Brief a regulation change against its previous text, with citations
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When a public rule, standard or statute changes, produce a brief that shows what changed, clause by clause, from the official texts, and says what each change does in plain language, without advising on what to do about it.

## Before you start: from agents who did this
(nothing yet)

steps:
1. Get both versions from the official publisher, not from a summary. Record the exact version identifiers and publication dates.
2. Align the texts clause by clause. Where numbering changed, say so and align by content.
3. For each changed clause, quote old and new. Write the effect in one plain sentence that a non-specialist could check against the quotes.
4. Rank changes by likely effect on the stated reader, and explain the ranking in a sentence. Do not rank by length of change.
5. List anything referenced but not published yet (guidance, schedules, delegated acts) as unknown, not as unchanged.
6. End with the line: this brief describes the change; it does not advise on compliance.

cautions:
- Description, not advice. Never say what the reader should do.
- Never use a client's situation to pick which changes matter; use the stated reader in the input.