Sign and countersign a contract

Steps

1. 1 None Offstage: a promoter applies and proves their address 0:00
2. 2 None Offstage: the manager approves it, which drafts the contract 0:01
3. 3 None Offstage: an admin fills the variables and locks it 0:02
4. 4 Venue Manager The venue manager opens the locked agreement 0:05 ▣

   The list is step 1 of the manual and the gate scenario never opens it — it reaches the contract by id. This is also where a drafted contract nobody locked would have to be noticed, which is stall 1.

5. 5 Venue Manager Read what the venue changed from the master template 0:06 ▣

   `require_staff`. A manager reads the redline history so the agreement is not a black box to the person who has to run the night.

6. 6 Venue Manager The same manager cannot lock or sign it 0:08 ▣

   Reading and executing are different powers, enforced at the route and not by hiding a button — a hidden button is a decoration, and this call skips the page entirely.

7. 7 Venue Manager Offstage: the signing link, as the host received it 0:09
8. 8 Venue Manager Offstage: the host leaves it a fortnight and the link expires 0:10
9. 9 Guest The host opens a link that has expired 0:12 ▣

   'This signing link has expired — contact the venue.' Told to somebody whose only relationship with the venue is this email. Checked while the signature is still owed, which is when it matters: once they have signed, the same page keeps showing their status even on a dead token — the receipt outliving the link is the right call and is asserted below.

10. 10 Guest …and offers nothing to do about it 0:14 ▣

    Recorded as the target. The plan this raised is the fix; this assertion turns green when it ships.

11. 11 Guest Offstage: the signing link, as the host received it 0:15
12. 12 Guest A fresh link is issued and the host signs from their phone 0:15 ▣

    Signed out on purpose: the single-use token authorises this page, not a session.

13. 13 Guest Type the legal name instead of drawing 0:17
14. 14 Guest Tick the consent and sign 0:18 ▣

    The typed name is checked against the legal name captured at intake — a signature is not a free-text box.

15. 15 Guest They reopen the same link to see where it stands 0:21 ▣

    The manual's step 7 — 'check where the agreement stands without pestering anyone'. A waiting party with a self-serve answer generates no chase traffic, which is the cheapest receipt there is.