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Reviewed 3/23/2026 | 5 min read

What Proofstead can review vs. what must be documented in workspace

Which issues Proofstead can directly unblock or review, and which facts still need to live in the job workspace before support can help effectively.

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Key takeaways
  • +Proofstead can review claims, disputes, blocked verification, payout restrictions, checkout failures, and account-access issues.
  • +The workspace still needs the underlying facts: the exact scope item, closeout note, invoice line, timestamps, and supporting photos or messages.
  • +The cleanest escalation is a documented record first, then a support request or claim/dispute flow when the workflow is truly blocked.

What Proofstead can directly review or unblock

The repo already shows a few classes of issues that genuinely depend on Proofstead review or intervention: homeowner claims, contractor disputes, blocked contractor verification, restricted or failed payout handling, checkout failures, and account-access or security issues.

Those are workflow-level problems. They are about review, status, or unblockers that the app itself cannot finish without the right team stepping in.

What still has to live in the workspace first

Support cannot replace the job record. If the question is about what work was approved, what changed, what the closeout record shows, what the invoice line means, or what condition the photos document, those facts still belong in the workspace first.

That is true even when the next step becomes a claim, a dispute, or a support escalation. The workspace is where the evidence stays legible for everyone reading the case later.

  • +The exact scope item, change order, or charge being questioned
  • +Before and after photos or current condition photos when they matter
  • +Timestamps, notes, and the specific outcome you want reviewed
  • +Any closeout or invoice context already shown in the job record

How to escalate without losing the thread

Use the built-in claim or dispute path when the job is already at the right stage for formal review. Use direct support when the blocker is about access, verification, payouts, checkout, or a review path that still needs manual follow-up after the documented record is already in place.

That sequence keeps the facts, the workflow, and the support request aligned instead of forcing the team to reconstruct the job from separate channels.

A strong escalation packet is simple

Point to the exact job, the exact documented issue, and the exact blocker. Proofstead can review faster when the record already says what changed and what still needs to happen.