Find the evidence behind your claims

Find the evidence for what I am claiming. ***Do not produce numbers.***

**Per claim I made:**
1. **What kind of evidence would support it** — ***a measurement, a record, a comparison, or someone's account***
2. **Where that evidence would live** — ***the specific system, document, or person.* **Not "metrics" — which dashboard**
3. **What I could still get** before the deadline, and what is gone
4. **Whether the claim survives without a number** — ***some do.* **"Took over X after the previous owner left" needs no figure**

**Then flag:**
- ***Claims where the number I reach for is not actually mine*** — **team throughput, company revenue, a metric I influenced but did not own.** *Claiming these is the fastest way to lose credibility with someone who knows*
- **Claims that need a before to mean anything** — ***"handled 200 tickets" says nothing without what normal is***
- **Where I would be comparing against a period that is not comparable** — a quieter quarter, fewer people

⚠️ ***Do not calculate, estimate, or supply any figure.*** **Write `[look up: where]`.** ***Do not suggest a number that "sounds reasonable"*** — **a wrong figure in a review is found by the one person who has the real one.**