Policy and Economics Lab

Plain-language user guide

How to use Policy Lab

Track official records, macro pressure, spending signals, and the proof trail behind KELLY forecast movement.

Workflow

Use the lab in five moves

  1. Choose a proof preset that matches the question you care about.
  2. Ask KELLY inside this lab to get the sector-specific response without leaving the page.
  3. Inspect the live forecast showcase and proof-route status before trusting the output.
  4. Open the Glass Lab artifact target to trace source, proof, replay, and settlement evidence.
  5. Open the full Ask KELLY app only when you want the broader cross-sector conversation.

Artifact spine

The required proof path

actively_checked_or_pending

Source

Approved data feed, document, event, price, weather, policy, research, or odds source.

Glass Lab target

https://glass-lab.up.railway.app?artifact=policy-economics%3Asource

actively_checked_or_pending

Observation

A tagged fact candidate KELLY can inspect without trusting blindly.

Glass Lab target

https://glass-lab.up.railway.app?artifact=policy-economics%3Aobservation

actively_checked_or_pending

Hypothesis

The causal question, bridge, or forecast KELLY wants reality to test.

Glass Lab target

https://glass-lab.up.railway.app?artifact=policy-economics%3Ahypothesis

linked_when_kelly_emits_receipt

Proof receipt

The evidence packet that explains what KELLY saw and why it moved.

Glass Lab target

https://glass-lab.up.railway.app?artifact=policy-economics%3Aproof

linked_when_kelly_emits_receipt

Replay

The reconstruction path that proves the chain can be rebuilt later.

Glass Lab target

https://glass-lab.up.railway.app?artifact=policy-economics%3Areplay

linked_when_kelly_emits_receipt

Settlement

The reality-close record: what happened, when, and from which authority.

Glass Lab target

https://glass-lab.up.railway.app?artifact=policy-economics%3Asettlement

linked_when_kelly_emits_receipt

Calibration

The score that separates accuracy from confident language.

Glass Lab target

https://glass-lab.up.railway.app?artifact=policy-economics%3Acalibration

linked_when_kelly_emits_receipt

Memory eligibility

A replay-backed candidate that may influence future KELLY work.

Glass Lab target

https://glass-lab.up.railway.app?artifact=policy-economics%3Amemory

Proof presets

High-value forecasts this lab is built to inspect

24 hours

24-hour policy signal

Which official release or rule change is likely to matter next?

Why this matters

Short-term proof that KELLY can notice official source changes quickly.

Reality signal

Federal Register, FRED release, USAspending update, source receipt

Open proof target
30-90 days

Macro pressure forecast

Which macro pressure is most likely to shift forecasts: inflation, jobs, rates, growth, or spending?

Why this matters

Medium-term proof that KELLY can connect public indicators into a causal forecast.

Reality signal

indicator change, causal link, forecast delta, settlement plan

Open proof target
6-24 months

Institutional trend thesis

Which public-policy or spending trend is most likely to create measurable downstream effects?

Why this matters

Long-term proof that KELLY can track slow loops and revise with evidence.

Reality signal

official record, lagging measure, calibration, replayable thesis

Open proof target

Source families

What KELLY watches

  • Federal Register
  • USAspending
  • FRED
  • DataUSA
  • FEC and official public records
  • World Bank and macro public APIs

Proof standard

What makes it trustworthy

  • Official sources are tagged separately from interpretation.
  • Causal claims need a named pathway and falsifier.
  • Forecast movement must say what evidence changed.
  • Settlement and calibration happen after reality closes.

Boundary

What this is not

This is not financial, legal, tax, or investment advice. It is a read-only public evidence and forecasting interface.

Every displayed forecast must link to Glass Lab or clearly say the artifact is pending.

User controls

Export, delete, location, feedback

Use Causalea Settings for browser-local export/delete, private coarse location, appearance, and feedback. This lab does not store precise coordinates and does not let public users write KELLY Prime.