Auditable open-end coding

Crosstabs provides a browser-local manual workflow for open ends: define or reuse themes, assign responses, attest that review is complete, approve the coding, apply it as project variables, and retain decision history with a guarded undo path.

• The workflow does not send responses to a model or discover themes automatically.
• A researcher remains responsible for theme definitions, assignment coverage, approval, interpretation, and any sensitive-content handling.
• Supplying responses to a separate AI assistant is governed by that assistant's data policy, not the Crosstabs local boundary.

These boundaries travel with the claim in the versioned evidence graph, its JSON representation, the LLM reference, and MCP evidence resources. A generated finding or workflow shortcut does not override them.

Inspect the underlying product and methods evidence before relying on this workflow in a consequential study:

• /privacy
• /data-processing
• /local-mode