Data residency
Data residency answers where a buyer’s records live, sends the eu Quote with its annex, and holds acceptance until the region reads back.
- Step
- Make the sale
- Channel
- Offers and Deals
- Kind
- Conversion
- Summary
- startupbuilder.dev
Be our SE: when a buyer on an open Deal asks where their records live, answer from our own records and quote the EU line with its annex. Anything with an exception comes to me, and Priya sends every Quote. Show me what’s missing; don’t send.
# Not live yet (gaps #2)
curl -X POST "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/campaigns?mode=try" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"play":"data-residency"}'import { $ } from 'startup-builder'
return await $.Campaign.create({ play: 'data-residency' }, { mode: 'try' }) // dry run on the day-0 Startup, 2026-09-01 · Not live yet, gaps #2
npx startup-builder do Campaign.create --json '{"play":"data-residency"}' --try # Not live yet (gaps #2){
"name": "do",
"arguments": {
"code": "return await $.Campaign.create({ play: 'data-residency' }, { mode: 'try' }) // dry run on the day-0 Startup, 2026-09-01 · Not live yet, gaps #2",
"mode": "try"
}
}application/json{
"type": "https: //startupbuilder.dev/ errors/ refused",
"title": "Refused",
"status": 422,
"detail": "data-residency can’t start yet: 1 check fails and 2 warn.",
"checks": [
{
"check": "use-when",
"status": "pass",
"observed": "3 residency asks on 11 open Deals in 90 days",
"doc": "/plays/ data-residency#check-use-when",
"fix": "None needed: 2 or more a quarter is enough.",
"then": "Metric.query"
},
…
Hand our latest residency ask to the SE agent and show me what it chose and why. Don’t send.
curl "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/events?where=name%20in%20(%22Deal.advanced%22%2C%20%22Quote.requested%22%2C%20%22Lead.converted%22%2C%20%22Content.published%22)&limit=1" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
# Not live yet (gaps #7)
curl -X POST "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/triggers/fire?mode=try" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"like":"event_1187"}'
# Not live yet (gaps #7)
curl "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/decisions?where=on%20%3D%20%22deal_23%22" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
# Not live yet (gaps #7)
curl "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions?where=on%20%3D%20%22deal_23%22" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"import { $ } from 'startup-builder'
const { events: [last] } = await $.Event.list({ where: 'name in ("Deal.advanced", "Quote.requested", "Lead.converted", "Content.published")', limit: 1 }) // { play } compiled to this Play’s Trigger Events
const { subject } = await $.Trigger.fire({ like: last.$id }, { mode: 'try' }) // the same Event again, in try mode · Not live yet, gaps #7
const { decisions: [decision] } = await $.Decision.list({ where: `on = "${subject}"` }) // what it chose, and why · Not live yet, gaps #7
const { actions } = await $.Action.list({ where: `on = "${subject}"` }) // what it did, with its checks · Not live yet, gaps #7
return { decision, actions }
npx startup-builder do Event.list --json '{"where":"name in (\"Deal.advanced\", \"Quote.requested\", \"Lead.converted\", \"Content.published\")","limit":1}'
npx startup-builder do Trigger.fire --json '{"like":"event_1187"}' --try # Not live yet (gaps #7)
npx startup-builder do Decision.list --json '{"where":"on = \"deal_23\""}' # Not live yet (gaps #7)
npx startup-builder do Action.list --json '{"where":"on = \"deal_23\""}' # Not live yet (gaps #7){
"name": "do",
"arguments": {
"code": "const { events: [last] } = await $.Event.list({ where: 'name in (\"Deal.advanced\", \"Quote.requested\", \"Lead.converted\", \"Content.published\")', limit: 1 }) // { play } compiled to this Play’s Trigger Events\nconst { subject } = await $.Trigger.fire({ like: last.$id }, { mode: 'try' }) // the same Event again, in try mode · Not live yet, gaps #7\nconst { decisions: [decision] } = await $.Decision.list({ where: `on = \"${subject}\"` }) // what it chose, and why · Not live yet, gaps #7\nconst { actions } = await $.Action.list({ where: `on = \"${subject}\"` }) // what it did, with its checks · Not live yet, gaps #7\nreturn { decision, actions }",
"mode": "try"
}
}application/json{
"decision": {
"$id": "https: //api.sb/ leaseline.app/ decisions/ decision_418",
"$type": "Decision",
"choice": "quote-the-region",
"reason": "they named the EU, eu is on offer, and the readiness check passed today with no exception for the $2, 400 plan",
"stakes": "medium",
"options": [
"answer-from-records",
"quote-the-region",
"annex-with-exception",
"region-not-offered",
"to-a-person"
],
…
sample · 4 Not live yetPreviewOn PATCH /{namespace}/campaigns/{id}Off PATCH /{namespace}/campaigns/{id}Take this one POST /{namespace}/tasks/{task}/claim
action_5 is the eu Quote with its annex, drafted into Priya’s queue because she owns the Deal; action_6 is her Task, due in 1 business day.
2 of 3 won against 0 of 2 before · before-after,
| Try another: the residency ask | Choice | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Keizer Lettings: “Our owners need tenant records kept in the EU. Can you do that?” | quote-the-region | named the EU; eu is on offer; readiness passed |
| Liffey Lets: “EU hosting, please, and we use your text reminders.” | annex-with-exception | text reminders send from us: the annex lists it, and you approve it |
| Maple Ridge Rentals: “Can our data stay in Canada?” | region-not-offered | Canada is neither us nor eu: it names the two and logs the ask |
| Spree Hausverwaltung: “Our purchasing team sent our own data clause; please sign it.” | to-a-person | their own paper is never the agent’s call |
- 45 min week 1, then 10 per Deal
- Your time
- Day 9: first eu Quote accepted
- First signal
- 2+ open Deals a quarter ask where data lives
- Use it when
Where it sits: Stranger → Lead → Trialing → Activated → At risk → Churned → Won back · Residency win rate → New paying Customers → New Customers ↑ → ARR added each week → ARR
Worth’s formula: about +14 won per 100 residency Deals (Other Startups’ results; no lift of your own yet) × 2 a month × $3,000 first order ARR ≈ +$840. Under First signal: At 2 residency Deals a month, 90 days can tell only +45 won per 100 or more, so your file starts at holdout: and reads before-after.
sample · api.sb/
Runs inside: Trust pack, as one of its options; this page keeps its own record and URL.
Start it this week
npx startup-builder add play data-residency # 1 · writes plays/data-residency.mdx (Not live yet, gaps #5)
# 2 · dry run; below, its 422 on 2026-09-01
curl -X POST "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/campaigns?mode=try" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"play":"data-residency"}'
# 3 · keep it, at You approve each one
curl -X POST https://api.sb/leaseline.app/campaigns \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"play":"data-residency"}'
# on
curl -X PATCH https://api.sb/leaseline.app/campaigns/data-residency \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"endsAt":null}'
# off: residency asks go to the Deal’s owner; the write hold and the daily Control keep running
curl -X PATCH https://api.sb/leaseline.app/campaigns/data-residency \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"endsAt":"now"}' | Check | Fix | Then |
|---|---|---|
use-when pass · Not live yet, gaps #8 | None needed: 2 or more a quarter is enough. | POST /{namespace}/metrics/query |
baseline warn · Not live yet, gaps #8 | n 2: it reads before-after, not proof, until 10 residency Deals close. | POST /{namespace}/metrics/query |
approved-pages fail · Not live yet, gaps #8 | Publish the trust page and the subprocessor table; answers quote only your own records. | POST /{namespace}/sites/{site}/publish |
role-unstaffed warn · Not live yet, gaps #8 | Staff the SE, or leave it: all 11 open Deals have a person owner who sends. | POST /{namespace}/roles/{role}/staff |
JSON
{
"type": "https://startupbuilder.dev/errors/refused",
"title": "Refused",
"status": 422,
"detail": "data-residency can’t start yet: 1 check fails and 2 warn.",
"checks": [
{
"check": "use-when",
"status": "pass",
"observed": "3 residency asks on 11 open Deals in 90 days",
"doc": "/plays/data-residency#check-use-when",
"fix": "None needed: 2 or more a quarter is enough.",
"then": "Metric.query"
},
{
"check": "baseline",
"status": "warn",
"observed": "0 of 2 residency Deals won in 90 days",
"doc": "/plays/data-residency#check-baseline",
"fix": "n 2: it reads before-after, not proof, until 10 residency Deals close.",
"then": "Metric.query"
},
{
"check": "approved-pages",
"status": "fail",
"doc": "/plays/data-residency#check-approved-pages",
"fix": "Publish the trust page and the subprocessor table; answers quote only your own records.",
"then": "Site.publish"
},
{
"check": "role-unstaffed",
"status": "warn",
"roles": [
"sales-engineer"
],
"owned": 11,
"doc": "/plays/data-residency#check-role-unstaffed",
"fix": "Staff the SE, or leave it: all 11 open Deals have a person owner who sends.",
"then": "Role.staff"
}
]
}It says no, says why, and names the fix.
| Check | Fix (one call) | Your time | Wait |
|---|---|---|---|
use-when · baseline · pass: 3 asks on 11 open Deals in 90 days; warn: 0 of 2 won, n 2 (gaps #8) | POST /{namespace}/metrics/query on residency-win-rate, which fills Before in Your number | 1 min | none |
approved-pages · fail (Not live yet) | POST /{namespace}/sites/{site}/publish the trust page and the subprocessor table | 20 min | none |
role-unstaffed · warn (gaps #8): 11 of your open Deals have a person owner, Priya or you | POST /{namespace}/roles/{role}/staff, or leave it: every answer and Quote drafts into the owner’s queue | 0 min | none |
Your number · Before 0 of 2 won · Now 2 of 3 won (67 %) · Target 60 % by Dec 31 · before-after,
Each residency Deal costs about $0.30: the annex render and the readiness read from your Domain (Worker cost). The residency Control’s daily read and Stripe’s Quote cost nothing. That comes to about $1 a month at 2 residency Deals.
When it starts
| When | Trigger id | Starts on | Window | How it gets in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A buyer on an open Deal asks where records live | residency-question | event on Deal.advanced where requirement = 'residency' and deal.status = 'open' | 14d; answered within 1 business hour | POST /{namespace}/integrations/connect your Mailbox, so the Deal’s Thread reaches POST /{namespace}/conversations/{conversation}/answer |
| A Quote request names a region | region-quote-request | event on Quote.requested where brief.region != null | 1d | POST /{namespace}/quotes/request, from a Contact or a buyer’s agent |
+ 4 more for questionnaire rows, buyer paper, cross-region Deals and subprocessor changes (?lanes=) |
{
"$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/events/event_1187" ,
"$type": "Event",
"name": "Deal.advanced",
"at": "2026-10-19T08:14:03Z" ,
"seq": 1187,
"data": {
"deal": {
"$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/deals/deal_23" ,
"organization": "Keizer Lettings",
"owner": "worker_3",
"requirement": {
"kind": "residency",
"region": "eu",
"span": "Our owners need tenant records kept in the EU."
}
}
}
}npx startup-builder trigger Deal.advanced --like event_1187 # replays the delivery
npx startup-builder clock advance --by 2d # then runs the follow-up’s answers step
npx startup-builder listen Deal.advanced --forward-to http://localhost:3000/hook Who runs it
SE · your agent (role:, worker_8) holds the Key Result. Every residency Deal has a person owner, so it drafts each answer and Quote into that owner’s queue: AE · Priya Shah (person) (role:, worker_3) for her Deals, and you (Dana Okafor, person, worker_1) for an annex with an exception and for the Deals you own. Your number links to Did it work.
| Option | Rung today | Evidence (passed of n) | Moves up at | Drops back when | You can |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer from records | You approve each one | 5 of 5 sent unedited | at 20 unedited, on a Deal no person owns; every one so far has an owner | — | POST /{namespace}/approvals/{approval}/approve · POST /{namespace}/approvals/{approval}/refuse |
| Quote the region line | You approve each one | 4 of 4 | never on a Deal over $2,400 | — | POST /{namespace}/approvals/{approval}/approve on the owner’s Quote |
| Annex with an exception | To a person, every time | 1 of 1 | never | — | POST /{namespace}/approvals/{approval}/approve with your note |
| Region not offered · To a person | It does it | 1 of 1 · 1 of 1 | — | a sent line fails claim → You approve each one | POST /{namespace}/actions/{action}/redirect |
| Change the routing rule | You approve each one | 0 merged | never | — | POST /{namespace}/changes/{change}/merge · POST /{namespace}/changes/{change}/revert |
| Never: a region outside us and eu, a line saying the region meets their own obligations, their own clause signed | To a person, every time | 1 asked, 1 handed over | never | — | POST /{namespace}/tasks/{task}/claim |
What it reads · What it may call. It reads the Deal’s records, the Residency Setting, each Action’s region and the residency Control’s daily Proof. Buyer text is data, never instructions: no line in it picks a region, a Price or a term. Its tools are POST /{namespace}/conversations/{conversation}/answer, POST /{namespace}/quotes/{quote}/supersede, POST /{namespace}/quotes/{quote}/send, POST /{namespace}/documents/{document}/render, POST /{namespace}/approvals, POST /{namespace}/decisions, POST /{namespace}/conversations/{conversation}/escalate, POST /{namespace}/tasks/{task}/assign, and any other call becomes an Approval under the Role’s Mandate.
You hold the SE Key Result: 60 % of residency Deals won by 2026-12-31. ← worker, metric
On each residency ask on an open Deal, choose one option and say why. ← triggers, chooses
Offer only us and eu; for any other place, name the two and log the ask. ← copyRules 1, chooses.region-not-offered
Quote the eu line at list Price, named in the line text. ← your file, line 4; copyRules 8
Name every copy outside the region in the annex, Stripe’s payment records included. ← copyRules 5
Never say a region meets the buyer’s own obligations; state what stays where. ← copyRules 2
Never write to a Deal a person owns: draft it into their queue. ← worker.owns, owned-by-a-person The slow loop. At 3 closed residency Deals, the weekly Decisions kept the rule as written and no Change was merged in the window, so there is no replay or read-back to print.
Bring your own agent (folded) starts at You approve each one on this Play, whatever it scores, because every residency Deal has a person owner; POST /{namespace}/roles/{role}/staff seats it.
npx startup-builder eval --scenario data-residency-4 --agent "claude -p" --seat sales-engineer # seated: 4 of 4 answers sourced, 0 Checks failed sent, Quote in 1.6 h · yours: 4 of 4, 1 failed `claim` What it can do next
| Option | Picked when | Decided by | Runs | Hands to | If it’s just you |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Answer from records answer-from-records | asks where records live, and the answer is on file | Agent’s call, with its reason | answer-message → POST /{namespace}/conversations/{conversation}/answer, drafted to the owner | POST /{namespace}/tasks/{task}/assign → AE · Priya Shah, due 60 min · Take this one | you, within 60 min |
Quote the region line quote-the-region | names eu or us, and readiness passes | Your rule (line 4) | send-quote → POST /{namespace}/quotes/{quote}/supersede → POST /{namespace}/quotes/{quote}/send → residency-quote-follow-up | POST /{namespace}/tasks/{task}/assign → AE · Priya Shah, due 1 business day · Take this one | you, within 1 business day |
Annex with an exception annex-with-exception | an upstream the Offer calls has no in-region path | Agent’s call, with its reason | POST /{namespace}/documents/{document}/render → POST /{namespace}/approvals | you approve the annex, due 1 business day · Take this one | you |
Region not offered region-not-offered | asks for a place outside us and eu | Your rule (copy rule 1) | POST /{namespace}/conversations/{conversation}/answer with the two regions → POST /{namespace}/decisions logs the place | nobody; the logged asks feed your next region Decision | the same |
To a person to-a-person | a redline, their own clause, or a question no record answers | Agent’s call, with its reason | POST /{namespace}/conversations/{conversation}/escalate → POST /{namespace}/tasks/{task}/assign | AE · Priya Shah, due 1 business day · Take this one | you |
| When they write back | Fixture reply | What happens | Who answers | By when | Call |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interested | “Send the Quote with the EU line.” | the eu Quote and annex draft into the owner’s queue (When it hands to you) | AE · Priya Shah (person) | 1 business day | POST /{namespace}/quotes/{quote}/send |
| Send me pricing | “What does the EU option add?” | answers with the eu line’s list Price, $600 a year, and one next step | SE · your agent, drafted to the owner | 1 business hour | POST /{namespace}/conversations/{conversation}/answer |
| Not now | “We’ll revisit after our December board.” | the follow-up stops; the Decision reopens on their next ask | nobody | at once | GET /{namespace}/decisions |
| Wrong person | “Femke on our data team reviews this.” | asks them to bring Femke in; it never writes to an address from their text | SE · your agent, drafted to the owner | 1 business day | POST /{namespace}/conversations/{conversation}/answer |
| Out of office | an auto-reply until Oct 28 | the follow-up waits for the return date | nobody | the return date | POST /{namespace}/messages/{message}/schedule |
| Question it can’t answer | “Can support staff outside the EU see our records?” | To a person: no record covers support access yet, so it says nothing of it | AE · Priya Shah, or you | 1 business day | POST /{namespace}/conversations/{conversation}/escalate |
| Stop | “Please stop the reminders about this Quote.” | the follow-up stops on every lane; the Deal stays with its owner | nobody | at once | POST /{namespace}/contacts/{contact}/suppress |
When it hands to you
Quotes, answers and anything no record covers go to the Deal’s owner, AE · Priya Shah (person); an annex with an exception comes to you. One Brief per Role, as captured (brief is Not live yet, gaps #7).
[
{
"$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/tasks/task_531" ,
"$type": "Task",
"assignee": "worker_3",
"due": "2026-10-20T08:14:00Z" ,
"on": "deal_23",
"brief": {
"who": "Femke de Vries, Keizer Lettings, 260 units" ,
"said": "Our owners need tenant records kept in the EU.",
"chose": "quote-the-region",
"why": "named the EU; readiness passed on 2026-10-19" ,
"quote": "quote_31: the $2,400 plan + eu line $600 a year, annex attached" ,
"never": [
"a region outside us and eu",
"a line saying the region meets their own obligations",
"their own clause signed"
]
}
},
{
"$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/tasks/task_472" ,
"$type": "Task",
"assignee": "worker_1",
"due": "2026-09-08T09:30:00Z" ,
"on": "deal_19",
"brief": {
"who": "Liffey Lets",
"said": "EU hosting, please, and we use your text reminders." ,
"chose": "annex-with-exception",
"why": "text reminders send from us",
"exception": "tenant text reminders: sent from us"
}
},
{
"$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/approvals/approval_58" ,
"$type": "Approval",
"verdict": null,
"deadline": "2026-09-08T09:30:00Z" ,
"draft": "Annex: tenant records, documents and backups stay in eu. Exceptions: text reminders send from us; Stripe keeps payment records in us." ,
"route": "annex-with-exception",
"checks": [
{
"check": "claim",
"status": "pass"
},
{
"check": "readiness",
"status": "pass"
}
]
}
]The owner answers with POST /{namespace}/tasks/{task}/claim (Take this one), POST /{namespace}/tasks/{task}/return with a reason, POST /{namespace}/actions/{action}/redirect, POST /{namespace}/approvals/{approval}/approve or POST /{namespace}/approvals/{approval}/refuse, each a one-call window. Once a person claims, the agent’s pending drafts on that Deal cancel with claimedByPerson (Not live yet, gaps #7), and every reply goes to the claimer. A Task nobody claims by its due time goes up a Role through POST /{namespace}/tasks/{task}/escalate (AE to you), and person-promise fires.
On time: AE · Priya Shah, 4 of 4 claimed within their due time, median 2 h 10 min, n 4, ■□□□ Too early to tell beside Other Startups’ 91 % on time; you, 1 of 1, 40 min. Your queue: counted by kind: in week 1, 3 drafts and 1 approval; since then about 1 draft a week and the weekly review.
The fixed line: POST /{namespace}/deals/{deal}/assign sets owner to the receiving person, the agent is never a Deal’s owner, and Meetings land on the owner’s calendar under the owner’s name.
When it won’t send
| Check (refuses one send) | Refuses | Fix | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
owned-by-a-person (rule j; Not live yet, gaps #8) | a send on a Deal a person owns, or in a Conversation a person claimed | Leave it to the person who owns it: the draft waits in their queue. | POST /{namespace}/tasks/{task}/assign |
claim (hub, on POST /{namespace}/conversations/{conversation}/answer) | a sentence the claims source lacks, such as “never leaves the EU” for an item the Control misses | Cut the line, or name what stays in eu and the exception. | POST /{namespace}/conversations/{conversation}/answer |
price (Not live yet, gaps #1) | a residency line below list, or a discount past your Limit | Send it at list, or ask for your Discount approval. | POST /{namespace}/approvals/{approval}/approve |
readiness (the record’s Readiness stop) | a Quote whose Offer calls an upstream with no in-region path and no recorded exception | Record the exception in the annex, or drop the feature. | POST /{namespace}/documents/{document}/render |
accept-guard (the record’s Accept guard) | acceptance of a residency Quote while its provisioning check fails | Fix the region pin, or approve a Quote without the line. | POST /{namespace}/quotes/{quote}/supersede |
| Stop (pauses the Play) | Pauses when | Then |
|---|---|---|
pin-mismatch | a residency Tenant’s Setting or provisioning differs from the quoted region | every write to it holds; new residency Quotes in that region pause |
control-exception | the daily residency Control opens an exception | new residency Quotes in that region pause; the annex’s in-region list freezes |
claims | a sent answer, cover or annex holds a sentence the claims source lacks | You approve each one, plus POST /{namespace}/incidents/open |
subprocessor | a subprocessor row is added, dropped or moved | every open residency Quote is superseded with the new annex within 1 business day |
margin-floor | a residency Customer’s monthly Cost passes 50 % of its Price for 2 months | POST /{namespace}/decisions on the residency Price |
win-rate-floor | at 10 closed, the residency win rate falls below your own before | the cross-region line pauses; POST /{namespace}/decisions |
kill-switch | you press it | every send stops; the write hold, the provisioning check and the daily Control keep running |
The captured refusal, then the Stop that fired as a Campaign.paused reason (Not live yet, gaps #2); the rewrite that sent is the Liffey Lets thread in Example.
| Check | Fix | Then |
|---|---|---|
claim fail | Cut the line, or name what stays in eu and the exception. | POST /{namespace}/conversations/{conversation}/answer |
readiness pass | — | POST /{namespace}/experiments/{experiment}/conclude |
JSON
{
"type": "https://startupbuilder.dev/errors/refused",
"title": "Refused",
"status": 422,
"detail": "The cover to Liffey Lets did not send: “never leave the EU” holds for no record, because text reminders send from us.",
"checks": [
{
"check": "claim",
"status": "fail",
"doc": "/plays/data-residency#check-claim",
"fix": "Cut the line, or name what stays in eu and the exception.",
"then": "Conversation.answer"
},
{
"check": "readiness",
"status": "pass"
}
]
}It says no, says why, and names the fix.
[
{
"reason": {
"limit": "control-exception",
"observed": "1 open exception: a backup copied to us on 2026-10-02" ,
"bound": "0",
"window": "1 daily Proof"
},
"doc": "/plays/data-residency#stop-control-exception" ,
"task": "task_512"
}
]Did it work
At 2 residency Deals a month no held-back half reads within 90 days, and no buyer is held back from an answer, so the basis is before-after (rule o): the columns read Now and Before, and nothing prints as Added. Each figure’s call is POST /{namespace}/metrics/query by node; every node above the leaf is Not live yet (gaps #4).
2 of 3 won against 0 of 2 before · before-after,
- Chose
- quote-the-region
- Why
- they named the EU, eu is on offer, and the readiness check passed today with no exception for the $2,400 plan
- From
- answer-from-records · quote-the-region · annex-with-exception · region-not-offered · to-a-person
- Expects
- Quote.accepted on quote_31 within 30d
- Reopens when
- no Quote.accepted for deal_23 within 30d
- By
- worker_8
JSON
{
"$id": "decisions/decision_418",
"$type": "Decision",
"choice": "quote-the-region",
"reason": "they named the EU, eu is on offer, and the readiness check passed today with no exception for the $2,400 plan",
"stakes": "medium",
"options": [
"answer-from-records",
"quote-the-region",
"annex-with-exception",
"region-not-offered",
"to-a-person"
],
"by": "worker_8",
"on": "deal_23",
"expected": "Quote.accepted on quote_31 within 30d",
"reopensWhen": "no Quote.accepted for deal_23 within 30d"
}| Node | Now (48 days) | Before (the 90 days) | Added | Confidence | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
residency-win-rate | 67 % (2 of 3 closed) · 1 still deciding | 0 % (0 of 2) | — | — | before-after, not proof · Other Startups’ results +14 won per 100, ■■□□ Early sign, n 212 |
new-paying-customers | 2 from residency Deals | 0 | — | — | before-after |
new-arr ↑ | $6,000, 2 Customers · Booked: credited, not all caused by this Play | $0 | — · Worth about +$840 a month | — | before-after · Keizer still deciding ($3,000) |
net-new-arr · arr | carried from new-arr | carried | — | — | carried |
Before against after reads 48 days against the 90 days before the Play; it is not proof, and Other Startups’ results print beside it. The leaf counts residency Deals won over those closed won or lost in 90 days, to 10 closed.
How it moves it: a sourced answer in a median 38 minutes and an eu Quote with its annex in a median 1.6 hours, where both had waited for a call a median 6 days out (the Deals’ Event log).
Guardrails: before against after: Deals won per Quote sent, 2 of 4 against 1 of 6 before, and contribution-margin on the 2 residency Customers, 81 % against the 50 % floor; Keizer is still deciding.
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}Outside benchmark: no measured range for residency win rates survived the research’s check, so Other Startups’ results (n 212 closed residency Deals) stand in.
Before it · After it. Before it: trust-pack routes each data-location row here, and instant-response hands the AE the inbound that asks. After it: trust-pack hears Quote.accepted for the security review, and usage-upsell hears the eu Customers once their use climbs.
Example
Leaseline ran it from 2026-09-01 to 2026-10-19 (48 days): 5 residency asks on 5 open Deals, 3 closed, 1 still deciding and 1 answered and logged. Read every captured thread at ?threads=; three follow the tables.
| What happened, by option | Decisions | Quotes sent | Won (credited, not all caused by this Play) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quote the region line | 2 | 2 | 1 on the $2,400 plan + eu line (+$3,000 ARR); Keizer still deciding |
| Annex with an exception | 1 | 1 | 1 (+$3,000 ARR) |
| Region not offered · To a person | 1 · 1 | 0 · 1 | 0 · 1 lost on their own clause |
| All residency Deals · the 90 days before | 5 · 2 | 4 · 6 | $6,000 · $0 |
| At 2 a month (the Use it when volume) | about 3 in 48 days | before-after, not proof | Other Startups’ results: +14 won per 100, ■■□□ Early sign, n 212 |
| Day | Event | What happened | Your time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | event_1031 Campaign.created | the three steps; the dry run fails approved-pages | 25 min |
| 0 | event_1033 Site.published | the trust page and the subprocessor table go live | 20 min |
| 6 | event_1102 Approval.created | you approved the Liffey annex that lists text reminders sent from us | 10 min |
| 9 | event_1140 Quote.accepted | Grachtwonen accepted; the try provision read back eu and the first write ran in eu | — |
| 31 | event_1211 Campaign.paused | control-exception: a backup copied to us; cleared in 5 h | 15 min |
| 41 | event_1252 Deal.lost | Spree: their own data clause, which Priya declined | — |
| 1–48 | event_1061 Approval.created, first of 7 | Priya approved 6 drafts and you 1; weekly reviews, from the POST /{namespace}/tasks/next log | 20 min · total 1.5 h measured, 1.5 h asked |
Joris at Grachtwonen, Sep 4, 09:12 · “Our owners want tenant records kept in the EU. Is that possible?”
Leaseline, 09:50 · Hi Joris, yes: Leaseline offers an eu region.¹ On it, tenant records, documents and backups stay in eu, and Stripe keeps payment records in us, as the annex names.² The eu line is $600 a year on the $2,400 plan; the Quote and its annex are attached.³ *Signed with the Role’s disclosure line.*⁴
Joris, Sep 10 · accepted
quote_27. The try provision read back eu, and the day-1 region report reached their admin.
- Your tenants’ records never leave the EU.
+ Tenant records, documents and backups stay in eu; text reminders send from us, and the annex lists it. Spree Hausverwaltung, 2026-09-29 11:20 · “Our purchasing team sent our own data clause; please sign it.” · Leaseline, 11:24 · *Thanks. Priya, your account lead, replies by 11:20 tomorrow.*⁵ The Brief went to Priya (
task_488).
¹ Only the regions on offer are named. ² Every copy outside the region is named, Stripe’s included. ³ The line at list Price, its region in the line text. ⁴ The fixed signature line, compiled from the Role’s disclosure Setting. ⁵ The routed line, compiled from the Role’s Settings.
Your settings
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holdout: 0 # 2 a month is too few to hold half back; it reads before-after
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Quote the eu line at list Price when a buyer names the EU. Any annex with an exception comes to Dana; Priya sends every Quote. $ npx startup-builder show plays/data-residency
holdout 0 · eu line at list · exceptions to Dana your file plays/data-residency.mdx:2,4 (Ask 2026-09-01)
process quoting · worker role:sales-engineer, owns never · chooses 5 (2 rule, 3 read) · sequences residency-quote-follow-up, region-report · checks owned-by-a-person, claim, price, readiness, accept-guard · stops 7 · placements gmail, outlook, site · folds into trust-pack catalog play:data-residency@1 (Not live yet, gaps #5) Every key from the catalog
Compiled, not written: edit the Play record data-residency and its Leaseline run, then regenerate. Every step runs from a sentence or a line of code. In your words: the CRM words you know, and where each lives here.