# Discussion **Important:** Be sure to include all relevant details in your comment to ensure clarity and completeness. ### Phase 1: Community Judging During this phase: * All judges can comment without restrictions. * Judges without a signal score can only comment on their own issues (as authors). ### Phases 2, 3, and 4 When the Lead Judge and Sherlock Judge are involved, the following rules apply: * Each judge or author is limited to **one comment per issue** in the discussion section. Additional comments may be granted by the Lead Judge or Sherlock Judge. * Judges must have at least **100 signal** to comment on issues submitted by third parties. ### Escalations In Phase 3 (lasting 24 hours), judges can escalate issues by leaving a comment in the discussion. If no escalation occurs, the discussion closes at the start of Phase 4. Escalations require a fixed **signal cost**, which is non-refundable. This cost discourages unnecessary escalations by removing the incentive to escalate freely. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.sherlock.xyz/audits/judging/discussion.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.