{
  "id": "BRD-232",
  "slug": "brd-232",
  "title": "Only three registration shapes may skip the automatic vet",
  "statement": "The skip-automatic-vetting flag may be set only for Low-Volume Standard registrations, 527 political organisations, and Campaign-Verify-registered brands.",
  "rationale": "The flag suppresses the secondary vet that would otherwise run, and it exists for the three cases where that vet is either unavailable or already discharged by another artefact. Setting it anywhere else does not save a fee — it produces a brand that skipped its verification and lands at the lowest throughput with no finding to explain why.",
  "layer": "BRAND",
  "layerSlug": "brand",
  "object": "brand.skip_automatic_sec_vet",
  "severity": "HIGH",
  "detectability": [
    "DETERMINISTIC"
  ],
  "failureClass": "RETRY_FIELD",
  "authorities": [
    "Twilio"
  ],
  "applicabilityText": "Applies to every 10DLC registration.",
  "universal": true,
  "remediation": "Leave the flag unset unless the brand is Low-Volume Standard, a 527 organisation, or registered through Campaign Verify. If it was set to avoid a fee, clear it and accept the automatic vet — the throughput it buys is worth more than the fee it costs.",
  "example": "skip_automatic_sec_vet: false — unless brand_class is LOW_VOLUME_STANDARD, 527 or CAMPAIGN_VERIFY",
  "phase": "approval",
  "automated": true,
  "url": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-232/",
  "markdown": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-232.md",
  "registry": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/",
  "updated": "2026-07-25",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}