Use only the supplied company evidence. No tools or network are available. The company list was discovered in a preceding actual Claude WebSearch/WebFetch run; this task is qualification from that packet, not new discovery. Do not add companies, sources, personal names, emails or contacts. No em dash. Nothing will be sent. Today is 2026-09-23.
Produce a source-traceable qualification ledger. Keep the frozen hard criteria, including dated 50-1000 headcount evidence. Unknown facts remain null, with research. Reject observed contrary criteria or stale events. Do not convert a hub into headquarters, undated staff count into current dated whole-group headcount, a future plan into current staff, or a search engine year into event date. Company domains not observed in this packet stay null. Do not fill them from memory.
Return one JSON object: candidates (candidate_id, company_name, canonical_domain, source_ids, source_urls, source_publishers, event_date, observation_date, fit_evidence, observed_event, inference, uncertainty, verified_criteria, decision, reason, missing_fields, next_action), counts, initial_drafts, limitations. verified_criteria uses true/false/null for b2b_software, independent_private_company, english_product_site, headquarters_in_scope, headcount_in_scope, headcount_date_in_scope, event_type_in_scope, event_date_in_scope, primary_sources_accessible.
Use at most the five companies in the packet. For one retained company, prepare an unsent email and LinkedIn draft addressed to an as-yet-unselected commercial role about the verified event and an illustrative outbound service offer. If no company is retained, initial_drafts=null and explain why. Do not fabricate success to fill a template.

FROZEN ICP:
{"record_id": "EP-05", "frozen_at": "2026-09-23T19:11:36.137801+00:00", "as_of": "2026-09-23", "buyer_scenario": "An illustrative outbound service provider looking for B2B software accounts; no claim about Overloop product integrations.", "geography": ["United Kingdom", "Ireland"], "headquarters_required": true, "language": "English official product site", "business_model": "Independent software product sold to businesses; exclude consumer-only apps, pure services/agencies and publicly listed groups.", "size": {"minimum_employees": 50, "maximum_employees": 1000, "acceptable_evidence": "Dated first-party headcount statement within previous 12 months (2025-09-24 through 2026-09-23). A count remains a dated proxy, not a verified current workforce census.", "unknown_handling": "research; never infer headcount from funding or job counts"}, "event": {"types": ["Dated official commercial or sales-team hiring announcement", "Dated official expansion into a new market, new office or commercial team"], "from": "2026-06-25", "through": "2026-09-23", "freshness_days": 90, "undated_job_page": "Not sufficient to prove event freshness", "non_evidence": "An old vacancy, search engine crawl date, a person role change or generic growth copy is not the required company event."}, "limits": {"candidate_companies_max": 10, "web_search_calls_max": 12, "planned_web_search_calls_max": 8, "web_fetch_calls_max": 18, "personal_data": false, "paid_data_api": false, "credits_purchase": false, "signup": false, "outreach": false}, "decisions": {"retain": "Official evidence establishes business fit, headquarters, dated size proxy and a qualifying dated event in the window. Retain is a reviewed account, not a verified contact or send-ready lead.", "reject": "Evidence contradicts a required criterion or confirms a stale event.", "research": "One or more required facts are unknown, conflicting or inaccessible."}, "ranking": "Categorical fit and timing only; no invented score or propensity model."}
SAME SUPPLIED SOURCE PACKET FOR BOTH VARIANTS:
{
  "record_id": "EP-05",
  "origin": "Actual Claude discovery run: 11 WebSearch and 14 WebFetch calls, interrupted at local 600-second cap before final ledger.",
  "candidate_scope": [
    "Summize",
    "Fenergo",
    "Bright Software Group",
    "Spyrosoft",
    "Kappture"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "source_id": "FETCH-01",
      "url": "https://businesscloud.co.uk/news/summize-launches-us-base-with-boston-office/",
      "observed_date": "2026-09-23",
      "evidence_type": "Claude Code WebFetch extraction, not a separately archived raw webpage",
      "tool_result_sha256": "8c21c8232a9170aea439a6440a62d9975c7b430323683286c3613620f7680f1c",
      "text": "# Summize US Expansion Summary\n\n**Publication Date:** October 3, 2023\n\n**Company Name:** Summize\n\n**Headquarters Location:** Manchester (UK base); expanding to Boston, Massachusetts\n\n**Announcement:** Opening of new US office in Boston's Seaport area and launch of US subsidiary Summize Inc.\n\n**Employee/Team Information:** \"Several members of the team have made the move across the Atlantic to establish the new Boston base with further local recruitment planned later in the year\"\n\n\n\n\n\n**Website Domain:** Not mentioned in article"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "FETCH-02",
      "url": "https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/news/fenergo-creates-300-new-jobs-supported-by-enterprise-ireland",
      "observed_date": "2026-09-23",
      "evidence_type": "Claude Code WebFetch extraction, not a separately archived raw webpage",
      "tool_result_sha256": "d99f36217a5d2fe7334c233934daf72499050ce236ae6af0dfc6df75cf6c9ffb",
      "text": "# Fenergo Job Announcement - Key Details\n\n**Publication Date:** \"08th July 2025\" (announced 3rd July 2025)\n\n**Company Headquarters:** Dublin, Ireland (global HQ)\n\n**Jobs Overview:**\n- **Count:** 300 new roles in Ireland by 2028; 500 total globally within three years\n- **Specializations:** \"engineering, product, AI, data and other innovation roles\" plus a graduate program targeting \"up to 30 university graduates\"\n- **Location:** \"new RD&I Centre of Excellence at Fenergo's Dublin HQ\"\n- **Purpose:** Research, Development & Innovation expansion with \u20ac100 million investment\n\n**Employee Headcount:** The announcement notes these new positions will \"double the domestic headcount,\" though the current baseline figure is not provided.\n\n**Business Description:** Fenergo is \"a global leader in AI-powered solutions for client lifecycle management (CLM), specialising in know your customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML)\"\n\n**Ownership/Listing Status:** No information provided in the document regarding public listing or ownership structure."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "FETCH-03",
      "url": "https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/westmidlands/news/2114681-tech-firm-opens-warwickshire-innovation-hub-to-support-growth",
      "observed_date": "2026-09-23",
      "evidence_type": "Claude Code WebFetch extraction, not a separately archived raw webpage",
      "tool_result_sha256": "7d76bde3a10aa36390a4407287bb3b03a8cbd9b8acfd16c68abfa148627eddd0",
      "text": "# Article Extraction Summary\n\n**Publication Date:** July 22 2026\n\n**Company Name:** Bright Software Group\n\n**Headquarters Location:** Not specified in article\n\n**What Was Opened & Where:** New office in Leamington Spa at Aura on Harrison Way\n\n**Sales/Commercial Hiring:** Article mentions the new office will create \"room for further recruitment\" but does not specify hiring numbers or sales figures.\n\n**Employee Headcount:** No specific figures provided with dates\n\n**Ownership:** Not mentioned in article\n\n**Business Description:** \"develops software for accountants and businesses across the UK and Ireland\"\n\n**Lease Details:** Six-year lease signed following major site refurbishment. The new office will \"double Bright's regional capacity, providing collaborative workspace for existing employees\" and will support expansion of AI capabilities."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "FETCH-04",
      "url": "https://www.brightsg.com/news/",
      "observed_date": "2026-09-23",
      "evidence_type": "Claude Code WebFetch extraction, not a separately archived raw webpage",
      "tool_result_sha256": "cb727220cfeea78501a7d56bf8bf397ba06833aaef3bb35d2c488aaa31dcf263",
      "text": "The server returned HTTP 404 Not Found.\n\nThe response body was not retrieved. If this URL requires authentication, use an authenticated tool (e.g. `gh` for GitHub, or an MCP-provided fetch tool) instead of WebFetch."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "FETCH-05",
      "url": "https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2130199-tech-firm-expands-by-opening-new-nw-office-to-support-bbc-contract",
      "observed_date": "2026-09-23",
      "evidence_type": "Claude Code WebFetch extraction, not a separately archived raw webpage",
      "tool_result_sha256": "23ebc6e4e92ad581d5caa17b85589339b5827e67d7ab7ed9da72610e0f5abb89",
      "text": "# Article Extraction: Spyrosoft Manchester Expansion\n\n**Publication Date:** March 14 2024\n\n**Company Name:** Spyrosoft\n\n**Headquarters:** Not specified in article\n\n**Business Description:** Services (Digital Engineering Augmentation services)\n\n**Announcement:** Opening a new office in Manchester at Digital World Centre, Salford Quays to support BBC contract\n\n**Headcount & Dates:** Initial staffing of 50 employees (no specific date provided beyond office opening context)\n\n**Sales/Commercial Hiring:** Three-year collaboration agreement signed in December 2023; Spyrosoft will serve as external technology partner to expand BBC's media technology teams in the UK\n\n**Key Quote:** \"act as an external partner providing technology expertise and resources to expand the BBC's media technology teams in the UK\""
    },
    {
      "source_id": "FETCH-06",
      "url": "https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/kappture-creating-20-jobs-with-galway-software-hub-expansion/",
      "observed_date": "2026-09-23",
      "evidence_type": "Claude Code WebFetch extraction, not a separately archived raw webpage",
      "tool_result_sha256": "7fa6f4f635d12a26cae97948f536b8a09ae38f0a1ace711f1e979fa22f23000a",
      "text": "# Kappture Expansion Summary\n\n**Publication Date:** May 2, 2025\n\n**Company Name:** Kappture\n\n**Headquarters Location:** Galway (currently operating from The Portershed)\n\n**Announcement:** Expansion of Software Development Hub with 20 new job positions\n\n**Role Types:** Both engineering and commercial roles. Specifically recruiting for \"computer vision software engineering, software development, as well as other commercial and operational roles.\"\n\n**Employee Headcount:** 20 new positions being created\n\n**Company Website Domain:** Not provided in the article\n",
      "review_note": "A Galway hub is not automatically global headquarters. Headquarters remains unverified; the event is also outside the freshness window."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "FETCH-07",
      "url": "https://www.brightsg.com/",
      "observed_date": "2026-09-23",
      "evidence_type": "Claude Code WebFetch extraction, not a separately archived raw webpage",
      "tool_result_sha256": "64444f772ab65e9d0b1c640f6a6fafd9147359ec0b6e2ea86ec6b2d318038170",
      "text": "# Bright Software Group - Company Information\n\n**Company Description:**\n\"A comprehensive range of specialist software designed to support accountants, payroll professionals and businesses across the full accounting and compliance lifecycle.\"\n\n**Headquarters Location:**\nNot explicitly stated on this webpage.\n\n**Employee Count Statement:**\nNo employee count mentioned.\n\n**Offices List:**\nThe page indicates operations in:\n- United Kingdom\n- Ireland\n\nNo specific office locations (including Leamington Spa) are listed.\n\n**Ownership:**\nNot disclosed on this page.\n\n**Relevant Links:**\n- About: https://brightsg.com/about-bright/\n- Careers: https://brightsg.com/careers/\n- Products: https://brightsg.com/products/\n\n**Leamington Spa Office:**\nNo mention of a Leamington Spa office appears in the provided content."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "FETCH-08",
      "url": "https://www.brightsg.com/about-us/",
      "observed_date": "2026-09-23",
      "evidence_type": "Claude Code WebFetch extraction, not a separately archived raw webpage",
      "tool_result_sha256": "f1fb5af2bda5ff006c241596655b8db501befdea1f796b778b8a677a67eed44b",
      "text": "# Bright Software Group - Company Overview\n\n## Headquarters & Offices\nThe company operates from multiple locations:\n- **Duleek, Ireland** (Unit 35 Duleek Business Park, Co. Meath)\n- **Leamington Spa, UK** (Aura, 1 Harrison Way, Leamington Spa)\n- **Kolkata, India** (Experis IT Building, GP Block Plot J3, Salt Lake Sector V)\n- **Belfast, Northern Ireland** (3 Block 1, Forestgrove Office Park)\n- **Ipswich, UK** (1-5 Queen St)\n\n## Company Scale\n\n## Founding & History\nThe company traces its roots to the early 1990s, when founder members established Thesaurus Software, eventually evolving into the current Bright Software Group.\n\n## Products\nThe company provides accounting and payroll software solutions, including BrightPay, BrightManager, BrightAccountsProduction, BrightBooks, BrightTax, Inform Direct, BrightWorkpapers, and several others targeting accountants, bookkeepers, and SMEs.\n\n## Industry Experience\nThe organization emphasizes \"30 years of expertise\" in the accounting and payroll software sector.\n\n**Note:** No newsroom or press release links were included in the source material provided."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "FETCH-09",
      "url": "https://brightsg.com/careers/",
      "observed_date": "2026-09-23",
      "evidence_type": "Claude Code WebFetch extraction, not a separately archived raw webpage",
      "tool_result_sha256": "bee9802b1f8b0e777d6546334a114792de137e200bf1aae5582f9a4471eb83c2",
      "text": "REDIRECT DETECTED: The URL redirects to a location that was not fetched automatically.\n\n    Original URL: https://brightsg.com/careers/\n    Redirect URL (from the server's Location header \u2014 server-supplied, not verified): https://bright.pinpointhq.com/\n    Status: 301 Moved Permanently\n\n    To complete your request, I need to fetch content from the redirected URL. Please use WebFetch again with these parameters:\n    - url: \"https://bright.pinpointhq.com/\"\n    - prompt: \"Extract: any statement of number of employees or team size (quote), locations hiring, whether sales/commercial roles are listed, any dated announcement about new office or commercial team growth, and links to the job board (URL). No person names.\""
    },
    {
      "source_id": "FETCH-10",
      "url": "https://brightsg.com/about-bright/",
      "observed_date": "2026-09-23",
      "evidence_type": "Claude Code WebFetch extraction, not a separately archived raw webpage",
      "tool_result_sha256": "81fe122c3451830b09f23293491996ade072c3c7eb38e42cd6d7c411c1ca5aa6",
      "text": "# Bright - Company Information Extract\n\n## Headquarters\nNo explicit designation of a single headquarters is provided. The company lists multiple office locations:\n- Leamington Spa, UK (described as \"Aura, 1 Harrison Way\")\n- Duleek, Ireland\n- Kolkata, India\n- Belfast, UK\n- Ipswich, UK\n\n## Employees/Team Size\nNo specific employee count or team size information is provided in the document.\n\n## Ownership/Investors\nNo ownership structure, investor information, or funding details are disclosed.\n\n## Public/Listed Status\nNo statement regarding whether the company is publicly listed or privately held.\n\n## Leamington Spa Office or Hiring News\nThe Leamington Spa location is listed as an office address with contact information available, but no dated news, announcements, or hiring-related information is provided regarding this facility."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "FETCH-11",
      "url": "https://www.brightpay.co.uk/pages/about-brightpay",
      "observed_date": "2026-09-23",
      "evidence_type": "Claude Code WebFetch extraction, not a separately archived raw webpage",
      "tool_result_sha256": "067df20ad7c5c223dde0535e42ab2867060017d0b73de3904d47d35a5cd123dc",
      "text": "# Bright Software Group - Factual Extraction\n\n## Headquarters Location\nThe head office is located at Unit 35 Duleek Business Park, Duleek, Co. Meath, A92 N15E, Ireland. An additional address listed is 1st Floor, Aura Building, Leamington Spa, CV31 3HH.\n\n## Number of Employees\nNo specific employee count is provided in the document.\n\n## Ownership/Investor\nThe company is structured as a merged entity. \"Bright was created in 2021 when Thesaurus Software Ltd. and Relate Software Ltd. decided to join forces.\" No external investors or ownership stakes are mentioned.\n\n## Offices\nThree office locations are listed:\n- **Head Office**: Duleek, Co. Meath, Ireland\n- **Warwick Office**: 9 Smith Street, Warwick, CV34 4JA, United Kingdom\n- **Kolkata Office**: Experis IT Building, GP Block Plot J3, Salt Lake Sector V, Kolkata, 700091, India\n\n## Recent Dated News\nThe document contains no recent news items with specific dates beyond the company's established milestones (2021 merger, 2017 for AccountancyManager acquisition). No news updates from 2025 or 2026 are included."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "FETCH-12",
      "url": "https://bright.pinpointhq.com/",
      "observed_date": "2026-09-23",
      "evidence_type": "Claude Code WebFetch extraction, not a separately archived raw webpage",
      "tool_result_sha256": "f923df656ef3e0da9010668401b5cc5fdfc210b5fccf3aed6ecf4485ccfa1c8f",
      "text": "# Bright Careers Page Analysis\n\n**Employee/Team Size:** No specific employee count or team size statement found on this page.\n\n**Office Locations:** No office locations are explicitly listed on this careers page.\n\n**Sales/Commercial/Business Development Roles:** No open positions are displayed on the page. The content notes: \"Don't worry if you don't see any roles you want to apply for now,\" with an invitation to register interest for future opportunities.\n\n**Growth/New Office Announcements:** No dated statements regarding new offices or team expansion are present on this page."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "FETCH-13",
      "url": "https://brightsg.com/news/",
      "observed_date": "2026-09-23",
      "evidence_type": "Claude Code WebFetch extraction, not a separately archived raw webpage",
      "tool_result_sha256": "cb727220cfeea78501a7d56bf8bf397ba06833aaef3bb35d2c488aaa31dcf263",
      "text": "The server returned HTTP 404 Not Found.\n\nThe response body was not retrieved. If this URL requires authentication, use an authenticated tool (e.g. `gh` for GitHub, or an MCP-provided fetch tool) instead of WebFetch."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "FETCH-14",
      "url": "https://www.brightpay.ie/pages/team/",
      "observed_date": "2026-09-23",
      "evidence_type": "Claude Code WebFetch extraction, not a separately archived raw webpage",
      "tool_result_sha256": "4d7d6b1dec450057a3221a2c583145ad846ae02c6edd1ab79a082f05148bd3a2",
      "text": "# BrightPay Team - Company-Level Information\n\n**Staff Count:**\n\n**Context:**\nThe 80+ employee figure represents the current state of the broader BrightPay operation, not exclusively the desktop software division. The company operates under Thesaurus Software Ltd, trading as Bright Software Group.\n\n**Office Location:**\nUnit 35 Duleek Business Park, Duleek, County Meath, A92 N15E, Ireland\n\n**Company History:**\nThesaurus Payroll Manager launched \"in the early 90s,\" establishing the foundation for the current BrightPay portfolio, which now includes cloud and desktop solutions.",
      "review_note": "The count is undated and refers to the BrightPay family. It does not establish a dated whole-group headcount for Bright Software Group."
    }
  ],
  "caution": "Dates and claims are tool-extracted from linked sources. Third-party search snippets are pointers. Only source facts corroborated by primary evidence can retain."
}
