What CDA Does
CDA is the part of A.B.E. that says, in plain terms: “Here’s where this law or policy jumped the tracks.”
You give CDA a statute or policy scenario. It gives you back a structured divergence object:
- Who the rule is supposed to cover vs who it’s actually hitting.
- Where state law conflicts with federal commercial scope.
- Where MCSAP / DOT funding rules are being bent or ignored.
- A numeric divergence score other modules can consume.
This page is intentionally simple: no AI, no servers, no hidden parsing.
You mark the divergences you see; CDA turns them into
cda_scenario.json and a clean summary you can hand to CDI, CIRI, or a court.
If you came here from Intake, your case text will already be loaded into the notes box.
Step 1 — Describe the statute or policy
Step 2 — Mark the divergences you see
Check only what actually applies. CDA will convert this into a structured divergence profile and a suggested 0–1 divergence score for CDI / CIRI.
Scope & preemption
Funding & misuse
Rights & due process
Outputs
This is what gets passed into CDI / CIRI / CFF as a structured divergence document. You can also print it or attach it as an exhibit.