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Supima Cotton Value Chain

Compare capabilities and delivery evidence. Source discovery, qualification, deployment and accepted outcomes are separate; an open contract names work still to verify.

Nishi raw-to-end-product cotton analysis (fiber spot to finished goods, corridors priced by the live trade engines) vs commodity desks and fabric mills and DTC apparel brands and the licensing program -- Aug-2026 field

Overview

The purpose, declared position and evidence coverage of this domain. Source presence and completed acceptance are different measures.

Where we are. MEASURED 2026-08-19: the trade half is LIVE -- the landed-cost corridor engine (lc_calc, lc_rank) and the sourcing-mix reshore pricer (sp_mix) are built, promoted and in tree, plus the domestic supply-chain case lib (sc_weighted_risk). The cotton half is unbuilt: no price feed, no value ladder, no licensing rows. The field numbers are mirrored and dated: Pima 153.25 vs upland 77.15 cents per lb (2026-08-13), Supima-class knit near 7.50 dollars per kg.

Where we need to go. OPERATOR ASK (2026-08-19): the Supima cotton compare so we can look at building cotton product sales -- raw product to end product, with import-export. The deliverable: a stage-by-stage instrumented value ladder from dated fiber spot to finished-goods channels, corridors priced by the live trade engines, so WHICH cotton product to build is a computed verdict.

The unit. 1 u = one measured session-leg (organ plus gate plus live flip), the standing calibration.

Cost to a dated price feed and value ladder: 3 u. CT1 spot intake on the beat [spotprices] plus CT2 the ladder with stage rows banked from mirrored trade prices [knitprice].

Cost to a corridor-priced product shortlist: 2 u more. CT3 composes lc_rank and sp_mix over the ladder for candidate products; the shortlist prints premium retention per product. 5 u cumulative.

Cost to a license-clean go decision: 1.5 u more. CT4 licensing and verified-sourcing rows [supimaguide]; no product ships under the mark without its chain. 6.5 u cumulative.

Research bar. The fiber premium, dated is measured on USDA daily spot quotations as reproduced 2026-08-13. Theirs: Pima 153.25 vs upland 77.15 cents per pound [spotprices]. Ours: CT2 must show, per candidate product, how much of that roughly two-to-one premium survives to retail -- a product that eats the premium in processing is a computed NO.

Business case

Axis	Position	Figures	Decision
Investment	All organ work over live trade engines and mirrored prices; zero hardware, zero subscriptions	6.5 u to a computed license-clean product decision	fund the ladder now -- it is the cheapest of the admitted lanes and unblocks a real sales decision
Market	The premium is dated and real at the fiber: two-to-one over upland [spotprices], visible at the knit stage [knitprice]; the guides document rising consumer literacy in the name [supimaguide]	the market question is retention per product, and CT2 computes it instead of guessing	no product is picked before M1 prints the shortlist
Opportunity cost	CT1 and CT2 generalize to ANY raw-to-product commodity ladder the operator considers next (the raw-product-to-end-product ask verbatim)	the ladder organ is the reusable asset; cotton is its first subject	charge the ladder to the value-chain program
Go to market	DTC under the licensed mark vs white-label supply to brands vs raw-stage trading are three different channel shapes	the GTM facade ranks them once CT3 hands it product rows [fiberguide]	the channel decision is downstream of retention math, not upstream
Buy vs build	Fiber and processing: BUY (we are not planting cotton or building a mill). Trade math: BUILT and live. Ladder and compliance: BUILD -- they do not exist to buy	the only build is the instrument; production stays bought until the shortlist proves a vertical case [knitprice]	instrument first, verticalize only on computed evidence
One-call investment acceptance pilot, 2026-09-12	U.S.-made Supima women's intimates exported to Japan, living wages across the supply chain and superior functional/aesthetic quality	Operator target, NOT verified feasibility or a current quotation	Compose the existing analyst, sourcing/landed-cost, research, product/testing, finance and Compare capabilities into one tracked workflow; Beach retains primary execution priority.

Latest recorded release

No valid dated release entry is recorded for this domain.

Release entries describe recorded changes; they do not establish that every capability passed evaluation.

6 of 10 capability source symbols found|1 of them authored stronger-claims|4 open|coverage 600/1000|adoption 2 full / 4 partial

Evidence profile — what the gaps on this board actually are

Measured by nx_swcompare_evidence, read back by nx_evprofile_lib. Every figure is a count with its denominator — there is deliberately no score, no grade and no percentage anywhere in this band, because a stored scalar is a field a seat can edit and a counted partition is not.

proven able to fail counts the gates that have a RECORDED RED — nx_gate_bite mutated the gate subject, rebuilt it, watched the gate go red, and that record is inside the shared TTL. never bitten is its complement over the same denominator: those gates ran and were green, and nothing has ever shown them able to detect anything, so their green is a statement about this run and not about the gate. green at 0/0 is a separate and much weaker observation — the gate printed GREEN on a zero denominator, so its own tooth counter says it examined nothing. A gate can be green, non-zero, and still never bitten; that is the common case and it is now visible instead of implied.

partition: grounded + unsupported = 6 vs present 6 · named + unnamed + withheld = 3 vs open 3 · both reconcile

liar-kill conj=GPqN · first failing conjunct: quorum

graded document: BUILDROOT tree, 4562 bytes · gates map: NONE · stamped 37d 6h ago · STALE against the shared TTL of 604800s — this is evidence about a build nobody can vouch for now · source ../knowledge/status/evstamp_supimacotton.verdict

Gap class	What it is, and the work it names
CLAIM-ONLY	No declared gate ran for this board, so every capability mark here rests on a symbol existing in source and on nothing executing. The remedy is to WRITE a `.gates` map naming gates that already run — authoring, not research.
STALE	This profile is older than the shared TTL, or its clock ran backwards. It is reported as unusable rather than as fresh, because being wrong in the direction of refusing is the safe direction.

This band reports the referee counts. The per-axis worklist rows — which axis is unsupported, which watch is ready to flip, which gap is unnamed — are printed by nx_swcompare_evidence supimacotton itself and are not carried on the stamp, so this page names the classes and the producer names the rows. That split is stated rather than hidden: a count without a worklist is not actionable, and this band is honest about which half of that it is.

Production map

Follow the dependencies, declared acceptance criteria and recorded priorities. Inspect source binding before treating a rank as executable work.

Ranking source binding: STALE_OR_INVALID_BINDING. Recorded priorities require current acceptance evidence and resource checks before execution.

Recorded ranking withheld

Retained ranking is not bound to the current plan and matrix: STALE_OR_INVALID_BINDING. Historical data remains retained. Refresh the ranking after resolving the input differences. Latest execution outcome is unverified.

Declared roadmap — contract, acceptance, executor, effort

Rung	Closes with	Definition of done (pre-declared)	Executor	Est.
Spot price feed (CT1)	ct_price_feed	dated Pima and upland rows on the beat; a verdict computed from a stale row REFUSES and says so [spotprices]	Organ	1 u
Value ladder (CT2) after CT1	ct_value_ladder	stage rows (fiber, yarn, knit, garment) with cost, yield and premium retention as DATA [knitprice]; partition must sum; neg-control stage set that cannot sum MUST refuse	Organ	2 u
Corridor-priced product shortlist (CT3) after CT2	ct_product_rank	candidate products through lc_rank corridors and sp_mix domestic paths; shortlist prints retention, landed cost and domestic-content permil per product	Organ	2 u
License and sourcing compliance rows (CT4) after CT3	ct_license_rule	the trademark and verified-sourcing chain as DATA [supimaguide]; the shortlist refuses a product without its license chain	Organ	1.5 u
Property-to-product map (CT5)	ct_fiber_spec	which finished-good properties actually consume ELS staple advantages [fiberguide], as decomposer input rows	Organ	1 u

Milestones

Milestone	Rungs	Cumulative
M0 · Instrumented ladder	CT1,CT2	3 u
M1 · Computed product shortlist	CT3	5 u
M2 · License-clean go decision	CT4,CT5	6.5 u

Rung	Closes with	Definition of done (pre-declared)	Executor	Est.
Graphic apparel line: exploded-view car artwork on tee and sweater backs (CT6) after CT3,dcc:DC17	ct_graphic_product	INTAKE 1790106111 (operator 2026-09-22, verbatim: a graphic design explode view of a car well artisted of different products like favorite cars of all time to have on the back of a tshirt or sweater): product rows for a printed line (tee back, sweater back) whose artwork is the dcc DC17 exploded-view render over stem R7; placement and print method (screen-print separations vs DTG) as DATA per garment; landed cost and premium retention per SKU through CT2 and CT3; a rights row per car likeness through nx_asset_prov before any SKU is listed (a production car's shape and badges carry design rights and trade dress, so a likeness without a rights row REFUSES); done-rule: one SKU row prints landed cost, retention permil, print method and its rights verdict, and the shortlist refuses a SKU whose rights row is absent	Organ	1.5 u

Milestones

Milestone	Rungs	Cumulative
M3 · Printed graphic line	CT6	8 u

Ladder verdict. NOT DECLARED. This board names no dated best-in-class or frontier target and no rung roles (sotatarget and rungrole rows on its plan); the ranker labels it NO-LADDER until it does, and until then its rungs climb toward a target nobody has written down. Bars read NO-BAR against the current month 2026-10.

Bar freshness, counted
Class	Count	Note
bars	0	sotabar rows on the plan
fresh	0	the bar month is the current month
attested	0	an older bar with a this-month barscan reporting no newer entry
stale	0	a this-month scan saw a newer month the bar ignores
unattested	0	nobody looked this month
malformed	0	a sotabar row missing a field
duplicate	0	bar ids an earlier row already carries
bars, summed	0	RECONCILED: the parts sum to the total 0
current month	2026-10	the month every bar is judged against

Treatment verdict. NOT DECLARED. No rung on this board declares its three-step treatment (a treat row naming the MCP row, the API route, the primitive it composes, the workflow that composes it and the agent beat that runs it); the ranker labels every rung TREATMENT-UNDECLARED until it does.

Inspect a rung and its prerequisites

Declared nodes 6. Rank input binding: STALE_OR_INVALID_BINDING. Dependency order is authored. Implementation, acceptance evidence, authority and resource readiness are unverified. No action is recommended or dispatched here.

Plan SHA-256 9f96eb056fce185e5366d314b856f04a69204a4d12a540bfcb7bfd76b8eabbe4. Target rows 0; role rows 0. Existing risks and release worklog retain their own scope; no node completion is inferred.

Runtime observation coverage: 0 of 6 rungs have current, identity-bound execution observations. Observation may report RED. Accepted completion remains unknown; source presence, qualification and deployment do not establish it.

Use Enter or Space on a rung to inspect its contract. Prerequisite links locate another rung in this list; open its summary to inspect it. Estimates are authored effort, not forecasts.

CT1 — Spot price feed
Prerequisites: None declared; this does not establish execution eligibility.
Contract: ct_price_feed
Acceptance: dated Pima and upland rows on the beat; a verdict computed from a stale row REFUSES and says so [@spotprices]
Authored effort: 1. Executor kind: Organ. Responsible, accountable and verifier not established. Inspect retained worklog.
Runtime observation: UNKNOWN; outcome UNKNOWN; observed epoch -1. Declared owner: . Receipt , SHA-256 . Identity-bound observation is not accepted completion. Qualification and deployment remain unverified by this projection.
CT2 — Value ladder
Prerequisites: CT1 (acceptance unverified)
Contract: ct_value_ladder
Acceptance: stage rows (fiber, yarn, knit, garment) with cost, yield and premium retention as DATA [@knitprice]; partition must sum; neg-control stage set that cannot sum MUST refuse
Authored effort: 2. Executor kind: Organ. Responsible, accountable and verifier not established. Inspect retained worklog.
Runtime observation: UNKNOWN; outcome UNKNOWN; observed epoch -1. Declared owner: . Receipt , SHA-256 . Identity-bound observation is not accepted completion. Qualification and deployment remain unverified by this projection.
CT3 — Corridor-priced product shortlist
Prerequisites: CT2 (acceptance unverified)
Contract: ct_product_rank
Acceptance: candidate products through lc_rank corridors and sp_mix domestic paths; shortlist prints retention, landed cost and domestic-content permil per product
Authored effort: 2. Executor kind: Organ. Responsible, accountable and verifier not established. Inspect retained worklog.
Runtime observation: UNKNOWN; outcome UNKNOWN; observed epoch -1. Declared owner: . Receipt , SHA-256 . Identity-bound observation is not accepted completion. Qualification and deployment remain unverified by this projection.
CT4 — License and sourcing compliance rows
Prerequisites: CT3 (acceptance unverified)
Contract: ct_license_rule
Acceptance: the trademark and verified-sourcing chain as DATA [@supimaguide]; the shortlist refuses a product without its license chain
Authored effort: 1.5. Executor kind: Organ. Responsible, accountable and verifier not established. Inspect retained worklog.
Runtime observation: UNKNOWN; outcome UNKNOWN; observed epoch -1. Declared owner: . Receipt , SHA-256 . Identity-bound observation is not accepted completion. Qualification and deployment remain unverified by this projection.
CT5 — Property-to-product map
Prerequisites: None declared; this does not establish execution eligibility.
Contract: ct_fiber_spec
Acceptance: which finished-good properties actually consume ELS staple advantages [@fiberguide], as decomposer input rows
Authored effort: 1. Executor kind: Organ. Responsible, accountable and verifier not established. Inspect retained worklog.
Runtime observation: UNKNOWN; outcome UNKNOWN; observed epoch -1. Declared owner: . Receipt , SHA-256 . Identity-bound observation is not accepted completion. Qualification and deployment remain unverified by this projection.
CT6 — Graphic apparel line: exploded-view car artwork on tee and sweater backs
Prerequisites: CT3 (acceptance unverified)
Contract: ct_graphic_product
Acceptance: INTAKE 1790106111 (operator 2026-09-22, verbatim: a graphic design explode view of a car well artisted of different products like favorite cars of all time to have on the back of a tshirt or sweater): product rows for a printed line (tee back, sweater back) whose artwork is the dcc DC17 exploded-view render over stem R7; placement and print method (screen-print separations vs DTG) as DATA per garment; landed cost and premium retention per SKU through CT2 and CT3; a rights row per car likeness through nx_asset_prov before any SKU is listed (a production car's shape and badges carry design rights and trade dress, so a likeness without a rights row REFUSES); done-rule: one SKU row prints landed cost, retention permil, print method and its rights verdict, and the shortlist refuses a SKU whose rights row is absent
Authored effort: 1.5. Executor kind: Organ. Responsible, accountable and verifier not established. Inspect retained worklog.
Runtime observation: UNKNOWN; outcome UNKNOWN; observed epoch -1. Declared owner: . Receipt , SHA-256 . Identity-bound observation is not accepted completion. Qualification and deployment remain unverified by this projection.

Learning and practice paths

No structured learning path is declared for this plan. Existing research, roadmap and worklog remain available above.

Rung dossiers — every record that bears on a rung, in one place

Joined by symbol, never typed. Each dossier is assembled on every publish from the rows this board already carries: the plan's rung row, the matrix row that carries its contract symbol (its status re-measured by the one symbol ruler), the gate the organ declares and the verdict the evidence referee recorded on its last run, the reference marks in the rung text, the design rows that name the rung and the work log filed against it. The capability matrix links each cell to its dossier and each dossier links back to its cell and forward to the rungs it stands on; a dependency naming no rung on this plan is written as UNRESOLVED rather than linked. Absences are named: NO-MATRIX-ROW, NO-GATE-DECLARED, UNRECORDED.

Gate verdicts: UNSTAMPED — no per-gate verdict artifact is published for this domain yet (nx_swcompare_evidence supimacotton writes it beside its stamp); every gate below reads UNRECORDED until it runs.

Gate declarations: knowledge/organ_gate.conf read from this working directory (1 rows) and from the estate root (196 rows); rows in both counted once: 0; declarations read: 197. Every declaration in either copy counts, so a stub beside the publisher can never hide the root.

CT1 Spot price feed · cell WATCHING · gate NO-GATE-DECLARED

Contract	`ct_price_feed` · executor Organ · 1 u · stands on nothing
Definition of done	dated Pima and upland rows on the beat; a verdict computed from a stale row REFUSES and says so [spotprices]
Matrix cell	PRICE: Fiber spot intelligence, Pima vs upland · `runtime/nx_cotton_chain.nx` · WATCHING decl
Gate	NO-GATE-DECLARED — `knowledge/organ_gate.conf` carries no row for `nx_cotton_chain`; declare `nx_cotton_chain TAB <gate>` and the ship loop proves it and the verdict lands here.
Work log	no log row names this rung yet

CT2 Value ladder · cell WATCHING · gate NO-GATE-DECLARED

Contract	`ct_value_ladder` · executor Organ · 2 u · stands on CT1
Definition of done	stage rows (fiber, yarn, knit, garment) with cost, yield and premium retention as DATA [knitprice]; partition must sum; neg-control stage set that cannot sum MUST refuse
Matrix cell	CHAIN: Raw-to-finished margin ladder, fiber to yarn to knit to garment · `runtime/nx_cotton_chain.nx` · WATCHING decl
Gate	NO-GATE-DECLARED — `knowledge/organ_gate.conf` carries no row for `nx_cotton_chain`; declare `nx_cotton_chain TAB <gate>` and the ship loop proves it and the verdict lands here.
Work log	no log row names this rung yet

CT3 Corridor-priced product shortlist · cell NO-MATRIX-ROW · gate NO-MATRIX-ROW

Contract	`ct_product_rank` · executor Organ · 2 u · stands on CT2
Definition of done	candidate products through lc_rank corridors and sp_mix domestic paths; shortlist prints retention, landed cost and domestic-content permil per product
Matrix cell	NO-MATRIX-ROW — no matrix row carries `ct_product_rank`; the ranker reads this rung as unmapped and no cell can flip for it. Add the row and the join completes on the next publish.
Gate	the gate join needs a matrix row: no organ is named for this rung
Work log	2026-09-12 requirement 2026-09-12 pilot acceptance extends the cotton ladder into a full business plan: define customer segment and Japanese demand evidence; benchmark fit, comfort, durability, wash behavior, aesthetics and willingness to pay; verify fiber identity and authorized brand/provenance chain; trace actual suppliers, labor hours, compensation, benefits and local living-wage methodology (minimum wage is not a substitute); evaluate buy/build/rent/partner alternatives for manufacturing/tooling/software/logistics; model BOM, yields, rejects, returns, FX, transport, duties, labeling/compliance by exact product/classification/date, inventory and working capital; compare direct/wholesale/distribution channels and acquisition cost. Funding alternatives must include terms, eligibility, timing, dilution/control, obligations and application cost. Show cash flow, runway, first revenue, break-even/payback and sensitivity, with milestone investment decisions. Reuse lc_calc/lc_rank/sp_mix where runtime-qualified; source presence does not validate assumptions. Historical price rows remain dated references, not today's quotes. No blanket claim of living wages, superior quality, legal readiness, revenue or profit without independent evidence. 2026-09-12 requirement Every business-case input needs value/unit/currency/date/source/version/geography/product identity, observed versus quoted versus estimated status, uncertainty and owner. Evidence contradictions, missing suppliers, unsupported coverage, double-counted benefits and stale rules must surface and prevent unqualified GO. Produce a conditional recommendation and concrete next research/prototype/quote step when evidence is incomplete. One-call means durable orchestration with visible internal steps and reviewable outcomes, not bypassing supplier checks or making commitments. Same framework must handle both recovery pilots and new domains. 2026-09-28 queue INTAKE 1790625310 routed by nx_intake_route (trade-research-seat, epoch 1790625365) from trade-research-seat: TRADE COMPLIANCE FROM THE ONE LAW ENGINE (operator standing order 2026-09-28, ETHICS IS THE LAW, APPLIED NEUTRALLY): every import and export quote screens its parties against the OFAC SDN list, the EU -- sponsor intake-1790625310 plus2

CT4 License and sourcing compliance rows · cell WATCHING · gate NO-GATE-DECLARED

Contract	`ct_license_rule` · executor Organ · 1.5 u · stands on CT3
Definition of done	the trademark and verified-sourcing chain as DATA [supimaguide]; the shortlist refuses a product without its license chain
Matrix cell	BRAND: Licensing and verified-sourcing compliance · `runtime/nx_cotton_chain.nx` · WATCHING decl
Gate	NO-GATE-DECLARED — `knowledge/organ_gate.conf` carries no row for `nx_cotton_chain`; declare `nx_cotton_chain TAB <gate>` and the ship loop proves it and the verdict lands here.
Work log	no log row names this rung yet

CT5 Property-to-product map · cell NO-MATRIX-ROW · gate NO-MATRIX-ROW

Contract	`ct_fiber_spec` · executor Organ · 1 u · stands on nothing
Definition of done	which finished-good properties actually consume ELS staple advantages [fiberguide], as decomposer input rows
Matrix cell	NO-MATRIX-ROW — no matrix row carries `ct_fiber_spec`; the ranker reads this rung as unmapped and no cell can flip for it. Add the row and the join completes on the next publish.
Gate	the gate join needs a matrix row: no organ is named for this rung
Work log	no log row names this rung yet

CT6 Graphic apparel line: exploded-view car artwork on tee and sweater backs · cell WATCHING · gate NO-GATE-DECLARED

Contract	`ct_graphic_product` · executor Organ · 1.5 u · stands on CT3, dcc:DC17 (UNRESOLVED: no such rung on this plan)
Definition of done	INTAKE 1790106111 (operator 2026-09-22, verbatim: a graphic design explode view of a car well artisted of different products like favorite cars of all time to have on the back of a tshirt or sweater): product rows for a printed line (tee back, sweater back) whose artwork is the dcc DC17 exploded-view render over stem R7; placement and print method (screen-print separations vs DTG) as DATA per garment; landed cost and premium retention per SKU through CT2 and CT3; a rights row per car likeness through nx_asset_prov before any SKU is listed (a production car's shape and badges carry design rights and trade dress, so a likeness without a rights row REFUSES); done-rule: one SKU row prints landed cost, retention permil, print method and its rights verdict, and the shortlist refuses a SKU whose rights row is absent
Matrix cell	PRODUCT: printed graphic apparel line, artwork to SKU with a rights row per likeness · `runtime/nx_cotton_chain.nx` · WATCHING decl
Gate	NO-GATE-DECLARED — `knowledge/organ_gate.conf` carries no row for `nx_cotton_chain`; declare `nx_cotton_chain TAB <gate>` and the ship loop proves it and the verdict lands here.
Work log	2026-09-22 queue 2026-09-22 declared from intake 1790106111 by the PM tier: the apparel product half of the operator's car exploded-view artwork ask; the ladder's CT2 and CT3 price it, dcc DC17 draws it, stem R7 explodes it; the rights row per car likeness is the refusal that keeps a SKU honest 2026-09-22 queue INTAKE 1790106111 routed by nx_intake_route (operator, epoch 1790108121) from operator: EXPLODED-VIEW CAR ART FOR APPAREL: a series of well-artisted exploded-view illustrations of favourite cars of all time, print-ready for the back of a t-shirt or sweater (operator 2026-09-22, verbatim: -- sponsor intake-1790106111 plus2

dossiers=6 cells_joined=4 no_matrix_row=2 (sum 6) gates_recorded=0 gates_unrecorded=0 no_gate_declared=4 (sum 4 of cells_joined) evgates=UNSTAMPED

Capability comparisons

Compare the field, search individual capabilities and open their source and adoption evidence. Documented presence does not establish comparative quality.

Position map — centrality and distinctiveness

The four-quadrant map the field uses for brand strategy (Dawar and Bagga, HBR June 2015), re-derived from this matrix on every publish. Centrality is the share of the category's feature mass a player covers, each feature weighted by how many hold it; distinctiveness is the average lead over each rival on the rows the player holds; breadth is the depth-weighted share of the whole matrix (the bubble); depth is how deeply the rows held are held; momentum is the day-over-day move off the spine (green rising, red falling, grey until day two); the dashed path runs first day → previous day → today. Dividers are the category means. Axes are fitted to the field of play, so read the tick numerals, not the frame. Rival marks are documented presence, so a rival's position reads the record, never its quality. The picture grades its own readability below; the table beside it is the same data for a screen reader or a second method.

Rows. 10 feature rows mapped of 10 matrix rows; 0 substrate rows (kernels, bounds and instruments the plan's rungrole marks substrate) are the estate's scaffolding, not category features, and stay off the map

Views. 2D cut: centrality, distinctiveness · 3D cube: centrality, distinctiveness, breadth · axes registered: centrality, distinctiveness, breadth, depth, momentum · a board picks its own in knowledge/compare/supimacotton.cdmap (cut|x|y, cube|x|y|z); absent = the HBR defaults

bubble area = breadth · ring = momentum (green rising, red falling, grey until day two) · dashed = category means · axes fitted to the field of play: centrality 400–700, distinctiveness 200–700 of 0–1000 permil (the full range put every player in one corner)
readability of the 2D cut, self-graded by the layout ruler: label overlaps 0 · labels over marks 0 · off-canvas 0 · unresolved labels 0 · mark overlaps 0 (a fact of the data: two players that close are that close) · data spread 641 permil of the plot · quadrant words unseated 0
text contrast, measured with wcag2-ratio (floors from contrast.conf), light theme: labels 16.24 (floor 4.50) · notes 16.24 (floor 4.50) · quadrant words 5.89 (floor 4.50) · tick numerals 5.89 (floor 4.50) · axis titles 5.59 (floor 4.50) · dark theme: labels 13.78 (floor 4.50) · quadrant words 5.55 (floor 4.50) · axis titles 5.97 (floor 4.50) · dark classes under their floor 0 (one figure serves both themes: a dark shortfall is a token to fix, never a class to hide) · classes refused under their floor 0 (a refused class is not drawn; the scale classes are measured, never hidden) · export: SVG PNG (receipt, rendered by the estate's own rasteriser from this page)

axes fitted: centrality 400–700 · distinctiveness 200–700 · breadth 150–550 permil · farther bubbles are painted first, nearer ones over them · the floor shadow is each bubble's (x, y) at height 0
readability of the 3D cube, self-graded by the layout ruler: label overlaps 0 · labels over marks 0 · off-canvas 1 · unresolved labels 0 · mark overlaps 1 (a fact of the data: two players that close are that close) · data spread 308 permil of the plot

Nishi Commodity desk Fabric mill DTC brand Licensing program
10 panels over 5 registered axes, every pair once (the lower axis on x, the higher on y) · each panel fitted to its own field of play, first and last tick numerals shown · no labels in a small cut, the legend names the colours; the grade below reports the mark terms only (MM summed over the panels, spread averaged)
readability of the small multiples, self-graded by the layout ruler: label overlaps 0 · labels over marks 0 · off-canvas 0 · unresolved labels 0 · mark overlaps 1 (a fact of the data: two players that close are that close) · data spread 557 permil of the plot

Player	Quadrant	centrality	distinctiveness	breadth	depth	momentum	Rows held	Days on spine	First seen
Nishi	Unconventional	478	611	433	722	0 since 2026-09-23	6	10	2026-09-15
Commodity desk	Peripheral	434	333	200	666	0 since 2026-09-23	3	10	2026-09-15
Fabric mill	Mainstream	565	416	300	750	0 since 2026-09-23	4	10	2026-09-15
DTC brand	Mainstream	608	366	300	600	0 since 2026-09-23	5	10	2026-09-15
Licensing program	Aspirational	652	433	366	733	0 since 2026-09-23	5	10	2026-09-15

Day	Matrix rows reviewed	Players recorded
2026-09-15	9	5
2026-09-16	9	5
2026-09-17	9	5
2026-09-18	9	5
2026-09-19	9	5
2026-09-20	9	5
2026-09-21	9	5
2026-09-22	9	5
2026-09-23	10	5
2026-10-08	10	5

How to read this evidence. A Nishi source mark records whether the named symbol is declared in the selected source file. It does not establish working behavior or accepted delivery. A watching tag names an expected source entry; discovering it updates source coverage only. A dark tag means the file exists but the named symbol was not found: inspect the source and contract before assuming the capability is missing or renaming code. Peer codes are authored assessments; unassessed means no comparison is established, not absence. Qualification, deployment identity, runtime observations and acceptance must carry their own evidence. Adoption records the catalog's observed path through source, build, promotion, registration and invocation; libraries use importer evidence and gates use declared execution surfaces. A full catalog path does not establish quality, freshness or a successful user outcome. Partial and unknown states retain their stated next action. Census stamps: importers asof 1790637268, gate census asof 1790104131 (unix seconds; -1 = census absent).

Capability matrix — measured against source

◉ authored stronger claim; source present● present◐ partial○ absent? unassessed; excluded from relative comparison · click any capability for its evidence

Peer cell coverage: authored assessed 40, unassessed 0. Authored assessments are not verified outcomes.

Capability	Nishi	Commodity desk	Fabric mill	DTC brand	Licensing program
PRICE
Fiber spot intelligence, Pima vs upland Open — watching `runtime/nx_cotton_chain.nx` : `ct_price_feed`, re-measured on every compare beat. Ship that symbol and this mark flips itself; the `comparewatch-` plane row flips with it. USDA quotations: Pima 153.25 cents per lb vs upland 77.15 on 2026-08-13 [spotprices]. Contract = the sovereign spot-feed intake on the beat, so the ladder always prices from a dated fiber row dossierwatching ct_price_feed Pros none measured yetCons behind Commodity desk (leads), Fabric mill, Licensing program; open contract; expected source declaration not established	○	◉	●	○	●
CHAIN
Raw-to-finished margin ladder, fiber to yarn to knit to garment Open — watching `runtime/nx_cotton_chain.nx` : `ct_value_ladder`, re-measured on every compare beat. Ship that symbol and this mark flips itself; the `comparewatch-` plane row flips with it. Supima-class knit near 7.50 dollars per kg [knitprice]. Contract = the ladder as DATA: cost, yield and premium retention per stage, answering WHERE the fiber premium survives dossierwatching ct_value_ladder Pros none measured yetCons behind Commodity desk, Fabric mill (leads), DTC brand, Licensing program; open contract; expected source declaration not established	○	●	◉	●	●
TRADE
Landed-cost corridor pricing, duties, MPF, HMF, corridor rank Measured: `lc_rank` exists in `runtime/_hdl_build/nx_landed_cost.nx`, verified at emit. LIVE: the trade-corridor engine prices any import-export corridor with entry fees and ranks corridors -- the import-export half of the raw-to-product question is in tree today, sovereign and auditable rival marks uncited — the Yes, Best or Part codes on this row are an observation read with no reference mark behind them Adoption: `RUN-BY:clock` — fully adopted (top of its ladder). Pros Implementing source symbol found; runtime acceptance separate; ahead of Commodity desk, DTC brand, Licensing program; fully adopted on the estate ladderCons none on the measured axes (rival marks are documented presence, not depth)	●	◐	●	○	○
Sourcing mix and reshore path Source present; authored stronger claim: `sp_mix` in `runtime/_hdl_build/nx_sourcing_path.nx`, verified at emit. LIVE: prices the path from import-heavy to full-domestic BOM step by step with incentives as data -- built for the market-competitive American supply-chain ask, and Supima is an American fiber by definition Adoption: `REGISTERED-DARK` — PARTIAL: callable, authorised, completed MCP invocation not established by supplied journal window; lifetime history unknown (direct execution may be recorded elsewhere; this scan does not establish lifetime use); no execution surface runs it either (clock, cron, daemon, roster, actlog and surfaced forks checked). not adopted: callable, authorised, completed MCP invocation not established by supplied journal window; lifetime history unknown (direct execution may be recorded elsewhere; this scan does not establish lifetime use); no execution surface runs it either (clock, cron, daemon, roster, actlog and surfaced forks checked) Pros Source symbol found; stronger capability claim is authored; ahead of Commodity desk, Fabric mill, DTC brand, Licensing programCons not adopted yet: callable, authorised, completed MCP invocation not established by supplied journal window; lifetime history unknown (direct execution may be recorded elsewhere; this scan does not establish lifetime use); no execution surface runs it either (clock, cron, daemon, roster, actlog and surfaced forks checked)	◉	○	○	○	○
CASE
Domestic supply-chain and good-jobs business case Measured: `sc_weighted_risk` exists in `runtime/_hdl_build/nx_supplychain_case.nx`, verified at emit. LIVE lib: origin class, energy risk, single-source and value roll into weighted risk and domestic-content permil -- the government-facing case a domestic cotton-products play leads with Adoption: `LIB-WIRED importers=3 nonval=2` — fully adopted (top of its ladder). Pros Implementing source symbol found; runtime acceptance separate; ahead of Commodity desk, Fabric mill, DTC brand, Licensing program; fully adopted on the estate ladderCons none on the measured axes (rival marks are documented presence, not depth)	●	○	○	○	○
PRODUCT
End-product decomposition, which goods carry the premium Measured: `pd_parse` exists in `runtime/_hdl_build/nx_product_decompose.nx`, verified at emit. The guides document where staple length and fineness matter to the finished good [supimaguide] [fiberguide]; DTC brands pick products by taste. The decomposer maps outcome to capability gaps over the planes Adoption: `REGISTERED-DARK` — PARTIAL: callable, authorised, completed MCP invocation not established by supplied journal window; lifetime history unknown (direct execution may be recorded elsewhere; this scan does not establish lifetime use); no execution surface runs it either (clock, cron, daemon, roster, actlog and surfaced forks checked). not adopted: callable, authorised, completed MCP invocation not established by supplied journal window; lifetime history unknown (direct execution may be recorded elsewhere; this scan does not establish lifetime use); no execution surface runs it either (clock, cron, daemon, roster, actlog and surfaced forks checked) Pros Implementing source symbol found; runtime acceptance separate; ahead of Commodity desk, Fabric mill, DTC brandCons not adopted yet: callable, authorised, completed MCP invocation not established by supplied journal window; lifetime history unknown (direct execution may be recorded elsewhere; this scan does not establish lifetime use); no execution surface runs it either (clock, cron, daemon, roster, actlog and surfaced forks checked)	●	○	○	◐	●
BRAND
Licensing and verified-sourcing compliance Open — watching `runtime/nx_cotton_chain.nx` : `ct_license_rule`, re-measured on every compare beat. Ship that symbol and this mark flips itself; the `comparewatch-` plane row flips with it. Supima is a licensed trademark with verified sourcing; selling under the name requires the license chain [supimaguide]. Contract = the compliance rows as DATA before any product ships under the mark dossierwatching ct_license_rule Pros none measured yetCons behind Fabric mill, DTC brand, Licensing program (leads); open contract; expected source declaration not established	○	○	●	◐	◉
GTM
Channel engine for cotton end-products Measured: `gtm_channel_best` exists in `runtime/nx_gtm_svc.nx`, verified at emit. The GTM facade ranks channels per product today in an adjacent domain; cotton end-product channel rows are a data admission rival marks uncited — the Yes, Best or Part codes on this row are an observation read with no reference mark behind them Adoption: `REGISTERED-DARK` — PARTIAL: callable, authorised, completed MCP invocation not established by supplied journal window; lifetime history unknown (direct execution may be recorded elsewhere; this scan does not establish lifetime use); no execution surface runs it either (clock, cron, daemon, roster, actlog and surfaced forks checked). not adopted: callable, authorised, completed MCP invocation not established by supplied journal window; lifetime history unknown (direct execution may be recorded elsewhere; this scan does not establish lifetime use); no execution surface runs it either (clock, cron, daemon, roster, actlog and surfaced forks checked) Pros Implementing source symbol found; runtime acceptance separate; ahead of Commodity desk, Fabric mill, Licensing programCons not adopted yet: callable, authorised, completed MCP invocation not established by supplied journal window; lifetime history unknown (direct execution may be recorded elsewhere; this scan does not establish lifetime use); no execution surface runs it either (clock, cron, daemon, roster, actlog and surfaced forks checked)	●	○	○	●	○
EVIDENCE
Sovereign mirrored and pinned reference register for this field Measured: `knowledge/fetched/cmp_supimacotton` exists in `knowledge/compare/supimacotton.refs`, verified at emit. Every rival claim on this page resolves to a mirror in the estate evidence store, content-pinned by hash and re-measured on every emit Adoption: `ABSENT` — PARTIAL: no source and no binary: this is a build contract, not a partial deploy. not adopted: no source and no binary: this is a build contract, not a partial deploy Pros Implementing source symbol found; runtime acceptance separate; ahead of Commodity desk, Fabric mill, DTC brand, Licensing programCons not adopted yet: no source and no binary: this is a build contract, not a partial deploy	●	○	○	○	○
PRODUCT
printed graphic apparel line, artwork to SKU with a rights row per likeness Open — watching `runtime/nx_cotton_chain.nx` : `ct_graphic_product`, re-measured on every compare beat. Ship that symbol and this mark flips itself; the `comparewatch-` plane row flips with it. watch contract for CT6 (intake 1790106111): DTC brands run printed lines as their core product (Best), the licensing program governs the mark not the artwork (Yes), desks and mills do not sell printed goods; the sovereign twin refuses a SKU without its rights row rival marks uncited — the Yes, Best or Part codes on this row are an observation read with no reference mark behind them dossierwatching ct_graphic_product Pros none measured yetCons behind DTC brand (leads), Licensing program; open contract; expected source declaration not established	○	○	○	◉	●

Rival-claim provenance. Every Yes, Best or Part mark in a rival column is a claim about someone else's product. A cited row carries a reference mark that resolves to a pinned mirror (the refs gate measures that); an uncited row is an observation read and is badged in its evidence until a reference lands. The badge is the receipt, never the proof: a mark proves a mirror exists, not that the mirror supports the code. The rows are counted below.

Rival claims, counted
Class	Count	Note
rows with rival marks	7	rows carrying a Yes, Best or Part in a rival column
cited	4	a reference mark resolves to a pinned mirror
uncited	3	an observation read, badged until a reference lands
rows, summed	7	RECONCILED: the parts sum to the total 7

Delivery and evidence

Inspect risks, technical debt, rendered observations, experiments and references. Read scope and limitations alongside every result.

Risk register

Risk	Likelihood x impact	Mitigation
Trade prices in the ladder go stale and the verdict silently ages	probable x medium	CT1 refuses on stale rows; every ladder verdict prints its price dates
The licensing chain is assumed rather than verified	possible x high	CT4 rows carry the program requirements with sources [supimaguide]; the shortlist refuses without the chain
A watch contract flips on symbol existence, so a stub reads green	possible x high	the flip is the receipt, the rung gate is the proof

Release history and work log

The worked plan, on the board. Every leg appends what it measured, landed, retracted, learned and left queued, per rung, so a crash leaves the next seat a ledger here rather than a transcript to mine. Kinds: measure, land, retract, lesson, queue. Newest last.

When	Rung	Kind	Entry
2026-09-12	CT3	requirement	2026-09-12 pilot acceptance extends the cotton ladder into a full business plan: define customer segment and Japanese demand evidence; benchmark fit, comfort, durability, wash behavior, aesthetics and willingness to pay; verify fiber identity and authorized brand/provenance chain; trace actual suppliers, labor hours, compensation, benefits and local living-wage methodology (minimum wage is not a substitute); evaluate buy/build/rent/partner alternatives for manufacturing/tooling/software/logistics; model BOM, yields, rejects, returns, FX, transport, duties, labeling/compliance by exact product/classification/date, inventory and working capital; compare direct/wholesale/distribution channels and acquisition cost. Funding alternatives must include terms, eligibility, timing, dilution/control, obligations and application cost. Show cash flow, runway, first revenue, break-even/payback and sensitivity, with milestone investment decisions. Reuse lc_calc/lc_rank/sp_mix where runtime-qualified; source presence does not validate assumptions. Historical price rows remain dated references, not today's quotes. No blanket claim of living wages, superior quality, legal readiness, revenue or profit without independent evidence.
2026-09-12	CT3	requirement	Every business-case input needs value/unit/currency/date/source/version/geography/product identity, observed versus quoted versus estimated status, uncertainty and owner. Evidence contradictions, missing suppliers, unsupported coverage, double-counted benefits and stale rules must surface and prevent unqualified GO. Produce a conditional recommendation and concrete next research/prototype/quote step when evidence is incomplete. One-call means durable orchestration with visible internal steps and reviewable outcomes, not bypassing supplier checks or making commitments. Same framework must handle both recovery pilots and new domains.
2026-09-22	CT6	queue	2026-09-22 declared from intake 1790106111 by the PM tier: the apparel product half of the operator's car exploded-view artwork ask; the ladder's CT2 and CT3 price it, dcc DC17 draws it, stem R7 explodes it; the rights row per car likeness is the refusal that keeps a SKU honest
2026-09-22	CT6	queue	INTAKE 1790106111 routed by nx_intake_route (operator, epoch 1790108121) from operator: EXPLODED-VIEW CAR ART FOR APPAREL: a series of well-artisted exploded-view illustrations of favourite cars of all time, print-ready for the back of a t-shirt or sweater (operator 2026-09-22, verbatim: -- sponsor intake-1790106111 plus2
2026-09-28	CT3	queue	INTAKE 1790625310 routed by nx_intake_route (trade-research-seat, epoch 1790625365) from trade-research-seat: TRADE COMPLIANCE FROM THE ONE LAW ENGINE (operator standing order 2026-09-28, ETHICS IS THE LAW, APPLIED NEUTRALLY): every import and export quote screens its parties against the OFAC SDN list, the EU -- sponsor intake-1790625310 plus2

On these two registers. Rows are declared in the domain's plan file and carry the debt id, which is the join key back to the sovereign debt plane — that plane, not this page, is the authority on state. Reconciling them automatically (the regen reading the plane and refreshing these rows) is a named, owed rung; until it lands, treat an id here as a pointer to look up, not a status to trust.

Honest verdict. The Aug-2026 numbers, from the mirrored record: USDA daily quotations put American Pima at 153.25 cents per pound against upland at 77.15 on 13 August 2026 [spotprices] -- the premium is real and roughly two-to-one at the fiber. One processing stage up, Supima-class combed knit trades near 7.50 dollars per kilogram against standard combed cotton knit well below it [knitprice], and the guides document why: extra-long staple length, strength and fineness that survive into hand-feel and durability [supimaguide] [fiberguide] -- plus a licensed trademark program with verified sourcing between the fiber and any product sold under the name. The value question the incumbents each see only a slice of: WHERE does the two-to-one fiber premium survive, and where is it eaten by processing, licensing and channel margin. The Nishi answer is an instrumented ladder: the live landed-cost corridor engine and sourcing-mix reshore pricer (built for exactly the market-competitive American supply-chain ask) under a stage-by-stage value ladder with every margin a DATA row -- so raw-to-end-product is a computed verdict, not a hunch.

Person · product · place — not yet measured for this domain

Every compare carries this layer. Declare knowledge/compare/supimacotton.ppp (rows surface|nishi or c1..c4|label|url|connect naming OUR live surface and each rival's front door), run nx_ppp_probe domain supimacotton, and this section fills itself on the next beat: the same ruler on both sides — privacy and CX (third-party hosts, tracker classes, cookies, security headers), design and longevity (design hygiene, computed WCAG contrast, render-blocking resources, unsized media, script weight, theme and motion queries), findability (landmarks, skip link, on-site search, breadcrumb, headings, internal links).

The field — discovered, not chosen

Rows written by nx_field_discover from supimacotton.seeds: the industry's own lists (Wikipedia wikitext, GitHub topics, awesome lists) read mechanically, every candidate counted across seeds. The matrix columns above are a SEAT'S pick; this band is the population they were picked from, and the stats line measures one against the other. A rival here is a lead, never a verdict — it earns a column when its capabilities are read and pinned.

Discovery receipt. One row per counter the run wrote, in the receipt's own order; the rival rows follow in their own table.

Field discovery, counted
Class	Count	Note
seeds	1
scanned	1
fetched	1
reused	0
failed	0
named	1
candidates	1
mentions	1
capped	0

Rank	Rival	Seeds	Mentions	First seed	Kind	Link
1	Fabric mill	1	1	col1-fabric	named	https://www.fabricbuys.com/supima-vs-regular-cotton-knit/

Exclusive and shared capabilities

One capability is graded on one board; every other board references it. The fleet duplicate census (nx_rivalcensus dupes, on the fleetdupes clock row) reads every board's matrix and names each capability graded as a row on two or more boards, with a home derived from evidence: rung when exactly one board's plan contracts the symbol (that board is starred), gates when no plan contracts it and exactly one board's executed gate map runs the organ's gate (that board is plussed), ambiguous when several boards carry the deciding evidence (a decision for their seats), and none when no evidence decides it, with the reason beside it: unmapped (no board of the duplicate declares a gates map; declare the maps) or unproven (a map exists and runs none of the organ's gates; gate the organ on its proving board, or declare it a shared library by policy). A home elsewhere means this board should carry an @xrow reference to the home board's row rather than a graded row of its own; a home here means the other boards should. The table is this board's slice of one estate-wide census: the shape is shared, the rows are the board's.

This board grades 10 capabilities: 7 exclusive to it and 3 shared with other boards. Shared rows on this page: 3 = home here 0 + home elsewhere 0 + ambiguous 0 + undecided 3 + refused 0 (partition 3); undecided = unmapped 1 + unproven 2 + unevidenced 0; homonyms 0; since the previous census: new 0, resolved 0. Census FRESH age_s=6717.

Capability	Organ	Boards grading it	Home	Rule	Evidence	Standing on this board
pd_parse	`nx_product_decompose.nx`	appliancemove, braketool, soilscience, alignbiz, realestate, supimacotton, butterchurn, phototwin	—	none	unproven	undecided
sp_mix	`nx_sourcing_path.nx`	appliancemove, braketool, supimacotton	—	none	unmapped	undecided
gtm_channel_best	`nx_gtm_svc.nx`	appliancemove, braketool, soilscience, alignbiz, carflip, supimacotton, butterchurn, phototwin	—	none	unproven	undecided

Gaps from the record — what the estate does that no board carries

The record census (nx_goalmap record) reads the invoked-tool population and every plan queue row and files each organ or directive that NO matrix, plan or gates row names. A row here is a callout the boards missed: adjudicate it onto a board or declare it infrastructure. Census state STALE (age 1395822 s), sources read 4 of 7 declared — a BLIND census is a FLOOR: unread sources can only add rows.

kind	name	board	source	evidence

rows shown 0|this board's directives 0|estate-wide un-boarded organs 452 (listed in full on /compare/ecosystem)|census rows 639|malformed 0 (counted, never rendered)

References

Beyond a link list. Every reference below resolves twice — the publisher's copy and, where banked, the estate's own non-rottable library mirror with a content pin — and carries its evidence class plus the exact claim on this page it grounds. Keyed marks like [key] in the matrix notes jump here. A dash means honestly absent, never assumed.

[spotprices] IndexBox reproduction of USDA daily spot cotton quotations, 13 August 2026 -- upland spot average 77.15 cents per pound, American Pima average 153.25 cents per pound: the fiber-level premium, dated. publisher · read in our library knowledge/fetched/cmp_supimacotton_spotprices.html · pin hb80aea642c7dbb3ad6969060b1224299d8e576a8b033f505775989cc83ea1379 · accessed 2026-08-19 · datasetGrounds: The fiber spot row and the verdict: the dated two-to-one premium the whole ladder starts from.
[knitprice] FabricBuys. Supima vs regular cotton knit -- is the premium worth it. Trade fabric guide -- Supima-class combed knit priced near 7.50 dollars per kilogram against standard combed cotton knit, the first processing stage where premium retention is visible. publisher · read in our library knowledge/fetched/cmp_supimacotton_knitprice.html · pin h7e5bc9e8f060c7fd6fcab9d6157563b6b9bc4073755abdb49142887853d6d5e1 · accessed 2026-08-19 · vendor-docGrounds: The margin-ladder row: the knit-stage price point the ct_value_ladder contract banks as its first non-fiber rung.
[supimaguide] Essential Layers. What is Supima cotton -- the complete guide (2026). Consumer-facing guide -- extra-long staple properties (length, strength, fineness), the licensed trademark program and verified sourcing behind the name. publisher · read in our library knowledge/fetched/cmp_supimacotton_supimaguide.html · pin h9dea5d0ce3cd695478d857a9c577a2faca94b4e5277eb5643c3f57c6dd1b0f1b · accessed 2026-08-19 · mirrored-indexGrounds: The end-product decomposition and licensing rows: which product properties carry the premium and what the mark requires.
[fiberguide] PuraFabric. Supima cotton fabric -- a practical guide to the American premium fiber. Trade guide -- fiber properties and their consequences in finished fabric: hand-feel, durability and color retention. publisher · read in our library knowledge/fetched/cmp_supimacotton_fiberguide.html · pin hf06b48d5789a7e3a7eed72adcd39a400ecc59c9ed8e1e21e8df4a11279c9e360 · accessed 2026-08-19 · mirrored-indexGrounds: The end-product decomposition row: the property-to-product mapping the decomposer consumes as data.

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