BUILD 019 — The Alert That Knows Who Cares SCENE 1 BUILD 019. 100 ALERTS ≠ 100 INCIDENTS. Repeated signals may describe one event. SCENE 2 CORRELATE. GROUP EVIDENCE FIRST. Preserve each source and state. SCENE 3 ASSESS. SCORE CONSEQUENCE TRANSPARENTLY. Keep severity, scale, rights, and reversibility visible. SCENE 4 ROUTE. AUTHORITY BEFORE AVAILABILITY. Notify the right owner, with reasons. SCENE 5 ACKNOWLEDGE. MISSED CLOCK → NAMED BACKUP. Record response or escalate. SCENE 6 ESCALATION. CHAIN—NOT VOLUME. Authority, evidence, time, recourse. FINAL PROPOSITION Escalation is a chain of authority, evidence, time, and recourse.