I decided to keep heat-check in a service-first mode and optimize for paid validation, not product buildout: the repo is aligned around delivering done-for-you competitor intelligence reports and targeting a first paid pilot within 7 days.

What We Built

• A lean operating system for a validation sprint, centered on the offer in offers/competitor-intelligence-report.md.
• A delivery workflow with explicit daily artifacts: plan (docs/7-day-validation-plan.md), day-one execution (docs/day-01-checklist.md), intake (intake/form-questions.md), report output (templates/report-template.md), outreach (outreach/messages.md), and tracking (ops/scoreboard.md).
• A repo shape designed for execution speed over engineering depth; there are no package scripts and no recent code-commit trail, which reinforces that this is currently an operator-led service motion.

Why We Built It

• The strategy in README.md is explicit: product status is reset, delivery is done-for-you, and success is defined as early payment signal.
• This structure reduces risk in week one: we can test willingness to pay with real deliverables before investing in software.
• Recent session themes support that priority: one thread focused on overall status and direction, while multiple others focused on vault memory integration, suggesting we prioritized continuity and decision recall so execution can stay fast and consistent.

How It Works

• We run this as a daily cadence rather than a build cycle: pick one clear next action, execute client-facing work, and record outcomes.
• The intake and outreach files generate demand; the report template and offer definition standardize fulfillment; the scoreboard captures whether activity is translating into pilot traction.
• AGENT rules constrain scope on purpose: avoid building software unless it directly removes immediate delivery friction.
• Immediate next move is straightforward: use the existing outreach and intake assets to secure a pilot conversation, then deliver one report end-to-end and log conversion/objection data in ops/scoreboard.md.