Earnings Release Fact Check Agent

An error in an earnings release is public, permanent and hard to correct. Before each release, this agent lists every figure in the draft and ties it to the financial statements, segment data and reconciliation tables. It checks that non-GAAP reconciliations add up, that percent changes are calculated correctly using restated prior figures where they exist, and that guidance matches the approved numbers. Unapproved guidance blocks the draft. It compares wording with last quarter for consistency. Each issue goes to a mark-up list with its source. After edits, it rechecks the whole draft, not only the changed lines, until every figure ties. Finance, legal and the IR manager approve before release; the agent never publishes. Edge case: a percent change uses an old prior year figure that was later restated, which the agent catches and corrects to the restated figure.