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  "schema_version": 1,
  "diagram_type": "architecture",
  "meta": {
    "title": "Northline Coffee — Who Can Say a Customer Owes Us (2026-07)",
    "output": "northline-customer-ar.html",
    "quality_profile": "showcase",
    "views": [
      {
        "id": "dtc-no-ar",
        "label": "DTC: paid at checkout",
        "focus": [
          "dtc",
          "shopify",
          "stripe"
        ],
        "note": "A DTC customer pays at checkout. Shopify records a sales receipt; Stripe holds the charge. There is never a receivable on this path."
      },
      {
        "id": "wholesale-ar",
        "label": "Wholesale: the only A/R",
        "focus": [
          "wholesale",
          "quickbooks",
          "aging",
          "chase"
        ],
        "note": "A wholesale account is invoiced from QuickBooks on net-30 terms. The invoice creates A/R; the ACH into Chase 1002 clears it."
      },
      {
        "id": "who-chases",
        "label": "Who chases",
        "focus": [
          "aging",
          "controller",
          "wholesale"
        ],
        "note": "The QuickBooks aging report is the only list of who owes Northline. The controller works it; Shopify customers are not debtors."
      }
    ]
  },
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    {
      "id": "dtc",
      "type": "external",
      "label": "DTC customer",
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        40,
        150
      ],
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        60
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "shopify",
      "type": "frontend",
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      "sublabel": "sales receipt · CRM",
      "brand": "shopify",
      "pos": [
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        150
      ],
      "size": [
        150,
        64
      ],
      "tag": "orders SoT · no A/R"
    },
    {
      "id": "stripe",
      "type": "backend",
      "label": "Stripe",
      "sublabel": "charge captured",
      "brand": "stripe",
      "pos": [
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        150
      ],
      "size": [
        150,
        64
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "chase",
      "type": "database",
      "label": "Chase 1002",
      "sublabel": "operating account",
      "pos": [
        740,
        150
      ],
      "size": [
        150,
        64
      ],
      "tag": "cash SoT"
    },
    {
      "id": "wholesale",
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      "label": "Wholesale account",
      "sublabel": "net-30 terms",
      "pos": [
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        400
      ],
      "size": [
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        60
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "quickbooks",
      "type": "database",
      "label": "QuickBooks",
      "sublabel": "invoices · A/R",
      "pos": [
        260,
        400
      ],
      "size": [
        150,
        64
      ],
      "tag": "books SoT · A/R SoT"
    },
    {
      "id": "aging",
      "type": "security",
      "label": "A/R aging",
      "sublabel": "QuickBooks report",
      "pos": [
        500,
        400
      ],
      "size": [
        150,
        64
      ],
      "tag": "who owes us"
    },
    {
      "id": "controller",
      "type": "external",
      "label": "Controller",
      "sublabel": "collections owner",
      "pos": [
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        400
      ],
      "size": [
        150,
        60
      ]
    }
  ],
  "boundaries": [
    {
      "kind": "region",
      "label": "DTC path — paid at checkout, no receivable",
      "wraps": [
        "dtc",
        "shopify",
        "stripe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "region",
      "label": "Wholesale path — invoiced, the only A/R",
      "wraps": [
        "wholesale",
        "quickbooks",
        "aging"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "id": "checkout",
      "from": "dtc",
      "to": "shopify",
      "label": "order + payment",
      "variant": "emphasis"
    },
    {
      "id": "charge",
      "from": "shopify",
      "to": "stripe",
      "label": "charge",
      "variant": "emphasis"
    },
    {
      "id": "payout",
      "from": "stripe",
      "to": "chase",
      "label": "net payout",
      "variant": "emphasis"
    },
    {
      "id": "invoice",
      "from": "quickbooks",
      "to": "wholesale",
      "label": "invoice (creates A/R)",
      "variant": "emphasis",
      "labelAt": [
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        478
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "aging-report",
      "from": "quickbooks",
      "to": "aging",
      "label": "open invoices",
      "variant": "default"
    },
    {
      "id": "worklist",
      "from": "aging",
      "to": "controller",
      "label": "past-due list",
      "variant": "security"
    },
    {
      "id": "ach",
      "from": "wholesale",
      "to": "chase",
      "label": "ACH payment clears A/R",
      "variant": "dashed",
      "fromSide": "top",
      "toSide": "bottom",
      "via": [
        [
          105,
          320
        ],
        [
          815,
          320
        ]
      ],
      "labelAt": [
        460,
        308
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cards": [
    {
      "dot": "emerald",
      "title": "Who may say “they owe us”",
      "items": [
        "Only QuickBooks, via an issued invoice",
        "The A/R aging report is the single list of open balances",
        "Shopify customers are buyers, not debtors"
      ]
    },
    {
      "dot": "amber",
      "title": "Guardrails",
      "items": [
        "DTC checkout is a sales receipt — never book A/R for it",
        "A Stripe charge in transit is cash timing, not a receivable",
        "No balances shown: none were supplied for 2026-07"
      ]
    },
    {
      "dot": "cyan",
      "title": "Brief",
      "items": [
        "Entity: Northline Coffee LLC · accrual",
        "Wholesale terms: net-30 by ACH into Chase 1002",
        "Collections owner: controller"
      ]
    }
  ]
}