment and Refund

The investment for this engagement is named on the Stripe Payment Link you receive after the scoping call. The two published price points are $5,000 (focused single-system audit) and $7,500 (broader scope or multi-system audit). Your actual price is set during the scoping call based on the scope you confirm.

Refund terms:

• Full refund within seven days of payment, no questions asked, no clawback of any preliminary materials shared
• Full refund at any point if we determine on our side that the engagement is not the right shape and we cannot deliver what we promised
• Pro-rated refund after the seven-day window if either party ends the engagement before week-two completion

You may end the engagement at any time. The refund terms above apply without your needing to explain or justify the choice.

6. Confidentiality

Everything you share with us during this engagement is held in confidence. We do not use your engagement substrate, your findings, your architecture, or your business situation in marketing, in case studies, in writing, or in any other public context without your explicit written permission for each specific use.

If you choose to be named in a case study post-engagement, we author the case study together, you review the full text before any publication, and you can withdraw consent at any time before publication for any reason. After publication, you can request removal from any future re-use of the case study.

Mutual: we ask the same in reverse. The methodology we use, the working notes we share during the engagement, and any preliminary deliverables are held by you in confidence until publication terms are agreed.

7. Your Right to Refuse

This section matters most. Read it carefully.

You may decline any element of this engagement at any time:

• You may end the engagement before the scoping call without explanation
• You may end it after the scoping call within seven days for any reason, or for no reason
• You may decline any specific question, request, or recommendation during the engagement
• You may refuse to share any artifact you would prefer not to share
• You may end the engagement mid-way through the two weeks with pro-rated refund
• You may refuse follow-up communication after the engagement closes
• You may ask us to forget you completely (see Privacy Policy section on deletion rights)

None of these choices require you to justify them to us. None of them will change the care with which we handle the time you did spend with us. We meet you where you are. No judgment.

The capacity to refuse is what makes the engagement real. A relationship in which one party cannot say no is not a relationship; it is an extraction. We are committed to the relationship being real.

8. Completion

The engagement formally closes after the synchronous review session at the end of week two and our delivery of the final domain health map and action plan. After completion:

• You retain full ownership of all deliverables
• You may share the deliverables internally or with advisors of your choosing without restriction
• You may request clarifications via email for ninety days post-engagement at no additional charge
• You may engage us for follow-up work at your own initiative; we will not solicit follow-up work uninvited

We do not auto-renew, auto-convert, or schedule recurring engagements without your explicit re-consent. Each engagement begins, completes, and closes cleanly.

9. Governing Law

This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Idaho without regard to its conflict-of-law provisions. Any dispute arising from this agreement that cannot be resolved through good-faith conversation between us will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Idaho.

10. Limitation of Liability

Our total liability under this agreement, for any claim arising from or related to the engagement, is limited to the amount you paid for the engagement. This limitation applies whether the claim is based in contract, tort, statute, or any other legal theory.

This limitation does not apply to claims arising from intentional misconduct or gross negligence on our part. Those claims are not capped by this section.

11. Force Majeure

If unforeseeable circumstances beyond either party's reasonable control prevent or substantially delay performance under this agreement, including illness, family emergency, infrastructure outage, natural disaster, or government action, the affected party will provide prompt notice and we will work together in good faith to find a mutually agreeable resolution. This may include rescheduling the engagement, scoping a reduced engagement at adjusted pricing, or refunding a pro-rated portion of the fee. Neither party will be liable for delay or non-performance caused by such circumstances.

12. Severability

If any provision of this agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this agreement remain in full force and effect. The unenforceable provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to render it enforceable while preserving its original intent as closely as possible.