The request
{
"name": "wever_policy-precedence-check",
"arguments": {
"standing": {
"text": "No single payment above $5,000 without the CFO.",
"set_by": "Finance",
"limit": "$5,000",
"exceptions_by": [
"CFO"
]
},
"approval": {
"approved_by": "Ops lead",
"approved_at": "2026-11-06",
"amount": "$10,000",
"counterparty": "Acme Supply"
},
"action": {
"status": "proposed",
"amount": "$10,000",
"counterparty": "Acme Supply"
}
}
}What the report returns
Verdict: outside_standing_policy.
| Standing policy, amount | 10000.00 USD is above the 5000.00 USD standing limit. |
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| Approval, amount | 10000.00 USD is within the 10000.00 USD approved. |
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| Approval, counterparty | The action names the counterparty approved. |
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| Conflict, amount | The approval allows 10000.00 USD; the standing limit allows at most 5000.00 USD per action. |
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The proposed action of 10000.00 USD is outside the standing policy (amount); the approval and the standing policy conflict on amount, and the standing policy governs.
The payment sits inside what the ops lead approved and outside what Finance set in advance. The standing limit is part of the instruction, so it governs. The policy names the CFO as the person who may approve above it, and an approval from the CFO marked as that exception would govern for this payment.