Glossary

Taint (source)

The provenance label on every figure: METRC, POS:<vendor>, LICENSED:<licensor>, OWN_CHECK, EMAIL, UPLOAD. Determines what a figure may be used for under the data-use rules.

For a store, the taint label answers "where did this number come from", while the freshness chip answers how old it is. Each input to a proposal is recorded with its system and timestamp, and that record is part of the audit trail.

BudAlly's data-use registry attaches rules to each source class and enforces them at the API, not in the prompt. Licensed market data, for example, is for internal analysis only and is never syndicated, and uploads with scraper provenance are rejected and not stored.

Every response from BudAlly's API carries its source, as-of time and taint, so an agent can cite what a human can check. On screen it appears as a source chip on every figure, so the provenance stays visible wherever the number is shown.