Procedures (SOPs)
Procedures (SOPs)
An index of our standard operating procedures. Each procedure lives next to the work and tools it describes; this page only points to them. When you write or move a procedure, add or update its line here.
Status: in use (followed on a real release), draft (agreed direction, not yet complete), missing (needed, not written).
Content
| Procedure | Covers | Lives in | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Publishing a white paper | Draft to live page and launch: gates, where a paper's facts live, release and re-release checklists; scripted PDF and website publishing. Start with the briefing | 2rbook | in use (Wisdom, Oct 2026) |
| Diagrams | House style, signature, exports (tight SVG for pages, padded PNG for sharing) | design (SoR design system) | in use |
| Launch announcements (papers) | Substack and site launch copy for a paper: template and guidance | 2rbook | in use |
| How we build a paper | PDF and web page design: paper anatomy, editorial craft, pipeline | design (SoR design system) | in use |
| PDF build | Markdown to typeset PDF (typst/build-paper.sh) | pdf-report-publishing | in use |
| Launch images | Cover and social crops (1:1, 4:5, 16:9): artboards, render, checks | 2rbook (white-paper SOP) | in use |
| Social posts for a paper | Posting the crops and captions after launch | Step 7 of the white-paper checklist | draft |
| SoR publication tracks | Audio/video: episode vs fast release, packaging, promote step | planning (content pipeline) | draft; needs revising for the one-brand rebrand |
| Podcast interview prep | Guest research and questions before recording | comms | in use |
| Podcast and video publishing | Episode checklist, shipping to YouTube and feeds | lip-93f.2.10; rebrand rollout (2606) | missing |
| Substack and CRM | Newsletter sending and contact management | comms#243 | missing |
Process improvements to these live under the content pipeline project and its sub-project, Publications SOP.
Team
| Procedure | Covers | Lives in | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortnight recap | Answer-first page telling the team what we got done, built from repo changelogs | planning | draft (first run 8 Oct 2026) |
