diff --git a/00-META/process/02-graduation.md b/00-META/process/02-graduation.md
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--- a/00-META/process/02-graduation.md
+++ b/00-META/process/02-graduation.md
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ about an hour, and said to the operator if it runs past.
    say which, in writing, before proceeding.
 2. **Record the decisions** (below, *Writing a decision record*): one record per choice that could be
    reversed on its own, not one record for the whole effort.
+   - **Write them together, not one after another.** Reserve every number first, then propose each record
+     as soon as it is written, without waiting for the review of the one before; the reviews run side by
+     side, and the operator's asks for the records that need them arrive together.
+   - **Take the clauses from the confirmed direction** and cite the effort (`cites`, `"research NNN"`) for
+     the evidence instead of retyping its findings: a record's Context holds the few facts its decision
+     rests on, with the effort named for the rest.
+   - **Pre-check each record before proposing it**, as for research (playbook [01](01-research.md), step
+     5): every record, issue or design it names is in `links`; each deferral names its issue; figures as
+     measured; no retired word.
 3. **Write the design.** Create the document under `03-DESIGN/01-to-be/` with frontmatter:
 
    ```yaml