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What the opportunity account contains

Use a short account when it carries the needed distinctions. These are content positions, not a new universal record kind or a requirement to fill every field.

PositionInspectable content
Receiving frameHolder or bounded candidate holder, later Work, receiver/use, horizon and the reason the question matters.
Problem and proposed promiseWorthwhile problem or explicitly unconfirmed problem hypothesis; proposed contribution and acceptance expectations; any existing promise kept distinct.
Search and differenceSources and search operations used, materially different directions, relevant unsearched areas and why each retained direction is not just a renamed alternative.
Supports and dependenciesNecessary capability, access, support, resources, authority and other premises, their supplying owners and qualification state.
ReachabilitySupported transitions and joint conditions; unknown or ruled-out transitions; the strongest warranted conditional or positive claim.
Uncertainty and protectionWhat may reverse the opportunity, what is protected and which stronger conclusions remain unsupported.
Stepping stone or retentionOnly when relevant: the later option/region, enabling transition, lineage and actual retention or comparison policy.
Next question and returnThe useful opportunity and its material limit; a discriminating question, reconsideration trigger, selected request, or separate next use only where it serves the recipient.

The account may return a qualified candidate, a conditional candidate with a missing premise, a rejected direction with its reason, or an unresolved frame. It can stop without a recommendation. A source bibliography, score or diagram alone is none of these results.