Idea to Product Sequencer

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Rule-based product method: scores an idea, finds its riskiest assumption, sequences the build.

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build_scope_and_sequence Read-only

Run the full Idea to Product method on one idea and its feature list and return a Scope and Sequence plan as a Markdown document, followed by a short JSON summary. The document covers the problem and buyer, the riskiest assumption with its risk table, this week's validation test with pass and kill lines, red flags, the MVP cut (must, should, not now, with reasons), the build sequence with builders and dates, milestones through Hand Off, the launch plan and success metric, kill criteria written before the work, build rules for the product type, and a Hand Off checklist. When there is no commitment-level evidence yet, the build is scheduled to start after the test's decision date.

ideastring, required

The idea in plain words: what it does and for whom.

featuresarray, required

scopestring

titlestring

billingstring

one_time, monthly, annual or per_use. Default one_time.

buildersinteger

People building in parallel. Default 1.

evidencearray

What has been learned so far.

who_paysstring

The person who pays, by role and niche, for example "owners of 2 to 10 truck plumbing companies".

who_usesstring

The person who uses it, if different from who pays.

price_usdnumber

Intended price in US dollars.

buyer_typestring

Override the detected buyer type.

start_datestring

ISO date the work starts. Default today (UTC).

build_weeksinteger

Build window in weeks. Default 6.

has_audienceboolean

True if there is an existing list, following or customer base to test with.

product_typestring

Override the detected product type.

audience_sizeinteger

has_prototypeboolean

True if a working version is already in users' hands.

days_availableinteger

Days until a decision is needed. Default 7.

success_metricobject

points_per_weeknumber

Effort points one builder clears in a week. Default 5.

test_budget_usdnumber

Cash available for the validation test. Default 0.

charge_at_launchboolean

True if buyers pay from launch. Default true.

reachable_buyersinteger

How many named buyers can be contacted this week.

technical_builderboolean

False if nobody on the team can build the hardest part. Default true.

current_alternativestring

What they use or do about the problem today, for example "spreadsheets and texts", "Jobber", or "nothing".

runs_another_businessboolean

True if the founder is building this alongside a business they already run.

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build_scope_and_sequence Read-only

ideastring, required

The idea in plain words: what it does and for whom.

featuresarray, required

scopestring

titlestring

billingstring

one_time, monthly, annual or per_use. Default one_time.

buildersinteger

People building in parallel. Default 1.

evidencearray

What has been learned so far.

who_paysstring

The person who pays, by role and niche, for example "owners of 2 to 10 truck plumbing companies".

who_usesstring

The person who uses it, if different from who pays.

price_usdnumber

Intended price in US dollars.

buyer_typestring

Override the detected buyer type.

start_datestring

ISO date the work starts. Default today (UTC).

build_weeksinteger

Build window in weeks. Default 6.

has_audienceboolean

True if there is an existing list, following or customer base to test with.

product_typestring

Override the detected product type.

audience_sizeinteger

has_prototypeboolean

True if a working version is already in users' hands.

days_availableinteger

Days until a decision is needed. Default 7.

success_metricobject

points_per_weeknumber

Effort points one builder clears in a week. Default 5.

test_budget_usdnumber

Cash available for the validation test. Default 0.

charge_at_launchboolean

True if buyers pay from launch. Default true.

reachable_buyersinteger

How many named buyers can be contacted this week.

technical_builderboolean

False if nobody on the team can build the hardest part. Default true.

current_alternativestring

What they use or do about the problem today, for example "spreadsheets and texts", "Jobber", or "nothing".

runs_another_businessboolean

True if the founder is building this alongside a business they already run.

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build_scope_and_sequence

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Argument	Type	Description
idea*	string	The idea in plain words: what it does and for whom.
scope	string
title	string
billing	string	one_time, monthly, annual or per_use. Default one_time.
builders	integer	People building in parallel. Default 1.
evidence	array	What has been learned so far.
features*	array
who_pays	string	The person who pays, by role and niche, for example "owners of 2 to 10 truck plumbing companies".
who_uses	string	The person who uses it, if different from who pays.
price_usd	number	Intended price in US dollars.
buyer_type	string	Override the detected buyer type.
start_date	string	ISO date the work starts. Default today (UTC).
build_weeks	integer	Build window in weeks. Default 6.
has_audience	boolean	True if there is an existing list, following or customer base to test with.
product_type	string	Override the detected product type.
audience_size	integer
has_prototype	boolean	True if a working version is already in users' hands.
days_available	integer	Days until a decision is needed. Default 7.
success_metric	object
points_per_week	number	Effort points one builder clears in a week. Default 5.
test_budget_usd	number	Cash available for the validation test. Default 0.
charge_at_launch	boolean	True if buyers pay from launch. Default true.
reachable_buyers	integer	How many named buyers can be contacted this week.
technical_builder	boolean	False if nobody on the team can build the hardest part. Default true.
current_alternative	string	What they use or do about the problem today, for example "spreadsheets and texts", "Jobber", or "nothing".
runs_another_business	boolean	True if the founder is building this alongside a business they already run.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "idea",
    "features"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "idea": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 2000,
      "minLength": 10,
      "description": "The idea in plain words: what it does and for whom."
    },
    "scope": {
      "enum": [
        "mvp",
        "launch",
        "all"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 90
    },
    "billing": {
      "enum": [
        "one_time",
        "monthly",
        "annual",
        "per_use"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "one_time, monthly, annual or per_use. Default one_time."
    },
    "builders": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "People building in parallel. Default 1."
    },
    "evidence": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "level",
          "count"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "note": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 200
          },
          "count": {
            "type": "integer",
            "maximum": 100000,
            "minimum": 0,
            "description": "How many instances, for example 4 interviews or 12 signups."
          },
          "level": {
            "enum": [
              "opinion",
              "complaint_found",
              "interview_pain",
              "signup",
              "meeting_booked",
              "technical_proof",
              "commitment",
              "payment",
              "repeat_usage"
            ],
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Rung on the evidence ladder: opinion, complaint_found, interview_pain, signup, meeting_booked, technical_proof, commitment, payment, repeat_usage."
          },
          "assumption": {
            "enum": [
              "problem",
              "buyer_access",
              "willingness_to_pay",
              "solution_fit",
              "feasibility",
              "retention",
              "supply",
              "regulatory",
              "unit_economics",
              "operator_capacity"
            ],
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Limit this evidence to one assumption. Default: every assumption that rung lowers."
          }
        }
      },
      "maxItems": 20,
      "description": "What has been learned so far."
    },
    "features": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "id",
          "name",
          "tags"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]*$",
            "maxLength": 60,
            "minLength": 1
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 120,
            "minLength": 1
          },
          "tags": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "enum": [
                "core_job",
                "revenue",
                "compliance",
                "trust_safety",
                "onboarding",
                "measurement",
                "retention",
                "integration",
                "automation",
                "admin",
                "growth",
                "analytics",
                "customization",
                "platform",
                "scale",
                "delight"
              ],
              "type": "string"
            },
            "maxItems": 6,
            "description": "What the feature does: core_job, revenue, compliance, trust_safety, onboarding, measurement, retention, integration, automation, admin, growth, analytics, customization, platform, scale, delight."
          },
          "effort": {
            "enum": [
              "xs",
              "s",
              "m",
              "l",
              "xl"
            ],
            "type": "string",
            "description": "xs (1 point), s (2), m (3, default), l (5), xl (8)."
          },
          "points": {
            "type": "number",
            "maximum": 40,
            "minimum": 0.5,
            "description": "Effort points, overrides effort. A builder clears 5 a week by default."
          },
          "depends_on": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string",
              "pattern": "^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]*$",
              "maxLength": 60,
              "minLength": 1
            },
            "maxItems": 20,
            "description": "Ids of features that must exist first."
          },
          "requested_by": {
            "type": "integer",
            "maximum": 100000,
            "minimum": 0,
            "description": "How many buyers asked for it."
          },
          "manual_alternative": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "True if a person could do this by hand for the first buyers."
          }
        }
      },
      "maxItems": 60,
      "minItems": 1
    },
    "who_pays": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "The person who pays, by role and niche, for example \"owners of 2 to 10 truck plumbing companies\"."
    },
    "who_uses": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "The person who uses it, if different from who pays."
    },
    "price_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 10000000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Intended price in US dollars."
    },
    "buyer_type": {
      "enum": [
        "consumer",
        "prosumer",
        "smb_owner",
        "mid_market",
        "enterprise",
        "public_sector",
        "nonprofit_ministry",
        "developer",
        "own_business"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Override the detected buyer type."
    },
    "start_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO date the work starts. Default today (UTC)."
    },
    "build_weeks": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 52,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Build window in weeks. Default 6."
    },
    "has_audience": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "True if there is an existing list, following or customer base to test with."
    },
    "product_type": {
      "enum": [
        "b2b_saas",
        "consumer_app",
        "marketplace",
        "productized_service",
        "ai_agent",
        "physical_product",
        "hardware_device",
        "content_community",
        "developer_tool",
        "internal_tool"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Override the detected product type."
    },
    "audience_size": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 100000000,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "has_prototype": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "True if a working version is already in users' hands."
    },
    "days_available": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 90,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Days until a decision is needed. Default 7."
    },
    "success_metric": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "name",
        "target",
        "unit",
        "days_after_launch"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 120,
          "minLength": 1
        },
        "unit": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 40,
          "minLength": 1
        },
        "target": {
          "type": "number",
          "maximum": 1000000000,
          "minimum": 0
        },
        "days_after_launch": {
          "type": "integer",
          "maximum": 365,
          "minimum": 1
        }
      }
    },
    "points_per_week": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 40,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Effort points one builder clears in a week. Default 5."
    },
    "test_budget_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 1000000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Cash available for the validation test. Default 0."
    },
    "charge_at_launch": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "True if buyers pay from launch. Default true."
    },
    "reachable_buyers": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 1000000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "How many named buyers can be contacted this week."
    },
    "technical_builder": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "False if nobody on the team can build the hardest part. Default true."
    },
    "current_alternative": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "What they use or do about the problem today, for example \"spreadsheets and texts\", \"Jobber\", or \"nothing\"."
    },
    "runs_another_business": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "True if the founder is building this alongside a business they already run."
    }
  }
}

classify_idea

Classify a product or business idea with fixed rules (no AI model): one of 10 product types and 9 buyer types with the words that matched, a 0 to 100 risk score on each of 10 assumptions (problem, buyer access, willingness to pay, solution fit, feasibility, retention, supply, regulatory, unit economics, operator capacity) with every rule that moved each score, the riskiest assumption written as a sentence a test can prove wrong, red flags, the stage of the Idea to Product method it is in, the build rules for its type, and the cheapest validation test for this week with pass and kill lines. Evidence already gathered (interviews, signups, deposits, payments) lowers risk along a fixed evidence ladder. The same input always gives the same answer.

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Argument	Type	Description
idea*	string	The idea in plain words: what it does and for whom.
billing	string	one_time, monthly, annual or per_use. Default one_time.
evidence	array	What has been learned so far.
who_pays	string	The person who pays, by role and niche, for example "owners of 2 to 10 truck plumbing companies".
who_uses	string	The person who uses it, if different from who pays.
price_usd	number	Intended price in US dollars.

cut_mvp

Sort a feature list into must, should and not now using 15 explicit rules on each feature's tags (core_job, revenue, compliance, trust_safety, onboarding, measurement, retention, integration, automation, admin, growth, analytics, customization, platform, scale, delight), whether it could be done by hand at first, and how many buyers asked for it. Dependencies of a must become must. Should-haves fill the build window by value per effort point in dependency order. Returns each feature with its tier, the rule and the reason, effort totals against capacity, and when the must-haves do not fit, the specific cuts that would make them fit. Rejects duplicate ids, unknown dependencies and cycles with the chain named.

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Argument	Type	Description
builders	integer	People building in parallel. Default 1.
features*	array
build_weeks	integer	Build window in weeks. Default 6.
points_per_week	number	Effort points one builder clears in a week. Default 5.
charge_at_launch	boolean	True if buyers pay from launch. Default true.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "features"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "builders": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "People building in parallel. Default 1."
    },
    "features": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "id",
          "name",
          "tags"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]*$",
            "maxLength": 60,
            "minLength": 1
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 120,
            "minLength": 1
          },
          "tags": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "enum": [
                "core_job",
                "revenue",
                "compliance",
                "trust_safety",
                "onboarding",
                "measurement",
                "retention",
                "integration",
                "automation",
                "admin",
                "growth",
                "analytics",
                "customization",
                "platform",
                "scale",
                "delight"
              ],
              "type": "string"
            },
            "maxItems": 6,
            "description": "What the feature does: core_job, revenue, compliance, trust_safety, onboarding, measurement, retention, integration, automation, admin, growth, analytics, customization, platform, scale, delight."
          },
          "effort": {
            "enum": [
              "xs",
              "s",
              "m",
              "l",
              "xl"
            ],
            "type": "string",
            "description": "xs (1 point), s (2), m (3, default), l (5), xl (8)."
          },
          "points": {
            "type": "number",
            "maximum": 40,
            "minimum": 0.5,
            "description": "Effort points, overrides effort. A builder clears 5 a week by default."
          },
          "depends_on": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string",
              "pattern": "^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]*$",
              "maxLength": 60,
              "minLength": 1
            },
            "maxItems": 20,
            "description": "Ids of features that must exist first."
          },
          "requested_by": {
            "type": "integer",
            "maximum": 100000,
            "minimum": 0,
            "description": "How many buyers asked for it."
          },
          "manual_alternative": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "True if a person could do this by hand for the first buyers."
          }
        }
      },
      "maxItems": 60,
      "minItems": 1
    },
    "build_weeks": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 52,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Build window in weeks. Default 6."
    },
    "points_per_week": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 40,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Effort points one builder clears in a week. Default 5."
    },
    "charge_at_launch": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "True if buyers pay from launch. Default true."
    }
  }
}

explain_method

Return one of the method's reference tables: the four stages and their exit gates, the 10 assumptions, the evidence ladder, the 18 validation tests, the MVP cut rules, the feature tags, the 10 product types with their risk priors and build rules, the 9 buyer types, the decision rules, or the risk scoring rules. Static reference, no computation on user data.

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Argument	Type	Description
topic*	string	stages, assumptions, evidence_ladder, validation_tests, mvp_rules, feature_tags, product_types, buyer_types, decision_rules or risk_rules.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "topic"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "topic": {
      "enum": [
        "stages",
        "assumptions",
        "evidence_ladder",
        "validation_tests",
        "mvp_rules",
        "feature_tags",
        "product_types",
        "buyer_types",
        "decision_rules",
        "risk_rules"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "stages, assumptions, evidence_ladder, validation_tests, mvp_rules, feature_tags, product_types, buyer_types, decision_rules or risk_rules."
    }
  }
}

kill_or_continue

Make a push, iterate, park or kill call on 1 to 12 products from their metrics (target, actual, kill line, must-hit), evidence, stage, review date, last activity, and monthly revenue and cost, using 10 named decision rules: a must-hit metric past its kill line on the review date kills; a weighted score under 30 on the review date kills; more than 45 days idle parks; revenue under cost and falling kills or forces a price or cost change; 80 or more with the stage gate evidence pushes. Returns each call with its score, rule, reason, next action, next review date and what would flip it, then portfolio notes. Money and time already spent are recorded and deliberately ignored.

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Argument	Type	Description
as_of	string	Review as of this date. Default today (UTC).
builders	integer	People available to build across the portfolio.
products*	array

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "products"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "as_of": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Review as of this date. Default today (UTC)."
    },
    "builders": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "People available to build across the portfolio."
    },
    "products": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "name",
          "stage",
          "metrics"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 80,
            "minLength": 1
          },
          "stage": {
            "enum": [
              "idea",
              "validating",
              "building",
              "launched",
              "growing"
            ],
            "type": "string"
          },
          "metrics": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "name",
                "target",
                "actual"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "name": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "maxLength": 120,
                  "minLength": 1
                },
                "actual": {
                  "type": "number",
                  "maximum": 1000000000,
                  "minimum": 0
                },
                "target": {
                  "type": "number",
                  "maximum": 1000000000,
                  "minimum": 0
                },
                "weight": {
                  "type": "number",
                  "maximum": 10,
                  "minimum": 0.1
                },
                "kill_at": {
                  "type": "number",
                  "maximum": 1000000000,
                  "minimum": 0,
                  "description": "The pre-committed kill line. Default 30 percent of target (higher is better) or 170 percent (lower is better)."
                },
                "must_hit": {
                  "type": "boolean",
                  "description": "True if crossing the kill line on the review date ends the product."
                },
                "direction": {
                  "enum": [
                    "higher_better",
                    "lower_better"
                  ],
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            },
            "maxItems": 10,
            "minItems": 1
          },
          "evidence": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "level",
                "count"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "note": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "maxLength": 200
                },
                "count": {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "maximum": 100000,
                  "minimum": 0,
                  "description": "How many instances, for example 4 interviews or 12 signups."
                },
                "level": {
                  "enum": [
                    "opinion",
                    "complaint_found",
                    "interview_pain",
                    "signup",
                    "meeting_booked",
                    "technical_proof",
                    "commitment",
                    "payment",
                    "repeat_usage"
                  ],
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Rung on the evidence ladder: opinion, complaint_found, interview_pain, signup, meeting_booked, technical_proof, commitment, payment, repeat_usage."
                },
                "assumption": {
                  "enum": [
                    "problem",
                    "buyer_access",
                    "willingness_to_pay",
                    "solution_fit",
                    "feasibility",
                    "retention",
                    "supply",
                    "regulatory",
                    "unit_economics",
                    "operator_capacity"
                  ],
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Limit this evidence to one assumption. Default: every assumption that rung lowers."
                }
              }
            },
            "maxItems": 20
          },
          "internal": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "True for an internal tool, which has no outside buyer."
          },
          "review_date": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The decision date set in advance. Default: today, so the review counts as due."
          },
          "last_activity": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "revenue_trend": {
            "enum": [
              "up",
              "flat",
              "down"
            ],
            "type": "string"
          },
          "months_invested": {
            "type": "number",
            "maximum": 600,
            "minimum": 0,
            "description": "Recorded and deliberately ignored: past time does not decide."
          },
          "monthly_cost_usd": {
            "type": "number",
            "maximum": 1000000000,
            "minimum": 0
          },
          "already_spent_usd": {
            "type": "number",
            "maximum": 1000000000,
            "minimum": 0,
            "description": "Recorded and deliberately ignored: past spend does not decide."
          },
          "monthly_revenue_usd": {
            "type": "number",
            "maximum": 1000000000,
            "minimum": 0
          }
        }
      },
      "maxItems": 12,
      "minItems": 1
    }
  }
}

sequence_build

Turn a feature list with dependencies into a dated build plan: applies the MVP cut, orders tasks by dependency, schedules them across the given number of builders on working days (weekends skipped), computes the critical path and each task's slack, adds the method's own tasks (record the success metric, take payment, launch kit, Hand Off) where missing, and dates the milestones: first core job end to end, MVP in real users' hands, launch, success metric review, and Hand Off. Every plan carries a success metric and a review date; a default per product type is used and flagged when none is given.

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Argument	Type	Description
scope	string	"mvp": must-haves only. "launch" (default): must-haves plus should-haves that fit the window. "all": everything.
builders	integer	People building in parallel. Default 1.
features*	array
start_date	string	ISO date the build starts. Default today (UTC). Weekends are skipped.
build_weeks	integer	Build window in weeks. Default 6.
product_type	string	Used for the default success metric when none is given.
success_metric	object

validation_plan

Pick the cheapest test that can prove one assumption about an idea wrong within the days available, from a library of 18 named tests (for example Five Past-Behavior Interviews, Pay Link Pre-sale, Smoke Test Landing Page, Letter of Intent Round, Concierge MVP, Wizard of Oz, Feasibility Spike, Hand-Seeded Supply, Unit Cost Teardown, Regulatory Read and One Call). Tests are filtered by the buyer type, the price, the audience, reachable buyers, budget and whether someone can build, then ranked by strength of evidence against cost and days. Returns the sample, steps, a pass line, a kill line and an inconclusive rule set before the test runs, the decision date, a backup test, and every ruled-out test with the reason. Defaults to the riskiest assumption; pass assumption to choose another.

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Argument	Type	Description
idea*	string	The idea in plain words: what it does and for whom.
billing	string	one_time, monthly, annual or per_use. Default one_time.
evidence	array	What has been learned so far.
who_pays	string	The person who pays, by role and niche, for example "owners of 2 to 10 truck plumbing companies".
who_uses	string	The person who uses it, if different from who pays.
price_usd	number	Intended price in US dollars.

{ "type": "object", "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "required": [ "idea" ], "properties": { "idea": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 2000, "minLength": 10, "description": "The idea in plain words: what it does and for whom." }, "billing": { "enum": [ "one_time", "monthly", "annual", "per_use" ], "type": "string", "description": "one_time, monthly, annual or per_use. Default one_time." }, "evidence": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "level", "count" ], "properties": { "note": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 200 }, "count": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 100000, "minimum": 0, "description": "How many instances, for example 4 interviews or 12 signups." }, "level": { "enum": [ "opinion", "complaint_found", "interview_pain", "signup", "meeting_booked", "technical_proof", "commitment", "payment", "repeat_usage" ], "type": "string", "description": "Rung on the evidence ladder: opinion, complaint_found, interview_pain, signup, meeting_booked, technical_proof, commitment, payment, repeat_usage." }, "assumption": { "enum": [ "problem", "buyer_access", "willingness_to_pay", "solution_fit", "feasibility", "retention", "supply", "regulatory", "unit_economics", "operator_capacity" ], "type": "string", "description": "Limit this evidence to one assumption. Default: every assumption that rung lowers." } } }, "maxItems": 20, "description": "What has been learned so far." }, "who_pays": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 200, "description": "The person who pays, by role and niche, for example \"owners of 2 to 10 truck plumbing companies\"." }, "who_uses": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 200, "description": "The person who uses it, if different from who pays." }, "price_usd": { "type": "number", "maximum": 10000000, "minimum": 0, "description": "Intended price in US dollars." }, "buyer_type": { "enum": [ "consumer", "prosumer", "smb_owner", "mid_market", "enterprise", "public_sector", "nonprofit_ministry", "developer", "own_business" ], "type": "string", "description": "Override the detected buyer type." }, "start_date": { "type": "string", "description": "ISO date the work starts. Default today (UTC)." }, "has_audience": { "type": "boolean", "description": "True if there is an existing list, following or customer base to test with." }, "product_type": { "enum": [ "b2b_saas", "consumer_app", "marketplace", "productized_service", "ai_agent", "physical_product", "hardware_device", "content_community", "developer_tool", "internal_tool" ], "type": "string", "description": "Override the detected product type." }, "audience_size": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 100000000, "minimum": 1 }, "has_prototype": { "type": "boolean", "description": "True if a working version is already in users' hands." }, "days_available": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 90, "minimum": 1, "description": "Days until a decision is needed. Default 7." }, "test_budget_usd": { "type": "number", "maximum": 1000000, "minimum": 0, "description": "Cash available for the validation test. Default 0." }, "reachable_buyers": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 1000000, "minimum": 0, "description": "How many named buyers can be contacted this week." }, "technical_builder": { "type": "boolean", "description": "False if nobody on the team can build the hardest part. Default true." }, "current_alternative": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 200, "description": "What they use or do about the problem today, for example \"spreadsheets and texts\", \"Jobber\", or \"nothing\"." }, "runs_another_business": { "type": "boolean", "description": "True if the founder is building this alongside a business they already run." } } }

{ "type": "object", "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "required": [ "features" ], "properties": { "scope": { "enum": [ "mvp", "launch", "all" ], "type": "string", "description": "\"mvp\": must-haves only. \"launch\" (default): must-haves plus should-haves that fit the window. \"all\": everything." }, "builders": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 20, "minimum": 1, "description": "People building in parallel. Default 1." }, "features": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "id", "name", "tags" ], "properties": { "id": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]*$", "maxLength": 60, "minLength": 1 }, "name": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 120, "minLength": 1 }, "tags": { "type": "array", "items": { "enum": [ "core_job", "revenue", "compliance", "trust_safety", "onboarding", "measurement", "retention", "integration", "automation", "admin", "growth", "analytics", "customization", "platform", "scale", "delight" ], "type": "string" }, "maxItems": 6, "description": "What the feature does: core_job, revenue, compliance, trust_safety, onboarding, measurement, retention, integration, automation, admin, growth, analytics, customization, platform, scale, delight." }, "effort": { "enum": [ "xs", "s", "m", "l", "xl" ], "type": "string", "description": "xs (1 point), s (2), m (3, default), l (5), xl (8)." }, "points": { "type": "number", "maximum": 40, "minimum": 0.5, "description": "Effort points, overrides effort. A builder clears 5 a week by default." }, "depends_on": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]*$", "maxLength": 60, "minLength": 1 }, "maxItems": 20, "description": "Ids of features that must exist first." }, "requested_by": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 100000, "minimum": 0, "description": "How many buyers asked for it." }, "manual_alternative": { "type": "boolean", "description": "True if a person could do this by hand for the first buyers." } } }, "maxItems": 60, "minItems": 1 }, "start_date": { "type": "string", "description": "ISO date the build starts. Default today (UTC). Weekends are skipped." }, "build_weeks": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 52, "minimum": 1, "description": "Build window in weeks. Default 6." }, "product_type": { "enum": [ "b2b_saas", "consumer_app", "marketplace", "productized_service", "ai_agent", "physical_product", "hardware_device", "content_community", "developer_tool", "internal_tool" ], "type": "string", "description": "Used for the default success metric when none is given." }, "success_metric": { "type": "object", "required": [ "name", "target", "unit", "days_after_launch" ], "properties": { "name": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 120, "minLength": 1 }, "unit": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 40, "minLength": 1 }, "target": { "type": "number", "maximum": 1000000000, "minimum": 0 }, "days_after_launch": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 365, "minimum": 1 } }, "description": "The number that decides success, its target, and how many days after launch to read it." }, "points_per_week": { "type": "number", "maximum": 40, "minimum": 1, "description": "Effort points one builder clears in a week. Default 5." }, "charge_at_launch": { "type": "boolean", "description": "True if buyers pay from launch. Default true." }, "validate_first_days": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 60, "minimum": 0, "description": "Working days of validation before the build starts. Default 0." }, "include_method_tasks": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Add the method's own tasks: metric recording, payment, launch kit and Hand Off. Default true." } } }

{ "type": "object", "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "required": [ "idea" ], "properties": { "idea": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 2000, "minLength": 10, "description": "The idea in plain words: what it does and for whom." }, "billing": { "enum": [ "one_time", "monthly", "annual", "per_use" ], "type": "string", "description": "one_time, monthly, annual or per_use. Default one_time." }, "evidence": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "level", "count" ], "properties": { "note": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 200 }, "count": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 100000, "minimum": 0, "description": "How many instances, for example 4 interviews or 12 signups." }, "level": { "enum": [ "opinion", "complaint_found", "interview_pain", "signup", "meeting_booked", "technical_proof", "commitment", "payment", "repeat_usage" ], "type": "string", "description": "Rung on the evidence ladder: opinion, complaint_found, interview_pain, signup, meeting_booked, technical_proof, commitment, payment, repeat_usage." }, "assumption": { "enum": [ "problem", "buyer_access", "willingness_to_pay", "solution_fit", "feasibility", "retention", "supply", "regulatory", "unit_economics", "operator_capacity" ], "type": "string", "description": "Limit this evidence to one assumption. Default: every assumption that rung lowers." } } }, "maxItems": 20, "description": "What has been learned so far." }, "who_pays": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 200, "description": "The person who pays, by role and niche, for example \"owners of 2 to 10 truck plumbing companies\"." }, "who_uses": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 200, "description": "The person who uses it, if different from who pays." }, "price_usd": { "type": "number", "maximum": 10000000, "minimum": 0, "description": "Intended price in US dollars." }, "assumption": { "enum": [ "problem", "buyer_access", "willingness_to_pay", "solution_fit", "feasibility", "retention", "supply", "regulatory", "unit_economics", "operator_capacity" ], "type": "string", "description": "The assumption to test. Default: the riskiest one the classifier finds." }, "buyer_type": { "enum": [ "consumer", "prosumer", "smb_owner", "mid_market", "enterprise", "public_sector", "nonprofit_ministry", "developer", "own_business" ], "type": "string", "description": "Override the detected buyer type." }, "start_date": { "type": "string", "description": "ISO date the work starts. Default today (UTC)." }, "has_audience": { "type": "boolean", "description": "True if there is an existing list, following or customer base to test with." }, "product_type": { "enum": [ "b2b_saas", "consumer_app", "marketplace", "productized_service", "ai_agent", "physical_product", "hardware_device", "content_community", "developer_tool", "internal_tool" ], "type": "string", "description": "Override the detected product type." }, "audience_size": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 100000000, "minimum": 1 }, "has_prototype": { "type": "boolean", "description": "True if a working version is already in users' hands." }, "days_available": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 90, "minimum": 1, "description": "Days until a decision is needed. Default 7." }, "test_budget_usd": { "type": "number", "maximum": 1000000, "minimum": 0, "description": "Cash available for the validation test. Default 0." }, "reachable_buyers": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 1000000, "minimum": 0, "description": "How many named buyers can be contacted this week." }, "technical_builder": { "type": "boolean", "description": "False if nobody on the team can build the hardest part. Default true." }, "current_alternative": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 200, "description": "What they use or do about the problem today, for example \"spreadsheets and texts\", \"Jobber\", or \"nothing\"." }, "runs_another_business": { "type": "boolean", "description": "True if the founder is building this alongside a business they already run." } } }