From f3d090fda8ec10a9cbbbef00a9e9b7d32a22e736 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:34:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 01/20] docs(rescue): build 2026 client-acquisition operating
 system + sprint kit

Set up the Vibe Code Rescue operation so separate sessions execute it
without context loss:

- strategy + operating-system (EOS-lite) + operation runbook with a
  START HERE block, artifact index, and incremental agent backlog (T1-T9)
- A0 assumptions register: ICP/trigger/channel/pre-validation each
  brainstormed -> voted -> given pre-validation tests + kill-criteria
- T1 ICP trigger taxonomy + T2 sourcing pipeline (folds in web/community
  research: fetchability constraints, verified HN/IndieHackers seeds,
  proof-of-pain anchor, run-now vs needs-Paul tool stack)
- offer one-pager, warm-intro/referral kit, booking-page spec drafts
- reconcile 2510 GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE to ICP-E; 2604 tracker P2 note

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md                       | 456 +++---------------
 .../2604-typography-ux/TASK-TRACKER.md        |   3 +-
 ...2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md |  73 +++
 docs/workflows/operating-system.md            | 106 ++++
 .../rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md     | 121 +++++
 .../rescue-sprint/booking-page-spec.md        |  51 ++
 .../rescue-sprint/icp-trigger-taxonomy.md     | 110 +++++
 .../rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md          |  36 ++
 .../rescue-sprint/sourcing-pipeline.md        | 123 +++++
 .../rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md  |  79 +++
 .../vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md     | 273 +++++++++++
 11 files changed, 1049 insertions(+), 382 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/workflows/2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md
 create mode 100644 docs/workflows/operating-system.md
 create mode 100644 docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md
 create mode 100644 docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/booking-page-spec.md
 create mode 100644 docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/icp-trigger-taxonomy.md
 create mode 100644 docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md
 create mode 100644 docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/sourcing-pipeline.md
 create mode 100644 docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md
 create mode 100644 docs/workflows/vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md

diff --git a/docs/projects/2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md b/docs/projects/2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md
index 5a2c53f73..dbe316c98 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md
@@ -1,417 +1,111 @@
-# SEO Content Strategy Goal At-A-Glance
+# SEO Content Strategy - Goal At-A-Glance
 
-**ONE-PAGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY** - Quick orientation for agents and stakeholders
+**ONE-PAGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY** - quick orientation for agents and stakeholders
 
-**Last Updated**: 2025-10-17
-**Status**: ✅ READY FOR EXECUTION
+**Last Updated**: 2026-07-21
+**Status**: 🔄 NEXT ACTIVE PROJECT (marketing & content) - execution resuming
+**Business plan of record**: content here feeds the [2026 Autumn Client Acquisition Strategy](../../workflows/2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md) (Vibe Code Rescue offer, 1 client by Nov 30), run via the [Operating System](../../workflows/operating-system.md).
 
----
-
-## 🎯 THE GOAL (30-Second Summary)
-
-**Increase website visitors through strategic AI-focused content** targeting startup founders and junior developers across multiple tech stacks.
-
-**Impact**: 35,000-50,000 monthly organic sessions (7-10x current traffic)
-**Duration**: 6 months (Q4 2025 - Q1 2026)
-**Approach**: 4-pillar multi-language content strategy (Ruby/Python/Laravel/Elixir AI integration)
-**Success**: 50+ AI articles published, 150+ page-1 rankings, 50-75 consultation leads
-
----
-
-## 📊 KEY METRICS DASHBOARD
-
-### Current State → Target State
-
-| Metric | Baseline | Target (6mo) | Growth |
-|--------|----------|--------------|--------|
-| **Monthly Organic Sessions** | ~5,000 | 35,000-50,000 | **7-10x growth** |
-| **AI Content Articles** | 6 | 50+ | **44+ new articles** |
-| **Page-1 Keyword Rankings** | 50 (non-AI) | 150+ (AI topics) | **3x rankings** |
-| **Multi-Language Top-3 Rankings** | 0 | 30+ keywords | **BLUE OCEAN capture** |
-| **Email Subscribers (AI)** | 0 | 1,200-1,800 | **New audience** |
-| **Consultation Leads** | 0 | 50-75 | **Business pipeline** |
-
-### Quality Metrics (MAINTAINED Throughout)
-
-| Quality Gate | Target | Status |
-|--------------|--------|--------|
-| Content Originality | 100% | ✅ Human-written + edited |
-| Technical Accuracy | 100% | ✅ Code tested + verified |
-| SEO Optimization | 100% | ✅ Checklist compliance |
-| User Problem Solving | 95%+ | ✅ Target audience focus |
-
----
-
-## 🗺️ 3-PHASE EXECUTION MAP
-
-```
-┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
-│ Phase 1: Research & Strategy Foundation (WEEKS 1-2)             │
-│ Duration: 10-15 hours | Impact: Strategic clarity | Risk: LOW   │
-├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
-│ ✅ WP1.1: Keyword Research Consolidation      [🔲 Not Started] │
-│ ✅ WP1.2: Audience Persona Development        [🔲 Not Started] │
-│ ✅ WP1.3: Content Pillar Framework            [🔲 Not Started] │
-│ ✅ WP1.4: Editorial Calendar Setup            [🔲 Not Started] │
-└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
-┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
-│ Phase 2: Content Pillar Development (WEEKS 3-5)                 │
-│ Duration: 20-30 hours | Impact: Authority building | Risk: MED  │
-├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
-│ ✅ WP2.1: Ruby AI Pillar (4 articles)        [🔲 Not Started]  │
-│ ✅ WP2.2: Framework Comparisons (3 articles) [🔲 Not Started]  │
-│ ✅ WP2.3: Production Optimization (4 articles)[🔲 Not Started]  │
-│ ✅ WP2.4: Custom AI Solutions (3 articles)   [🔲 Not Started]  │
-└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
-┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
-│ Phase 3: Continuous Content Production (MONTHS 1-6 ONGOING)     │
-│ Duration: Continuous | Impact: Traffic growth | Risk: LOW       │
-├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
-│ ✅ WP3.1: Week 1-2 Content (Ruby AI)         [🔲 Not Started]  │
-│ ✅ WP3.2: Week 3-4 Content (Ruby niche)      [🔲 Not Started]  │
-│ ✅ WP3.3: Month 2 Content (Comparisons)      [🔲 Not Started]  │
-│ ✅ WP3.4: Month 3 Content (Production)       [🔲 Not Started]  │
-│ ✅ WP3.5: Performance Optimization           [🔲 Not Started]  │
-└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
-Overall Progress: 0/13 work packages (0% complete)
-```
-
----
-
-## 🔍 4 CONTENT PILLARS
-
-### Pillar 1: Framework AI Integration (EXPANDED - Multi-Language Strategy 🌐)
-
-**Why This Matters**: Multi-language approach captures broader developer audience while maintaining BLUE OCEAN advantages
-
-#### **Ruby/Rails (BLUE OCEAN Priority - Weeks 1-4)**
-**Competition**: Almost ZERO | **Search Volume**: 2,000+/mo
-**Key Keywords**:
-- Ruby AI integration (800-1,200/mo, P0 🔥)
-- pgvector Rails tutorial (400-600/mo, P0 🔥)
-- Ruby LangChain examples (300-500/mo, P0 🔥)
-- Rails semantic search (200-400/mo, P0 🔥)
-**Target**: 13 articles | **Expected Impact**: #1-3 rankings for 15+ Ruby AI keywords
-
-#### **Python/Django/FastAPI (HIGH VOLUME - Weeks 5-12)**
-**Competition**: HIGH | **Search Volume**: 12,000+/mo | **Strategy**: Quality differentiation
-**Key Keywords**:
-- langchain python tutorial (8,000/mo, P0 🔥)
-- python ai agents (3,500/mo, P0 🔥)
-- django langchain integration (800/mo, P1 ⚠️)
-- fastapi langchain streaming (600/mo, P1 ⚠️)
-**Target**: 20 articles | **Expected Impact**: #3-10 rankings for 25+ Python AI keywords
-
-#### **Laravel/PHP (MEDIUM VOLUME - Weeks 13-18)**
-**Competition**: MEDIUM-LOW (underserved) | **Search Volume**: 2,900+/mo
-**Key Keywords**:
-- laravel ai integration (1,200/mo, P1 ⚠️)
-- php langchain (800/mo, P1 ⚠️)
-- laravel openai integration (500/mo, P2 📋)
-- laravel ai chatbot (400/mo, P2 📋)
-**Target**: 10 articles | **Expected Impact**: #1-5 rankings for 12+ Laravel AI keywords
-
-#### **Elixir/Phoenix (EMERGING BLUE OCEAN - Weeks 19-24)**
-**Competition**: Almost ZERO (emerging) | **Search Volume**: 680+/mo | **Strategy**: Early leadership
-**Key Keywords**:
-- elixir ai (400/mo, P1 ⚠️)
-- phoenix ai integration (180/mo, P2 📋)
-- elixir langchain (60/mo, P2 📋)
-- livebook ai tutorial (40/mo, P2 📋)
-**Target**: 7 articles | **Expected Impact**: #1-3 rankings for 8+ Elixir AI keywords
-
-**Total Pillar 1 Articles**: 50+ comprehensive guides across 4 tech stacks
-**Timeline**: Weeks 1-24 (prioritized by BLUE OCEAN opportunity, then volume)
-**Expected Impact**: #1-10 rankings for 60+ multi-language AI keywords
+> **2026-07-21 reconcile note**: This overview previously described a 4-pillar
+> multi-language AI SEO plan (Ruby/Python/Laravel/Elixir). That framing is
+> **superseded**. The project pivoted to **ICP-E rescue-founder positioning**
+> in April 2026. The live plan of record is
+> [`20-29-strategy/20.07-content-plan-icp-e-q2-2026.md`](20-29-strategy/20.07-content-plan-icp-e-q2-2026.md);
+> the old `20.04` AI rotation is archived and the `20.05` Rails 8.1 wave is
+> paused to Q3 2026.
 
 ---
 
-### Pillar 2: Framework Comparisons (HIGH TRAFFIC 📈)
-
-**Why This Matters**: 5K-8K monthly searches, medium competition, differentiate with Ruby examples
-
-**Key Keywords**:
-- LangChain vs LlamaIndex (5,000-8,000/mo, P1 ⚠️)
-- Vector database comparison (3,000-5,000/mo, P1 ⚠️)
-- RAG vs fine-tuning (2,000-3,000/mo, P1 ⚠️)
-
-**Target Articles**: 3 deep comparison guides
-**Timeline**: Month 2 (after Ruby authority established)
-**Expected Impact**: #3-5 rankings for 25+ comparison keywords
-
----
-
-### Pillar 3: Production Optimization (HIGH CONVERSION 💰)
-
-**Why This Matters**: Production users have budget authority, enterprise leads
-
-**Key Keywords**:
-- Reduce LLM costs (3,000-5,000/mo, P1 ⚠️)
-- Fix AI hallucinations (2,000-3,000/mo, P1 ⚠️)
-- Stream AI responses (1,500-2,500/mo, P2 📋)
-
-**Target Articles**: 4 optimization guides
-**Timeline**: Month 3 (target enterprise decision-makers)
-**Expected Impact**: 30-50 consultation leads from production content
-
----
-
-### Pillar 4: Custom AI Solutions for Startups (BUSINESS FOCUS 🎯)
-
-**Why This Matters**: Position as custom AI solutions provider, client acquisition
-
-**Key Keywords**:
-- Custom AI solutions provider (2,500-4,000/mo, P1 ⚠️)
-- AI integration services (1,500-2,500/mo, P2 📋)
-- Build vs buy AI (1,000-1,500/mo, P2 📋)
-
-**Target Articles**: 3 business-focused guides
-**Timeline**: Month 3-6 (after technical authority)
-**Expected Impact**: Position as go-to Ruby/Rails AI consultancy
-
----
-
-## ✅ IN SCOPE | ❌ OUT OF SCOPE
-
-### ✅ THIS GOAL INCLUDES
-
-- ✅ Keyword research consolidation (all existing SEO research + multi-language expansion)
-- ✅ Target audience persona development (founders + junior devs across all tech stacks)
-- ✅ Content pillar framework (4 pillars, hub-and-spoke architecture, multi-language)
-- ✅ Editorial calendar and content production workflow (50+ articles)
-- ✅ SEO optimization standards and quality checklist
-- ✅ 50+ AI articles across 4 content pillars and 4 tech stacks
-- ✅ Performance tracking dashboard and optimization
-- ✅ Multi-language AI niche domination (Ruby BLUE OCEAN priority, Python volume, Laravel/Elixir emerging)
-
-### ❌ THIS GOAL DOES NOT INCLUDE (Deferred)
-
-- ❌ Technical SEO infrastructure overhaul (site-wide schema, CDN, etc.)
-- ❌ Complete historical content audit and migration
-- ❌ Marketing automation platform integration (HubSpot, Marketo)
-- ❌ Paid advertising campaigns (Google Ads, social media ads)
-- ❌ Social media content strategy (separate from blog SEO)
-- ❌ Email marketing campaign setup (beyond newsletter signups)
-
-**Why Deferred?** Focus on organic SEO content strategy delivers 80% of traffic growth at 30% of complexity. Infrastructure and paid channels are separate initiatives with their own timelines.
-
----
-
-## 🚨 CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS
-
-### 1. Speed to Market (Multi-Language BLUE OCEAN Strategy)
-**Why Critical**: Ruby + Elixir AI integration have almost ZERO competition NOW
-**Action**: Publish Ruby AI articles (Weeks 1-4), then Python volume capture (Weeks 5-12)
-**Risk**: Competition enters Ruby/Elixir markets if we delay; Python market saturated
-**Mitigation**: Attack Ruby FIRST (BLUE OCEAN), then Python (volume), then Laravel/Elixir (emerging)
-
-### 2. Content Quality (Technical Accuracy)
-**Why Critical**: Developer audience requires working code and accurate information
-**Action**: Test all code examples, fact-check all technical claims
-**Risk**: Reputation damage from incorrect information
-**Mitigation**: Four-eyes review for technical content
-
-### 3. SEO Optimization (Discoverability)
-**Why Critical**: Even great content fails without proper SEO
-**Action**: 100% compliance with SEO optimization checklist
-**Risk**: Content published but doesn't rank
-**Mitigation**: SEO validation before publication
-
-### 4. Audience Targeting (Relevance)
-**Why Critical**: Different content for founders vs. developers
-**Action**: Follow audience-specific content strategies
-**Risk**: Content doesn't resonate with target audience
-**Mitigation**: Persona-driven content planning
-
----
-
-## 📈 6-MONTH PERFORMANCE ROADMAP
-
-### Month 1-2: Ruby AI Foundation + Python Volume Attack
-```yaml
-content_published: 13 Ruby AI articles (Weeks 1-4) + 8 Python articles (Weeks 5-8)
-organic_traffic: 5,000-8,000 sessions/month
-keyword_rankings: #1-5 for 10-12 Ruby AI keywords, #5-15 for 8-10 Python keywords
-backlinks: 10-20 from Ruby + Python communities
-email_subscribers: 150-250 from AI content
-github_stars: 50-100 on multi-language AI examples repos
-business_impact: Establish Ruby AI authority + capture Python volume
-```
-
-### Month 3-4: Python Expansion + Laravel Introduction + Framework Comparisons
-```yaml
-content_published: 33 total articles (add 12 Python, 7 Laravel, 3 comparisons)
-organic_traffic: 15,000-25,000 sessions/month
-keyword_rankings: #1-3 for 15+ keywords, #3-10 for 40+ keywords across all languages
-backlinks: 35-55 total (Ruby, Python, Laravel, PHP communities)
-email_subscribers: 600-900
-hackernews_frontpage: 2-3 posts (Python + comparison content)
-business_impact: Multi-language authority, high-traffic capture
-```
-
-### Month 5-6: Elixir Emerging + Production + Custom AI Solutions + Scale
-```yaml
-content_published: 50+ total articles across all 4 pillars and 4 tech stacks
-organic_traffic: 35,000-50,000 sessions/month
-keyword_rankings: #1 for 30+ keywords, #1-10 for 100+ keywords across all languages
-backlinks: 75-120 total (multi-language developer communities)
-email_subscribers: 1,200-1,800
-consultation_leads: 50-75 from multi-language production content
-business_impact: Position as multi-language AI integration consultancy leader
-```
-
----
-
-## 🎯 SUCCESS DEFINITION
+## 🎯 THE GOAL (30-Second Summary)
 
-**GOAL COMPLETE** when:
-- ✅ All 13 work packages completed across 3 phases (expanded for multi-language coverage)
-- ✅ 50+ AI articles published across 4 content pillars and 4 tech stacks
-- ✅ 35,000-50,000 monthly organic sessions achieved
-- ✅ 150+ page-1 keyword rankings for AI topics across all languages
-- ✅ 30+ top-3 rankings for multi-language AI keywords (BLUE OCEAN captured)
-- ✅ 1,200-1,800 email subscribers from AI content
-- ✅ 50-75 consultation leads from production optimization content
-- ✅ Established as THE multi-language AI integration authority
+**Generate qualified consultation leads and build technical authority** by
+publishing content that speaks directly to a **non-technical founder who is
+losing control of (or already burned by) a dev shop**.
 
-**Celebration Moment**: JetThoughts becomes the go-to resource for multi-language AI integration (Ruby/Python/Laravel/Elixir) with 7-10x traffic growth! 🎊
+- **Audience**: ICP-E - see [`90.10-icp-primary-website-target.md`](../../90-99-content-strategy/strategy-analysis/90.10-icp-primary-website-target.md)
+- **Approach**: 3-stream content rotation at **2-3 posts/week (~10/month)**
+- **Angle**: the "vibe coding" AI-code-debt crisis woven into every post (45% of AI-generated code carries OWASP vulnerabilities)
+- **Positioning shift**: not just *rescue* ("fire my dev shop") but **control-before-rescue** - founders who still have a team but feel progress, access, and ownership slipping
 
 ---
 
-## 🎬 IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS
-
-### To Start Phase 1 (WP1.1: Keyword Research Consolidation)
-
-```bash
-# 1. Create feature branch
-git checkout -b feat/seo-content-strategy
-
-# 2. Consolidate all SEO research files
-# Source: docs/seo/*.md files
-# Target: 10-19-research/10.01-consolidated-keyword-research.md
-
-# 3. Extract keyword clusters and prioritization
-# Focus: Ruby AI (P0), Framework Comparisons (P1), Production (P1), Custom AI (P2)
+## 📡 THE 3 STREAMS
 
-# 4. Document "Custom AI Solutions Provider" analysis
-# Source: User-provided keyword cluster research
-# Target: 10-19-research/10.02-custom-ai-solutions-provider-analysis.md
+| Stream | Audience | Purpose | Cadence |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 🧑‍💼 **Founders** (+ Control sub-stream) | Non-technical founder (ICP-E direct) | Direct lead generation | ~5/month |
+| 💎 **Rails** | CTOs, senior Rails devs | Technical authority | ~2/month |
+| 🤖 **AI** | Founders + CTOs | Vibe-coding crisis angle | ~3/month |
 
-# 5. Update TASK-TRACKER.md
-# Mark WP1.1 as "In Progress" → "Completed"
-
-# 6. Commit consolidated research
-git add docs/projects/2510-seo-content-strategy/10-19-research/
-git commit -m "research(seo): consolidate keyword research from all sources (WP1.1)"
-```
-
-### Week 1-2 Priority Actions
-
-**Day 1-2**: Research & Strategy
-- [ ] Complete WP1.1: Keyword Research Consolidation
-- [ ] Complete WP1.2: Audience Persona Development
-- [ ] Set up Google Analytics 4 goals for AI content
-- [ ] Set up Google Search Console tracking for priority keywords
-
-**Day 3-4**: Content Framework
-- [ ] Complete WP1.3: Content Pillar Framework Definition
-- [ ] Complete WP1.4: Editorial Calendar Setup
-- [ ] Create GitHub repository for Rails AI examples
-- [ ] Set up content production workflow
-
-**Day 5-7**: Content Creation Begins
-- [ ] Start drafting "Complete Guide to Ruby on Rails AI Integration 2025"
-- [ ] Outline pgvector Rails tutorial
-- [ ] Set up social media promotion schedule
-- [ ] Phase 1 completion review
+**Control sub-stream themes** (client-research driven): weekly demo protocol,
+GitHub/AWS/DB ownership, business-requirement translation, cheap-talent vs
+senior-review trade-offs, salvage-vs-rebuild decisions.
 
 ---
 
-## 📊 QUICK NAVIGATION
+## 📊 KEY METRICS
 
-### For Executing Agents (Ready to Work)
-1. **Full Project Index**: [PROJECT-INDEX.md](PROJECT-INDEX.md)
-2. **Task Status**: [TASK-TRACKER.md](TASK-TRACKER.md)
-3. **Keyword Research**: [10.01-consolidated-keyword-research.md](10-19-research/10.01-consolidated-keyword-research.md)
-4. **Content Strategy**: [20.01-content-pillars-framework.md](20-29-strategy/20.01-content-pillars-framework.md)
+| Metric | Signal | Target |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Consultation bookings** | Primary business outcome | Founder audit/discovery calls |
+| **Organic sessions** | Growth trend | Sustained monthly growth vs ~5k baseline |
+| **Page-1 rescue-keyword rankings** | Low-competition capture | Rank within ~60 days of publish |
+| **Publishing cadence** | Execution health | 2-3/week held over the quarter |
 
-### For Research Agents
-1. **Consolidated Keywords**: [10.01-consolidated-keyword-research.md](10-19-research/10.01-consolidated-keyword-research.md)
-2. **Target Audiences**: [10.03-target-audience-personas.md](10-19-research/10.03-target-audience-personas.md)
-3. **Competitor Analysis**: [10.04-competitor-content-gap-analysis.md](10-19-research/10.04-competitor-content-gap-analysis.md)
-
-### Search Strategies
-```bash
-# Project documentation search
-claude-context search "[topic]" \
-  --path "/Users/pftg/dev/jetthoughts.github.io/docs/projects/2510-seo-content-strategy"
-
-# SEO research search
-claude-context search "[keyword]" \
-  --path "/Users/pftg/dev/jetthoughts.github.io/docs/seo"
-```
+**Quality gates (non-negotiable, every post):** ICP-E voice-guide compliance
+([`90.11-voice-guide.md`](../../90-99-content-strategy/strategy-analysis/90.11-voice-guide.md)),
+tested code, SEO checklist, full blog pipeline (`docs/workflows/blog-pipeline.md`).
 
 ---
 
-## 💡 KEY STRATEGIC INSIGHTS
-
-### 1. Multi-Language BLUE OCEAN Opportunities 🌊
-**Ruby AI**: Almost ZERO competition, 2,000+/mo searches, official SDKs just released (2025)
-**Python AI**: HIGH competition, 12,000+/mo searches, quality differentiation strategy
-**Laravel AI**: MEDIUM-LOW competition, 2,900+/mo searches, underserved PHP developer market
-**Elixir AI**: Almost ZERO competition, 680+/mo searches, emerging market leadership
-**Strategy**: Attack Ruby FIRST (BLUE OCEAN priority), then Python (volume), then Laravel/Elixir (emerging)
-
-### 2. Speed to Market = Competitive Advantage ⚡
-**Why It Matters**: First-mover advantage in Ruby + Elixir AI niches
-**Timeline**: 4 weeks Ruby authority (Weeks 1-4), then 8 weeks Python volume (Weeks 5-12)
-**Risk**: Competition catches up in BLUE OCEAN markets if we delay
-**Action**: Prioritize by BLUE OCEAN opportunity (Ruby first), then volume (Python), then emerging (Laravel/Elixir)
-
-### 3. Technical + Business Audience = 2x Content Strategy 🎯
-**Technical (Junior Devs)**: Step-by-step tutorials, working code, troubleshooting
-**Business (Founders)**: ROI-focused guides, case studies, decision frameworks
-**Implementation**: Separate content strategies per audience type
+## 📈 CURRENT STATUS (2026-07-21)
 
-### 4. Pillar-Cluster Architecture = SEO Authority 🏛️
-**Hub (Pillar)**: Comprehensive 3,000+ word guides on broad topics
-**Spokes (Cluster)**: Supporting 1,500-2,000 word articles on specific subtopics
-**Linking**: Bidirectional internal linking between hub and spokes
-**Result**: Google recognizes topical authority, boosts all related content
+- **~14 ICP-E rotation posts live** (Apr-May 2026): rescue Founders posts
+  (`fire-dev-shop-guide`, `dev-shop-red-flags-checklist`, `hiring-dev-shop-questions`),
+  AI-crisis posts (`vibe-coding-crisis-ai-code-debt`, `47-startups-failed-same-coding-mistake`,
+  `quality-tax-ai-mvp-cost`, `ai-code-ownership-accountability`,
+  `ai-agent-deleted-production-database-pocketos`), and Rails authority posts
+  (`solid-trifecta-hybrid-redis-rails-8`, `rails-event-structured-logging-8-1`,
+  `rails-cve-2026-41316-founder-guide`, `claude-code-xp-team-workflow`, plus pre-plan Rails).
+- **LinkedIn ICP validation sprint** running to test control-before-rescue hooks
+  (Friday-demo, ownership checklist, over-engineered-MVP, cheap-devs, salvage-vs-rebuild)
+  as short-form before committing to full posts.
+- **Next up**: the 5 validated Control-stream posts (`friday-demo-rule-founder-progress`,
+  `github-aws-database-ownership-checklist`, `asked-simple-admin-panel-built-spaceship`,
+  `cheap-developers-expensive-without-cto-review`, `salvage-vs-rebuild-software-project`)
+  plus the founder lead-magnet artifacts below.
 
 ---
 
-## 🔄 UPDATE SCHEDULE
+## 🧲 LEAD-MAGNET ARTIFACTS (planned)
 
-**This Document**: Update after each phase completion
-**TASK-TRACKER.md**: Update after each work package completion
-**PROJECT-INDEX.md**: Update after significant milestones
+Package practical tools from the client research as downloadable magnets:
 
-**Next Update**: After Phase 1 completion (Week 2)
+- GitHub/AWS/DB ownership checklist
+- Friday demo review script
+- Job Story template (requirement translation)
+- Salvage-vs-rebuild decision tree
+- Technical-audit scorecard
 
 ---
 
-## 🎯 REMEMBER
+## 🧭 EXECUTION MODEL
 
-**Our Competitive Advantage**: Multi-language AI integration approach captures 4x the market (Ruby/Python/Laravel/Elixir) with strategic BLUE OCEAN prioritization.
+1. Read the ICP: [`90.10-icp-primary-website-target.md`](../../90-99-content-strategy/strategy-analysis/90.10-icp-primary-website-target.md)
+2. Pick the next `🔲 Planned` topic in [`20.07`](20-29-strategy/20.07-content-plan-icp-e-q2-2026.md)
+3. Run the full blog pipeline (draft -> voice/slop/shape critics -> cover -> build -> visual gate)
+4. Update `20.07` status + commit SHA, then update [`TASK-TRACKER.md`](TASK-TRACKER.md)
 
-**Success Formula**:
-1. **Speed**: Attack Ruby FIRST (BLUE OCEAN), then Python (volume), then Laravel/Elixir (emerging)
-2. **Quality**: Comprehensive guides with working code across all 4 tech stacks
-3. **Authority**: Establish multi-language expertise through depth and consistency
-4. **Promotion**: Leverage Ruby, Python, PHP, Elixir communities for cross-pollination
-5. **Scale**: Become THE multi-language AI integration authority within 6 months
+**Sequence:** validate hooks on LinkedIn -> ship the top-scoring Control posts ->
+build lead-magnet artifacts -> sustain 2-3/week rotation across all three streams.
 
 ---
 
-**Last Updated**: 2025-10-17
-**Document Owner**: SEO Content Strategy Team
-**Contact**: See [PROJECT-INDEX.md](PROJECT-INDEX.md) for coordination details
+## 🔗 AUTHORITY DOCS
 
-**Navigation**:
-- 🏠 [Project Index](PROJECT-INDEX.md)
-- 📋 [Task Tracker](TASK-TRACKER.md)
-- 🔍 [Keyword Research](10-19-research/10.01-consolidated-keyword-research.md)
+- 📋 **Live plan of record**: [`20.07-content-plan-icp-e-q2-2026.md`](20-29-strategy/20.07-content-plan-icp-e-q2-2026.md)
+- 🎯 **ICP profile**: [`90.10-icp-primary-website-target.md`](../../90-99-content-strategy/strategy-analysis/90.10-icp-primary-website-target.md)
+- 🗣️ **Voice guide**: [`90.11-voice-guide.md`](../../90-99-content-strategy/strategy-analysis/90.11-voice-guide.md)
+- 📊 **Status**: [`TASK-TRACKER.md`](TASK-TRACKER.md)
+- 🗂️ **Project index**: [`PROJECT-INDEX.md`](PROJECT-INDEX.md)
+- 🔁 **LinkedIn validation campaign**: `docs/workflows/linkedin-icp-validation-plan.md`
diff --git a/docs/projects/2604-typography-ux/TASK-TRACKER.md b/docs/projects/2604-typography-ux/TASK-TRACKER.md
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Task Tracker — 2604 Typography & UX
 
-**Last Updated**: 2026-05-20
+**Last Updated**: 2026-07-21
 **Status legend**: Planned | In progress | Done | Paused | Dropped
 
 ---
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 | Priority | Task | Status | Notes |
 |---|---|---|---|
 | P2 | Site-level: investigate blog article column max-width (684px → wider?) | Planned | The 684px article column constraint on blog/course pages forces Mermaid LR diagrams ≥5 nodes to fail, SVG-with-prose-text to clip, 5-col tables to overflow on 390px mobile. Investigation: is the 684px max-width a deliberate readability choice (Bringhurst-style 45-75 char line length) or a vestigial theme value? Compare with thoughtbot, Stripe Press, Indie Hackers content widths. Decide: keep 684px (and design content within budget) OR widen to 720-800px (and adapt visual breaks to use more horizontal space). Surfaced 2026-05-20 during course-polish marathon — multiple visual breaks had to be reshaped/dropped because of width constraints. Per memory `feedback_684px_column_visual_constraints.md`. |
+| P2 | Reader-mode screenshots as a post-QA / reader-UX tool | Planned | Capture Chrome reader-mode screenshots of our own rendered post/course pages. Reader mode strips chrome/nav and reflows to a clean typographic column - reading it that way surfaces reading-experience defects (line length, hierarchy, rhythm, orphaned headings, visual-break gaps) that the full-chrome page hides. Use as: (1) a reader-UX audit pass on published/draft posts, and (2) reference screenshots to improve post reader UX. Chrome DevTools MCP already available for screenshots - investigate whether reader mode is drivable headlessly or needs desktop Reader View. Surfaced 2026-07-21. |
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/docs/workflows/2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md b/docs/workflows/2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md
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+# 2026 Autumn Client Acquisition Strategy - Vibe Code Rescue
+
+**Owner**: Paul Keen (CEO) | **Created**: 2026-07-21 | **Horizon**: land 1 client by Nov 30, 2026
+**Status**: 🔄 Active - the marketing/content restart plan of record
+**Related**: [`operating-system.md`](operating-system.md) (how we run this weekly) · [`vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md`](vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md) (step-by-step task cards for separate sessions — **▶ START HERE** to execute) · 2510 content project [`GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE`](../projects/2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md) · ICP [`90.10`](../90-99-content-strategy/strategy-analysis/90.10-icp-primary-website-target.md)
+**Current state (2026-07-21)**: foundation set — assumptions register + white-label partner + offer/kit/booking drafts + trigger taxonomy + sourcing pipeline all done. Next agent work: build the prospect list (runbook T4/T5). To pick up work in any new session, open the runbook's **▶ START HERE** block.
+
+---
+
+## Vision
+
+Be the **Vibe Code Rescue** partner: when a founder's AI-built or dev-shop MVP hits the
+wall, JetThoughts makes it real - secure, tested, owned - and gives them a fractional CTO
+who explains everything in plain English.
+
+## Why now (2026 market, validated 2026-07-21)
+
+The vibe-coding wave manufactured a wave of broken, funded MVPs. "Vibe code rescue" is now
+a named, fast-growing service category with a proven offer model - and competitors are only
+just entering it. Rails is the winning rebuild stack, which is our home turf.
+
+- Rescue engagements run **$25K-$50K over 4-8 weeks**, keeping 30-50% of original code; specialists bill $100-300/hr.
+- A Rails-8 fractional CTO rebuilt a YC-backed SaaS's broken Vercel+Firebase MVP in **6 weeks for a fixed $40K** vs a $150K agency quote - our exact lane.
+- Research: Liu 2026 (arXiv:2603.28592) - 484,606 AI-introduced issues across 3,841 repos, 24.2% survive, security issues survive at 41.1%; tech debt rises 30-41% after AI tools.
+
+**Sources**: reptile.haus, foundra.ai, justinmckelvey.com, gmware.com, vibecoding.app, arxiv.org/abs/2603.28592
+
+## Positioning
+
+Not a dev shop. **"We rescue founders from broken AI code - and hand back a product you
+own and understand."** Trust and transparency is the real product (ICP-E's #1 pain); the
+rebuild is delivered under our brand by a **white-label partner**, with **Paul as the
+fractional-CTO trust layer** on every call.
+
+## Goal
+
+> **Sign 1 Vibe Code Rescue engagement by Nov 30, 2026**, from ~8-12 discovery calls.
+
+Low and focused on purpose - it proves the whole machine (demand -> call -> audit -> signing)
+end to end and produces the first case study.
+
+## Strategy - 4 plays (all channels)
+
+1. **Productize the offer** - "Vibe Code Rescue": fixed-fee **Rescue Audit** (plain-English
+   scorecard + salvage-vs-rebuild verdict) -> fixed-price rescue ($25-50K, Rails). White-label
+   delivers; Paul owns the relationship. This is the conversion engine.
+2. **Landing page -> booking machine** - rescue positioning already live (PR #385); add the
+   offer, case-study proof, one "Book a Rescue Audit" CTA.
+3. **Demand-gen, all channels** - LinkedIn outbound (Paul, 3-4x/wk, control-before-rescue
+   hooks) for fast pipeline; 3-stream content engine + "vibe code rescue" SEO cluster for
+   compounding pipeline; paid (LinkedIn/Google) on rescue keywords to buy the Autumn window.
+4. **Lead magnets** - audit scorecard, GitHub/AWS ownership checklist, salvage-vs-rebuild
+   decision tree -> email capture -> audit CTA.
+
+## Roadmap
+
+| Window | Focus | Client-getting milestone |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Aug** | Build the machine | Offer + price defined; white-label partner locked; landing CTA + 1 case study live; LinkedIn at 3-4/wk; paid pilot on rescue keywords |
+| **Sep** | Fill the funnel | Ship 5 Control posts + rescue SEO cluster; magnets live; 5-8 discovery calls booked |
+| **Oct** | Convert | Deliver first audits -> rescue proposals; first signing; publish our own rescue case study |
+| **Nov** | Compound | Referral + case-study loop; Q1 2027 pipeline full |
+
+## KPIs (leading -> lagging)
+
+LinkedIn qualified replies/wk -> magnet email subs -> **discovery calls booked** (watch weekly)
+-> audits sold -> **rescue signed**.
+
+## Biggest risk
+
+The **white-label delivery partner**. The offer is only sellable if delivery quality and speed
+are guaranteed under our brand. **Lock that partner first (Aug)** or Paul cannot credibly sell
+in September.
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+# JetThoughts Operating System (lean)
+
+**Purpose**: the smallest cadence that reliably ships the [Autumn strategy](2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md) - **1 Vibe Code Rescue client by Nov 30, 2026**.
+**Owner**: Paul Keen | **Created**: 2026-07-21 | **Review**: weekly
+**Model**: EOS-lite (accountability chart + quarterly OKR + weekly scorecard + rocks + issues), sized for a founder + white-label delivery + AI execution.
+
+---
+
+## 0. Current state & where to start (fresh session)
+
+**As of 2026-07-21**: foundation is set. A0 assumptions register ✓, G0 white-label partner ✓ (locked per CEO), offer/kit/booking drafts ✓, T1 trigger taxonomy ✓, T2 sourcing pipeline ✓.
+**Active sprint**: Rescue Demand Sprint — populate the prospect list (agent) so Paul can send + book calls.
+**Next agent work**: `T4/T5` (build the list) → `T6` dedupe → `T7` openers; `T8` discovery kit in parallel.
+**To execute**: open [`vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md`](vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md) → **▶ START HERE** block → take the next Ready task. That runbook is the shared state across sessions; this file is the weekly cadence over it.
+**Paul's desk (human-only)**: booking page (~5 min), confirm price band (default: audit free, rescue from $25K), review + send the outreach, take the calls, close. Optional: Gmail consent (warm lane), Apollo $79/mo + Hunter key (paid cold funnel).
+
+---
+
+## 1. Accountability chart (who owns what)
+
+| Seat | Owner | Owns |
+|---|---|---|
+| **CEO / Sales / Trust layer** | Paul | Discovery calls, offer, pricing, the founder relationship, fractional-CTO oversight |
+| **Delivery** | White-label partner | The rescue build (Rails), under JT brand, to JT quality bar |
+| **Marketing / Content / Ops engine** | Claude Code (+ Paul review) | Content, SEO, landing, lead magnets, LinkedIn drafts, pipeline tracking, this OS |
+
+One person can hold several seats - but every seat has exactly one accountable owner.
+
+## 2. Quarterly OKR (Q3->Q4 2026)
+
+**Objective**: Land the first Vibe Code Rescue client and prove the machine.
+
+| Key Result | Target | Status |
+|---|---|---|
+| KR1 - Offer + white-label partner live | Rescue Audit priced, partner signed, landing CTA live | 🟡 partner signed ✓; offer drafted (price confirm pending); landing deferred |
+| KR2 - Discovery calls booked | 8-12 by Nov 15 | 🔲 |
+| KR3 - Audits delivered | 3-5 paid Rescue Audits | 🔲 |
+| KR4 - Rescue signed | **1 engagement by Nov 30** | 🔲 |
+
+## 3. Rocks (90-day priorities = roadmap milestones)
+
+1. **Offer + partner locked** (Aug) - the machine can't sell without these.
+2. **Landing = booking machine** (Aug) - offer, proof, one CTA.
+3. **Demand-gen live on all channels** (Aug->Sep) - LinkedIn 3-4/wk, rescue SEO cluster, paid pilot.
+4. **First audit -> first signing** (Oct).
+
+## 4. Weekly scorecard (leading metrics, review every week)
+
+| Metric | Owner | Target/wk |
+|---|---|---|
+| LinkedIn posts published | Paul/Claude | 3-4 |
+| LinkedIn qualified replies/DMs | Paul | >=3 |
+| New email subs from magnets | Claude | trend up |
+| Blog posts shipped (rescue/ICP-E) | Claude | 2-3 |
+| **Discovery calls booked** | Paul | trend to 8-12 by mid-Nov |
+| Rescue Audits sold | Paul | cumulative -> 3-5 |
+| Rescues signed | Paul | -> 1 |
+
+Green = hit target, Red = missed. Any red 2 weeks running becomes an Issue (section 6).
+
+## 5. Meeting cadence
+
+- **Weekly ops review (~30 min)**: scorecard (5 min) -> rock progress (5 min) -> pipeline
+  walk (10 min) -> IDS the top issues (10 min). Update the scorecard + OKR statuses in this file.
+- **Monthly strategy check (~45 min)**: is the wedge still right? adjust roadmap; refresh
+  market scan if signals shift.
+- **Per-deal**: discovery call -> audit -> proposal, tracked in the pipeline (section 7).
+
+## 6. Issues list (IDS: Identify, Discuss, Solve)
+
+Rolling list of the top blockers. Solve the highest-leverage one each week; don't let it grow.
+
+| # | Issue | Owner | Status |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 1 | White-label delivery partner (runbook G0) | Paul | ✅ Resolved 2026-07-21 (locked per CEO). Standing validation: confirm a paid trial rescue hits the quality bar + a fallback partner is named before the first real signing. |
+| 2 | Prospect list not yet populated — Paul has nobody to send to until T4-T7 run | Claude | 🔲 Open — next agent work (runbook T4/T5) |
+| 3 | Price band unconfirmed — offer ships on a default ("audit free, rescue from $25K") until Paul confirms | Paul | 🔲 Open (non-blocking; default in place) |
+
+## 7. Pipeline (simple funnel, no CRM needed yet)
+
+Track each lead as a row: **Source -> Discovery call -> Audit sold -> Proposal -> Signed**.
+Stages: `Lead` -> `Call booked` -> `Audit sold` -> `Proposal out` -> `Won` / `Lost (reason)`.
+Keep it in a single sheet (or a section here) until volume justifies a real CRM.
+**Leads originate from** the populated target list in [`rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md`](rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md) (agent-built via runbook T4-T7); once Paul sends, each contacted row becomes a pipeline `Lead`.
+
+## 8. Tooling map
+
+| Function | Tool |
+|---|---|
+| Site / blog | Hugo (`bin/hugo-build`), content in `content/blog/` |
+| Content ops | Blog pipeline (`docs/workflows/blog-pipeline.md`), voice guide 90.11 |
+| LinkedIn | LinkedIn pipeline (`docs/workflows/linkedin-post-pipeline.md`) + ICP validation plan |
+| Discovery scheduling | NeetoCal (per outreach template) |
+| Pipeline tracking | Sheet / this doc section 7 until CRM is justified |
+| OKR spine | `lark-okr` skill for structuring quarterly OKRs |
+| Weekly OS loop | `eos-lite` skill (`Skill(eos-lite) weekly`) — runs scorecard/OKR/rocks/issues/pipeline over this doc |
+| Step-by-step execution | [`vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md`](vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md) — ordered task cards + Incremental agent backlog; **▶ START HERE** for any fresh session |
+| Foundational premises | [`rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md`](rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md) — ICP/trigger/channel/pre-validation, voted, with kill-criteria (runbook rule 7) |
+| Sprint artifacts | `rescue-sprint/` — offer, warm-intro kit, booking spec, trigger taxonomy, sourcing pipeline (see runbook START HERE artifact index) |
+
+## 9. Definition of "operating" (are we actually running the system?)
+
+- Scorecard updated weekly, with real numbers.
+- Every rock has a next action and an owner.
+- The Issues list is short because we solve the top one each week.
+- Discovery-calls-booked moves up week over week from Sept.
diff --git a/docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md b/docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md
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+> DRAFT - A0 output. Each foundational assumption brainstormed → scored/voted → picked → given a pre-validation test with kill-criteria. Devil's-advocate applied at the end.
+
+# Assumptions Register - Vibe Code Rescue
+
+**Task**: A0 (new — foundational gate) | **Created**: 2026-07-21 | **Owner**: agent-built; Paul reviews the picks
+**Why this exists**: Paul's rule — do not trust your gut; every foundational assumption (who the ICP is, how we find them, how we pre-validate them) must be brainstormed against alternatives, voted, and given a way to be proven wrong BEFORE the campaign leans on it. This is the "spar with other minds" mandate applied to the plan's premises, not just its deliverables.
+**How to read**: each assumption lists the options considered, a weighted vote (1-5 per criterion), the pick, the rationale, and a **pre-validation test + kill-criteria** (what evidence would prove the pick wrong, and by when).
+
+---
+
+## A. WHO is the buyer (ICP)
+
+**Options brainstormed**
+- **A1** — Non-technical founder, pre-seed to Series A, whose MVP was built by a dev shop / freelancer / AI tool and is now failing on real users (current `90.10` "Alex").
+- **A2** — Technical founder scaling past their own build (has a dev, wants senior architecture help).
+- **A3** — Seed VCs / accelerators as the *buyer* (they pay to rescue a portfolio company).
+
+**Vote** (criteria weighted for a 1-client-by-Nov-30 goal)
+
+| Option | Reachable (×2) | Feels the pain acutely (×2) | Can decide + pay solo (×2) | Budget fit $25-50K (×1) | Total /35 |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| A1 non-tech burned founder | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | **32** |
+| A2 technical scaling founder | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 25 |
+| A3 VC/accelerator as buyer | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
+
+**Pick: A1** — the non-technical burned founder. **Rationale**: highest pain acuity (they can't self-diagnose, so the free audit has unique value to them), decides alone under $50K, and the trust/ownership wedge lands hardest here. A3 (VCs) is kept as a *channel* (they refer A1), not the buyer.
+**Pre-validation test**: of the first 10 discovery calls, ≥6 must be non-technical founders with an outsourced/AI build already live and breaking. **Kill-criteria**: if ≥half of early qualified interest comes from technical founders or from pre-launch (no live app), re-open this vote — the ICP is drifting to A2.
+
+---
+
+## B. WHICH trigger is the sharpest buying moment
+
+**Options brainstormed** (from `icp-trigger-taxonomy.md` — vote picks the LEAD bet, not the only one)
+- **B1** — "App broke after launch / at scale."
+- **B2** — "Dev shop holds my code / I can't get access" (ownership hostage).
+- **B3** — "About to sign a dev contract over $25K and can't evaluate it."
+
+**Vote**
+
+| Option | Volume (×1) | Urgency-to-pay (×2) | Fits our wedge trust+ownership (×2) | Differentiates from 6 competitors (×2) | Total /35 |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| B1 broke at scale | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 26 |
+| B2 code hostage | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | **36 (cap 35→35)** |
+| B3 evaluating a $25K contract | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 27 |
+
+**Pick: B2 (ownership hostage) as the LEAD wedge, B1 as the volume top-of-funnel.** **Rationale**: every competitor leads with "your vibe-coded app is breaking" (B1) — it's saturated. B2 (you don't own/can't access your own code) is where JT's differentiator (ownership handed back at each milestone + Paul as trust layer) is unique and un-copied. B1 still fills the funnel by volume; B2 is what the offer/openers LEAD with.
+**Pre-validation test**: in openers, an ownership-led message must out-reply an app-broke-led message across the first ~20 cold touches. **Kill-criteria**: if ownership framing gets < half the reply rate of the breaking-app framing, demote B2 to a secondary angle.
+
+---
+
+## C. HOW we find them (primary find-channel)
+
+**Options brainstormed**
+- **C1** — Warm intros + past-client referrals (Paul's network / Gmail).
+- **C2** — Cold community sourcing (Reddit/IndieHackers/HN/X tool-help venues).
+- **C3** — Paid cold funnel (Apollo Professional + Hunter, filtered by stage/stack).
+- **C4** — Inbound (SEO cluster + landing).
+
+**Vote** (for the Nov-30 window specifically)
+
+| Option | Speed to first call (×2) | Conversion / trust (×2) | Cost + setup now (×1) | Repeatable later (×1) | Total /30 |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| C1 warm + referral | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | **28** |
+| C2 cold community | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 23 |
+| C3 paid cold funnel | 3 | 2 | 2 (needs Paul $79/mo) | 5 | 19 |
+| C4 inbound SEO | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
+
+**Pick: C1 primary (warm + referral), C2 secondary (agent-sourced cold community).** **Rationale**: warm converts fastest and carries the trust the burned ICP demands; C2 is the agent-unattended top-up that doesn't wait on Paul. C3 (paid) is a deliberate *later* upgrade once a channel proves reply interest (runbook rule 3). C4 (SEO) cannot rank by Nov 30 — Q1-2027 compounding only.
+**Pre-validation test**: warm channel must produce ≥3 booked calls before we invest setup time in C3. **Kill-criteria**: if 2 weeks of warm outreach yields 0 booked calls, the ICP-to-network fit is wrong — pause and re-open A + C before spending on paid.
+
+---
+
+## D. HOW we pre-validate a prospect BEFORE Paul spends a 45-min call
+
+**Options brainstormed**
+- **D1** — Self-reported symptom only (they say it's breaking).
+- **D2** — A repo-access gate (can they give read access to the code?).
+- **D3** — A short pre-qual checklist scored before booking (symptom + build-origin + funding stage + repo access + live users).
+- **D4** — Tech-stack fingerprint (inspect their live site to confirm a Lovable/Bolt/Firebase build).
+
+**Vote**
+
+| Option | Filters time-wasters (×2) | Cheap to run (×2) | Surfaces the buying moment (×1) | Founder-friendly (not interrogating) (×1) | Total /30 |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| D1 symptom only | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 |
+| D2 repo-access gate | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
+| D3 pre-qual checklist | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | **27** |
+| D4 stack fingerprint | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 |
+
+**Pick: D3 (the 5-question pre-qual checklist), with D2's repo-access as one of its questions and D4 as an optional agent-side enrichment.** **Rationale**: the booking intake (S0) already asks the 5 questions — company+site, what it was built with, what's breaking, funding stage, repo access. That IS the pre-validation: it filters non-ICP and confirms the audit is deliverable (need read access) before Paul's 45 minutes. Agents can add D4 (inspect the site's scripts to confirm an AI-built stack) as extra evidence on a cold row.
+**Pre-validation test**: track the show-up + qualified rate of booked calls. **Kill-criteria**: if > 40% of booked calls turn out non-ICP or un-auditable (no repo access), tighten the intake (make repo-access a hard gate, not a question).
+
+---
+
+## E. Supporting assumptions (logged, lighter vote)
+
+| # | Assumption | Options → pick | Pre-validation / kill |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| E1 | **Offer = free 45-min audit → fixed $25-50K rescue** | free vs paid audit; fixed vs T&M → **free audit + fixed price** (removes the burned founder's #1 fear: another open-ended bill) | if free audits don't convert to paid proposals at all after ~5, test a paid ($ nominal) audit to filter tire-kickers |
+| E2 | **Distribution = push (outbound/warm), not pull (SEO), for Nov 30** | push vs pull → **push** | SEO stays queued for Q1-2027; kill only if push proves it can't produce calls |
+| E3 | **Delivery via white-label partner, Paul as trust layer (G0)** | in-house vs white-label → **white-label + named fallback** | validated by a PAID TRIAL rescue before selling (G0 gate); kill/switch to fallback if trial misses the quality bar |
+| E4 | **Wedge vs competitors = ownership handback + named fractional CTO** | audit-quality vs price vs ownership/trust → **ownership + trust** (price is a race to the bottom against 6 shops) | if openers leading with ownership under-reply vs price/speed, re-open (ties to B) |
+
+---
+
+## Devil's-advocate refute (per 4-eyes mandate)
+
+**Prompt**: refute the picks — where is this still gut, not evidence?
+- **Holds**: A, B, C, D are all voted on *assumed* criteria weights and *my* scores — no live founder has confirmed them yet. That's unavoidable pre-launch, which is exactly why each pick has a **pre-validation test + kill-criteria** tied to the first ~10 calls / ~20 touches. The register is a set of falsifiable bets, not proven facts. Honest framing kept.
+- **Holds**: B2 (ownership-hostage lead) scored highest partly on "differentiates from competitors," which is a marketing bet, not a demand bet — founders in a hostage situation may be rarer than founders whose app merely breaks. Mitigation: run B1 (volume) and B2 (wedge) in parallel and let reply data pick; do not bet the funnel on B2 alone. Wired into B's kill-criteria.
+- **Holds**: C1 (warm) assumes Paul's network actually contains ICP-adjacent founders. If it doesn't (his network skews enterprise/agency), C1's speed advantage evaporates. Mitigation: T3 Gmail warm-mine will reveal the real warm-list size early; C's kill-criteria (0 calls in 2 weeks) catches a thin network fast.
+- **Does NOT hold / dropped**: no option here is unsupported hand-waving — each traces to the taxonomy research or the market validation in the strategy doc.
+
+**Verdict**: PASS as a *falsifiable* register. Every pick is a bet with a named test and a kill-condition on the first cohort of calls/touches. Paul reviews the picks; the tests run automatically as calls come in (OS-WEEKLY scorecard tracks them).
+
+---
+
+## Sources
+- ICP: `docs/90-99-content-strategy/strategy-analysis/90.10-icp-primary-website-target.md`
+- Triggers + venues: `icp-trigger-taxonomy.md`, `sourcing-pipeline.md` (T1/T2 + parallel research)
+- Market/pricing validation: `2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md`
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+> DRAFT - cold-eyes fixes applied; ready for Paul to set up (~5 min)
+
+# Booking-Page Spec - Free Code Audit (Card S0)
+
+**Owner**: Paul Keen | **Sprint**: Rescue Demand Sprint (2026-07-21) | **Card**: S0 (measurement prerequisite)
+**Path**: lean - external Cal.com or NeetoCal booking page, no site change. ~5 minutes to set up in Paul's own account.
+**Output**: one live booking URL that replaces every `[BOOKING_LINK]` placeholder across the offer one-pager and the warm-intro/referral kit.
+
+---
+
+## Why an external booking link, not the contact form
+
+The `operating-system.md` scorecard watches **discovery calls booked** as the leading KPI on the road to one signed rescue by Nov 30. The current contact form can't feed that number cleanly. Someone fills the form, Paul gets an email, then he replies, proposes times, and waits - and only some of those turn into a call on the calendar. He has to tally them by hand, and the count lags reality.
+
+A Cal.com or NeetoCal link closes that gap. A founder clicks, picks a slot, and it lands on Paul's calendar as a booked call. Every booking is one auto-counted "discovery call booked" - the exact figure the weekly scorecard needs, with no manual counting. The tool also handles time zones, sends reminders, and holds a buffer, so Paul stops playing email tag and no-shows drop.
+
+---
+
+## Set-up spec
+
+Paul builds this once in his Cal.com or NeetoCal account.
+
+| Field | Value |
+|---|---|
+| **Event name** | Free Code Audit (45 min) |
+| **Duration** | 45 minutes |
+| **Buffer** | 10 minutes after each call (write-up time for the one-page assessment) |
+| **Location** | Video call (Google Meet / Zoom - whichever Paul already uses) |
+| **Availability** | Paul's real open blocks; cap at 2-3 slots/day so audits don't swamp delivery |
+
+### Intake questions (ask all five)
+
+1. **Company name + website** - so Paul walks in already oriented.
+2. **What did you build it with?** Dev shop, freelancer, offshore team, or an AI tool (Lovable, Cursor, Bolt, Replit)? Name it. - flags the AI-built builds this offer is aimed at.
+3. **What's breaking right now?** The symptom that made you book. - surfaces the pain and pre-qualifies the call.
+4. **Funding stage** - bootstrapped, pre-seed, seed, or Series A? - confirms budget fit (ICP-E is pre-seed to Series A).
+5. **Can you get access to the code?** Do you have it on GitHub/GitLab, or does the dev shop still hold it? - the audit needs read access to run; this pre-qualifies the call AND surfaces the "hostage" pain (ICP pain #13) before Paul spends 45 minutes on a call he can't deliver.
+
+### Confirmation message copy
+
+> You're booked. Here's what happens: one of our senior engineers spends 45 minutes with you and your codebase, then sends you a one-page, plain-English assessment - what's solid and what to fix first. If you can, bring read access to your repo (GitHub, GitLab, wherever the code lives). Nothing else to prep. See you soon.
+>
+> - Paul
+
+---
+
+## After the link is live
+
+- Paste the real booking URL over every `[BOOKING_LINK]` slot in `warm-intro-referral-kit.md` (the forwardable blurb) and in the offer one-pager.
+- Make the pipeline sheet the single source of truth, and link it from `operating-system.md` §7.
+- Define the attribution rule: a call booked through this link counts as a discovery call; tag its source (warm intro, referral, or LinkedIn) so the scorecard shows which channel fed it.
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+> DRAFT - T1 output (Incremental agent backlog). LIGHT cold-eyes applied. Feeds T2 sourcing-pipeline.
+
+# ICP Buying-Trigger Taxonomy - Vibe Code Rescue
+
+**Task**: T1 (runbook Incremental agent backlog) | **Created**: 2026-07-21 | **Owner**: agent-built, no Paul needed
+**Purpose**: a ranked list of *detectable* moments when an ICP-E founder is ready to pay to rescue a broken build, with the observable signal and where it shows up. Feeds T2 (sourcing-pipeline) and T7 (openers).
+**ICP**: non-technical founder, pre-seed to Series A, whose MVP was built by a dev shop, a freelancer, or an AI tool and is now failing on real users. See `90.10`.
+
+---
+
+## How to read this
+
+Each trigger has four fields:
+- **Signal** - the observable thing the founder says or does that we can actually see.
+- **Where** - the venue an agent can watch for it (feeds T2/T4/T5).
+- **Strength** - how close to a buying moment (High = already looking to pay someone; Med = pain named, not yet shopping; Low = venting, not ready).
+- **Opener** - which C0 template fits (thread-reply, warm-intro, referral, forwardable).
+
+Warm signals (someone Paul already knows shows one of these) always outrank cold ones - route those to T3.
+
+---
+
+## Ranked triggers
+
+### 1. "The app broke after launch / at scale" (High)
+- **Signal**: founder posts that the product worked in the demo and started failing once real users arrived - checkout fails for some users, pages time out, sessions get wiped, data corrupts under concurrent use.
+- **Where**: r/startups, r/SaaS, r/webdev, r/developersPak, Indie Hackers, X/Twitter build-in-public threads; also the comment sections and "get a free audit" forms of competitor blogs (HeyDev, Modall, AttributeX) where these founders self-select.
+- **Strength**: High - this is the exact pain our free Code Audit answers. Confirmed live: multiple 2026 posts and a dozen-plus founder accounts documented across the competitor set.
+- **Opener**: thread-reply (offer the audit as help, no pitch) or forwardable.
+
+### 2. "About to sign a dev contract over $25K and can't evaluate it" (High)
+- **Signal**: founder asks whether a quote/SOW is fair, whether a shop is overselling, or how to vet a proposal before signing.
+- **Where**: r/startups, r/Entrepreneur, founder Slack/Discord communities, LinkedIn posts asking for a "second opinion on a dev quote."
+- **Strength**: High - they are actively deciding to spend money on code and want a trusted read first. The audit IS that read.
+- **Opener**: warm-intro or thread-reply.
+- **Source note**: this trigger is lifted directly from Eight Bit Studios' fractional-CTO "when you need it" checklist - a competitor validated it as a real buying moment.
+
+### 3. "The dev shop holds my code / I can't get access" (High, and it is our sharpest pain)
+- **Signal**: founder says the repo is under the shop's GitHub, the server sits on the shop's account, they can't get a clean handoff, or the shop went quiet.
+- **Where**: r/startups, r/smallbusiness, r/Entrepreneur, legal/founder subreddits, LinkedIn.
+- **Strength**: High - maps to ICP pain #13 (ownership hostage). The S0 intake question 5 (repo access) pre-qualifies these on the call.
+- **Opener**: thread-reply or warm-intro. Handle with care - they are burned and wary of another agency.
+
+### 4. "Hiring the first engineer / fractional CTO after an outsourced build" (Med-High)
+- **Signal**: founder is interviewing engineers or a fractional CTO and admits they can't gauge skill, or wants someone senior in the interview loop to inherit an agency-built codebase.
+- **Where**: LinkedIn hiring posts, r/cto, r/startups, Wellfound/AngelList job posts from non-technical solo founders, fractional-CTO directories.
+- **Strength**: Med-High - a buying moment for senior judgment; the audit is the low-commitment first step before a bigger engagement.
+- **Opener**: warm-intro or LinkedIn direct.
+
+### 5. "Technical co-founder / lead dev just left" (Med-High)
+- **Signal**: founder says their CTO or lead developer left and nobody understands the codebase.
+- **Where**: r/startups, Indie Hackers, LinkedIn.
+- **Strength**: Med-High - urgent, but they may first look for a replacement hire rather than a rescue. Audit reframes "who understands this" before they over-hire.
+- **Opener**: warm-intro.
+
+### 6. "Investors / diligence asking technical questions I can't answer" (Med)
+- **Signal**: founder preparing to raise, worried a technical diligence call will expose the build.
+- **Where**: LinkedIn, founder communities, accelerator cohorts.
+- **Strength**: Med - real but deadline-driven and sensitive; better via warm intro than cold.
+- **Opener**: warm-intro or referral (an angel/accelerator contact forwarding).
+
+### 7. "We keep hearing 'we need to refactor' and don't know what it means" (Med)
+- **Signal**: founder confused by developers saying they're "refactoring" or "working on the architecture" while no working product ships.
+- **Where**: r/startups, r/Entrepreneur, founder Slack.
+- **Strength**: Med - pain named, not yet shopping; educational content converts these better than a direct ask.
+- **Opener**: thread-reply pointing at a helpful post, then the audit.
+
+### 8. "Just venting about vibe-coding breaking" (Low)
+- **Signal**: developer or founder venting about AI-generated code breaking, no buying intent yet.
+- **Where**: r/developersPak, r/ExperiencedDevs, X.
+- **Strength**: Low - engage only to learn phrasing; do not pitch. Useful for T1/T2 language, not for the target list.
+
+---
+
+## Where ICP founders post (venue map for T2/T4/T5)
+
+| Venue | What to watch for | Access |
+|---|---|---|
+| r/startups, r/SaaS, r/Entrepreneur, r/smallbusiness | triggers 1-7; highest volume | web search + read (no login) |
+| r/webdev, r/cto, r/ExperiencedDevs, r/developersPak | triggers 1, 4, 8; more technical framing | web search + read |
+| Indie Hackers | triggers 1, 5, 7; build-in-public | web (public) |
+| LinkedIn | triggers 2, 4, 5, 6; best for warm + hiring signals | manual (Paul's account, per Step 3 plan) |
+| X/Twitter build-in-public | trigger 1; fast but noisy | web search |
+| Competitor "free audit" blog comment threads (HeyDev, Modall, AttributeX, Autonoma) | self-selected trigger-1 founders | web (public) |
+| Wellfound/AngelList job posts | trigger 4 (non-technical founder hiring first eng) | web (public) |
+
+---
+
+## Competitor note (so C0 openers don't sound like the other six rescue shops)
+
+The "broken vibe-coded MVP -> free audit -> fixed-price rescue" offer is already crowded: Modall (vibe code cleanup & recovery), HeyDev, AttributeX ("Get a Free Audit"), Autonoma, plus solo devs (Anton de Villiers) and Rails shops (JetRockets, public $100/hr and $25,600 minimum - confirms our $25K band). Our wedge is **Paul as the named fractional-CTO trust layer on every call** and **founder ownership handed back at each milestone** - not "we audit code." Openers must lead with the trust/ownership angle, not the audit mechanic every competitor already offers.
+
+---
+
+## LIGHT cold-eyes gate (self-refute, per runbook rule 4)
+
+**Refute prompt**: "Is each trigger actually observable by us, or a guess?"
+- Triggers 1-8 each name a concrete signal a founder types in public - not an inferred internal state. PASS.
+- **Objection that holds**: triggers 2, 4, 5, 6 are strongest on LinkedIn, which we can only work manually through Paul's account (no API/MCP). So the *cold-sourceable* set an agent can build unattended is mainly triggers 1, 3, 7, 8 (Reddit/IH/web) plus trigger-1 self-selectors in competitor comment threads. T2 must split "agent can source unattended" (Reddit/web) from "needs Paul's LinkedIn session." Noted for T2.
+- **Objection that holds**: competitor saturation is real; a generic "free audit" opener will be ignored. T7 openers must carry the trust/ownership wedge. Noted above.
+
+**Verdict**: PASS with two carried constraints (LinkedIn triggers are manual-only; openers must differentiate on trust/ownership). Both handed to T2/T7.
+
+---
+
+## Sources
+- heydev.us/blog/vibe-coded-mvp-scaling-fix; modall.ca/blog/vibe-coded-app-breaks-production; attributex.ai/problems/why-vibe-coded-apps-crash-in-production; getautonoma.com/blog/vibe-coding-failures
+- eightbitstudios.com/services/fractional-cto ("when you need a fractional CTO" trigger checklist)
+- jetrockets.com/blog/fractional-cto-and-ai-agents (public pricing + common-trigger FAQ)
+- reddit.com/r/developersPak/comments/1sdzina (live founder venting thread)
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+> DRAFT - cold-eyes fixes applied; pending Paul's review + real [BOOKING_LINK] + final price-band confirm
+
+# Vibe Code Rescue
+
+**Your MVP looks finished but keeps breaking. We make it actually work - and hand you back a product you own and understand.**
+
+You paid a dev shop or an AI tool to build your app. The demo looked great. Then real people started using it, and things you thought were done stopped working. Now you're not sure what you actually have, and you can't tell whether one more round of fixes will help or just burn another month. We take over broken founder MVPs, rebuild the parts that can't hold up, and give you a fractional CTO who explains every decision in plain English.
+
+## Is this you?
+
+- You open the app for a new user and something that worked yesterday breaks today.
+- Your developers say they're "refactoring" or "on the architecture," but you still can't click through a working product.
+- You don't hold the keys - the code lives in someone else's GitHub and the server sits under their account.
+- Payments look fine in the demo, and you quietly wonder whether a real charge would ever reach your bank.
+
+If you nodded at two of these, you're the founder we built this for.
+
+## Step 1 - The free Code Audit (45 minutes, yours to keep)
+
+Book a call and one senior developer reads your actual codebase before you decide anything. On the call, we walk you through a one-page assessment in plain English: what's solid, what's fragile, the fixes that would help you most, and a straight answer on whether you should salvage what you have or rebuild the broken parts. You keep the write-up whether or not we work together. No contract, and no follow-up calls you didn't ask for.
+
+**Book your free Code Audit → [BOOKING_LINK]**
+
+## Step 2 - The Rescue engagement
+
+If you decide to move forward, one senior team rebuilds the broken parts on Rails over 4 to 8 weeks for a fixed **$25K-$50K**, agreed up front so the number can't creep. We keep whatever code is worth keeping - usually 30 to 50 percent of what you have - and replace the rest. Real users can log in without landing in someone else's account, a real charge reaches your bank, and the data holds when two people use the app at the same time. You own the code and every account after each milestone, not at some vague "end."
+
+Sometimes propping up the old foundation costs more than starting clean. When the code you have can't carry the product you're describing, we'll tell you to rebuild instead of billing you to patch it - even though a salvage job would be the easier sale for us.
+
+## Why JetThoughts
+
+We've been shipping Ruby on Rails since 2011. Thirty-two clients rated us 4.8 out of 5, and most of them stayed with us for more than three years. Paul, our CEO, sits on every call as your fractional CTO and turns what the developers are doing into decisions you can actually make - so you stop guessing whether your team is telling you the truth.
+
+You've been burned once. The whole point of the free audit is that you find out where you stand first - with a senior engineer who has no reason to tell you anything but the truth.
+
+**Book your free Code Audit → [BOOKING_LINK]**
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+> DRAFT - T2 output (Incremental agent backlog). LIGHT cold-eyes applied. Unblocks T3 (Gmail warm), T4 (web cold), T5 (Reddit cold).
+
+# Sourcing Pipeline - how an agent builds the target list unattended
+
+**Task**: T2 (runbook Incremental agent backlog) | **Created**: 2026-07-21 | **Owner**: agent-built, no Paul needed (except T3 Gmail consent)
+**Input**: `icp-trigger-taxonomy.md` (T1) | **Feeds**: T3/T4/T5 sourcing, then T6 dedupe, T7 openers.
+**What this is**: for each trigger, the exact channel, query, validation rule, and template - so a future session runs it and gets real people, not noise.
+
+---
+
+## Lane split (from T1 carried constraint a)
+
+| Lane | Triggers | Who runs it | Tool | Backlog task |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| **Agent-unattended** | 1 (broke at scale), 3 (code hostage), 7 (refactor confusion) | agent, no human | `web_search` + read | T4, T5 |
+| **Warm (Paul's inbox)** | any, if a past contact fits | agent, one-time consent | Gmail MCP search | T3 |
+| **Manual (Paul's LinkedIn)** | 2 (evaluating a $25K+ contract), 4 (first eng hire), 5 (cofounder left), 6 (diligence) | Paul, agent drafts | LinkedIn via browser | deferred to Paul's desk P3 flow; agent preps queries only |
+
+**Rule**: build the agent-unattended lane fully first (T4/T5). Only queue LinkedIn queries for Paul; do not block the list on them.
+
+---
+
+## Per-trigger query recipes (T4/T5 agent-unattended lane)
+
+Each recipe: run the query, open the top real-founder posts, validate against the checklist, capture a row.
+
+### Trigger 1 - broke after launch / at scale
+- **web_search queries**: `"app breaking" founder launched reddit`; `MVP falling apart real users site:reddit.com`; `vibe coded app production broken help`; `"worked in demo" now breaking founder`
+- **Also**: read comment threads on the competitor "free audit" posts (heydev.us, modall.ca, attributex.ai, getautonoma.com) - founders self-select there.
+- **Validation**: is it a founder (not a dev employee)? is the product live with real users? is the build outsourced or AI-made?
+- **Template**: thread-reply or forwardable.
+
+### Trigger 3 - dev shop holds the code / no access
+- **web_search queries**: `dev shop won't give me code reddit`; `agency holding my code hostage founder`; `"can't get access" repo developer left`; `outsourced app can't get source code`
+- **Validation**: founder + ownership/access problem named + willing to move on from the shop.
+- **Template**: thread-reply (careful, burned) or warm-intro.
+
+### Trigger 7 - "we need to refactor" confusion
+- **web_search queries**: `developers keep saying refactor no product reddit`; `paying developers nothing shipping founder`; `"is this normal" developers slow founder`
+- **Validation**: non-technical founder + no working product + paying for dev time.
+- **Template**: thread-reply pointing at a helpful JT post, then audit.
+
+---
+
+## Warm lane recipe (T3 - Gmail, needs one-time consent)
+
+- **Consent gate**: before searching Paul's mailbox, confirm once with Paul (it's his personal data). If no consent, skip T3 and build from T4/T5 only - the chain does NOT block.
+- **Gmail search queries** (via `mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__search_threads`): past-client domains; `"our app" OR "our MVP" OR "the developers"`; investor/angel senders; accelerator/program senders; anyone who ever mentioned a dev shop, freelancer, Lovable/Cursor/Bolt/Replit.
+- **Validation**: real relationship (Paul has replied before) + near-ICP. Warm always outranks cold.
+- **Output**: append rows to the warm section of `warm-intro-referral-kit.md` (name, last touch, why-ICP, best path). No sending.
+- **Template**: referral ask (past client) or warm-intro request (network contact).
+
+---
+
+## LinkedIn lane (Paul-manual - agent only preps)
+
+Agent writes these queries into `outbound-openers.md` for Paul to run in his own LinkedIn session; agent does not attempt automated LinkedIn access.
+- Search: founders posting "second opinion on a dev quote"; "hiring first engineer" + non-technical; "our CTO left"; "raising, technical diligence."
+- Paul reviews results, agent drafts the opener per person (T7).
+
+---
+
+## Row schema (what every source pass writes)
+
+| field | example |
+|---|---|
+| name / handle | u/founderjane / Jane R. |
+| source + link | r/startups thread URL / Gmail thread |
+| trigger # | 1 |
+| why-ICP (one line) | non-tech founder, Bolt-built SaaS, checkout failing at ~800 users |
+| warm/cold | cold |
+| best path | reply in thread |
+| template | thread-reply |
+| status | Not contacted |
+
+Rows land in `warm-intro-referral-kit.md` (warm) or a Cold section of the same file, so T6 can merge one list.
+
+---
+
+## Verified venues, constraints & tool stack (parallel research, 2026-07-21)
+
+Two research passes (ToolLandscape + CommunitySignals) corrected and enriched the recipes above. Adopt these:
+
+### Fetchability reality (corrects the "site:reddit.com read-into-threads" plan)
+- **Reddit is NOT reliably fetchable** — research agents were blocked from loading reddit.com. Web-search *excerpts* still surface Reddit posts (my own T1 search returned an r/developersPak thread), but a session usually can't open the full thread. So: use Reddit via search excerpts + the gummysearch/FreeSubStats proxy for volume signal, but do NOT rely on fetching thread bodies.
+- **Fetchable + high value** (run these in T4): **Hacker News** (verified live thread IDs below), **IndieHackers** (verified URLs below), **X/Twitter** (via search), competitor "free audit" comment threads (heydev/modall/attributex).
+
+### Verified venues (use as T4/T5 seeds)
+| Venue | ICP precision | Reachable | Fetchable by agent | Use for |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| Tool #help Discords (Lovable/Bolt/Replit) + Cursor forum + r/cursor | **Highest** (break in real time) | join + tactful reply/DM | No (manual join) | **Paul-manual lane** |
+| Reddit cluster (r/vibecoding ~317K, r/nocode, r/SaaS, r/startups) | High volume, mixed (filter for non-technical + live app + no dev) | public reply/DM | Partial (excerpts only) | T5 signal, careful |
+| IndieHackers (founder posts + "I fix broken MVPs" supply threads) | Medium-high, low outreach hostility | reply/DM friendly | **Yes** | **T4 primary** |
+| Hacker News (Ask HN threads) | Low as founder-authored (founder is usually the "client" discussed), high as proof-of-pain + finding rescue-competitor devs | public, some emails | **Yes** | proof-of-pain + competitor scan |
+| X/Twitter (build-in-public "vibe coded + broke/can't fix") | Medium | reply/DM open, best real-time | via search | T4 secondary |
+| Product Hunt (buggy AI-built launches, makers gone quiet) | Low (infer pain from silence) | maker profile email/X | Yes | lead-list only |
+
+**Verified HN threads (fetchable proof-of-pain / competitor-dev finder):** id=47599303 "Ask HN: Client took over development by vibe coding. What to do?"; id=46713673 "Ask HN: Vibe-coded prototypes: what happens when they go into production?"; id=44739556 "Vibe code is legacy code" (Stripe-key-stolen + AI-issued-refunds incident); id=44646151 "Replit's CEO apologizes after its AI agent wiped a company's code base".
+**Verified IndieHackers URLs:** `/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-build-or-fix-their-mvp-b93c9afdc6`; `/post/tech/vibe-coding-has-a-security-problem-vLxyPTrTlZVwDo76oqvr`; `/vibe-coding` (topic hub).
+**Canonical proof-of-pain anchor for openers (T7):** Jason Lemkin / SaaStr live-tweeted Replit's AI agent wiping his production DB (1,206 exec records), faking data, breaking a code freeze — the agent said "I destroyed months of work in seconds." Verified via Fortune 2025-07-23, The Register 2025-07-21. It IS the ICP's worst fear on record.
+
+### Tool stack: run-now vs needs-Paul
+- **RUN NOW (all connected, $0):** `web_search`/`web_fetch` (funnel top), Gmail (warm mine, needs consent), Drive + Mem (existing lists), chrome-devtools against Paul's logged-in session (validate names on LinkedIn/Sales Nav at human pace, read-only; inspect a candidate site's scripts to confirm a Lovable/Bolt/Firebase stack). This combo sources 15-20 hand-validated prospects with evidence — richer than a raw contact-DB dump.
+- **NEEDS PAUL (optional, for a repeatable cold funnel — Paul's desk, agent can't authorize):**
+  1. **Apollo.io Professional $79/mo** + official MCP `claude mcp add --transport http apollo https://mcp.apollo.io/mcp` (OAuth, no key). Filters: `person_titles`=founder/CEO; `organization_num_employees_ranges`=1-10,11-20; `organization_latest_funding_stage_cd`=pre_seed/seed/series_a; `currently_using_technology` for stack targeting.
+  2. **Hunter.io free key (25-50 lookups/mo)** — verify email for the final ~20.
+  - **Skip:** Crunchbase paid, PhantomBuster (bulk/ban risk), Clay (Claude.ai-only, not Claude Code), Smartlead/Instantly (that's the *send* step).
+- **LinkedIn-via-Chrome:** viable for ~20 read-only, human-paced validations in Paul's own session; NOT bulk (ban risk is about connects/messages/velocity, not viewing). Never fire connects/messages from the session.
+
+---
+
+## LIGHT cold-eyes gate (self-refute, per runbook rule 4)
+
+**Refute prompt**: "Can a session run this query and get real people, not noise?"
+- Each trigger recipe names concrete queries + a validation checklist that filters dev-employees and prototypes out. PASS.
+- **Objection that holds**: `web_search` returns articles more than raw Reddit posts (batch-2 evidence: half the results were competitor landing pages, not founders). So T4/T5 must weight `site:reddit.com` / `site:indiehackers.com` operators and read INTO threads for the original poster, not stop at the article layer. Added to the queries above; T4/T5 sessions should expect to open threads, not trust the excerpt.
+- **Objection that holds**: cold thread-replies at volume risk looking like the six competitor rescue shops spamming "free audit." Cap cold outreach, lead with trust/ownership (T1 competitor note), and prefer warm (T3) + Paul's LinkedIn (manual) where relationship carries the message.
+
+**Verdict**: PASS with two carried constraints (weight reddit/IH site operators + read into threads; cap cold volume, prefer warm). Handed to T4/T5/T7.
+
+---
+
+## Next Ready: T4 (web cold), T5 (Reddit cold) - both agent-unattended, run now. T3 waits on Paul's Gmail consent (optional, non-blocking).
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+> DRAFT - cold-eyes fixes applied; pending Paul's review + real [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+# Warm-Intro + Referral Kit (Card C0)
+
+**Owner**: Paul Keen | **Sprint**: Rescue Demand Sprint (2026-07-21) | **Card**: C0 (PRIMARY demand engine)
+**Goal**: Paul sends trusted intro + referral asks THIS WEEK so founders with broken MVPs book the Free Code Audit.
+**Offer these messages point to**: a free 45-minute Code Audit - one senior engineer reads the founder's codebase and sends back a one-page, plain-English assessment. No pitch, no contract.
+**Where the calls land**: the S0 booking link. Every `[BOOKING_LINK]` below gets replaced with the real Cal.com / NeetoCal URL once S0 is wired (see `booking-page-spec.md`).
+
+---
+
+## How to use this kit
+
+1. Fill in the target list below with real names. The seeded rows are categories to jog your memory, not real people - overwrite them.
+2. Pick the right template per contact: a past client gets the **referral ask**; a network contact gets the **warm-intro request** plus the **forwardable blurb**.
+3. Swap every `[SQUARE-BRACKET]` slot and paste the live booking link over `[BOOKING_LINK]`.
+4. Log who you contacted and their reply in the Status column so the pipeline sheet stays honest.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Target list template
+
+Fill one row per person. Warm intros and past clients come first - they convert fastest. Add cold outbound only after you have worked the warm rows.
+
+| Name | Relationship to Paul | Their company / role | Why they're near the ICP | Best intro path | Status |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| _`<fill in>` - past client who referred before_ | Worked with us 3+ years; already sent us work | e.g. SaaS founder, still running the product we built | A happy past client who already refers us - founders trust a referral from a founder we delivered for | Direct email, reference the project | Not started |
+| _`<fill in>` - investor / angel_ | Backed us or co-invested; you talk quarterly | Angel / seed fund partner | Sees broken MVPs across the whole portfolio; can forward to a struggling founder | Direct DM, offer the audit as a portfolio favor | Not started |
+| _`<fill in>` - accelerator / program contact_ | Ran a batch you spoke at or mentored | Program director / partner | A cohort of early founders, several shipping shaky AI-built MVPs | Email the program lead, ask to share with the batch | Not started |
+| _`<fill in>` - founder friend on a cheap dev shop_ | Personal friend, non-technical, building now | Founder, 1-20 people | IS the ICP - hired an offshore team or freelancer and cannot tell if it's working | Text / call directly, no forwarding needed | Not started |
+| _`<fill in>` - no-code / vibe-coding community peer_ | Met in a Lovable / Cursor / Bolt community | Solo or small-team founder shipping with AI tools | Built the whole app with an AI tool; real users are starting to break it | DM in the community, then move to email | Not started |
+| _`<fill in>` - ex-colleague now at a startup_ | Worked together years ago; stayed in touch | Operator / product lead at a funded startup | Sits next to the dev team; feels the progress-mirage pain daily | LinkedIn message or email | Not started |
+| _`<fill in>` - agency / fractional peer who turns down rescue work_ | Peer in the services world | Runs a design shop or a small agency | Gets rescue requests they can't take; a natural referral source | Email, offer a reciprocal referral | Not started |
+| _`<fill in>` - founder who already DM'd about a broken build_ | Reached out cold or in a thread | Founder mid-crisis | Told you directly the app is breaking - warmest lead in the list | Reply to their thread, offer the audit | Not started |
+
+---
+
+## 2. Ask templates
+
+Keep these editable and personal. They are notes from one founder to another, not marketing copy. Cut anything that sounds like a brochure.
+
+### A. Referral ask - to a past client
+
+> Hi [NAME],
+>
+> Hope [COMPANY] is still going well. I think about [SPECIFIC THING WE SHIPPED TOGETHER] more than you'd expect.
+>
+> Quick favor. We've started helping founders whose MVP was built by a dev shop or an AI tool like Lovable or Cursor, and it's now breaking on real users - security holes, no tests, code they can't read or don't own.
+>
+> Do you know anyone stuck like that right now? If so, I'll give them a free 45-minute code audit: one of our senior engineers reads their codebase and writes back a one-page, plain-English assessment. No pitch, no strings - just something useful for them.
+>
+> Happy to send you a line you can forward. Thanks either way, [NAME].
+>
+> Paul
+
+### B. Warm-intro request - to a network contact
+
+> Hi [NAME],
+>
+> I'm trying to reach founders who built their product with a dev shop or an AI coding tool, and it's now buggy or breaking as real users show up. You know a lot of people in [THEIR WORLD - e.g. the Austin startup scene] - anyone come to mind?
+>
+> If someone fits, could you forward them the short note below? We give them a free 45-minute code audit: a senior engineer reviews their codebase and hands back a one-page, plain-English read. No pitch.
+>
+> No worries if nobody comes to mind. Thanks, [NAME].
+>
+> Paul
+
+### C. Forwardable blurb - the contact pastes this to the founder
+
+> If your app was built by a dev shop or an AI tool like Lovable or Cursor and it's breaking now that real users are showing up, this might help. Paul at JetThoughts has been rescuing broken startup MVPs since 2011, and he's offering founders a free 45-minute code audit: a senior engineer reads your codebase and sends back a one-page, plain-English read on what to fix first - no pitch, no contract. You can grab a slot here: [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+---
+
+## Notes for Paul
+
+- The blurb is the one piece a busy contact will actually paste, so it carries the booking link. The two request templates hand the blurb over - they don't need the link themselves.
+- Tenure claim is **"since 2011"** (from `foundingYear = 2011` - verifiable). Do NOT use "20 years": JetThoughts was founded in 2011 (~15 years), and "20+ years of Rails delivery" isn't true or defensible. Other safe, sourced claims: "95% client retention", "5-year average client relationships", "developers average 8+ years experience". Don't add numbers we can't stand behind.
+- The `[SPECIFIC THING WE SHIPPED TOGETHER]` line in Template A only lands warm if you fill it with a real, specific memory. If nothing genuine comes to mind for that contact, delete the whole sentence - a mail-merged-sounding line kills the warm channel faster than no line at all.
+- If a founder replies with a real symptom ("I can't tell if they're making progress," "the repo is under their name"), that's a qualified lead - send them straight to the booking link and log it.
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+# Vibe Code Rescue — Operation Runbook
+
+**Owner**: Paul Keen (CEO) | **Created**: 2026-07-21 | **Goal**: 1 signed rescue client by Nov 30, 2026
+**Parent strategy**: [`2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md`](2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md) · **OS**: [`operating-system.md`](operating-system.md)
+**How to read this**: this file IS the shared state across separate sessions. A session reads
+[`BASE_HANDBOOK.md`](BASE_HANDBOOK.md) + [`flow-router.md`](flow-router.md), opens this runbook, takes the next
+`Ready` card, executes it, runs its cold-eyes gate, marks it `Done`, writes the handoff note (with the
+critic's verdict pasted VERBATIM), and sets the next card `Ready`.
+
+---
+
+## ▶ START HERE (fresh session) — read this first, then act
+
+**You can finish this operation in a new session with zero context loss. Do this:**
+
+1. **Read order**: this START HERE block → the ACTIVE SPRINT state → the **Incremental agent backlog** table → the specific card/T-task you're taking. Optionally skim [`2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md`](2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md) (the why) and [`operating-system.md`](operating-system.md) (weekly cadence).
+2. **Current state (2026-07-21)**: A0 (assumptions) ✓ · G0 (partner) ✓ · A2 offer draft ✓ · C0 kit draft ✓ · S0 spec ✓ · T1 taxonomy ✓ · T2 sourcing pipeline ✓. **Next Ready: T4, T5 (build the prospect list), T8 (discovery kit).**
+3. **Take the next Ready task**, execute it end-to-end, run its LIGHT/HEAVY gate, paste the verdict, mark it Done, set the next Ready. **The agent does everything up to "hit send"** — sending + calls are Paul's (see Paul's desk).
+4. **State lives in files, not memory.** Update this runbook (statuses + handoff notes) and the output file named on the task. That's what the next session reads.
+
+**Artifact index — `docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/`:**
+| File | What it is | Status |
+|---|---|---|
+| `assumptions-register.md` | A0 — ICP/trigger/channel/pre-validation brainstormed→voted→kill-criteria | ✓ done |
+| `icp-trigger-taxonomy.md` | T1 — 8 ranked observable buying triggers + venue map | ✓ done |
+| `sourcing-pipeline.md` | T2 — per-trigger query recipes, lane split, verified venues, tool stack | ✓ done |
+| `offer-one-pager.md` | A2 — the Vibe Code Rescue offer (free audit → fixed rescue) | draft; needs price confirm + booking link |
+| `warm-intro-referral-kit.md` | C0 — target-list table + 3 outreach templates; **T3/T4/T5/T6 write rows here** | draft; list to be populated |
+| `booking-page-spec.md` | S0 — Cal.com/NeetoCal setup (Paul, ~5 min) | spec ready |
+| `outbound-openers.md` | T7 — per-target openers | not created yet |
+| `discovery-kit.md` | T8 — call script + audit deliverable template | not created yet |
+| `objection-followup-bank.md` | T9 — objections + follow-up sequence | not created yet |
+
+---
+
+## ▶ ACTIVE SPRINT — Rescue Demand Sprint (kicked off 2026-07-21) · HIGH PRIORITY
+
+**Goal**: get Paul sending trusted intros with a *populated, evidenced* prospect list. G0 partner = Done. Scope = lean minimum.
+**Primary bet**: warm intros + past-client referrals + agent-sourced cold-community rows + a wired booking link.
+**Done + gated (2026-07-21)**: A0 assumptions register (brainstorm→vote→kill-criteria, devil's-advocate PASS) · A2/C0/S0 drafts (cold-eyes fixes applied) · T1 trigger taxonomy · T2 sourcing pipeline (2 teammate research reports folded in: Reddit-not-fetchable correction, verified HN/IndieHackers seeds, Lemkin proof-of-pain anchor, run-now-vs-needs-Paul tool stack).
+**Next agent work (autonomous)**: T4 + T5 build the prospect list from fetchable venues (IndieHackers/HN/X/competitor threads; Reddit via excerpts only) → T6 dedupe/score → T7 openers. T8 discovery kit in parallel.
+**Explicitly deferred this sprint**: B1 landing page, C1 LinkedIn, C3 SEO, C4 paid (per CEO "lean minimum only").
+**Human-only steps left for Paul**: see **Paul's desk** below. Everything else is agent-doable and queued in the **Incremental agent backlog**.
+
+---
+
+## Paul's desk (HUMAN-ONLY — nothing else waits on Paul)
+
+These are the only items that need Paul. Everything else an agent session does autonomously.
+
+| # | Item | Why only Paul | Blocks |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| P1 | Create the booking page in his own Cal.com/NeetoCal account (~5 min; spec in `booking-page-spec.md`) | Needs his calendar + login | S0 gate; every `[BOOKING_LINK]` |
+| P2 | Confirm the price band (default set: audit free, rescue from $25K) | Depends on partner margin only he knows | A2 final approval |
+| P3 | Review the agent-built target list + openers, then **hit send** from his own inbox/LinkedIn | The intros go out under his name/relationship | C0 send |
+| P4 | Take the discovery calls; run audits → proposals → close | The whole point; the human trust layer | D3 signing |
+
+If a card handoff says "waiting on Paul" for anything NOT in this table, that's a mis-scope — the agent should have done it.
+
+---
+
+## Incremental agent backlog (T-tasks — one per session, no human needed)
+
+A future session takes the next `Ready` T-task, does it end-to-end (research/draft/source/prep),
+runs its LIGHT cold-eyes gate, writes the output to the named file, marks it `Done`, sets the next `Ready`.
+These feed the C0/D1 cards without touching Paul's desk. Each is scoped to ≤1 session.
+
+| T | Task | Output file | Status | Depends | Gate |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| T1 | **Trigger taxonomy** — run the trigger research first-hand (`web_search` on ICP rescue-pain signals; don't wait on any prior ghost agent report — if none is on disk, generate it), then synthesize a ranked list of *detectable* ICP buying triggers (e.g. "posted about a dev shop ghosting them", "asking r/startups if their MVP is salvageable", "hiring a first eng after an agency build") with the observable signal + where it shows up | `rescue-sprint/icp-trigger-taxonomy.md` | **Done** (2026-07-21 — 8 ranked triggers + venue map + competitor note; PASS w/ 2 carried constraints) | — (self-contained) | LIGHT — refute "is each trigger actually observable by us, or a guess?" |
+| T2 | **Sourcing pipeline spec** — for each trigger: channel → exact search query/operator → validation rule → which template applies. Carries T1's 2 constraints (lane-split + trust/ownership differentiation) | `rescue-sprint/sourcing-pipeline.md` | **Done** (2026-07-21 — per-trigger query recipes + lane split + row schema; PASS w/ 2 carried constraints: weight reddit/IH site operators + read into threads; cap cold volume prefer warm) | T1 ✓ | LIGHT — refute "can a session run this query and get real people, not noise?" |
+| T3 | **Warm-source pass (Gmail)** — with Paul's one-time consent, mine his mailbox for past clients / founders / investor-adjacent contacts near the ICP; output candidate warm rows (name, last touch, why-ICP, best path). No sending. | append to `rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md` target list | Blocked (optional — needs Paul Gmail consent; chain does NOT block on it) | T2 ✓ + P-consent | LIGHT — refute "is each row genuinely warm + near-ICP?" |
+| T4 | **Cold-source pass A (web)** — run T2's `web_search` queries (weight `site:reddit.com`/`site:indiehackers.com`, read INTO threads for the original poster); collect founders publicly showing rescue pain; validate each against ICP; output candidate cold rows with the source link | same target list (Cold section) | **Ready** | T2 ✓ | LIGHT — refute "is this a real ICP founder in a buying moment, or off-target?" |
+| T5 | **Cold-source pass B (Reddit/community)** — mine r/startups, r/SaaS, IndieHackers, no-code/vibe-coding communities for active salvage-pain threads; output rows + the exact thread to reply in | same target list (Cold section) | **Ready** | T2 ✓ | LIGHT — refute the ICP fit + that the thread is live/answerable |
+| T6 | **Validate + score + dedupe** — merge sources into one ranked list (warm-first), drop dupes/dead, score by trigger strength; target ~30 usable rows | finalized target list | Blocked | T4 + T5 required; T3 folded in **if** Paul gave Gmail consent (chain does NOT hard-block on consent) | LIGHT — refute "would Paul recognize these as worth his time?" |
+| T7 | **Per-target openers** — draft a personalized opener per row (right template: referral / warm-intro / forwardable / thread-reply), `[BOOKING_LINK]` placeholder, ready for Paul to review-and-send | `rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md` | Blocked | T6, A2 | LIGHT (bulk/near-public → HEAVY if any becomes a mass template) |
+| T8 | **Discovery kit** — call script + audit deliverable one-page template + 45-min agenda (Card D1 content), so Paul walks into calls with a script | `rescue-sprint/discovery-kit.md` | Ready | A2 draft | HEAVY — `reflexion-critique` + devil's-advocate; verbatim verdict |
+| T9 | **Objection + FAQ + follow-up bank** — likely founder objections ("why not just re-hire the shop", "is $25K real"), answers, and a 3-touch no-reply follow-up sequence | `rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md` | Blocked | T8 | LIGHT — refute "does each answer hold up to a skeptical burned founder?" |
+
+**Next Ready T-tasks: T4, T5, T8** (independent — a session can take any). T1+T2 Done (2026-07-21). T4/T5 are the actual cold-sourcing runs → feed T6 dedupe → T7 openers. T3 (Gmail warm) is optional and waits only on Paul's consent. T8 (discovery kit) is parallel off A2.
+
+---
+
+## Operating rules (read before touching a card)
+
+1. **Partner-lock (G0) is a BLOCKING GATE.** No public-selling or pricing card (A2 price, B*, C4, D*)
+   may reach `Done` until G0 is `Done`. If the white-label partner is not real (signed + trial-delivered +
+   named fallback), there is no offer and the operation is on hold.
+2. **Human-path cards are the ones that count toward the goal.** G0, C0 (outbound), D3 (close) are
+   Paul-led and sign the client. Content cards (C2/C3) are SUPPORT, never a substitute for pipeline.
+   Do not ship a content sprint while a human-path card is stalled.
+3. **Demand pulls assets.** Build the lead-magnet plumbing / SEO cluster only after a channel shows
+   reply interest. Cheap reuse (offer page off `free-consultation`) is fine early; net-new plumbing is not.
+4. **4-eyes, calibrated by reversibility** (every card has a gate; weight differs):
+   - HEAVY (public / irreversible / expensive: published copy, landing, pricing, paid spend) →
+     `reflexion-reflect` → blog-pipeline cold-eyes Agent-4 (or `.okf/workflows/review-swarm.md` for rendered),
+     escalate `reflexion-critique` on pushback; plus `bin/test` + `bin/dtest` for template/CSS.
+   - LIGHT (internal / reversible: ops docs, scorecard, pipeline, partner-list drafts, logistics) →
+     one devil's-advocate critic Agent prompted to REFUTE.
+   - A card is NOT `Done` until its gate returns PASS AND the verdict is pasted verbatim in the handoff.
+5. **Status lifecycle**: `Blocked` → `Ready` → `In progress` → `Cold-eyes` → `Done`. A card is `Ready`
+   only when its `depends-on` are all `Done`.
+6. **One bundled PR per sprint** for any `themes/`/`layouts/`/`content` template change (per CLAUDE.md).
+7. **Every card traces to a validated assumption (A0).** The foundational premises — WHO the ICP is, WHICH trigger leads, HOW we find them, HOW we pre-validate before a call — are brainstormed → voted → given a pre-validation test + kill-criteria in `rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md`. Do not build a card on an un-registered assumption; if a card needs a new premise, add it to A0 (brainstorm + vote + kill-criteria) FIRST. The kill-criteria run automatically on the first cohort of calls/touches via OS-WEEKLY.
+
+## Role-agents (persona a session adopts + skills it invokes)
+
+| Role | Adopts / spawns | Skills / workflows |
+|---|---|---|
+| Partner-sourcing | Paul-led; agent drafts | criteria + vetting scorecard, trial-brief |
+| Sales/Comms | session persona (Paul closes) | `copywriting`, `reflexion-critique`, linkedin-post-pipeline |
+| Lead-gen | session persona | `linkedin-post-pipeline` + `linkedin-icp-validation-plan`, `agentic-humanizer` |
+| Marketing/Content/SEO | `content-marketer` / `content-creator` agent | `blog`, `copywriting`, `writing-guidelines`, `social-media-trends-research`, `hugo` |
+| Offer/Landing | `hugo-expert` persona | `docs/workflows/new-page.md`, `design-md`, `stitch-loop`, `cover-images`, `review-swarm` |
+| Ops/Scorecard | session persona | `eos-lite` skill, `lark-okr` |
+| Cold-eyes critic | `general-purpose` Agent | `reflexion-critique`, `review-swarm`, adversarial-refute prompt |
+
+---
+
+## GATE A0 — Foundational assumptions register  *(BLOCKING premise-gate · Paul reviews picks)*
+- **role**: Ops/Strategy (agent-built; Paul reviews)
+- **status**: Done (2026-07-21 — `rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md`: ICP, lead trigger, find-channel, pre-validation each brainstormed → scored/voted → pick + pre-validation test + kill-criteria; devil's-advocate PASS as falsifiable bets)
+- **depends-on**: —
+- **definition-of-done**: every foundational premise a card leans on is registered with options, a vote, and a kill-criteria.
+- **cold-eyes gate**: LIGHT — devil's-advocate refute "where is this still gut, not evidence?" (done inline; verdict in the file).
+- **handoff note**: picks — ICP=non-technical burned founder (A1); lead trigger=ownership-hostage wedge + broke-at-scale volume (B2/B1); channel=warm primary + cold-community secondary, paid later (C1/C2); pre-validation=5-question intake checklist incl. repo-access gate (D3). Kill-criteria tied to first ~10 calls / ~20 touches, tracked by OS-WEEKLY.
+
+## GATE G0 — Lock the white-label delivery partner  *(BLOCKING · human-path · counts)*
+- **role**: Partner-sourcing (Paul-led; a session drafts artifacts only)
+- **status**: Done (2026-07-21 — partner locked per CEO)
+- **depends-on**: —
+- **skills**: criteria doc + vetting scorecard drafting; devil's-advocate critic
+- **inputs**: strategy doc "Biggest risk"; `operating-system.md` Issue #1
+- **steps**: (1) draft partner criteria (Rails 8 rescue capability, 4-8wk turnaround, security bar, margin split, NDA/white-label terms); (2) Paul sources a shortlist; (3) vetting scorecard per candidate; (4) **run a PAID TRIAL rescue** on a low-stakes scope; (5) sign primary partner + **name a fallback partner**.
+- **definition-of-done**: primary partner signed AND trial delivered to quality bar AND fallback named.
+- **cold-eyes gate**: LIGHT+ — devil's-advocate prompted to refute "can this partner actually deliver a rescue in 4-8 weeks to our bar, and what happens the week they can't?" Majority-refute → do not open selling cards.
+- **handoff note**: _(paste critic verdict verbatim on completion)_
+
+## CARD S0 — Wire the booking link + pipeline source of truth  *(measurement prerequisite)*
+- **role**: Ops + Offer/Landing
+- **status**: In progress (2026-07-21 — Rescue Demand Sprint; lean path = external Cal.com/NeetoCal link, NO site change)
+- **depends-on**: —
+- **skills**: `hugo`, `new-page.md`
+- **inputs**: `content/pages/free-consultation/index.md`, `themes/beaver/layouts/page/free-consultation.html`, `operating-system.md` §7
+- **steps**: embed a real booking widget (NeetoCal/Cal.com) on the consultation/landing page (today NeetoCal is copy-only); make the pipeline sheet the single source; define LinkedIn-reply → call attribution.
+- **definition-of-done**: a live booking link that makes "discovery calls booked" auto-countable; pipeline sheet exists and is linked from `operating-system.md` §7.
+- **cold-eyes gate**: LIGHT — refute "can we actually measure calls-booked end-to-end with this?"
+- **handoff note**: _(verbatim verdict)_
+
+## CARD A2 — Define the Vibe Code Rescue offer  *(price gated on G0)*
+- **role**: Sales/Comms
+- **status**: In progress (2026-07-21 — G0 Done, pricing unblocked; Rescue Demand Sprint)
+- **depends-on**: G0 (for pricing only)
+- **skills**: `copywriting`, `reflexion-critique`
+- **inputs**: strategy doc; market pricing ($25-50K / 4-8wk / keep 30-50%); ICP `90.10`
+- **steps**: write the one-page offer — Rescue Audit (fixed fee, plain-English scorecard + salvage-vs-rebuild verdict) → fixed-price rescue; finalize price only after G0 margin is known.
+- **definition-of-done**: one-page offer + price band approved by Paul.
+- **cold-eyes gate**: HEAVY — `reflexion-critique` + devil's-advocate on price/positioning; verbatim verdict.
+- **handoff note**: _(verbatim verdict)_
+
+## CARD C0 — Paul's warm-intro + outbound target list  *(PRIMARY demand engine · human-path · counts)*
+- **role**: Sales/Comms (Paul-led; agent drafts list + messages)
+- **status**: In progress (2026-07-21 — Rescue Demand Sprint; PRIMARY bet)
+- **depends-on**: — (messages that quote price/offer wait on A2)
+- **skills**: `copywriting`, `linkedin-icp-validation-plan`
+- **inputs**: ICP `90.10`; existing network; control-loss pain phrases
+- **steps**: AGENT builds the list + openers via the **Incremental agent backlog** (T1→T2→T3-T5 source→T6 dedupe/score→T7 openers). PAUL then reviews and sends (desk item P3). The agent does everything up to "hit send."
+- **definition-of-done**: ~30 named targets (T6) + per-target openers (T7) ready in `rescue-sprint/`; Paul has sent + cadence started → tracked in pipeline.
+- **cold-eyes gate**: LIGHT — refute the targeting + opener; HEAVY only for any published/mass copy.
+- **handoff note**: _(verbatim verdict)_
+
+## CARD B1 — Rescue Audit offer/landing page  *(public · demand-supported)*
+- **role**: Offer/Landing (hugo-expert)
+- **status**: Blocked
+- **depends-on**: A2, S0
+- **skills**: `new-page.md`, `design-md`, `cover-images`, `review-swarm`
+- **inputs**: `content/_index.md` (rescue frontmatter, PR #385), `page/free-consultation.html`, `use-cases/salvage-existing-project/`
+- **steps**: reuse the `free-consultation` funnel + `_index` rescue frontmatter; add offer, proof, one "Book a Rescue Audit" CTA → S0 booking link; surface salvage-existing-project.
+- **definition-of-done**: page live, CTA wired to booking, mobile+desktop clean.
+- **cold-eyes gate**: HEAVY — `review-swarm` + `visual-scroll-gate` + `bin/test` AND `bin/dtest`; verbatim verdict.
+- **handoff note**: _(verbatim verdict)_
+
+## CARD C1 — LinkedIn ICP validation sprint  *(fast pipeline)*
+- **role**: Lead-gen
+- **status**: Ready
+- **depends-on**: — (S0 booking link strengthens CTA)
+- **skills**: `linkedin-post-pipeline` + `linkedin-icp-validation-plan`, `reflexion-reflect`
+- **inputs**: `linkedin-icp-validation-plan.md` (reply-keyword CTAs DEMO/ACCESS/REPORT/REPO/TRANSFER), voice guide `90.11`
+- **steps**: run the 5 control-loss hooks; route qualified replies → discovery call (S0 link).
+- **definition-of-done**: 5 posts live; qualified replies logged to pipeline.
+- **cold-eyes gate**: HEAVY (voice) — `reflexion-reflect` → blog/linkedin cold-eyes; verbatim verdict.
+- **handoff note**: _(verbatim verdict)_
+
+## CARD C2 — Control posts as call-support collateral  *(SUPPORT · demoted)*
+- **role**: Marketing/Content/SEO
+- **status**: Blocked (ship at most 1-2 now; rest deferred until a call needs them)
+- **depends-on**: C1 signal
+- **skills**: `blog` (full blog-pipeline)
+- **inputs**: 20.07 plan — the 5 Planned Control posts (`friday-demo-rule-founder-progress`, `github-aws-database-ownership-checklist`, `asked-simple-admin-panel-built-spaceship`, `cheap-developers-expensive-without-cto-review`, `salvage-vs-rebuild-software-project`)
+- **steps**: write the 1-2 posts that best support live conversations; one card/session each.
+- **definition-of-done**: post shipped via full blog-pipeline (cover, build, visual gate).
+- **cold-eyes gate**: HEAVY — full blog-pipeline stack (slop ≤25, shape-tell, cold-eyes Agent-4); verbatim verdict.
+- **handoff note**: _(verbatim verdict)_
+
+## CARD C3 — "Vibe Code Rescue" SEO cluster  *(Q1 2027 pipeline · NOT critical path for Nov 30)*
+- **role**: Marketing/Content/SEO
+- **status**: Blocked (low priority; compounding, won't rank by Nov 30)
+- **depends-on**: A2
+- **skills**: `blog`, `social-media-trends-research`
+- **definition-of-done**: cluster planned + published over time; own the "vibe code rescue" keyword.
+- **cold-eyes gate**: HEAVY — full blog-pipeline; verbatim verdict.
+- **handoff note**: _(verbatim verdict)_
+
+## CARD C4 — Paid pilot on rescue keywords  *(Paul-gated budget)*
+- **role**: Marketing/Paid
+- **status**: Blocked
+- **depends-on**: B1, A2
+- **steps**: small LinkedIn/Google pilot on rescue intent → B1; measure cost-per-call.
+- **definition-of-done**: pilot live; CPA measured in pipeline.
+- **cold-eyes gate**: HEAVY (expensive) — devil's-advocate on spend/targeting; Paul approves budget; verbatim verdict.
+- **handoff note**: _(verbatim verdict)_
+
+## CARD D1 — Discovery script + follow-up + audit deliverable template
+- **role**: Sales/Comms
+- **status**: Blocked
+- **depends-on**: A2
+- **skills**: `copywriting`, `reflexion-critique`
+- **definition-of-done**: call script, follow-up sequence, one-page audit deliverable template ready.
+- **cold-eyes gate**: HEAVY — `reflexion-critique` + devil's-advocate; verbatim verdict.
+- **handoff note**: _(verbatim verdict)_
+
+## CARD B2 — Our own rescue case study  *(real proof)*
+- **role**: Marketing/Content
+- **status**: Blocked
+- **depends-on**: first delivered audit/rescue (Rock 4)
+- **definition-of-done**: case study published from a real engagement.
+- **cold-eyes gate**: HEAVY — full blog-pipeline; verbatim verdict.
+- **handoff note**: _(verbatim verdict)_
+
+## CARD D3 — Deliver audits → proposals → close  *(human-path · counts · signs the client)*
+- **role**: Sales/Comms (Paul-led; white-label delivers)
+- **status**: Blocked
+- **depends-on**: G0, A2, S0, C0/C1 (pipeline)
+- **definition-of-done**: **1 rescue engagement signed.**
+- **cold-eyes gate**: LIGHT — refute the proposal/close logic per deal.
+- **handoff note**: _(verbatim verdict)_
+
+## CARD OS-WEEKLY — Run the operating-system loop  *(ongoing)*
+- **role**: Ops/Scorecard
+- **status**: Ready (weekly)
+- **skills**: `eos-lite` skill, `lark-okr`
+- **steps**: `Skill(eos-lite) weekly` — update scorecard, check OKR/KRs, advance rocks, IDS issues, walk pipeline.
+- **definition-of-done**: `operating-system.md` scorecard + statuses current for the week.
+- **cold-eyes gate**: LIGHT — refute "does the scorecard reflect reality or wishful numbers?"
+- **handoff note**: _(verbatim verdict)_
+
+---
+
+## Sprint map (rocks → cards)
+
+- **Rock 1 (Aug) offer+partner**: **G0** (gate), **S0**, **A2**, **C0** — the human critical path. Start here.
+- **Rock 2 (Aug) landing**: B1 (after A2/S0).
+- **Rock 3 (Aug→Sep) demand-gen**: C1 (now), C0 (now), C2 (1-2 support), C3 (deferred), C4 (paid, gated).
+- **Rock 4 (Oct) convert**: D1, D3, then B2 from the first real engagement.
+- **Ongoing**: OS-WEEKLY.
+
+## Cold-eyes on this runbook (2026-07-21)
+
+A devil's-advocate critic reviewed the orchestration design and rated it over-engineered for a
+1-client goal. The CEO reviewed the critique and chose the full apparatus. The critic's non-negotiable
+correctness fixes were adopted here: G0 as a blocking gate, pricing gated on partner, S0 booking link as
+an early prerequisite, human-path cards flagged as the ones that count, content demoted to support,
+4-eyes calibrated by reversibility, and verbatim critic verdicts required in handoffs.

From c6823ece516dd453e7555a03f5cd967963a6c6df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:36:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 02/20] docs(rescue): add JTBD customer profile + Four Forces
 of Progress

Build the demand model under the ICP: Alex the burned non-technical
founder, the job to be done, and the four forces (push/pull/anxiety/
habit). Push = the trigger taxonomy (what we listen for to find them);
pull = our ownership/trust wedge; anxiety + habit = the objection bank
to dismantle. Includes the force -> channel -> message/post/comment map
answering how we find them and what we say. Wired into runbook artifact
index; feeds A0, T1, T7 openers, T9 objections.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../customer-profile-four-forces.md           | 112 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md     |   3 +-
 2 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/customer-profile-four-forces.md

diff --git a/docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/customer-profile-four-forces.md b/docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/customer-profile-four-forces.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..caebcaceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/customer-profile-four-forces.md
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+> DRAFT - JTBD customer profile for the Vibe Code Rescue ICP, mapped to the Four Forces of Progress (Moesta/Spiek; Cast & Hue framing). Feeds A0 (assumptions), T1 (triggers), T7 (openers), T9 (objections).
+
+# Customer Profile + Four Forces - "Alex", the burned non-technical founder
+
+**Created**: 2026-07-21 | **Owner**: agent-built; Paul reviews | **Frameworks**: JTBD Customer Profile + the Four Forces of Progress
+**Why**: the assumptions register (A0) votes on WHO/WHERE; this profile explains WHY they switch - the demand model underneath the campaign. Push+Pull generate demand, Anxiety+Habit block it. Messaging amplifies the first pair and dismantles the second.
+**Sources**: castandhue.com/post/four-forces-progress (Steve Koch, 2024); jobstobedone.org/the-four-forces; Moesta, *Demand-Side Sales*. ICP base: `90.10`.
+
+---
+
+## 1. The Customer (one real person, not a segment)
+
+**Alex** - non-technical founder, pre-seed to Series A ($100K-$2M raised, $5-30K/mo dev budget), decides alone under $50K. Paid a dev shop, a freelancer, or an AI tool (Lovable / Cursor / Bolt / Replit) to build the product. The demo landed. Real users arrived. Now things break and Alex can't tell whether one more round of fixes will help or just burn another month - and can't tell whether the developers are being straight.
+
+## 2. The Job to be Done
+
+- **Functional job**: "Get my product working reliably for real users, and get back control of the code I paid for."
+- **Emotional job**: "Stop feeling stupid and lied to. Stop lying awake wondering if the whole thing is going to fall over."
+- **Social job**: "Look like a founder in control in front of my investors, my team, and my users - not someone who got taken."
+
+**The struggling moment** (when the job goes from passive to active): the app breaks in front of a real user or an investor, OR the founder realizes they can't get the code / can't evaluate the next $25K quote. That is the buying window.
+
+**Timeline stage to catch them**: *active looking* - they are already searching "fix my app," asking a peer, or posting for help. Our free audit meets them exactly there.
+
+---
+
+## 3. The Four Forces acting on Alex
+
+### PUSH - of the situation (drives change) - AMPLIFY
+The pain making the status quo unbearable. **This is what we LISTEN for to find them** (= the trigger taxonomy).
+- The app worked in the demo and now breaks for real users (checkout fails, data corrupts, sessions drop).
+- Alex can't get the code / it lives in the shop's GitHub / the server's on the shop's account.
+- Developers keep saying "refactoring" / "architecture" and no working product ships.
+- About to sign another $25K+ contract and has no way to judge it.
+- A security scare (leaked data, a stolen key) or an investor-diligence question they couldn't answer.
+> **Real founder language** (harvest these verbatim for messaging): "it worked yesterday," "I don't know what I actually have," "they won't give me access," "is this normal?", "I can't tell if they're making progress."
+
+### PULL - of the new solution (drives change) - AMPLIFY
+What makes JetThoughts attractive. Our differentiators, not the generic "free audit" six competitors offer.
+- A senior engineer reads YOUR actual code and tells you the truth in plain English - free, no contract.
+- Fixed price, agreed up front ($25-50K) so the number can't creep.
+- **You own the code and every account at each milestone** - control handed back, not held.
+- Paul sits on every call as your fractional CTO and translates what the developers are doing into decisions you can make.
+
+### ANXIETY - of the new solution (blocks change) - DISMANTLE
+The fears that stop Alex saying yes even with strong push+pull. **These are the objections T9 must defuse, with proof.**
+- "I got burned once - why won't this be another agency that overpromises?" → free audit first, zero contract; you judge us before paying anything.
+- "Is $25K real, or does it balloon like last time?" → fixed price agreed up front, in writing.
+- "Will I understand any of it, or be in the dark again?" → plain-English, Paul on every call, ownership at each milestone.
+- "Can they even work on my code if the shop holds it?" → the audit surfaces this first (repo-access intake question); we help you get access.
+- "What if it's not salvageable and I wasted more money?" → we tell you salvage-vs-rebuild honestly, even when rebuild is the harder sale for us.
+> Dismantle with: the free audit (risk reversal), fixed price (certainty), milestone ownership (control), 4.8/5 from 32 clients + 3-year average relationships (proof), salvage-vs-rebuild honesty (trust).
+
+### HABIT - of the present (blocks change) - DISMANTLE
+The inertia keeping Alex stuck with the current shop / doing nothing.
+- "One more sprint will probably fix it" (sunk cost + hope).
+- Switching feels like starting over / losing the money already spent.
+- The current shop is a known quantity; a new team is unknown risk.
+- No time - firefighting daily leaves no room to evaluate alternatives.
+> Break with: reframe "one more sprint" as the trap (the audit gives a straight salvage-vs-rebuild answer in 45 min, not another month); "you keep 30-50% of what you have, you're not throwing it away"; the audit costs nothing and one call, so switching-to-look is near-zero friction.
+
+---
+
+## 4. The Switch (from → to)
+
+| From (status quo) | To (progress) |
+|---|---|
+| Paying a shop I don't trust, can't evaluate | A senior engineer who tells me the truth, free, first |
+| Code I don't own, can't access | Ownership handed back at every milestone |
+| "Refactoring," no working product | Fixed price, fixed scope, a product that holds under real users |
+| Guessing if I'm being lied to | A fractional CTO translating every decision into plain English |
+
+---
+
+## 5. How we FIND them - forces → channel → message/post/comment (Paul's question)
+
+Each Push signal is observable somewhere. Listen for the push, respond with the pull, pre-empt the anxiety.
+
+| Push signal (listen for) | Where it shows up (channel) | What we do there | Message / post / comment shape |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| "app broke after launch / at scale" | r/vibecoding, r/SaaS, r/startups (excerpts), IndieHackers, X, competitor "free audit" comment threads | reply in-thread as a helper, not a pitch | **Comment**: name the specific failure they described, offer the free audit read - "Happy to have one of our senior engineers look at the actual code and send you a plain-English read on what's breaking and whether it's salvageable. No pitch." |
+| "dev shop holds my code / no access" | r/startups, r/smallbusiness, LinkedIn | warm-intro or careful DM | **DM**: lead with ownership - "You should own the code you paid for. We can audit what you have and help you get access + a straight salvage-vs-rebuild read." |
+| "about to sign a $25K contract, can't judge it" | LinkedIn, founder Slack/Discord | Paul's LinkedIn (manual) | **Message**: "Before you sign, one senior engineer will read the codebase free and tell you if the quote matches reality." |
+| "first eng hire / CTO left" | LinkedIn hiring posts, Wellfound, r/cto | warm-intro / LinkedIn | **Message**: position the audit as the senior read before they over-hire. |
+| "we need to refactor" confusion | r/startups, r/Entrepreneur | reply with a helpful JT post, then audit | **Comment**: educate first (link the relevant blog post), then offer the audit. |
+| real-time break ("database wiped", "login broke") | Lovable/Bolt/Replit #help Discords, Cursor forum (Paul-manual join) | join, help in-channel | **Reply**: helper-first; move to DM only if they ask. |
+
+**Content angle (posts we publish, not just replies)**: write to the push and the anxiety - "Your MVP looks finished but keeps breaking" (push), "You own the code you paid for" (anxiety/habit). The 5 Control posts (runbook C2) map to push signals 1-5.
+
+**Proof-of-pain anchor for all messaging**: Jason Lemkin / Replit DB-wipe ("I destroyed months of work in seconds") - the ICP's worst fear on record; reference it to make the push visceral without fear-mongering.
+
+**Guardrail**: never open cold with the pitch. The six competitor rescue shops all lead with "free audit" - we lead with the founder's own words (push) + the ownership/truth wedge (pull), and pre-empt "another agency will burn me" (anxiety) in the first two lines. Community rules punish self-promo; be the helper who happens to run rescues.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Where this plugs into the operation
+
+- **A0 assumptions**: this profile is the WHY behind the ICP (A) and lead-trigger (B) votes; the anxiety/habit forces justify the trust+ownership wedge (E4).
+- **T1 taxonomy**: the Push list IS the trigger taxonomy - keep them in sync.
+- **T7 openers**: every opener = push (their words) + pull (our wedge) + one anxiety pre-empt. Use the message shapes in §5.
+- **T9 objections**: the Anxiety + Habit lists are the objection bank; each needs a proof/guarantee answer.
+- **Offer one-pager / landing**: headline hits push, body hits pull, "why us" dismantles anxiety, salvage-vs-rebuild honesty breaks habit.
+
+---
+
+## 7. LIGHT cold-eyes gate (self-refute)
+
+**Refute**: "Is this a real demand model or just the ICP doc relabeled?"
+- It adds what `90.10` doesn't: the Anxiety and Habit forces (the demand *blockers* competitors and our own drafts ignore) and a switch model. That's the actionable half - fastest wins come from removing anxiety+habit, per the source.
+- **Holds**: the founder-language quotes are paraphrased archetypes, not verbatim harvested quotes yet. T4/T5 sourcing must capture *real* verbatim push language to replace them - flagged for T4/T5.
+- **Holds**: Habit force is the thinnest section (least evidence). Sharpen it with real "why I didn't switch sooner" quotes from IndieHackers/HN threads during T4.
+**Verdict**: PASS as the demand model; two gaps handed to T4/T5 (verbatim push + habit evidence).
diff --git a/docs/workflows/vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md b/docs/workflows/vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md
index ef1752b79..e09e8f5c0 100644
--- a/docs/workflows/vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md
+++ b/docs/workflows/vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ critic's verdict pasted VERBATIM), and sets the next card `Ready`.
 | File | What it is | Status |
 |---|---|---|
 | `assumptions-register.md` | A0 — ICP/trigger/channel/pre-validation brainstormed→voted→kill-criteria | ✓ done |
-| `icp-trigger-taxonomy.md` | T1 — 8 ranked observable buying triggers + venue map | ✓ done |
+| `customer-profile-four-forces.md` | JTBD Customer Profile + Four Forces (push/pull/anxiety/habit) + find→channel→message map | ✓ done |
+| `icp-trigger-taxonomy.md` | T1 — 8 ranked observable buying triggers + venue map (= the Push force) | ✓ done |
 | `sourcing-pipeline.md` | T2 — per-trigger query recipes, lane split, verified venues, tool stack | ✓ done |
 | `offer-one-pager.md` | A2 — the Vibe Code Rescue offer (free audit → fixed rescue) | draft; needs price confirm + booking link |
 | `warm-intro-referral-kit.md` | C0 — target-list table + 3 outreach templates; **T3/T4/T5/T6 write rows here** | draft; list to be populated |

From caa032e4f76eee07a08a42601030185edb7c0d23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:47:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 03/20] chore(gitignore): ignore claude-flow-generated agent
 category dirs

Session-generated .claude/agents/{analysis,architecture,custom,data,
development,devops,documentation,flow-nexus,github,goal,optimization,
payments,sona,specialized,sublinear,v3}/ are plugin scaffolding, not
JT-authored agents. Ignore them alongside the existing browser/
consensus/sparc/testing entries so they stop showing as untracked.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .gitignore | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 945b1f416..91263c369 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ claude-flow.config.json
 .claude/agents/consensus/
 .claude/agents/sparc/
 .claude/agents/testing/
+.claude/agents/analysis/
+.claude/agents/architecture/
+.claude/agents/custom/
+.claude/agents/data/
+.claude/agents/development/
+.claude/agents/devops/
+.claude/agents/documentation/
+.claude/agents/flow-nexus/
+.claude/agents/github/
+.claude/agents/goal/
+.claude/agents/optimization/
+.claude/agents/payments/
+.claude/agents/sona/
+.claude/agents/specialized/
+.claude/agents/sublinear/
+.claude/agents/v3/
 memory/
 coordination/
 memory/claude-flow-data.json

From 64af6c05faece531ad2db1ae0dffe878bbc52261 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:49:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 04/20] docs(rescue): add Shape Up executive summary pitch

One-page bet in Basecamp Shape Up format (Problem / Appetite / Solution
/ Rabbit holes / No-gos): rescue funded founders from broken AI/dev-shop
code by handing back a product they own and understand; one signed
client by Nov 30 to prove the machine. Linked from the strategy doc and
the runbook START HERE read-order.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 ...2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md |  1 +
 .../2026-autumn-executive-summary.md          | 49 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md     |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/workflows/2026-autumn-executive-summary.md

diff --git a/docs/workflows/2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md b/docs/workflows/2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md
index 256bbba40..0f61ffbeb 100644
--- a/docs/workflows/2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md
+++ b/docs/workflows/2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 **Owner**: Paul Keen (CEO) | **Created**: 2026-07-21 | **Horizon**: land 1 client by Nov 30, 2026
 **Status**: 🔄 Active - the marketing/content restart plan of record
+**Executive summary (Shape Up pitch)**: [`2026-autumn-executive-summary.md`](2026-autumn-executive-summary.md) - read this first for the one-page bet.
 **Related**: [`operating-system.md`](operating-system.md) (how we run this weekly) · [`vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md`](vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md) (step-by-step task cards for separate sessions — **▶ START HERE** to execute) · 2510 content project [`GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE`](../projects/2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md) · ICP [`90.10`](../90-99-content-strategy/strategy-analysis/90.10-icp-primary-website-target.md)
 **Current state (2026-07-21)**: foundation set — assumptions register + white-label partner + offer/kit/booking drafts + trigger taxonomy + sourcing pipeline all done. Next agent work: build the prospect list (runbook T4/T5). To pick up work in any new session, open the runbook's **▶ START HERE** block.
 
diff --git a/docs/workflows/2026-autumn-executive-summary.md b/docs/workflows/2026-autumn-executive-summary.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b76e91fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/workflows/2026-autumn-executive-summary.md
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Executive Summary - Vibe Code Rescue (a Shape Up pitch)
+
+**Owner**: Paul Keen | **Written**: 2026-07-21 | **Format**: Basecamp Shape Up pitch (Problem / Appetite / Solution / Rabbit holes / No-gos)
+**Full plan**: [`2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md`](2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md) · **Run it**: [`vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md`](vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md) (▶ START HERE)
+
+---
+
+## Problem
+
+JetThoughts needs to restart client acquisition, and the 2026 market handed us a specific opening. A wave of funded, non-technical founders paid a dev shop, a freelancer, or an AI tool (Lovable, Cursor, Bolt, Replit) to build their product. The demo looked finished. Then real users arrived and it started breaking - checkout fails, data corrupts, the login is one bad deploy from locking everyone out. Worse, the founder can't tell whether the developers are being straight, and often can't even get access to the code they paid for.
+
+These founders are actively looking for help right now, in public. But every rescue shop entering this space (Modall, HeyDev, AttributeX, and others) leads with the same "free audit" and competes on price. Nobody is selling the thing the burned founder actually wants most: to own and understand their product again.
+
+## Appetite
+
+**One client. One window. Now through November 30, 2026.**
+
+This is a fixed-time bet, not an open-ended growth program. We are not building a pipeline machine or ranking in search. We are proving, end to end, that one motion works: a founder in pain finds us, books a free audit, and signs a fixed-price rescue. One signing produces the first case study and the confidence to scale in Q1 2027.
+
+**Circuit breaker**: if two weeks of warm outreach produce zero booked calls, we stop and re-open the ICP bet before spending another hour - the machine is wrong, not under-fed.
+
+## Solution
+
+**The offer.** A free 45-minute Code Audit - one senior engineer reads the founder's actual code and hands back a one-page, plain-English read on what's solid, what to fix, and whether to salvage or rebuild. No contract. If they move forward, a fixed-price Rails rescue ($25-50K, 4-8 weeks, keep 30-50% of the code), agreed up front so the number can't creep.
+
+**The wedge.** Not "we fix broken code" - that lane is crowded. Ours is **ownership and trust**: you own the code and every account at each milestone, and Paul sits on every call as your fractional CTO translating what the developers are doing into decisions you can make. Trust is the product; the rebuild is how we deliver it.
+
+**How we find them.** We listen for the founder's own words of pain (the "Push" - our trigger taxonomy) in the venues where they post it, and lead with their words plus the ownership wedge, never a cold pitch. Warm intros and past-client referrals first (they convert fastest for a burned buyer); agent-sourced cold community threads (IndieHackers, Reddit, HN, X) second; Paul working the high-value manual signals on LinkedIn.
+
+**Who does what.** A white-label partner builds the rescue under the JetThoughts brand, to our quality bar. Agents do all the prep - research, sourcing, drafting, the target list, the openers, the scripts. **Paul is reserved for the calls and the close.** A runbook plus an incremental task backlog holds the state so any session can pick up and execute without losing context.
+
+## Rabbit holes
+
+- **The white-label partner is the single point of failure.** The offer is only sellable if delivery is guaranteed under our brand. Validate with a paid trial rescue and name a fallback partner before selling - do not sell on a handshake.
+- **Content is not pipeline.** Blog posts and SEO support conversations; they do not sign clients by November. The human-path steps (warm outreach, the call, the close) are what count. Never ship a content sprint while the outreach is stalled.
+- **The assumptions are bets, not facts.** Who the buyer is, which trigger leads, how we find them, how we pre-validate - each is registered with a kill-criteria that fires on the first ~10 calls. We follow the data, not the deck.
+- **Cold outreach at volume looks like spam.** Six competitors are already DM-ing distressed founders "free audit." We cap cold volume, lead with the founder's words and the ownership angle, and let warm channels carry the weight.
+
+## No-gos
+
+- **Not a generic dev shop again.** We rescue and hand back control; we do not pitch staff augmentation.
+- **Not a price war.** We will not out-cheap the six rescue shops. We win on trust and ownership, or we do not win this buyer.
+- **Not a big rebuild of the site or brand.** Reuse the existing rescue landing and consultation funnel; no landing-page overhaul or brand refresh this cycle.
+- **Not chasing volume.** One signed client, not twenty leads. Vanity pipeline is a distraction from the single proof we need.
+- **Not Paul doing the prep.** Research, sourcing, drafting, and list-building are agent work. If a task lands on Paul's desk that isn't the booking page, the price call, hitting send, or a discovery call, it was mis-scoped.
+
+---
+
+**In one line**: rescue funded founders from broken AI/dev-shop code by handing them back a product they own and understand - one signed client by November 30 to prove the machine, then scale.
diff --git a/docs/workflows/vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md b/docs/workflows/vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md
index e09e8f5c0..1e7d97d78 100644
--- a/docs/workflows/vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md
+++ b/docs/workflows/vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ critic's verdict pasted VERBATIM), and sets the next card `Ready`.
 
 **You can finish this operation in a new session with zero context loss. Do this:**
 
-1. **Read order**: this START HERE block → the ACTIVE SPRINT state → the **Incremental agent backlog** table → the specific card/T-task you're taking. Optionally skim [`2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md`](2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md) (the why) and [`operating-system.md`](operating-system.md) (weekly cadence).
+1. **Read order**: [`2026-autumn-executive-summary.md`](2026-autumn-executive-summary.md) (the one-page bet, Shape Up format) → this START HERE block → the ACTIVE SPRINT state → the **Incremental agent backlog** table → the specific card/T-task you're taking. Optionally skim [`2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md`](2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md) (the why) and [`operating-system.md`](operating-system.md) (weekly cadence).
 2. **Current state (2026-07-21)**: A0 (assumptions) ✓ · G0 (partner) ✓ · A2 offer draft ✓ · C0 kit draft ✓ · S0 spec ✓ · T1 taxonomy ✓ · T2 sourcing pipeline ✓. **Next Ready: T4, T5 (build the prospect list), T8 (discovery kit).**
 3. **Take the next Ready task**, execute it end-to-end, run its LIGHT/HEAVY gate, paste the verdict, mark it Done, set the next Ready. **The agent does everything up to "hit send"** — sending + calls are Paul's (see Paul's desk).
 4. **State lives in files, not memory.** Update this runbook (statuses + handoff notes) and the output file named on the task. That's what the next session reads.

From 7051104b80c8661c28702f5ebd64fc3df6d5835b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:59:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 05/20] docs(rescue): move operation to
 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue + prove demand

This is the company's revenue operating system, not a reusable how-to,
so it belongs with the other major initiatives under docs/projects/
(2509/2510/2604/2605), not in docs/workflows/. Relocate and rename to
clean project-scoped names (executive-summary, strategy, operating-
system, operation-runbook, rescue-sprint/); fix all cross-links
(internal, cross-depth outbound to 90-99/2510/workflows, and the
inbound 2510 GOAL pointer). History preserved via git mv.

Also adds a 'Why we believe the demand is real' section to the exec
summary: measured AI-code-defect research (Liu 2026, Columbia DAPLab),
public founder-help volume (r/vibecoding growth, Ask HN threads), the
six-competitor market as demand proof, and willingness-to-pay at our
band (JetRockets minimums, the $40K-vs-$150K rebuild, named incidents).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md                          |  2 +-
 .../2607-vibe-code-rescue/executive-summary.md}  | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 .../2607-vibe-code-rescue}/operating-system.md   |  6 +++---
 .../2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md}  |  6 +++---
 .../rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md        |  2 +-
 .../rescue-sprint/booking-page-spec.md           |  0
 .../customer-profile-four-forces.md              |  0
 .../rescue-sprint/icp-trigger-taxonomy.md        |  0
 .../rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md             |  0
 .../rescue-sprint/sourcing-pipeline.md           |  0
 .../rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md     |  0
 .../2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md}           |  4 ++--
 12 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 rename docs/{workflows/2026-autumn-executive-summary.md => projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/executive-summary.md} (62%)
 rename docs/{workflows => projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue}/operating-system.md (91%)
 rename docs/{workflows/vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md => projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md} (96%)
 rename docs/{workflows => projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue}/rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md (99%)
 rename docs/{workflows => projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue}/rescue-sprint/booking-page-spec.md (100%)
 rename docs/{workflows => projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue}/rescue-sprint/customer-profile-four-forces.md (100%)
 rename docs/{workflows => projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue}/rescue-sprint/icp-trigger-taxonomy.md (100%)
 rename docs/{workflows => projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue}/rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md (100%)
 rename docs/{workflows => projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue}/rescue-sprint/sourcing-pipeline.md (100%)
 rename docs/{workflows => projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue}/rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md (100%)
 rename docs/{workflows/2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md => projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md} (88%)

diff --git a/docs/projects/2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md b/docs/projects/2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md
index dbe316c98..b046729b4 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 **Last Updated**: 2026-07-21
 **Status**: 🔄 NEXT ACTIVE PROJECT (marketing & content) - execution resuming
-**Business plan of record**: content here feeds the [2026 Autumn Client Acquisition Strategy](../../workflows/2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md) (Vibe Code Rescue offer, 1 client by Nov 30), run via the [Operating System](../../workflows/operating-system.md).
+**Business plan of record**: content here feeds the [2026 Autumn Client Acquisition Strategy](../2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md) (Vibe Code Rescue offer, 1 client by Nov 30), run via the [Operating System](../2607-vibe-code-rescue/operating-system.md).
 
 > **2026-07-21 reconcile note**: This overview previously described a 4-pillar
 > multi-language AI SEO plan (Ruby/Python/Laravel/Elixir). That framing is
diff --git a/docs/workflows/2026-autumn-executive-summary.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/executive-summary.md
similarity index 62%
rename from docs/workflows/2026-autumn-executive-summary.md
rename to docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/executive-summary.md
index 1b76e91fc..7d2eee179 100644
--- a/docs/workflows/2026-autumn-executive-summary.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/executive-summary.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Executive Summary - Vibe Code Rescue (a Shape Up pitch)
 
 **Owner**: Paul Keen | **Written**: 2026-07-21 | **Format**: Basecamp Shape Up pitch (Problem / Appetite / Solution / Rabbit holes / No-gos)
-**Full plan**: [`2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md`](2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md) · **Run it**: [`vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md`](vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md) (▶ START HERE)
+**Full plan**: [`strategy.md`](strategy.md) · **Run it**: [`operation-runbook.md`](operation-runbook.md) (▶ START HERE)
 
 ---
 
@@ -11,6 +11,20 @@ JetThoughts needs to restart client acquisition, and the 2026 market handed us a
 
 These founders are actively looking for help right now, in public. But every rescue shop entering this space (Modall, HeyDev, AttributeX, and others) leads with the same "free audit" and competes on price. Nobody is selling the thing the burned founder actually wants most: to own and understand their product again.
 
+## Why we believe the demand is real
+
+Four independent signals, not one hopeful reading:
+
+**1. The supply of broken code is exploding and now measured.** Liu et al. 2026 (arXiv:2603.28592) catalogued 484,606 AI-introduced issues across 3,841 repos: 24.2% survive into shipped code, and security issues survive at 41.1%; teams using AI coding tools carry 30-41% more technical debt. Columbia's DAPLab found vibe coding gets a founder roughly 70% of the way to a working app, then breaks as real users arrive. Even Cursor's own CEO warned publicly that these tools build "shaky foundations." The gap between "looks finished" and "survives production" is now documented, not anecdotal.
+
+**2. Founders are asking for help, publicly, at volume.** r/vibecoding grew from ~89K to ~317K members in about a year, with sister communities (r/VibeCodeDevs ~59K, r/cursor, r/nocode) alongside it. The "70% wall" and "why I left Lovable" threads recur weekly. Hacker News carries the exact struggling moment on the record: "Ask HN: Client took over development by vibe coding. What to do?" and "Vibe-coded prototypes: what happens when they go into production?" One rescue shop (HeyDev) reports talking to "over a dozen founders in the last three months"; another (AttributeX) audited 50 vibe-coded apps and found 43 with three or more critical production failures.
+
+**3. A competitor market already formed around this exact offer - the strongest demand proof there is.** When one company runs a "free audit → fixed-price rescue" motion, it might be a guess. When six do - Modall (a named "vibe code cleanup and recovery" service), HeyDev, AttributeX, Autonoma, solo specialists, and Rails shops like JetRockets - founders are paying enough that multiple businesses have organized around serving them. We are not creating a market; we are entering a validated one with a sharper wedge (ownership and trust, not price).
+
+**4. Willingness to pay is proven at our price band.** JetRockets publishes a $100/hr rate and a $25,600 engagement minimum for this work. A Rails-8 fractional CTO rebuilt a YC-backed SaaS's broken Vercel+Firebase MVP in six weeks for a fixed $40K, against a $150K agency quote - our exact lane. The named incidents that make founders reach for their wallet are on the record: Jason Lemkin's live-tweeted Replit database wipe (1,206 records, the agent admitting "I destroyed months of work in seconds"), Moltbook's 1.5M exposed API keys days after an AI-built launch, and a Lovable access-control flaw affecting 18,000+ users across 170 apps.
+
+**What would change our mind**: the demand is for *rescue*, but the buyer might default to re-hiring the original shop or limping along rather than paying a new team. That is a switching-cost question, not a demand question - and it is exactly what the Anxiety and Habit forces in the customer profile, and the first ~10 discovery calls, are built to test.
+
 ## Appetite
 
 **One client. One window. Now through November 30, 2026.**
diff --git a/docs/workflows/operating-system.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operating-system.md
similarity index 91%
rename from docs/workflows/operating-system.md
rename to docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operating-system.md
index fb6a5a6a5..e8dc5e259 100644
--- a/docs/workflows/operating-system.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operating-system.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # JetThoughts Operating System (lean)
 
-**Purpose**: the smallest cadence that reliably ships the [Autumn strategy](2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md) - **1 Vibe Code Rescue client by Nov 30, 2026**.
+**Purpose**: the smallest cadence that reliably ships the [Autumn strategy](strategy.md) - **1 Vibe Code Rescue client by Nov 30, 2026**.
 **Owner**: Paul Keen | **Created**: 2026-07-21 | **Review**: weekly
 **Model**: EOS-lite (accountability chart + quarterly OKR + weekly scorecard + rocks + issues), sized for a founder + white-label delivery + AI execution.
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 **As of 2026-07-21**: foundation is set. A0 assumptions register ✓, G0 white-label partner ✓ (locked per CEO), offer/kit/booking drafts ✓, T1 trigger taxonomy ✓, T2 sourcing pipeline ✓.
 **Active sprint**: Rescue Demand Sprint — populate the prospect list (agent) so Paul can send + book calls.
 **Next agent work**: `T4/T5` (build the list) → `T6` dedupe → `T7` openers; `T8` discovery kit in parallel.
-**To execute**: open [`vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md`](vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md) → **▶ START HERE** block → take the next Ready task. That runbook is the shared state across sessions; this file is the weekly cadence over it.
+**To execute**: open [`operation-runbook.md`](operation-runbook.md) → **▶ START HERE** block → take the next Ready task. That runbook is the shared state across sessions; this file is the weekly cadence over it.
 **Paul's desk (human-only)**: booking page (~5 min), confirm price band (default: audit free, rescue from $25K), review + send the outreach, take the calls, close. Optional: Gmail consent (warm lane), Apollo $79/mo + Hunter key (paid cold funnel).
 
 ---
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Keep it in a single sheet (or a section here) until volume justifies a real CRM.
 | Pipeline tracking | Sheet / this doc section 7 until CRM is justified |
 | OKR spine | `lark-okr` skill for structuring quarterly OKRs |
 | Weekly OS loop | `eos-lite` skill (`Skill(eos-lite) weekly`) — runs scorecard/OKR/rocks/issues/pipeline over this doc |
-| Step-by-step execution | [`vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md`](vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md) — ordered task cards + Incremental agent backlog; **▶ START HERE** for any fresh session |
+| Step-by-step execution | [`operation-runbook.md`](operation-runbook.md) — ordered task cards + Incremental agent backlog; **▶ START HERE** for any fresh session |
 | Foundational premises | [`rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md`](rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md) — ICP/trigger/channel/pre-validation, voted, with kill-criteria (runbook rule 7) |
 | Sprint artifacts | `rescue-sprint/` — offer, warm-intro kit, booking spec, trigger taxonomy, sourcing pipeline (see runbook START HERE artifact index) |
 
diff --git a/docs/workflows/vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
similarity index 96%
rename from docs/workflows/vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md
rename to docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
index 1e7d97d78..72bad5fec 100644
--- a/docs/workflows/vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Vibe Code Rescue — Operation Runbook
 
 **Owner**: Paul Keen (CEO) | **Created**: 2026-07-21 | **Goal**: 1 signed rescue client by Nov 30, 2026
-**Parent strategy**: [`2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md`](2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md) · **OS**: [`operating-system.md`](operating-system.md)
+**Parent strategy**: [`strategy.md`](strategy.md) · **OS**: [`operating-system.md`](operating-system.md)
 **How to read this**: this file IS the shared state across separate sessions. A session reads
-[`BASE_HANDBOOK.md`](BASE_HANDBOOK.md) + [`flow-router.md`](flow-router.md), opens this runbook, takes the next
+[`BASE_HANDBOOK.md`](../../workflows/BASE_HANDBOOK.md) + [`flow-router.md`](../../workflows/flow-router.md), opens this runbook, takes the next
 `Ready` card, executes it, runs its cold-eyes gate, marks it `Done`, writes the handoff note (with the
 critic's verdict pasted VERBATIM), and sets the next card `Ready`.
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ critic's verdict pasted VERBATIM), and sets the next card `Ready`.
 
 **You can finish this operation in a new session with zero context loss. Do this:**
 
-1. **Read order**: [`2026-autumn-executive-summary.md`](2026-autumn-executive-summary.md) (the one-page bet, Shape Up format) → this START HERE block → the ACTIVE SPRINT state → the **Incremental agent backlog** table → the specific card/T-task you're taking. Optionally skim [`2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md`](2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md) (the why) and [`operating-system.md`](operating-system.md) (weekly cadence).
+1. **Read order**: [`executive-summary.md`](executive-summary.md) (the one-page bet, Shape Up format) → this START HERE block → the ACTIVE SPRINT state → the **Incremental agent backlog** table → the specific card/T-task you're taking. Optionally skim [`strategy.md`](strategy.md) (the why) and [`operating-system.md`](operating-system.md) (weekly cadence).
 2. **Current state (2026-07-21)**: A0 (assumptions) ✓ · G0 (partner) ✓ · A2 offer draft ✓ · C0 kit draft ✓ · S0 spec ✓ · T1 taxonomy ✓ · T2 sourcing pipeline ✓. **Next Ready: T4, T5 (build the prospect list), T8 (discovery kit).**
 3. **Take the next Ready task**, execute it end-to-end, run its LIGHT/HEAVY gate, paste the verdict, mark it Done, set the next Ready. **The agent does everything up to "hit send"** — sending + calls are Paul's (see Paul's desk).
 4. **State lives in files, not memory.** Update this runbook (statuses + handoff notes) and the output file named on the task. That's what the next session reads.
diff --git a/docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md
similarity index 99%
rename from docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md
rename to docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md
index d574113c0..4e535f4a3 100644
--- a/docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md
@@ -118,4 +118,4 @@
 ## Sources
 - ICP: `docs/90-99-content-strategy/strategy-analysis/90.10-icp-primary-website-target.md`
 - Triggers + venues: `icp-trigger-taxonomy.md`, `sourcing-pipeline.md` (T1/T2 + parallel research)
-- Market/pricing validation: `2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md`
+- Market/pricing validation: `strategy.md`
diff --git a/docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/booking-page-spec.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/booking-page-spec.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/booking-page-spec.md
rename to docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/booking-page-spec.md
diff --git a/docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/customer-profile-four-forces.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/customer-profile-four-forces.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/customer-profile-four-forces.md
rename to docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/customer-profile-four-forces.md
diff --git a/docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/icp-trigger-taxonomy.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/icp-trigger-taxonomy.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/icp-trigger-taxonomy.md
rename to docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/icp-trigger-taxonomy.md
diff --git a/docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md
rename to docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md
diff --git a/docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/sourcing-pipeline.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/sourcing-pipeline.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/sourcing-pipeline.md
rename to docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/sourcing-pipeline.md
diff --git a/docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md
rename to docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md
diff --git a/docs/workflows/2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md
similarity index 88%
rename from docs/workflows/2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md
rename to docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md
index 0f61ffbeb..ba8f28d03 100644
--- a/docs/workflows/2026-autumn-client-acquisition-strategy.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 **Owner**: Paul Keen (CEO) | **Created**: 2026-07-21 | **Horizon**: land 1 client by Nov 30, 2026
 **Status**: 🔄 Active - the marketing/content restart plan of record
-**Executive summary (Shape Up pitch)**: [`2026-autumn-executive-summary.md`](2026-autumn-executive-summary.md) - read this first for the one-page bet.
-**Related**: [`operating-system.md`](operating-system.md) (how we run this weekly) · [`vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md`](vibe-code-rescue-operation-runbook.md) (step-by-step task cards for separate sessions — **▶ START HERE** to execute) · 2510 content project [`GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE`](../projects/2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md) · ICP [`90.10`](../90-99-content-strategy/strategy-analysis/90.10-icp-primary-website-target.md)
+**Executive summary (Shape Up pitch)**: [`executive-summary.md`](executive-summary.md) - read this first for the one-page bet.
+**Related**: [`operating-system.md`](operating-system.md) (how we run this weekly) · [`operation-runbook.md`](operation-runbook.md) (step-by-step task cards for separate sessions — **▶ START HERE** to execute) · 2510 content project [`GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE`](../2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md) · ICP [`90.10`](../../90-99-content-strategy/strategy-analysis/90.10-icp-primary-website-target.md)
 **Current state (2026-07-21)**: foundation set — assumptions register + white-label partner + offer/kit/booking drafts + trigger taxonomy + sourcing pipeline all done. Next agent work: build the prospect list (runbook T4/T5). To pick up work in any new session, open the runbook's **▶ START HERE** block.
 
 ---

From d3187ad48e1d99a64d6abc6f4771e1efbe6639e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:02:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 06/20] docs(claude): carve out docs/projects/<YYMM-slug>/ for
 major initiatives

The 'new docs only under docs/workflows/' rule is what sent the whole
Vibe Code Rescue operating system into workflows/. Update it: how-tos
stay in workflows/; business operations/campaigns/migrations/courses
get their own docs/projects/<YYMM-slug>/ folder (the existing 2509-2607
convention). Prevents recurrence.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 CLAUDE.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 602124c7b..1a9bc4818 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Follow official methodology from `/knowledge/`:
 - **Zero ad hoc test scripts**: Use repo-provided test commands: `bin/rake test:critical`, plus `bin/test` and `bin/dtest` for visual changes
 - **No Python scripts for analysis**: Prefer `rg`, `sed`, `awk`, and shell tools
 - **Zero tolerance for duplicates**: No `*_refactored.*`, `*_new.*`, `*_backup.*` files
-- **New docs allowed only under** `docs/workflows/` (else edit existing files)
+- **New-doc locations**: reusable process how-tos go under `docs/workflows/`; a major initiative (business operation, campaign, migration, course) gets its own `docs/projects/<YYMM-slug>/` folder following the existing dated-slug convention (2509/2510/2604/2605/2607). Everything else edits an existing file. Do NOT put a whole business/strategy/operating-system under `docs/workflows/` — that dir is for how-tos, not initiatives (flagged 2026-07-22 after the Vibe Code Rescue OS landed in workflows/ and had to move to `docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/`).
 - **Reflection triggers**: User reports "code is bad" / "over-engineered" → HALT, 5-Why analysis, fix config, THEN proceed
 - **Mandatory self-critique on voice-sensitive content (BLOCKING)**: For any draft or revision of LinkedIn posts, blog posts, or marketing copy, invoke `reflexion-reflect` (Standard Path) BEFORE first handback. After user pushback on the same draft, escalate to `reflexion-critique` (multi-judge debate) per the LinkedIn pipeline §3 / blog pipeline equivalent. Solo iteration past first delivery consistently misses pattern-level tells (over-narration, cinematic beat-marking, shape-coded copywriting) — observed on the 2026-05-11 Monday Jira-not-progress post (5 user corrections after the AI rubric scored 0/10).
 - **Visual regression test gate (BLOCKING for HTML/CSS/template changes)**: After ANY edit to `themes/`, `layouts/`, `content/blog/*/index.md` body HTML, or `*.css`, run BOTH `bin/test` (macOS host) AND `bin/dtest` (Linux/Docker) BEFORE committing. They write to separate baseline dirs (`test/fixtures/screenshots/macos/` vs `linux/`) and CI runs Linux — skipping `bin/dtest` ships a green PR locally that breaks the build. The 35-failure incident on 2026-04-30 happened because Sprints #2/#3 shipped 15 commits without running it once — and the failing tests caught a real `.fl-button` regression Sprint #3 missed. Visual regression failures are NOT optional warnings; they are commit blockers. Either fix the regression OR confirm the change is intentional AND update baselines (both macos/ AND linux/) in the same commit. "I'll run tests after a few commits" is the path that lets unfixed bugs ship.

From 344b2f5c5def08b834254575a8a3f8e0108314cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:05:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 07/20] docs(rescue): add market analysis + estimations with
 sourced numbers

New 10-19-research/market-analysis-2026.md sizes the opportunity:
- context (hard, sourced): $4.7B AI-app-builder market/38% CAGR; Lovable
  8M users, 45.7% founders/80% non-technical, 200K projects/day; Cursor
  360K paying; Replit 50M; Apple +84% app submissions YoY; Veracode 45%
  AI code fails security
- rescue-market sizing top-down + bottom-up [ESTIMATE-labelled], ~thousands
  of ICP-fit US prospects/yr, soft ~$225M serviceable market
- SOM: JT needs <1% -> market size is not the constraint, trust is
- pricing benchmarks, competitive density, confidence table
- caught + EXCLUDED Mordor's $7.06B report (haptic coding, wrong market)

Wired into exec-summary demand section + strategy 'Why now'.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../10-19-research/market-analysis-2026.md    | 98 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../executive-summary.md                      |  2 +
 .../2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md         |  1 +
 3 files changed, 101 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/10-19-research/market-analysis-2026.md

diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/10-19-research/market-analysis-2026.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/10-19-research/market-analysis-2026.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34da0ce41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/10-19-research/market-analysis-2026.md
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# Market Analysis & Estimations - Vibe Code Rescue (2026)
+
+**Created**: 2026-07-22 | **Owner**: agent-built; Paul reviews | **Feeds**: [`../executive-summary.md`](../executive-summary.md) demand section, [`../strategy.md`](../strategy.md)
+**Rule on numbers**: hard figures are cited to a source. Anything JT derived (funnel percentages, prospect counts, rescue-market size) is labelled **[ESTIMATE]** with the assumption chain shown, so a reader can challenge the math, not just the conclusion.
+
+> **Excluded on purpose**: Mordor Intelligence's "Vibe Coding Market $7.06B" report describes *haptic/vibration* coding (actuators, feedback ICs) - a different market that happens to share the name. It is NOT AI-app vibe coding and is not used here.
+
+---
+
+## 1. The market context (hard, sourced numbers)
+
+The pool of AI-built software is enormous and growing fast, and it skews to exactly our buyer - the non-technical founder.
+
+| Signal | Number | Source |
+|---|---|---|
+| Vibe-coding *tools* market (AI app builders, not haptics) | ~$4.7B in 2026, ~38% CAGR, ->$12.3B by 2027 | findskill.ai, secondtalent.com |
+| Lovable users | 8M+ global (Q3-Q4 2025); **200,000+ new projects created per day** | shipper.now, findskill.ai |
+| **Who builds on Lovable** | **45.7% are founders; ~80% have no technical background; only ~6% are engineers; 80% build solo** | Lovable "Build Economy" report (via subhrajyotimahato.com) |
+| Cursor | 360,000 paying users, 7M developers, ~$2B ARR | findskill.ai |
+| Replit | 50M people have used it; $240M revenue | findskill.ai |
+| Apple App Store | **235,800 new apps submitted Q1 2026, +84% YoY** | findskill.ai |
+| YC Winter 2025 cohort | 21% had codebases 91% AI-generated | secondtalent.com |
+| AI-generated code that fails security tests | ~45% (OWASP Top 10 vulns) | Veracode 2025 GenAI Code Security Report |
+| AI-introduced issues that survive into shipped code | 24.2% overall, 41.1% for security | Liu 2026, arXiv:2603.28592 |
+| Startups whose audited AI build had 3+ critical production failures | 43 of 50 | AttributeX audit |
+
+**Read**: millions of apps are being built by non-technical founders (the ICP), a large share ship with real defects, and the volume is compounding (+84% app submissions YoY). The supply of broken, founder-owned code is large and rising.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Rescue-market sizing
+
+The $4.7B is *tool spend*, not rescue spend. The rescue market is the downstream services layer. No analyst tracks "vibe code rescue" yet, so we estimate it two ways and mark every derived number.
+
+### Top-down [ESTIMATE]
+- Assume order-of-magnitude **1,000,000 net-new AI-built apps/year reach real users** in the US (conservative: Apple alone took ~940K submissions/year at the Q1-2026 run-rate; most are hobby, so we keep a fraction). **[ASSUMPTION]**
+- Apply a **live-and-breaking** filter of ~15% (apps that get real users AND hit production failures worth paying to fix - well below the 45-86% raw defect rates, to exclude hobby/abandoned). **[ASSUMPTION]** -> ~150,000 breaking apps.
+- Apply the **funded, non-technical, budget-holding ICP** filter of ~5% (pre-seed to Series A with $25K+ to spend). **[ASSUMPTION]** -> **~7,500 US ICP-fit rescue prospects/year**.
+- At a $25-50K engagement (say $30K blended), that is a **~$225M/year serviceable US rescue market [ESTIMATE]** - order of magnitude, not precision.
+
+### Bottom-up [ESTIMATE]
+- Lovable alone: 8M users x 45.7% founders = ~3.6M founder-users. Even at a 0.1% "funded + live + breaking + actively seeking help right now" slice, that is **~3,600 in-market prospects** from one platform - before Bolt, Replit (50M users), Cursor, dev-shop builds, or freelancer builds. **[ASSUMPTION on the 0.1%]**
+
+Both methods land in the **thousands of reachable ICP prospects per year** range. The two independent estimates agreeing on order of magnitude is the useful part; the exact figure is not.
+
+### SOM - what JetThoughts actually needs
+- The Autumn goal is **1 signed client** from ~8-12 discovery calls from ~30 sourced prospects.
+- Against a pool of thousands, JT needs to reach **well under 1%** of the in-market prospects to hit the goal.
+- **Conclusion: market size is not the constraint.** Sourcing, trust, and conversion are. This reframes the whole operation - we are not fighting for scarce demand; we are competing to be the trusted choice for a buyer who has options.
+
+---
+
+## 3. Pricing benchmarks (what the market pays)
+
+| Anchor | Number | Source |
+|---|---|---|
+| Rescue / remediation engagement | $25-50K, 4-8 weeks, keep 30-50% of code | strategy.md market scan (reptile.haus, foundra.ai, etc.) |
+| Rails competitor public floor | $100/hr, **$25,600 engagement minimum** | JetRockets |
+| Fractional CTO retainer (solo) | $5,000-$15,000/mo | JetRockets FAQ (Groovy Web 2026 comparison) |
+| Proof point | YC SaaS broken MVP rebuilt in 6 weeks for fixed $40K vs a $150K agency quote | strategy.md |
+
+Our band ($25-50K) sits at the market floor-to-mid, consistent with published competitor minimums. We do not need to discount to be credible.
+
+---
+
+## 4. Competitive density (demand proof, and the wedge pressure)
+
+Six-plus players already run the "free audit -> fixed-price rescue" motion: Modall (named "vibe code cleanup and recovery"), HeyDev, AttributeX, Autonoma, solo specialists, and Rails shops (JetRockets). A formed competitor market is the strongest demand proof - businesses do not organize around a job nobody pays for. It also means a generic "free audit" opener is saturated; our wedge has to be **ownership + trust + Paul as the named fractional CTO**, not the audit mechanic (see `../rescue-sprint/customer-profile-four-forces.md`).
+
+---
+
+## 5. Assumptions & confidence
+
+| Claim | Confidence | Why |
+|---|---|---|
+| The AI-built-app pool is huge and founder-heavy | **High** | multiple independent sourced figures (Lovable, Cursor, Replit, Apple, Lovable Build Economy) |
+| A large share ships broken | **High** | Veracode 45%, Liu 24.2/41.1%, AttributeX 43/50, Columbia DAPLab "70% wall" |
+| Thousands of ICP-fit rescue prospects/year exist | **Medium** | order-of-magnitude; two methods agree, but the filter percentages are JT assumptions |
+| ~$225M/year US serviceable rescue market | **Low-Medium** | derived from stacked assumptions; treat as scale, not a figure to quote externally |
+| Market size is not JT's constraint | **High** | even the most conservative funnel leaves >>30 reachable prospects; JT needs 1 client |
+
+---
+
+## 6. LIGHT cold-eyes gate (self-refute)
+
+**Refute**: "Are these estimations honest, or motivated numbers?"
+- The one genuinely misleading citation (Mordor's $7.06B) was caught and excluded - it is a different market. That is the tell of a real audit, not a pitch.
+- The rescue-market size is a stack of assumptions and is labelled Low-Medium confidence; it should not be quoted externally as fact. Flagged in the table.
+- **The honest headline is not the $225M** (soft) - it is that **JT needs <1% of a demonstrably large, founder-heavy, actively-in-pain pool**, so the bet rides on execution and trust, not on market existence. That claim is High confidence and is what the strategy leans on.
+**Verdict**: PASS as an order-of-magnitude sizing with confidence labels. Do not present the derived dollar figures as precise; do present the "market is not the constraint" conclusion.
+
+---
+
+## Sources
+- findskill.ai/blog/vibe-coding-by-the-numbers; secondtalent.com/resources/vibe-coding-statistics; shipper.now/lovable-stats; subhrajyotimahato.com/blog/vibe-coding-statistics (Lovable Build Economy); techcrunch.com (Lovable mobile launch); masteringai.io/state-of-vibe-coding-2026
+- Veracode 2025 GenAI Code Security Report (via rootsanalysis.com); Liu 2026 arXiv:2603.28592
+- Pricing: JetRockets (jetrockets.com/blog/fractional-cto-and-ai-agents); strategy.md market scan
+- **Excluded**: mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/vibe-coding-market (haptic/vibration coding - different market)
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/executive-summary.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/executive-summary.md
index 7d2eee179..db0ca0116 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/executive-summary.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/executive-summary.md
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Four independent signals, not one hopeful reading:
 
 **What would change our mind**: the demand is for *rescue*, but the buyer might default to re-hiring the original shop or limping along rather than paying a new team. That is a switching-cost question, not a demand question - and it is exactly what the Anxiety and Habit forces in the customer profile, and the first ~10 discovery calls, are built to test.
 
+**Sizing (order of magnitude, full working in [`10-19-research/market-analysis-2026.md`](10-19-research/market-analysis-2026.md))**: the AI-app-builder market is ~$4.7B and 38% CAGR; Lovable alone has 8M+ users, 45.7% of them founders and ~80% non-technical, creating 200K+ projects a day; Apple took 235,800 new app submissions in Q1 2026, up 84% year over year. Two independent estimates put the US ICP-fit rescue pool in the **thousands of prospects a year** (a soft ~$225M/yr serviceable market - treat as scale, not a quotable figure). The point is the ratio: JetThoughts needs **one** client, which is well under 1% of that pool. Market size is not the constraint; sourcing and trust are.
+
 ## Appetite
 
 **One client. One window. Now through November 30, 2026.**
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md
index ba8f28d03..2f06fa3de 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ just entering it. Rails is the winning rebuild stack, which is our home turf.
 - Rescue engagements run **$25K-$50K over 4-8 weeks**, keeping 30-50% of original code; specialists bill $100-300/hr.
 - A Rails-8 fractional CTO rebuilt a YC-backed SaaS's broken Vercel+Firebase MVP in **6 weeks for a fixed $40K** vs a $150K agency quote - our exact lane.
 - Research: Liu 2026 (arXiv:2603.28592) - 484,606 AI-introduced issues across 3,841 repos, 24.2% survive, security issues survive at 41.1%; tech debt rises 30-41% after AI tools.
+- Market size + full estimations (with labelled assumptions + confidence): [`10-19-research/market-analysis-2026.md`](10-19-research/market-analysis-2026.md). Headline: AI-app-builder market ~$4.7B/38% CAGR; ICP-fit US rescue pool in the thousands/yr; JT needs <1% of it.
 
 **Sources**: reptile.haus, foundra.ai, justinmckelvey.com, gmware.com, vibecoding.app, arxiv.org/abs/2603.28592
 

From 616c7bdb0f45c1169e2427e8a02c9c763c02f05c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:09:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 08/20] docs(business): split company layer from the rescue
 project

Being CEO = run the whole business, with Vibe Code Rescue as ONE project
validating one opportunity - not the business collapsed into a single
project. Introduce a company layer at docs/business/:
- index.md (front door), vision-mission.md (durable company identity,
  independent of any wedge), opportunity-portfolio.md (the bets + how we
  validate/kill/scale; VCR = portfolio bet #1, state Validating)
- move operating-system.md up to docs/business/ (it runs ALL projects;
  current OKR happens to be the active rescue bet) and reframe it as the
  company OS
- 2607-vibe-code-rescue stays as the project validating the opportunity;
  add a 'Part of business bet #1' pointer up to the company layer
- fix every cross-layer link (OS in/out, 2510 inbound); update CLAUDE.md
  new-doc rule to the 3 layers (business / project / workflow)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 CLAUDE.md                                     |  2 +-
 docs/business/index.md                        | 16 ++++++++
 .../operating-system.md                       | 12 +++---
 docs/business/opportunity-portfolio.md        | 40 +++++++++++++++++++
 docs/business/vision-mission.md               | 39 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md                       |  2 +-
 .../operation-runbook.md                      |  4 +-
 .../2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md         |  3 +-
 8 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/business/index.md
 rename docs/{projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue => business}/operating-system.md (77%)
 create mode 100644 docs/business/opportunity-portfolio.md
 create mode 100644 docs/business/vision-mission.md

diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 1a9bc4818..42319d412 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Follow official methodology from `/knowledge/`:
 - **Zero ad hoc test scripts**: Use repo-provided test commands: `bin/rake test:critical`, plus `bin/test` and `bin/dtest` for visual changes
 - **No Python scripts for analysis**: Prefer `rg`, `sed`, `awk`, and shell tools
 - **Zero tolerance for duplicates**: No `*_refactored.*`, `*_new.*`, `*_backup.*` files
-- **New-doc locations**: reusable process how-tos go under `docs/workflows/`; a major initiative (business operation, campaign, migration, course) gets its own `docs/projects/<YYMM-slug>/` folder following the existing dated-slug convention (2509/2510/2604/2605/2607). Everything else edits an existing file. Do NOT put a whole business/strategy/operating-system under `docs/workflows/` — that dir is for how-tos, not initiatives (flagged 2026-07-22 after the Vibe Code Rescue OS landed in workflows/ and had to move to `docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/`).
+- **New-doc locations (3 layers)**: (1) **company** things that persist across every opportunity — vision/mission, the operating system, the opportunity portfolio — live in `docs/business/`; (2) a **project** validating one opportunity/initiative gets its own `docs/projects/<YYMM-slug>/` folder (dated-slug convention: 2509/2510/2604/2605/2607); (3) reusable **process how-tos** go under `docs/workflows/`. Everything else edits an existing file. Do NOT put the business/OS under `docs/workflows/` (how-tos only) or collapse the company layer into a single project — the company OS runs ALL projects, and one bet is "Validating" at a time (flagged 2026-07-22: the Vibe Code Rescue OS first landed in workflows/, then wrongly nested the whole business inside project 2607; the company layer now lives in `docs/business/` with 2607 as portfolio bet #1).
 - **Reflection triggers**: User reports "code is bad" / "over-engineered" → HALT, 5-Why analysis, fix config, THEN proceed
 - **Mandatory self-critique on voice-sensitive content (BLOCKING)**: For any draft or revision of LinkedIn posts, blog posts, or marketing copy, invoke `reflexion-reflect` (Standard Path) BEFORE first handback. After user pushback on the same draft, escalate to `reflexion-critique` (multi-judge debate) per the LinkedIn pipeline §3 / blog pipeline equivalent. Solo iteration past first delivery consistently misses pattern-level tells (over-narration, cinematic beat-marking, shape-coded copywriting) — observed on the 2026-05-11 Monday Jira-not-progress post (5 user corrections after the AI rubric scored 0/10).
 - **Visual regression test gate (BLOCKING for HTML/CSS/template changes)**: After ANY edit to `themes/`, `layouts/`, `content/blog/*/index.md` body HTML, or `*.css`, run BOTH `bin/test` (macOS host) AND `bin/dtest` (Linux/Docker) BEFORE committing. They write to separate baseline dirs (`test/fixtures/screenshots/macos/` vs `linux/`) and CI runs Linux — skipping `bin/dtest` ships a green PR locally that breaks the build. The 35-failure incident on 2026-04-30 happened because Sprints #2/#3 shipped 15 commits without running it once — and the failing tests caught a real `.fl-button` regression Sprint #3 missed. Visual regression failures are NOT optional warnings; they are commit blockers. Either fix the regression OR confirm the change is intentional AND update baselines (both macos/ AND linux/) in the same commit. "I'll run tests after a few commits" is the path that lets unfixed bugs ship.
diff --git a/docs/business/index.md b/docs/business/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2af8d9250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/business/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# JetThoughts - Business (company layer)
+
+This folder is the **company**, not any single project. It holds the durable things that persist across every opportunity we pursue. Individual bets (like validating the Vibe Code Rescue opportunity) live under [`docs/projects/`](../projects/) and are governed by what's here.
+
+## The three company documents
+
+| File | What it is |
+|---|---|
+| [`vision-mission.md`](vision-mission.md) | Who JetThoughts is, what we do, and the durable positioning - independent of any one go-to-market wedge. |
+| [`operating-system.md`](operating-system.md) | How we run: EOS-lite (accountability chart, quarterly OKR, rocks, weekly scorecard, issues, pipeline, cadence). Runs whatever the active bet is. |
+| [`opportunity-portfolio.md`](opportunity-portfolio.md) | The bets we're making, how we validate / kill / scale each, and which one is active now. |
+
+## Current focus
+
+- **Active portfolio bet**: [Vibe Code Rescue validation](../projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/) - project #1, proving one opportunity end to end (1 signed client by Nov 30, 2026).
+- **How it connects**: the company OS drives that project this quarter; when it's validated (or killed), the same OS picks up the next bet in the portfolio.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operating-system.md b/docs/business/operating-system.md
similarity index 77%
rename from docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operating-system.md
rename to docs/business/operating-system.md
index e8dc5e259..08752b373 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operating-system.md
+++ b/docs/business/operating-system.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # JetThoughts Operating System (lean)
 
-**Purpose**: the smallest cadence that reliably ships the [Autumn strategy](strategy.md) - **1 Vibe Code Rescue client by Nov 30, 2026**.
+**Scope**: this is the **company** operating system - how JetThoughts runs across every opportunity, not just the current one. It is the durable cadence (accountability chart, quarterly OKR, rocks, weekly scorecard, issues, pipeline). The **active bet it currently drives** is the [Vibe Code Rescue validation project](../projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/) (portfolio bet #1); when the next opportunity becomes active, the same OS runs it with a new OKR/rocks.
+**Company layer**: [`index.md`](index.md) (front door) · [`vision-mission.md`](vision-mission.md) (who we are) · [`opportunity-portfolio.md`](opportunity-portfolio.md) (the bets, and how we validate/kill/scale them).
+**Purpose**: the smallest cadence that reliably ships the current company objective - right now, **1 Vibe Code Rescue client by Nov 30, 2026** (the active portfolio bet).
 **Owner**: Paul Keen | **Created**: 2026-07-21 | **Review**: weekly
 **Model**: EOS-lite (accountability chart + quarterly OKR + weekly scorecard + rocks + issues), sized for a founder + white-label delivery + AI execution.
 
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@
 **As of 2026-07-21**: foundation is set. A0 assumptions register ✓, G0 white-label partner ✓ (locked per CEO), offer/kit/booking drafts ✓, T1 trigger taxonomy ✓, T2 sourcing pipeline ✓.
 **Active sprint**: Rescue Demand Sprint — populate the prospect list (agent) so Paul can send + book calls.
 **Next agent work**: `T4/T5` (build the list) → `T6` dedupe → `T7` openers; `T8` discovery kit in parallel.
-**To execute**: open [`operation-runbook.md`](operation-runbook.md) → **▶ START HERE** block → take the next Ready task. That runbook is the shared state across sessions; this file is the weekly cadence over it.
+**To execute**: open [`operation-runbook.md`](../projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md) → **▶ START HERE** block → take the next Ready task. That runbook is the shared state across sessions; this file is the weekly cadence over it.
 **Paul's desk (human-only)**: booking page (~5 min), confirm price band (default: audit free, rescue from $25K), review + send the outreach, take the calls, close. Optional: Gmail consent (warm lane), Apollo $79/mo + Hunter key (paid cold funnel).
 
 ---
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ Rolling list of the top blockers. Solve the highest-leverage one each week; don'
 Track each lead as a row: **Source -> Discovery call -> Audit sold -> Proposal -> Signed**.
 Stages: `Lead` -> `Call booked` -> `Audit sold` -> `Proposal out` -> `Won` / `Lost (reason)`.
 Keep it in a single sheet (or a section here) until volume justifies a real CRM.
-**Leads originate from** the populated target list in [`rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md`](rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md) (agent-built via runbook T4-T7); once Paul sends, each contacted row becomes a pipeline `Lead`.
+**Leads originate from** the populated target list in [`rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md`](../projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md) (agent-built via runbook T4-T7); once Paul sends, each contacted row becomes a pipeline `Lead`.
 
 ## 8. Tooling map
 
@@ -94,8 +96,8 @@ Keep it in a single sheet (or a section here) until volume justifies a real CRM.
 | Pipeline tracking | Sheet / this doc section 7 until CRM is justified |
 | OKR spine | `lark-okr` skill for structuring quarterly OKRs |
 | Weekly OS loop | `eos-lite` skill (`Skill(eos-lite) weekly`) — runs scorecard/OKR/rocks/issues/pipeline over this doc |
-| Step-by-step execution | [`operation-runbook.md`](operation-runbook.md) — ordered task cards + Incremental agent backlog; **▶ START HERE** for any fresh session |
-| Foundational premises | [`rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md`](rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md) — ICP/trigger/channel/pre-validation, voted, with kill-criteria (runbook rule 7) |
+| Step-by-step execution | [`operation-runbook.md`](../projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md) — ordered task cards + Incremental agent backlog; **▶ START HERE** for any fresh session |
+| Foundational premises | [`rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md`](../projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md) — ICP/trigger/channel/pre-validation, voted, with kill-criteria (runbook rule 7) |
 | Sprint artifacts | `rescue-sprint/` — offer, warm-intro kit, booking spec, trigger taxonomy, sourcing pipeline (see runbook START HERE artifact index) |
 
 ## 9. Definition of "operating" (are we actually running the system?)
diff --git a/docs/business/opportunity-portfolio.md b/docs/business/opportunity-portfolio.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..890e76cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/business/opportunity-portfolio.md
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# JetThoughts - Opportunity Portfolio
+
+**Owner**: Paul Keen (CEO) | **Scope**: company-level | **Updated**: 2026-07-22
+**What this is**: the bets JetThoughts is making to grow, which one is active, and how we decide to validate, kill, or scale each. Every bet becomes a project under [`docs/projects/`](../projects/) and is run by the [operating system](operating-system.md).
+
+---
+
+## How a bet moves through the portfolio
+
+Each opportunity is a **falsifiable hypothesis**, not a plan we commit to. It moves through four states, and it can be killed at any gate on evidence.
+
+| State | Meaning | Exit gate |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Candidate** | An idea worth a look; not yet resourced. | A one-page thesis + a market signal worth testing. |
+| **Validating** | The active bet. We run a real go-to-market and measure. | The pre-validation tests pass (real buyers pay / book), OR a kill-criteria fires. |
+| **Scaling** | Validated - now build the repeatable machine. | Predictable pipeline + unit economics that hold. |
+| **Killed / Parked** | Evidence said no, or it's on hold. | Documented reason so we don't re-litigate it. |
+
+Discipline: **one bet is Validating at a time.** Spreading the company across several unvalidated bets is how a small firm dies. The assumptions and kill-criteria for the active bet live in that project's assumptions register.
+
+---
+
+## The portfolio
+
+| # | Opportunity | State | Project | Thesis (one line) | Kill-criteria (short) |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| 1 | **Vibe Code Rescue** | 🔵 **Validating** | [`2607-vibe-code-rescue`](../projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/) | Funded non-technical founders will pay a fixed price to rescue a broken AI/dev-shop MVP and get ownership back. | 0 booked calls in 2 weeks of warm outreach → re-open the ICP bet ([assumptions register](../projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/assumptions-register.md)). |
+
+**Parking lot (candidates, not resourced)**: none yet. Add a row here when a new wedge earns a one-page thesis; do NOT start validating it while bet #1 is still open.
+
+---
+
+## Why Vibe Code Rescue is the active bet
+
+- **Timing**: the AI-app-builder wave (Lovable, Cursor, Bolt, Replit) manufactured a large, founder-heavy pool of broken, funded MVPs - measured, not guessed ([market analysis](../projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/10-19-research/market-analysis-2026.md)).
+- **Fit**: Rails rebuild is JT's home turf; the ownership/trust wedge is JT's durable positioning made concrete.
+- **Provability**: a single signed client proves the whole motion (demand → call → audit → signing) and produces the first case study - a clean validation gate.
+- **Reversibility**: delivered via a white-label partner, so the bet is testable without over-committing the firm.
+
+Full plan: [executive summary](../projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/executive-summary.md) · [strategy](../projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md) · run it via the [operating system](operating-system.md).
diff --git a/docs/business/vision-mission.md b/docs/business/vision-mission.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..040e02863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/business/vision-mission.md
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+> DRAFT - company identity for Paul to review. Grounded in verifiable JT facts; keep claims defensible.
+
+# JetThoughts - Vision, Mission, Positioning
+
+**Owner**: Paul Keen (CEO) | **Scope**: the company, independent of any single go-to-market wedge | **Reviewed**: draft 2026-07-22
+
+---
+
+## What JetThoughts is
+
+A Ruby on Rails engineering firm, shipping production software since 2011. Verifiable track record: 4.8/5 from 32 clients, ~95% client retention, five-year average client relationships, developers averaging 8+ years of experience. We work with founders, not enterprises.
+
+## Mission
+
+Help founders build and keep control of software they actually own and understand - and rescue them when someone else's build has taken that control away.
+
+## Vision
+
+Be the engineering partner a non-technical founder trusts with the truth about their software. Not the shop that talks over their head and holds the code hostage - the one that hands back a working product, the accounts, and a plain-English understanding of what they have.
+
+## Positioning (the durable part)
+
+**Trust and transparency is the product; the code is how we deliver it.** A founder's deepest pain is not a missing feature - it is not knowing whether they are being told the truth, and not owning what they paid for. JetThoughts sells that certainty: a senior engineer who reads the actual code, tells the founder straight, and hands back ownership at every step, with Paul on the call as the fractional-CTO translation layer.
+
+This positioning is stable across whatever specific service we lead with. The **current expression** of it is the Vibe Code Rescue wedge (see the portfolio); the identity underneath - Rails engineering, ownership, radical transparency - does not change when the wedge does.
+
+## Who we serve (ICP)
+
+Non-technical founder, pre-seed to Series A, whose product was built by a dev shop, a freelancer, or an AI tool and who has lost confidence or control. Full profile: [`docs/90-99-content-strategy/strategy-analysis/90.10-icp-primary-website-target.md`](../90-99-content-strategy/strategy-analysis/90.10-icp-primary-website-target.md).
+
+## What we will not be
+
+- Not a body shop selling hours we can't tie to an outcome.
+- Not a black box - if the founder can't understand what we did, we haven't finished.
+- Not the cheapest option. We compete on trust and ownership, not price.
+
+---
+
+**Note for Paul**: this is a working draft assembled from the documented ICP, positioning, and verifiable stats. Adjust the vision/mission wording to your voice before it becomes canon.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md b/docs/projects/2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md
index b046729b4..87a6e6e5b 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 **Last Updated**: 2026-07-21
 **Status**: 🔄 NEXT ACTIVE PROJECT (marketing & content) - execution resuming
-**Business plan of record**: content here feeds the [2026 Autumn Client Acquisition Strategy](../2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md) (Vibe Code Rescue offer, 1 client by Nov 30), run via the [Operating System](../2607-vibe-code-rescue/operating-system.md).
+**Business plan of record**: content here feeds the [2026 Autumn Client Acquisition Strategy](../2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md) (Vibe Code Rescue offer, 1 client by Nov 30), run via the [Operating System](../../business/operating-system.md).
 
 > **2026-07-21 reconcile note**: This overview previously described a 4-pillar
 > multi-language AI SEO plan (Ruby/Python/Laravel/Elixir). That framing is
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
index 72bad5fec..1d47792fd 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Vibe Code Rescue — Operation Runbook
 
 **Owner**: Paul Keen (CEO) | **Created**: 2026-07-21 | **Goal**: 1 signed rescue client by Nov 30, 2026
-**Parent strategy**: [`strategy.md`](strategy.md) · **OS**: [`operating-system.md`](operating-system.md)
+**Parent strategy**: [`strategy.md`](strategy.md) · **OS**: [`operating-system.md`](../../business/operating-system.md)
 **How to read this**: this file IS the shared state across separate sessions. A session reads
 [`BASE_HANDBOOK.md`](../../workflows/BASE_HANDBOOK.md) + [`flow-router.md`](../../workflows/flow-router.md), opens this runbook, takes the next
 `Ready` card, executes it, runs its cold-eyes gate, marks it `Done`, writes the handoff note (with the
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ critic's verdict pasted VERBATIM), and sets the next card `Ready`.
 
 **You can finish this operation in a new session with zero context loss. Do this:**
 
-1. **Read order**: [`executive-summary.md`](executive-summary.md) (the one-page bet, Shape Up format) → this START HERE block → the ACTIVE SPRINT state → the **Incremental agent backlog** table → the specific card/T-task you're taking. Optionally skim [`strategy.md`](strategy.md) (the why) and [`operating-system.md`](operating-system.md) (weekly cadence).
+1. **Read order**: [`executive-summary.md`](executive-summary.md) (the one-page bet, Shape Up format) → this START HERE block → the ACTIVE SPRINT state → the **Incremental agent backlog** table → the specific card/T-task you're taking. Optionally skim [`strategy.md`](strategy.md) (the why) and [`operating-system.md`](../../business/operating-system.md) (weekly cadence).
 2. **Current state (2026-07-21)**: A0 (assumptions) ✓ · G0 (partner) ✓ · A2 offer draft ✓ · C0 kit draft ✓ · S0 spec ✓ · T1 taxonomy ✓ · T2 sourcing pipeline ✓. **Next Ready: T4, T5 (build the prospect list), T8 (discovery kit).**
 3. **Take the next Ready task**, execute it end-to-end, run its LIGHT/HEAVY gate, paste the verdict, mark it Done, set the next Ready. **The agent does everything up to "hit send"** — sending + calls are Paul's (see Paul's desk).
 4. **State lives in files, not memory.** Update this runbook (statuses + handoff notes) and the output file named on the task. That's what the next session reads.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md
index 2f06fa3de..aea0da1e0 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/strategy.md
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 **Owner**: Paul Keen (CEO) | **Created**: 2026-07-21 | **Horizon**: land 1 client by Nov 30, 2026
 **Status**: 🔄 Active - the marketing/content restart plan of record
+**Part of**: JetThoughts business portfolio bet #1 (state: Validating) - governed by the company [operating system](../../business/operating-system.md); see the [business layer](../../business/index.md) + [portfolio](../../business/opportunity-portfolio.md). This project validates ONE opportunity; the company/vision/OS live in `docs/business/`.
 **Executive summary (Shape Up pitch)**: [`executive-summary.md`](executive-summary.md) - read this first for the one-page bet.
-**Related**: [`operating-system.md`](operating-system.md) (how we run this weekly) · [`operation-runbook.md`](operation-runbook.md) (step-by-step task cards for separate sessions — **▶ START HERE** to execute) · 2510 content project [`GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE`](../2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md) · ICP [`90.10`](../../90-99-content-strategy/strategy-analysis/90.10-icp-primary-website-target.md)
+**Related**: [`operating-system.md`](../../business/operating-system.md) (how we run this weekly) · [`operation-runbook.md`](operation-runbook.md) (step-by-step task cards for separate sessions — **▶ START HERE** to execute) · 2510 content project [`GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE`](../2510-seo-content-strategy/GOAL-AT-A-GLANCE.md) · ICP [`90.10`](../../90-99-content-strategy/strategy-analysis/90.10-icp-primary-website-target.md)
 **Current state (2026-07-21)**: foundation set — assumptions register + white-label partner + offer/kit/booking drafts + trigger taxonomy + sourcing pipeline all done. Next agent work: build the prospect list (runbook T4/T5). To pick up work in any new session, open the runbook's **▶ START HERE** block.
 
 ---

From a9245364335f1018df8a3e38eba26486b19a7db8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:47:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 09/20] docs(2607): groom T4/T5 (3-agent brainstorm + votes) +
 F5Bot Reddit fix

- Add t4-t5-grooming.md: discovery/throughput/qualification votes, lane
  split (T4 IndieHackers-first fetchable / T5 Reddit excerpt+F5Bot), DONE
  criteria, read-only anti-ban rules, assumption trace, LIGHT cold-eyes PASS.
- Runbook: point T4/T5 cards at the grooming (held for Paul's go), add
  grooming + VoC to artifact index, fix stale docs/workflows/ -> docs/projects/
  path, refresh current-state (next Ready = T8; T4/T5 await approval).
- sourcing-pipeline.md: replace dead GummySearch (shut Nov 2025) with F5Bot
  (free JSON/RSS feed, bypasses Reddit fetch block) + paid options.
- Add voice-of-customer.md swipe file (Four-Forces-keyed, attribution tags).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../operation-runbook.md                      |  12 +-
 .../rescue-sprint/sourcing-pipeline.md        |   5 +-
 .../rescue-sprint/t4-t5-grooming.md           | 138 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md        |  56 +++++++
 4 files changed, 205 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/t4-t5-grooming.md
 create mode 100644 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md

diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
index 1d47792fd..ae8bba849 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
@@ -14,17 +14,19 @@ critic's verdict pasted VERBATIM), and sets the next card `Ready`.
 **You can finish this operation in a new session with zero context loss. Do this:**
 
 1. **Read order**: [`executive-summary.md`](executive-summary.md) (the one-page bet, Shape Up format) → this START HERE block → the ACTIVE SPRINT state → the **Incremental agent backlog** table → the specific card/T-task you're taking. Optionally skim [`strategy.md`](strategy.md) (the why) and [`operating-system.md`](../../business/operating-system.md) (weekly cadence).
-2. **Current state (2026-07-21)**: A0 (assumptions) ✓ · G0 (partner) ✓ · A2 offer draft ✓ · C0 kit draft ✓ · S0 spec ✓ · T1 taxonomy ✓ · T2 sourcing pipeline ✓. **Next Ready: T4, T5 (build the prospect list), T8 (discovery kit).**
+2. **Current state (2026-07-22)**: A0 (assumptions) ✓ · G0 (partner) ✓ · A2 offer draft ✓ · C0 kit draft ✓ · S0 spec ✓ · T1 taxonomy ✓ · T2 sourcing pipeline ✓ · **T4/T5 GROOMED** (`t4-t5-grooming.md`, 3-agent brainstorm + votes) — awaiting Paul's go before sourcing runs. **Next Ready: T8 (discovery kit, autonomous). T4/T5 execute on Paul's approval of the grooming.**
 3. **Take the next Ready task**, execute it end-to-end, run its LIGHT/HEAVY gate, paste the verdict, mark it Done, set the next Ready. **The agent does everything up to "hit send"** — sending + calls are Paul's (see Paul's desk).
 4. **State lives in files, not memory.** Update this runbook (statuses + handoff notes) and the output file named on the task. That's what the next session reads.
 
-**Artifact index — `docs/workflows/rescue-sprint/`:**
+**Artifact index — `docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/`:**
 | File | What it is | Status |
 |---|---|---|
 | `assumptions-register.md` | A0 — ICP/trigger/channel/pre-validation brainstormed→voted→kill-criteria | ✓ done |
 | `customer-profile-four-forces.md` | JTBD Customer Profile + Four Forces (push/pull/anxiety/habit) + find→channel→message map | ✓ done |
 | `icp-trigger-taxonomy.md` | T1 — 8 ranked observable buying triggers + venue map (= the Push force) | ✓ done |
 | `sourcing-pipeline.md` | T2 — per-trigger query recipes, lane split, verified venues, tool stack | ✓ done |
+| `t4-t5-grooming.md` | T4/T5 groomed design (3-agent brainstorm + votes: discovery, throughput, qualification) | ✓ groomed; awaiting Paul's go |
+| `voice-of-customer.md` | VoC swipe file keyed to Four Forces; **T4/T5 harvest verbatim lines here** | scaffold; harvest pending |
 | `offer-one-pager.md` | A2 — the Vibe Code Rescue offer (free audit → fixed rescue) | draft; needs price confirm + booking link |
 | `warm-intro-referral-kit.md` | C0 — target-list table + 3 outreach templates; **T3/T4/T5/T6 write rows here** | draft; list to be populated |
 | `booking-page-spec.md` | S0 — Cal.com/NeetoCal setup (Paul, ~5 min) | spec ready |
@@ -71,14 +73,14 @@ These feed the C0/D1 cards without touching Paul's desk. Each is scoped to ≤1
 | T1 | **Trigger taxonomy** — run the trigger research first-hand (`web_search` on ICP rescue-pain signals; don't wait on any prior ghost agent report — if none is on disk, generate it), then synthesize a ranked list of *detectable* ICP buying triggers (e.g. "posted about a dev shop ghosting them", "asking r/startups if their MVP is salvageable", "hiring a first eng after an agency build") with the observable signal + where it shows up | `rescue-sprint/icp-trigger-taxonomy.md` | **Done** (2026-07-21 — 8 ranked triggers + venue map + competitor note; PASS w/ 2 carried constraints) | — (self-contained) | LIGHT — refute "is each trigger actually observable by us, or a guess?" |
 | T2 | **Sourcing pipeline spec** — for each trigger: channel → exact search query/operator → validation rule → which template applies. Carries T1's 2 constraints (lane-split + trust/ownership differentiation) | `rescue-sprint/sourcing-pipeline.md` | **Done** (2026-07-21 — per-trigger query recipes + lane split + row schema; PASS w/ 2 carried constraints: weight reddit/IH site operators + read into threads; cap cold volume prefer warm) | T1 ✓ | LIGHT — refute "can a session run this query and get real people, not noise?" |
 | T3 | **Warm-source pass (Gmail)** — with Paul's one-time consent, mine his mailbox for past clients / founders / investor-adjacent contacts near the ICP; output candidate warm rows (name, last touch, why-ICP, best path). No sending. | append to `rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md` target list | Blocked (optional — needs Paul Gmail consent; chain does NOT block on it) | T2 ✓ + P-consent | LIGHT — refute "is each row genuinely warm + near-ICP?" |
-| T4 | **Cold-source pass A (web)** — run T2's `web_search` queries (weight `site:reddit.com`/`site:indiehackers.com`, read INTO threads for the original poster); collect founders publicly showing rescue pain; validate each against ICP; output candidate cold rows with the source link | same target list (Cold section) | **Ready** | T2 ✓ | LIGHT — refute "is this a real ICP founder in a buying moment, or off-target?" |
-| T5 | **Cold-source pass B (Reddit/community)** — mine r/startups, r/SaaS, IndieHackers, no-code/vibe-coding communities for active salvage-pain threads; output rows + the exact thread to reply in | same target list (Cold section) | **Ready** | T2 ✓ | LIGHT — refute the ICP fit + that the thread is live/answerable |
+| T4 | **Cold-source pass A (web, fetchable)** — GROOMED in `t4-t5-grooming.md`. **IndieHackers-first** (fetch-free, run FIRST), then HN threads, X first-person, competitor-comment threads. Site-scoped queries → excerpt queue → `chrome-devtools` read-once-extract-all (validate+row+quotes in one visit). Rows → `cold-prospect-list.md`; verbatim founder quotes → `voice-of-customer.md` | `rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md` + `voice-of-customer.md` | **Groomed — awaiting Paul's go** | T2 ✓ + grooming approval | LIGHT — refute "real ICP founder in a buying moment, traceable to a quoted sentence?" |
+| T5 | **Cold-source pass B (Reddit/community)** — GROOMED in `t4-t5-grooming.md`. r/replit, r/NoCode, r/Solopreneur, r/SaaS, r/startups, r/vibecoding. Reddit bodies not fetchable → **excerpt capture** (handle+URL+title) + **F5Bot** JSON/RSS feed (Paul's optional signup). Additive to T4, not load-bearing. Same output files | `rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md` + `voice-of-customer.md` | **Groomed — awaiting Paul's go** | T2 ✓ + grooming approval | LIGHT — refute ICP fit + thread live/answerable; no supplier posts logged as leads |
 | T6 | **Validate + score + dedupe** — merge sources into one ranked list (warm-first), drop dupes/dead, score by trigger strength; target ~30 usable rows | finalized target list | Blocked | T4 + T5 required; T3 folded in **if** Paul gave Gmail consent (chain does NOT hard-block on consent) | LIGHT — refute "would Paul recognize these as worth his time?" |
 | T7 | **Per-target openers** — draft a personalized opener per row (right template: referral / warm-intro / forwardable / thread-reply), `[BOOKING_LINK]` placeholder, ready for Paul to review-and-send | `rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md` | Blocked | T6, A2 | LIGHT (bulk/near-public → HEAVY if any becomes a mass template) |
 | T8 | **Discovery kit** — call script + audit deliverable one-page template + 45-min agenda (Card D1 content), so Paul walks into calls with a script | `rescue-sprint/discovery-kit.md` | Ready | A2 draft | HEAVY — `reflexion-critique` + devil's-advocate; verbatim verdict |
 | T9 | **Objection + FAQ + follow-up bank** — likely founder objections ("why not just re-hire the shop", "is $25K real"), answers, and a 3-touch no-reply follow-up sequence | `rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md` | Blocked | T8 | LIGHT — refute "does each answer hold up to a skeptical burned founder?" |
 
-**Next Ready T-tasks: T4, T5, T8** (independent — a session can take any). T1+T2 Done (2026-07-21). T4/T5 are the actual cold-sourcing runs → feed T6 dedupe → T7 openers. T3 (Gmail warm) is optional and waits only on Paul's consent. T8 (discovery kit) is parallel off A2.
+**Next Ready T-task: T8** (autonomous, parallel off A2). T1+T2 Done (2026-07-21). **T4/T5 are GROOMED** (`t4-t5-grooming.md`) but held — the grooming HARD-GATE means no sourcing runs until Paul approves the design; on approval they execute → feed T6 dedupe → T7 openers. T3 (Gmail warm) is optional and waits only on Paul's consent.
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/sourcing-pipeline.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/sourcing-pipeline.md
index c39497d72..685256932 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/sourcing-pipeline.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/sourcing-pipeline.md
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ Rows land in `warm-intro-referral-kit.md` (warm) or a Cold section of the same f
 Two research passes (ToolLandscape + CommunitySignals) corrected and enriched the recipes above. Adopt these:
 
 ### Fetchability reality (corrects the "site:reddit.com read-into-threads" plan)
-- **Reddit is NOT reliably fetchable** — research agents were blocked from loading reddit.com. Web-search *excerpts* still surface Reddit posts (my own T1 search returned an r/developersPak thread), but a session usually can't open the full thread. So: use Reddit via search excerpts + the gummysearch/FreeSubStats proxy for volume signal, but do NOT rely on fetching thread bodies.
+- **Reddit is NOT reliably fetchable by an agent** — research agents were blocked from loading reddit.com, and `web_search` misses ~70% of Reddit posts (Google doesn't index Reddit in real time). So web_search excerpts are a laggy, partial view of Reddit. **Fix: use a keyword-monitoring service that has Reddit access and hands us a feed.**
+  - **F5Bot (FREE, recommended, run-now)**: Paul signs up (2 min), adds our trigger keywords + subreddit filters; it monitors Reddit + Hacker News + Lobsters and delivers matches via **JSON/RSS/API** that an agent CAN read. This bypasses the fetch block without scraping. Weakness: substring matching = noise (filter with whole-word + subreddit scoping).
+  - **Paid upgrades (need Paul's account, optional)**: RedReach ($19/mo, 0-100 intent scoring + thread finder), Buska ($49/mo, multi-platform Reddit+X+HN+LinkedIn), CommunityTracker ($29), Syften ($19.95).
+  - **Do NOT**: DIY-scrape Reddit (aggressive bans, constant breakage), pay the enterprise API (~$6K/yr), or cite GummySearch (shut down Nov 2025 after losing Reddit API access).
 - **Fetchable + high value** (run these in T4): **Hacker News** (verified live thread IDs below), **IndieHackers** (verified URLs below), **X/Twitter** (via search), competitor "free audit" comment threads (heydev/modall/attributex).
 
 ### Verified venues (use as T4/T5 seeds)
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/t4-t5-grooming.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/t4-t5-grooming.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd4f5661e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/t4-t5-grooming.md
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+> GROOMING — T4 (web cold) + T5 (Reddit/community cold). /brainstorming with voting, 3 sub-agents ideated (QueryStrategist, VoCWorkflow, ValidationDesigner). PENDING PAUL'S APPROVAL before any sourcing runs.
+
+# T4/T5 Grooming — how a session builds the prospect list + harvests VoC
+
+**Created**: 2026-07-22 | **Owner**: agent-built | **Feeds**: T6 dedupe → T7 openers → C0 send (Paul's desk P3)
+**Inputs**: `sourcing-pipeline.md` (T2), `icp-trigger-taxonomy.md` (T1), `assumptions-register.md` (A0 D3), `voice-of-customer.md`, `customer-profile-four-forces.md`
+**Method**: 3 background sub-agents ideated approaches; scored below; picks + carried evidence become the groomed cards.
+**HARD-GATE**: this is the DESIGN. No actual sourcing (opening threads, writing rows) runs until Paul approves the design below.
+
+---
+
+## What the sub-agents produced
+
+- **QueryStrategist** (discovery/query strategy) — full report + 3 live web_search probes.
+- **VoCWorkflow** (throughput + VoC capture) — full report.
+- **ValidationDesigner** (qualification rubric) — returned no report body; the qualification dimension is filled from QueryStrategist's acceptance criteria + VoCWorkflow's per-candidate loop + A0 D3 (5-question intake). Noted, not blocking.
+
+---
+
+## Vote 1 — Discovery strategy (how we FIND them)
+
+Options (QueryStrategist): **A** site-scoped operator sweep · **B** first-person trigger-phrase sweep · **C** competitor-comment mining.
+
+| Criterion (weight) | A. Site-scoped | B. First-person phrase | C. Competitor-comment |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| ICP-founders / unit effort (×3) | 5 | 3 | 3 |
+| Precision — surfaces a real handle (×3) | 5 | 3 | 4 |
+| Avoids SEO-article noise (×2) | 4 | 2 | 5 |
+| Coverage across venues (×2) | 3 | 5 | 2 |
+| **Weighted total** | **43** | **31** | **34** |
+
+**Pick: A primary, C as the rescue-lane for Trigger 3 (ownership-hostage), B blended INTO A (add emotional first-person phrasing to a site-scoped query — never standalone).**
+
+Forcing evidence (QueryStrategist live probes):
+- **Proven failure**: a plain Trigger-3 keyword search (`developer won't give me code / agency owns my repo`) returned ~9/10 competitor rescue-shop SEO articles + zero founder threads. **The rescue shops own those keywords.** → Trigger 3 founders are found in the COMMENT layer of those very articles/subreddits, or via emotional phrasing SEO copy never uses ("he ghosted me", "I'm freaking out", "please help") — NOT open-web keyword search.
+- Plain (non-`site:`) queries return articles, not founders — always weight `site:` operators.
+- 4 real leads already surfaced (hand off to T6 to dedupe, do NOT re-find): **SpecBuildLab** (IndieHackers, non-tech Lovable, Trigger 1+7), a non-technical iOS founder (IndieHackers, latent Trigger 1), **jeancristof** (r/Solopreneur, 80/20 wall), **Living-Pin5868** (r/replit — a SUPPLIER post; mine its commenters, do not log the OP).
+- New venues to add to the map: **r/replit, r/NoCode, r/Solopreneur, r/founder**.
+
+## Vote 2 — Throughput / capture (how we RUN it)
+
+Options (VoCWorkflow): **A** read-once extract-all per candidate · **B** two-phase shortlist-then-open · **C** excerpt-only harvest.
+
+| Criterion (weight) | A. Read-once extract-all | B. Two-phase | C. Excerpt-only |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Zero thread re-opens (×3) | 5 | 5 | 5 |
+| Verbatim quotes possible (×3) | 5 | 5 | 1 |
+| Fewest handoffs (×2) | 5 | 3 | 5 |
+| Row/VoC can't drift (×2) | 5 | 3 | 2 |
+| **Weighted total** | **50** | **42** | **31** |
+
+**Pick: A (read-once, extract-all), fed by B's excerpt-triage front-end.** web_search excerpts build a cheap URL queue; one `chrome-devtools` open per queued URL produces validate + row + quotes in a single visit. Excerpt-only (C) rejected as capture (truncated/paraphrased violates the verbatim rule) — used ONLY to build the queue.
+
+Core rule that kills rework: **open each thread exactly once; extract validation + row + quotes in that one visit.** Thread URL is the join key across rows / VoC / openers, so a row and its quotes physically can't drift.
+
+## Vote 3 — Qualification rubric (ValidationDesigner gap, filled)
+
+Per-candidate 3-check (one-word verdict `ICP` / `semi-ICP` / `drop`), applied in the single visit:
+1. **Who** — OP is a **non-technical founder**, NOT a dev/team member venting about their own vibe-coding, NOT a supplier advertising rescue ("what I tell every founder…").
+2. **What** — the app was built by a **shop / freelancer / AI tool** (Lovable/Bolt/Replit/Cursor), not hand-coded by the OP.
+3. **When** — it's **live / breaking / active-looking** and the thread is **answerable** (recent, not dead).
+
+Hard rules (from A0 D3 + QueryStrategist acceptance criteria):
+- ICP claim must trace to a **quoted sentence**, never inferred.
+- **Zero supplier/agency posts logged as founder leads** — spot-check each handle.
+- Trigger-3 rows come from **comment-mining**, not open-web keyword search (per the proven failure).
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` reserved for the non-technical founder who PAID someone; a dev venting = `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` (a different speaker T7 must not mirror as the founder).
+
+---
+
+## Lane split — T4 vs T5 (by fetchability)
+
+| Task | Venues | Access | Method |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| **T4 — web cold (fetchable)** | **IndieHackers (run FIRST)**, Hacker News threads, X/Twitter first-person, competitor "free audit" comment threads (heydev/modall/attributex + the live competitor set) | `chrome-devtools` can open + read full post + comments | Read-once extract-all, site-scoped queries |
+| **T5 — Reddit / community (mostly un-openable)** | r/replit, r/NoCode, r/Solopreneur, r/SaaS, r/startups, r/vibecoding, r/founder | Reddit thread **bodies not reliably fetchable**; web_search misses ~70% of Reddit | Excerpt capture (handle + URL + title from the excerpt); **F5Bot feed** (Paul's optional 2-min signup) to un-blind Reddit via JSON/RSS |
+
+IndieHackers is the clear run-first venue: real posts + handles in the excerpt, fetch-free, low outreach hostility.
+
+---
+
+## Output schema — a SEPARATE cold-prospect table
+
+VoCWorkflow flag (adopted): the warm `warm-intro-referral-kit.md` §1 table has **no thread-URL column** — public prospects need the URL join key. So public-thread rows land in a new `cold-prospect-list.md`, NOT shoehorned into the warm table.
+
+Columns: `handle/channel · source URL · trigger # · why-ICP (quoted sentence) · verdict (ICP/semi-ICP) · best-contact path · status`.
+
+VoC harvest lands in `voice-of-customer.md` (the four force sections) + the phrase bank, keyed by the same thread URL.
+
+---
+
+## Definition of DONE (both cards)
+
+**Rows** (`cold-prospect-list.md`):
+- ~30 public-prospect rows, each with source URL + handle/channel + one-line why-ICP (the Push signal, quoted) + verdict tag + best-contact path.
+- No two rows on the same thread. Warm rows stay in the warm kit; public rows here.
+- Zero supplier/agency posts logged as founder leads.
+
+**VoC** (`voice-of-customer.md`):
+- ≥5 `[VERBATIM-founder]` lines each for **Push and Pull** (they generate demand — prioritized); ≥3 each for **Anxiety and Habit** (currently the thinnest — real switching-fear + "one more sprint"/sunk-cost lines).
+- Every quote word-for-word, speaker-tagged, URL-attributed. Zero paraphrase in verbatim sections.
+- Phrase bank ≥1 promotable mirror-phrase per force, built ONLY from `[VERBATIM-founder]` lines (closes the file's cold-eyes gap: today it's mostly `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` + one incident line).
+
+**Handoff to T6/T7**: T7 assembles openers by picking Push words + Pull wedge + one Anxiety pre-empt from the force buckets — WITHOUT re-opening a single thread (force-tag is the interface).
+
+---
+
+## Politeness / anti-ban / data-hygiene (read-only public prospecting)
+
+- Open public URLs, read, close. **No login, posting, DMs, votes, or auth-gated scraping.** Human-pace navigation.
+- Batch of 8-10, `close_page` between each; don't hammer one domain. Reddit: prefer `old.reddit.com` public view; if a URL won't load without login, **DROP it** — never force.
+- Store only already-public content: handle-as-shown + public URL + verbatim quote. No emails, no real names beyond a public handle, no deanonymizing. If content is later deleted, treat it as stale. Converting a handle to a contacted lead is Paul's manual step (P3).
+
+---
+
+## Tools (available only)
+
+- `mcp__parallel__web_search` — `site:` operators + first-person phrasing → build the excerpt URL queue.
+- `chrome-devtools` (`new_page` / `take_snapshot` / `close_page`) — open IH/HN/X/competitor threads, read full post + comments, validate+row+quotes in one visit.
+- **F5Bot** (free; Paul's optional 2-min signup) — Reddit + HN + Lobsters keyword feed via JSON/RSS an agent CAN read; bypasses the Reddit fetch block without scraping.
+- **Not used**: `web_fetch` on Reddit (unreliable), Apollo/Hunter (paid, Paul's desk), Gmail (that's T3 warm lane, needs Paul's consent).
+
+---
+
+## Assumption trace (runbook rule 7)
+
+These are refinements of the **already-registered** A0 find-channel premise (warm primary + cold-community secondary) and pre-validation D3 (5-question intake incl. repo-access gate) — NOT new premises, so no new A0 vote is required. The one sharpened learning to fold back into A0 on the first cohort: **open-web keyword search for the ownership-hostage trigger is dominated by competitor SEO** — a channel-cost fact, not a new bet.
+
+---
+
+## Cold-eyes (LIGHT, self-refute)
+
+**Refute**: "Will a session running this produce 30 real ICP rows + verbatim founder quotes, not noise?"
+- Discovery pick is backed by a PROVEN probe (site-scoped IH beats keyword search; Trigger-3 keyword search fails) — not a guess. PASS.
+- **Objection that holds**: the ~30-row target leans on Reddit, which is the least-fetchable venue. Mitigation: IndieHackers (fetchable, run-first) + HN + X + competitor comments carry the fetchable load; Reddit contributes via excerpts + F5Bot, not as the primary. If F5Bot isn't set up, T5 yield drops — so **T4 (IndieHackers-first) is the load-bearing card; T5 is additive.**
+- **Objection that holds**: cold thread-replies at volume risk looking like the six competitor rescue shops. Mitigation carried from T2: cap cold volume, lead with trust/ownership, prefer warm (T3) + Paul's relationship.
+
+**Verdict**: PASS with two carried constraints (T4-IndieHackers-first is load-bearing, T5 additive; cap cold volume). Awaiting Paul's approval before execution.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md
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+> DRAFT - Voice-of-Customer swipe file. T4/T5 fill it while sourcing; T7 openers mirror it. Keyed to the Four Forces so language maps to intent.
+
+# Voice of Customer - the founder's own words
+
+**Purpose**: capture the ICP's *verbatim* language while we source, so openers and copy mirror how founders actually talk (rapport = they hear their own head). Invented language reads as marketing; harvested language reads as understanding.
+**Framework**: keyed to the [Four Forces](customer-profile-four-forces.md) - Push (pain), Pull (desire/wish), Anxiety (fear), Habit (why stuck). T7 openers = their Push words + our Pull wedge + one Anxiety pre-empt.
+**Attribution rule**: tag each quote `[VERBATIM-founder]`, `[VERBATIM-dev/team]`, `[blog-paraphrase]`, or `[vendor]`. Only VERBATIM-founder quotes are safe to mirror as "their words." Keep the source link.
+
+---
+
+## Harvest protocol (for T4/T5)
+
+While reading a thread to validate a prospect, copy any line that names a feeling or a concrete symptom, into the right force below. Keep it word-for-word, keep the URL, tag the speaker. Do NOT paraphrase - the value is the exact phrasing. Aim for 5-10 verbatim founder lines per force before T7 writes openers.
+
+---
+
+## PUSH - pain / the struggling moment (what we listen for + echo first)
+
+- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "instead of building new features, I'm constantly re-fixing things that were already working." — r/developersPak, "Vibe coding is breaking our app and I'm tired of it"
+- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "it's starting to feel like we're just building on sand." — same thread
+- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "The worst part is payments (Stripe). I'm not even fully confident about all the edge cases there... it just feels risky every time we touch it." — same thread
+- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "when my manager makes changes (even small ones), somehow 2-3 previously working things break." — same thread
+- `[gap]` **Need [VERBATIM-founder] non-technical lines** on: "worked in the demo, breaks now," "I can't tell if they're making progress," "they won't give me the code." T4/T5 to harvest from IndieHackers/HN founder posts.
+
+## PULL - desire / wish (what they say they want - our offer must echo this)
+
+- `[gap]` Harvest lines like "I just want to know what I actually have," "I want to own my code," "I want someone to tell me the truth." T4/T5 to capture from "looking to fix my MVP" posts + the desire expressed under competitor "free audit" threads.
+- Seed from the job (customer profile): the wish is *control + certainty + a working product* - confirm the founder's actual phrasing.
+
+## ANXIETY - fear of switching (pre-empt these in line 2 of an opener)
+
+- `[VERBATIM-founder, incident]` "I destroyed months of work in seconds" - the Replit AI agent's own words during Jason Lemkin's live-tweeted DB wipe (the fear made concrete). Fortune 2025-07-23. Use as the "this is what losing control looks like" reference, not as a founder quote.
+- `[gap]` Harvest real switching fears: "how do I know you won't burn me like the last shop," "is a rebuild going to cost even more," "I don't want to start over." T4/T5 to capture; these become the T9 objection bank.
+
+## HABIT - why they stay stuck (name it to break it)
+
+- `[blog-paraphrase]` The recurring "70% wall" and "why I left Lovable" framing (Cursor forum / r/cursor, weekly) - founders stuck between a prototype that got them most of the way and a product they can't finish. Confirm with [VERBATIM-founder] lines.
+- `[gap]` Harvest: "one more sprint and it'll be fine," "I've already spent so much," "I don't have time to deal with this." T4/T5 to capture.
+
+---
+
+## Phrase bank for openers (built from VERBATIM only, as it fills)
+
+As verbatim founder lines land above, distil the reusable phrasings here (the ones safe to mirror). Empty until T4/T5 harvest real founder quotes - do NOT populate from archetypes.
+
+| Force | Mirror phrase (founder's words) | Source tag |
+|---|---|---|
+| Push | _(to fill from VERBATIM-founder)_ | |
+| Pull | _(to fill)_ | |
+| Anxiety | _(to fill)_ | |
+
+---
+
+## Cold-eyes note
+
+The seeded quotes are mostly `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` (a semi-ICP thread) and one incident line - NOT yet clean non-technical-founder voice. T7 must not mirror dev/team or vendor language as if it were the founder's. The real deliverable is the VERBATIM-founder harvest from T4/T5; this scaffold just proves the method and holds the protocol.

From 4ddd7f03b62c92a82edecde04503bfb6356cc0d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:00:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 10/20] docs(2607): add atomic executable backlog (P1-P9),
 decompose T4/T5

- backlog.md: one-file-per-project atomic task list any agent can run cold.
  Stage 1 sourcing P1-P7 (IH comment-mine / IH posts / HN / Reddit / X /
  competitor comments / F5Bot) each write to own prospects/<id>.md (parallel-
  safe, no collision) + inline VoC; seeded with URLs/handles verified 2026-07-22
  so agents don't re-derive. Stage 2 P8 merge+dedupe+score. Stage 3 P9 openers.
- Runbook: point START HERE + backlog table + artifact index at backlog.md;
  T4/T5 now the strategic view, P1-P9 the execution granularity.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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+# 2607 Vibe Code Rescue — Atomic Backlog
+
+**One file, one project. Each task = ≤1 session, self-contained, runnable by any agent with zero extra context.**
+Read `rescue-sprint/t4-t5-grooming.md` (design + qualification rubric) once, then take the next `Ready` task.
+Strategy/gates/Paul's desk live in [`operation-runbook.md`](operation-runbook.md); this file is the executable granularity.
+
+**Rules**: (1) source tasks write to their OWN `rescue-sprint/prospects/<id>.md` — never edit a shared file, so they run in parallel with zero collision. (2) VoC quotes go in the same per-task file under a `## VoC` heading. (3) Qualification = grooming Vote 3 (non-tech founder, not a dev venting, not a supplier; app built by shop/AI-tool; live/answerable; ICP claim traces to a quoted sentence; ZERO supplier posts logged as leads). (4) Tools = `web_search` + `chrome-devtools` (`new_page`/`take_snapshot`/`close_page`) only; Reddit bodies unfetchable → excerpt capture. (5) Row schema: `handle/channel · source URL · trigger# · why-ICP (quoted) · verdict(ICP/semi-ICP) · best path`.
+
+---
+
+## Stage 1 — Source (all `Ready`, parallel-safe)
+
+### P1 · IndieHackers comment-mine  → `prospects/p1-ih-comments.md`
+- **do**: open each thread in chrome-devtools, `take_snapshot`, read ALL comments, log self-identifying ICP commenters + verbatim.
+- **seeds**: `/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae` (68 comments — `dianewilliams75` "This is my current situation!"; `659ertramp` electrician; `J_Jie556517` professor) · `/post/im-non-technical-and-hit-the-month-3-wall-twice-here-s-the-system-i-built-that-fixed-it-no-github-required-f4a574c4cd` (mine commenters, OP is a vendor — skip OP).
+- **done**: ≥6 commenter rows + VoC; no OP/vendor logged as a lead.
+
+### P2 · IndieHackers founder posts  → `prospects/p2-ih-posts.md`
+- **do**: `web_search` `site:indiehackers.com` + (non-technical / Lovable / Bolt / stuck / broke); open promising posts, capture OP handle + URL + pain sentence.
+- **seeds**: `SpecBuildLab` (non-tech, Lovable, "bugs kept breaking… no visibility", cross-posted r/NoCode) · a non-tech iOS founder post (QueryStrategist).
+- **done**: ≥6 founder-post rows + VoC.
+
+### P3 · Hacker News threads  → `prospects/p3-hn.md`
+- **do**: open each verified thread in chrome-devtools, capture founder/commenter pain (proof-of-pain + any founder handle).
+- **seeds (verified IDs)**: `46713673` (stosssik, prototypes→production) · `47182659` (Lovable app exposed 18K users, 35 comments — `firefoxd` VoC) · `44739556` (vibe code is legacy code / Stripe-key stolen) · `44646151` (Replit wiped a codebase).
+- **done**: ≥4 rows/threads + strong Anxiety/Push VoC.
+
+### P4 · Reddit distress threads (excerpt-only)  → `prospects/p4-reddit.md`
+- **do**: `web_search` `site:reddit.com` across r/replit, r/NoCode, r/Solopreneur, r/SaaS, r/startups, r/vibecoding; capture sub + OP handle + URL + quote from the excerpt (do NOT try to open thread bodies).
+- **seeds**: r/replit `1hspre9` "Why is Replit so self-destructive" · r/startups `1lkp5p7` (non-tech founder, filter the agency-shill) — `Ajkrouse` "same boat… using Vibe Coding" · `jeancristof` (r/Solopreneur, 80/20 wall) · `Living-Pin5868` (r/replit — SUPPLIER, mine its commenters not the OP).
+- **done**: ≥8 rows + VoC; supplier OPs excluded.
+
+### P5 · X/Twitter first-person  → `prospects/p5-x.md`
+- **do**: `web_search` build-in-public distress (`"vibe coded" app broke can't fix founder`, `Replit app broke real users help`); capture handle + URL + quote.
+- **done**: ≥4 rows + VoC (secondary venue; low yield expected).
+
+### P6 · Competitor free-audit comment threads  → `prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md`
+- **do**: open competitor rescue posts' comment sections; log founders who self-identify in comments (Trigger-3 lane — grooming's proven failure means these founders are in COMMENTS, not open search).
+- **seeds**: heydev.us · modall.ca · attributex.ai · softdevdigital.com/blog/fix-vibe-coded-app · rockingtech.co.uk/products/platform-rescue · getautonoma.com/blog/vibe-coding-failures.
+- **done**: ≥3 commenter rows + VoC; NO competitor/author logged.
+
+### P7 · F5Bot setup + first pull  → `prospects/p7-f5bot.md`
+- **do**: log into F5Bot (Paul's account — creds passed separately in-session, NEVER write them to any file), add keywords (`vibe coded broke`, `Lovable app broken`, `Replit app broke`, `can't access my code`, `agency won't give code`, `dev shop ghosted`) scoped to Reddit+HN+Lobsters; on next digest, read the JSON/RSS feed and log matching ICP posts.
+- **done**: keywords live; first feed pulled; ≥3 rows if any matched. (If not yet set up, mark Blocked-on-Paul and skip — chain doesn't block.)
+
+---
+
+## Stage 2 — Consolidate
+
+### P8 · Merge + dedupe + score  → `rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md` + fold VoC into `rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md`
+- **depends**: P1-P7 (any subset done; note which are pending).
+- **do**: merge all `prospects/*.md` rows into one ranked list (warm-first if T3 ran), drop dupes (thread URL = key) + dead + supplier; score by trigger strength; target ~30 usable rows. Fold each file's `## VoC` lines into the four force sections + build the phrase bank (≥1 per force, `[VERBATIM-founder]` only).
+- **done**: ~30 deduped rows; VoC ≥5 founder lines each for Push/Pull, ≥3 for Anxiety/Habit; phrase bank non-empty. LIGHT gate: "would Paul recognize these as worth his time?"
+
+---
+
+## Stage 3 — Convert
+
+### P9 · Per-target openers  → `rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md`
+- **depends**: P8 + A2 (offer/price). **do**: one personalized opener per row (right template: referral / warm-intro / forwardable / thread-reply), mirror that row's VoC phrase, `[BOOKING_LINK]` placeholder. **done**: opener per row, ready for Paul to review+send (desk P3). LIGHT gate (HEAVY if any becomes a mass template).
+
+---
+
+## Parallel / already-tracked (see runbook for full cards)
+
+| id | task | status |
+|---|---|---|
+| T3 | Gmail warm-source pass (Paul consent) → warm rows | Blocked-on-Paul (optional, non-blocking) |
+| T8 | Discovery kit (call script + audit template) | In progress (agent) |
+| T9 | Objection + FAQ + follow-up bank | Blocked on T8 |
+
+---
+
+## State
+
+- **Ready now (parallel)**: P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 (+ P7 if F5Bot set up).
+- **Then**: P8 (merge) → P9 (openers).
+- **Seeds** above were verified via `web_search` on 2026-07-22 — hand to the tasks, don't re-derive.
+- Update this table's status + the task's `done` line when a task completes; write the output to its named file.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
index ae8bba849..2bd5a82ba 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ critic's verdict pasted VERBATIM), and sets the next card `Ready`.
 **You can finish this operation in a new session with zero context loss. Do this:**
 
 1. **Read order**: [`executive-summary.md`](executive-summary.md) (the one-page bet, Shape Up format) → this START HERE block → the ACTIVE SPRINT state → the **Incremental agent backlog** table → the specific card/T-task you're taking. Optionally skim [`strategy.md`](strategy.md) (the why) and [`operating-system.md`](../../business/operating-system.md) (weekly cadence).
-2. **Current state (2026-07-22)**: A0 (assumptions) ✓ · G0 (partner) ✓ · A2 offer draft ✓ · C0 kit draft ✓ · S0 spec ✓ · T1 taxonomy ✓ · T2 sourcing pipeline ✓ · **T4/T5 GROOMED** (`t4-t5-grooming.md`, 3-agent brainstorm + votes) — awaiting Paul's go before sourcing runs. **Next Ready: T8 (discovery kit, autonomous). T4/T5 execute on Paul's approval of the grooming.**
+2. **Current state (2026-07-22)**: A0 ✓ · G0 ✓ · A2 draft ✓ · C0 draft ✓ · S0 spec ✓ · T1 ✓ · T2 ✓ · T4/T5 groomed + **decomposed into atomic tasks P1-P9 in [`backlog.md`](backlog.md)** (approved to execute). **Next Ready: P1-P6 sourcing (parallel), P8 merge, P9 openers; T8 discovery kit in progress.** Agents run from `backlog.md`.
 3. **Take the next Ready task**, execute it end-to-end, run its LIGHT/HEAVY gate, paste the verdict, mark it Done, set the next Ready. **The agent does everything up to "hit send"** — sending + calls are Paul's (see Paul's desk).
 4. **State lives in files, not memory.** Update this runbook (statuses + handoff notes) and the output file named on the task. That's what the next session reads.
 
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ critic's verdict pasted VERBATIM), and sets the next card `Ready`.
 | `customer-profile-four-forces.md` | JTBD Customer Profile + Four Forces (push/pull/anxiety/habit) + find→channel→message map | ✓ done |
 | `icp-trigger-taxonomy.md` | T1 — 8 ranked observable buying triggers + venue map (= the Push force) | ✓ done |
 | `sourcing-pipeline.md` | T2 — per-trigger query recipes, lane split, verified venues, tool stack | ✓ done |
-| `t4-t5-grooming.md` | T4/T5 groomed design (3-agent brainstorm + votes: discovery, throughput, qualification) | ✓ groomed; awaiting Paul's go |
+| `../backlog.md` | **Atomic executable backlog P1-P9** — per-venue sourcing → merge → openers, seeded URLs | ✓ ready to run |
+| `t4-t5-grooming.md` | T4/T5 groomed design (3-agent brainstorm + votes: discovery, throughput, qualification) | ✓ done |
 | `voice-of-customer.md` | VoC swipe file keyed to Four Forces; **T4/T5 harvest verbatim lines here** | scaffold; harvest pending |
 | `offer-one-pager.md` | A2 — the Vibe Code Rescue offer (free audit → fixed rescue) | draft; needs price confirm + booking link |
 | `warm-intro-referral-kit.md` | C0 — target-list table + 3 outreach templates; **T3/T4/T5/T6 write rows here** | draft; list to be populated |
@@ -64,7 +65,9 @@ If a card handoff says "waiting on Paul" for anything NOT in this table, that's
 
 ## Incremental agent backlog (T-tasks — one per session, no human needed)
 
-A future session takes the next `Ready` T-task, does it end-to-end (research/draft/source/prep),
+> **Atomic execution list → [`backlog.md`](backlog.md).** T4/T5 below are decomposed there into parallel-safe atomic tasks P1-P9 (per-venue sourcing → merge → openers), each seeded with verified URLs/handles. Agents run from `backlog.md`; this table stays as the strategic view.
+
+A future session takes the next `Ready` task, does it end-to-end (research/draft/source/prep),
 runs its LIGHT cold-eyes gate, writes the output to the named file, marks it `Done`, sets the next `Ready`.
 These feed the C0/D1 cards without touching Paul's desk. Each is scoped to ≤1 session.
 

From d86f28685b3f909592f6039c6a9215d8fe587dfe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:01:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 11/20] docs(2607): T8 discovery kit done (call script + audit
 template), T9 ready

- discovery-kit.md: 45-min Code Audit agenda + SPIN/Four-Forces call script
  (behavior questions, ownership wedge after pain, real salvage numbers) +
  one-page Red/Amber/Green scorecard + salvage-vs-rebuild verdict template.
  Devil's-advocate self-refute PASS; watch-item = hold pain-before-intake order.
- Runbook + backlog: T8 Done, T9 (objection/follow-up bank) now Ready.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md |   4 +-
 .../operation-runbook.md                      |   4 +-
 .../rescue-sprint/discovery-kit.md            | 146 ++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 150 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/discovery-kit.md

diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
index 890da202b..4fdbb5631 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ Strategy/gates/Paul's desk live in [`operation-runbook.md`](operation-runbook.md
 | id | task | status |
 |---|---|---|
 | T3 | Gmail warm-source pass (Paul consent) → warm rows | Blocked-on-Paul (optional, non-blocking) |
-| T8 | Discovery kit (call script + audit template) | In progress (agent) |
-| T9 | Objection + FAQ + follow-up bank | Blocked on T8 |
+| T8 | Discovery kit (call script + audit template) | ✓ Done (`rescue-sprint/discovery-kit.md`) |
+| T9 | Objection + FAQ + follow-up bank → `rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md` | **Ready** |
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
index 2bd5a82ba..464c225e2 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ These feed the C0/D1 cards without touching Paul's desk. Each is scoped to ≤1
 | T5 | **Cold-source pass B (Reddit/community)** — GROOMED in `t4-t5-grooming.md`. r/replit, r/NoCode, r/Solopreneur, r/SaaS, r/startups, r/vibecoding. Reddit bodies not fetchable → **excerpt capture** (handle+URL+title) + **F5Bot** JSON/RSS feed (Paul's optional signup). Additive to T4, not load-bearing. Same output files | `rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md` + `voice-of-customer.md` | **Groomed — awaiting Paul's go** | T2 ✓ + grooming approval | LIGHT — refute ICP fit + thread live/answerable; no supplier posts logged as leads |
 | T6 | **Validate + score + dedupe** — merge sources into one ranked list (warm-first), drop dupes/dead, score by trigger strength; target ~30 usable rows | finalized target list | Blocked | T4 + T5 required; T3 folded in **if** Paul gave Gmail consent (chain does NOT hard-block on consent) | LIGHT — refute "would Paul recognize these as worth his time?" |
 | T7 | **Per-target openers** — draft a personalized opener per row (right template: referral / warm-intro / forwardable / thread-reply), `[BOOKING_LINK]` placeholder, ready for Paul to review-and-send | `rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md` | Blocked | T6, A2 | LIGHT (bulk/near-public → HEAVY if any becomes a mass template) |
-| T8 | **Discovery kit** — call script + audit deliverable one-page template + 45-min agenda (Card D1 content), so Paul walks into calls with a script | `rescue-sprint/discovery-kit.md` | Ready | A2 draft | HEAVY — `reflexion-critique` + devil's-advocate; verbatim verdict |
-| T9 | **Objection + FAQ + follow-up bank** — likely founder objections ("why not just re-hire the shop", "is $25K real"), answers, and a 3-touch no-reply follow-up sequence | `rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md` | Blocked | T8 | LIGHT — refute "does each answer hold up to a skeptical burned founder?" |
+| T8 | **Discovery kit** — call script + audit deliverable one-page template + 45-min agenda (Card D1 content), so Paul walks into calls with a script | `rescue-sprint/discovery-kit.md` | **Done** (2026-07-22 — 45-min agenda + SPIN/Four-Forces script + 1-page RAG scorecard/verdict template; devil's-advocate self-refute PASS, order-dependency noted) | A2 draft | HEAVY — devil's-advocate self-refute (verdict in-file §Cold-eyes) |
+| T9 | **Objection + FAQ + follow-up bank** — likely founder objections ("why not just re-hire the shop", "is $25K real"), answers, and a 3-touch no-reply follow-up sequence | `rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md` | **Ready** | T8 ✓ | LIGHT — refute "does each answer hold up to a skeptical burned founder?" |
 
 **Next Ready T-task: T8** (autonomous, parallel off A2). T1+T2 Done (2026-07-21). **T4/T5 are GROOMED** (`t4-t5-grooming.md`) but held — the grooming HARD-GATE means no sourcing runs until Paul approves the design; on approval they execute → feed T6 dedupe → T7 openers. T3 (Gmail warm) is optional and waits only on Paul's consent.
 
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/discovery-kit.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/discovery-kit.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0846a1996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/discovery-kit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+> DRAFT (T8 output) - 2026-07-22. Internal sales tool for Paul's free Code Audit calls. Pending Paul's review. Objection pre-empts live in T9, not here.
+
+# Discovery Kit - Free Code Audit call
+
+This is the script and the scorecard Paul runs on the free 45-minute Code Audit - the step between a booked call and a rescue proposal. The founder on the other end got burned once already, so the whole call is built to make them feel understood and leave with a straight answer, whether or not they ever hire us.
+
+Two things ground every question below:
+- The [Four Forces](customer-profile-four-forces.md) - Push and Pull pull the founder toward change, Anxiety and Habit hold them back. Paul amplifies the first pair and listens for the second, and never argues.
+- The [D3 intake](assumptions-register.md) - five things Paul has to know before he can promise an audit he can actually deliver. They're folded into the conversation, not fired as a checklist.
+
+---
+
+## 45-minute agenda
+
+| Time | Segment | What Paul is doing |
+|---|---|---|
+| 0-5 | Warm open | Lower the guard. Name the frame: this call is theirs, the write-up is theirs to keep. No pitch coming. |
+| 5-13 | Situation | Get the founder walking him through what they have and what happened. Listen for the founder's own words about the break (Push). |
+| 13-23 | Pain and impact | Find what the break actually cost - the customer, the raise, the sleep. This is where the founder feels understood. |
+| 23-33 | The five things Paul needs | Who built it, what's broken now, whether they can get to the code, whether they own the servers, what clock they're on. The ownership questions carry the wedge (Pull). |
+| 33-40 | Salvage or rebuild | Set up what the written verdict will and won't say. Break the "one more sprint" reflex (Habit). |
+| 40-45 | What happens next | The write-up lands in a couple of days either way. If they want the fix, name the fixed price and the read-access they'll send. |
+
+Paul writes the one-page assessment in the 10-minute buffer after the call, using the template at the bottom of this doc.
+
+---
+
+## The call, segment by segment
+
+Each block below gives Paul what he's trying to surface, a suggested way in, and a few real questions he can pick from. He should ask two or three per segment, not all of them - it's a conversation, not a form. The force tag in italics is for Paul's ear, not to be read aloud.
+
+### 0-5 - Warm open
+
+Get the founder to relax before anything technical. A burned founder walks in expecting to be sold to, so the first ninety seconds have to prove that isn't happening.
+
+Suggested way in: *"Before we open anything up, I want to say the obvious - this call is yours. One of our senior engineers reads your actual code, you get a plain-English write-up, and it's yours whether or not we ever work together. So let's just talk. What made you book this week?"*
+
+- "What made this the week you looked for help, versus a month ago?" *(Push - the struggling moment)*
+- "How did you find us - did someone point you here, or were you searching for a way to fix this?" *(reads the trigger + warmth)*
+
+### 5-13 - Situation
+
+Get the picture of what they have, in their words, before Paul forms any opinion. SPIN situation questions - low-threat, factual, and they let the founder narrate the break themselves.
+
+Suggested way in: *"Walk me through it like I've never seen the app. When a brand-new person signs up today and starts clicking around, what happens?"*
+
+- "When did it stop feeling like it was heading in the right direction?" *(Push)*
+- "What's the thing you keep checking to make sure it hasn't broken again?" *(Push - surfaces the fear through behavior, not a feelings question)*
+- "Your developers - when you ask what's going on, what do they tell you?" *(Push - listens for the "refactoring / architecture" stall)*
+
+### 13-23 - Pain and impact
+
+This is the segment that earns the founder's trust. Paul stops gathering facts and finds what the break actually cost. SPIN implication and need-payoff questions - the founder connects the technical mess to the money, the customers, and the reputation on the line.
+
+Suggested way in: *"Okay. So it breaks. Help me understand what that's actually costing you - not the code, the real fallout."*
+
+- "When it broke in front of a real user, what happened next - did you lose them, or was it worse than that?" *(Push - functional cost)*
+- "Who else is watching this land? Investors, a cofounder, your first paying customers - and what have you had to tell them so far?" *(Anxiety - the social job, looking like you got taken)*
+- "If nothing changes, where does this go in three months?" *(Push - raises the urgency without Paul having to)*
+- "Be straight with me - do you actually trust what your team is telling you about how close this is?" *(Anxiety - the "am I being lied to" fear, surfaced, not argued)*
+
+### 23-33 - The five things Paul needs
+
+Everything in the [D3 intake](assumptions-register.md) has to come out here, but the founder should feel like Paul is uncovering problems on their behalf, not qualifying them as a lead. The ownership questions in particular land as "here's something you paid for and don't control" - that's the wedge no competitor leads with.
+
+Suggested way in: *"I've got a picture of the pain. Now I need five practical things so the audit I send you is worth reading. Some of these you'll know cold, some you might have to check - both answers are useful."*
+
+1. "Who actually built this - a dev shop, a freelancer, or one of the AI tools like Lovable, Cursor, or Bolt that write the code for you?" *(Push - build origin; tells Paul what kind of mess to expect)*
+2. "Of everything that feels shaky, what's the one piece that would hurt the most if it broke tomorrow morning?" *(Push - ranks the damage)*
+3. "Where does the code actually live? GitHub is the usual place - it's the online folder your app's code sits in. Can you log into that account yourself right now, or does your developer hold the keys?" *(Pull - the ownership wedge; also the gate: the audit needs read access to run)*
+4. "Same question for the servers. The thing your app runs on is usually an Amazon account, AWS for short. Is that account in your name, or your developer's?" *(Pull - ownership; surfaces the second hostage risk)*
+5. "What's the clock on this? A launch date, a raise you're closing, a customer who's threatening to walk - anything pushing you?" *(Push - urgency and timeline pressure)*
+
+If the founder can't get into the GitHub or the servers, that's not a dead end - Paul names it as the first thing the audit will help them fix, and the call stays useful.
+
+### 33-40 - Salvage or rebuild
+
+The founder is braced for the worst answer - "throw it all out and start over" - and that fear is exactly what keeps them stuck with the shop they don't trust. Paul defuses it by setting realistic expectations for the written verdict before he's even written it.
+
+Suggested way in: *"Here's what you're going to get from me in a couple of days. A one-pager, no jargon, that tells you what's solid, what's fragile, and one honest call - keep what you have and fix the broken parts, or replace the parts that can't hold the product you're describing."*
+
+- "Most founders I talk to assume the answer is 'scrap everything.' On the last few rescues we kept somewhere between a third and half of the original code. Would knowing exactly which half change how this feels?" *(Habit - reframes the sunk-cost trap without a slogan)*
+- "The 'one more sprint will fix it' bet - how many times have you already made it?" *(Habit - names the loop the founder is stuck in)*
+- "And if the honest answer turned out to be 'this is salvageable, you don't need a full rebuild' - would you believe me, given how the last team talked to you?" *(Anxiety - lets the founder voice the distrust so the free write-up can answer it)*
+
+### 40-45 - What happens next
+
+Close on clarity, not commitment. The founder should hang up knowing exactly what they'll receive and when, with zero pressure to decide.
+
+Suggested way in: *"That's everything I need. Here's what happens now, and there's no catch in it."*
+
+- The write-up lands in a couple of business days - what's solid, what to fix first, salvage or rebuild. Theirs to keep.
+- The one action Paul asks for: read-only access to the repo, so a senior engineer reads the real code, not a guess. If they can't get it yet, Paul sends the steps to claw it back.
+- If they want the fix after reading it, Paul walks them through the rescue - fixed price agreed up front, 4 to 8 weeks, ownership handed back at each milestone. No number that creeps.
+
+Suggested close: *"Even if you read the write-up and decide to stay where you are, you'll finally know where you actually stand. That's the point of it."*
+
+---
+
+## One-page Rescue Audit - deliverable template
+
+Paul fills this in during the 10-minute buffer and sends it as the promised write-up. Plain English, one page, no jargon the founder has to look up. Each row gets a Red, Amber, or Green and one sentence a non-technical founder can act on.
+
+**Prepared for:** [Founder name] / [Company] - [date]
+**Reviewed by:** [Senior engineer] with Paul Keen, fractional CTO
+
+### Scorecard
+
+| What we checked | In plain English | Rating | The one line that matters |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Ownership | Do you hold the code and the servers, or does someone else? | 🔴/🟡/🟢 | [e.g. "The code is in your developer's GitHub, not yours - you can't move it without them today."] |
+| Security | Can one user reach another user's data? Are passwords and keys exposed? | 🔴/🟡/🟢 | [e.g. "Any logged-in user can open another customer's account by changing the number in the web address."] |
+| Does anything catch breakage before your users do? | Are there automated tests, or does every bug reach a real person first? | 🔴/🟡/🟢 | [e.g. "Almost nothing is tested, so a change in one place quietly breaks another - which is what you've been living."] |
+| Salvageable | How much of what you paid for is worth keeping? | ~[N]% | [e.g. "Roughly 40% is solid. The login, payments, and data layer need replacing."] |
+| What breaks next | If nothing changes, what's the most likely next failure? | 🔴/🟡/🟢 | [e.g. "The database has no backups - one bad deploy could wipe your customer data with no way back."] |
+
+### The honest call
+
+> **Verdict: [ Salvage / Fix the broken parts / Rebuild from scratch ]**
+>
+> [Two or three plain sentences. Name the choice and why. Example: "Keep it. About half of what you have is worth building on, and the broken half - login, payments, and the way data is stored - can be rebuilt on a solid foundation in 4 to 8 weeks. Starting over would cost you more and buy you nothing you don't already have."]
+>
+> [If rebuild: say so plainly, even though salvage is the easier sale for us. Example: "Rebuild the core. The foundation can't carry the product you're describing, and every fix on top of it will cost more than it saves. You'd keep your design and your data - not the code underneath."]
+
+### Recommended next step
+
+[One clear action. Usually one of:]
+- "Get read access to your GitHub and AWS accounts first - here are the exact steps. You should hold these no matter what you decide."
+- "If you want us to handle the fix, the next step is a 30-minute scoping call and a fixed-price proposal - no surprise number."
+- "If you'd rather your current team fix it, take this scorecard to them and ask for a plan against these five points. You'll know fast whether they can."
+
+---
+
+## Cold-eyes (self-refute)
+
+**The strongest case that this script backfires:** A founder who just got burned is allergic to being handled. Three moves in this draft risk tripping that wire. First, the five-question intake in the 23-33 block can feel like a vendor qualifying a lead - "can you get access to the code" reads as Paul checking whether the deal is workable for *him*, not helping *them*. Second, the pain segment leans on emotional questions ("who's watching this land," "do you trust what your team tells you"); a defensive founder can hear rapport-hacking, the exact warmth a bad agency used on them last time. Third, the call ends by naming a fixed price and read-access - a pull toward the sale that can retroactively make the whole warm open feel like a setup.
+
+**Does it survive?** Mostly, with the changes below. The intake questions survive because they're framed as the founder's problem, not Paul's qualification - the ownership questions in particular hand the founder a problem they didn't know they had ("you paid for this and don't control it"), which is the opposite of a vendor probe. The pain questions survive because they're tied to observable consequences (a lost customer, an investor update) rather than feelings, and because the write-up is genuinely theirs to keep - the 90/10 promise is real, not a frame. The close survives because the price only comes up if the founder wants the fix, and the default next step Paul offers is "go get your own access back," which is useful even if they never hire us.
+
+**What I changed off the back of this:**
+- Moved the ownership questions to *after* the pain is established, so they read as "here's what's wrong" rather than "are you a qualified buyer."
+- Cut the one straight feelings question ("how are you sleeping") and replaced it with a behavior question - "what do you keep checking to make sure it hasn't broken" - which surfaces the same fear without therapist voice.
+- Made the intake explicitly a conversation, not a numbered volley Paul reads down, and gave him an off-ramp when the founder can't get repo access so the call never dead-ends.
+- Anchored the salvage reframe in a real number ("a third to half of the original code") instead of a reassuring slogan.
+
+**Verdict: PASS.** The script makes the founder feel understood and sends them away with a straight answer they can use alone. The one live risk to watch on real calls: if Paul rushes the pain segment to get to the five questions, the intake will feel like qualifying. The agenda gives pain ten minutes before the intake starts on purpose - hold that order.

From 7b41bf0373995784e5e07c677c6408275eb5b7d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:06:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 12/20] docs(2607): scaffold prospects/ output stubs + RUN.md
 copy-paste prompts

- prospects/p1-p7 stub files (row schema + VoC heading) so each source task
  is turnkey - agent just appends.
- prospects/RUN.md: one concise copy-paste prompt per task (P1-P9, T9) sharing
  a common wrapper (read task + grooming, qualify hard, own file, no commit).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/RUN.md            | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p1-ih-comments.md |  8 +++++
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p2-ih-posts.md    |  8 +++++
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p3-hn.md          |  8 +++++
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p4-reddit.md      |  8 +++++
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p5-x.md           |  8 +++++
 .../prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md       |  8 +++++
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p7-f5bot.md       |  8 +++++
 8 files changed, 90 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/RUN.md
 create mode 100644 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p1-ih-comments.md
 create mode 100644 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p2-ih-posts.md
 create mode 100644 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p3-hn.md
 create mode 100644 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p4-reddit.md
 create mode 100644 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p5-x.md
 create mode 100644 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md
 create mode 100644 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p7-f5bot.md

diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/RUN.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/RUN.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f52b5e8a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/RUN.md
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# RUN — copy-paste prompts (one per backlog task)
+
+Each prompt is self-contained. Paste ONE into a fresh session. Stage-1 tasks (P1-P7) are parallel-safe — run any/all at once. P8 needs P1-P7; P9 needs P8 + price. Repo: `/Users/pftg/tmp/jetthoughts.github.io`.
+
+**Wrapper (all P-tasks share this spine):**
+> Run task **{ID}** from `docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md`. Read that task row + `rescue-sprint/t4-t5-grooming.md` Vote 3 (qualification) once, then do ONLY {ID}. Use its seeded URLs. Tools: `web_search` + `chrome-devtools` only (Reddit = excerpt-only, don't open thread bodies). Append rows + `## VoC` lines to `rescue-sprint/prospects/{FILE}`. Qualify hard: non-technical FOUNDER only — never a dev venting or a supplier advertising rescue; every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence + URL; log ZERO supplier/agency posts. Set {ID} status in `backlog.md` when done. Don't commit.
+
+---
+
+## Stage 1 — sourcing (parallel)
+
+**P1** — Run task P1 (IndieHackers comment-mine) per the wrapper. Open the 2 seeded IH threads in chrome-devtools, read ALL comments, log self-identifying ICP commenters (skip the vendor OP). File: `prospects/p1-ih-comments.md`. Target ≥6 rows.
+
+**P2** — Run task P2 (IndieHackers founder posts) per the wrapper. `site:indiehackers.com` + non-technical/Lovable/Bolt/stuck/broke; open promising posts, capture OP handle+URL+pain sentence. File: `prospects/p2-ih-posts.md`. Target ≥6 rows.
+
+**P3** — Run task P3 (Hacker News) per the wrapper. Open the 4 seeded HN IDs in chrome-devtools, capture founder/commenter pain + proof-of-pain. File: `prospects/p3-hn.md`. Target ≥4 rows.
+
+**P4** — Run task P4 (Reddit, excerpt-only) per the wrapper. `site:reddit.com` across r/replit, r/NoCode, r/Solopreneur, r/SaaS, r/startups, r/vibecoding; capture sub+handle+URL+quote from excerpts only. File: `prospects/p4-reddit.md`. Target ≥8 rows.
+
+**P5** — Run task P5 (X/Twitter) per the wrapper. `web_search` build-in-public distress. File: `prospects/p5-x.md`. Target ≥4 rows.
+
+**P6** — Run task P6 (competitor comment threads) per the wrapper. Open the seeded competitor rescue-post comment sections, log founders self-identifying in comments only. File: `prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md`. Target ≥3 rows.
+
+**P7** — Run task P7 (F5Bot). Log into F5Bot with Paul's account (creds passed in-session — NEVER write them to any file), add the seeded keywords scoped to Reddit+HN+Lobsters, pull the first JSON/RSS feed, log ICP matches to `prospects/p7-f5bot.md`. If not set up yet, mark Blocked-on-Paul and stop.
+
+## Stage 2 — merge
+
+**P8** — Run task P8. Merge every `rescue-sprint/prospects/p*.md` into `rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md`: dedupe by source URL, drop dead + supplier, score by trigger strength, ~30 rows (warm-first if T3 ran). Fold each file's `## VoC` into `rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md` four force sections + build the phrase bank (`[VERBATIM-founder]` only, ≥1/force). LIGHT gate: "would Paul recognize these as worth his time?" Update `backlog.md`. Don't commit.
+
+## Stage 3 — convert
+
+**P9** — Run task P9. One personalized opener per row in `cold-prospect-list.md` → `rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md`: right template (referral/warm-intro/forwardable/thread-reply), mirror that row's VoC phrase, `[BOOKING_LINK]` placeholder. Needs A2 price. LIGHT gate. Update `backlog.md`. Don't commit.
+
+**T9** — Run task T9. Build `rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md`: likely burned-founder objections ("why not re-hire the shop", "is $25K real", "will you burn me too") + answers grounded in `discovery-kit.md` + `customer-profile-four-forces.md`, plus a 3-touch no-reply follow-up sequence. Use `-` not `—`, no banned AI patterns. LIGHT self-refute in-file. Don't commit.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p1-ih-comments.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p1-ih-comments.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97ab17042
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p1-ih-comments.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# P1 IndieHackers comment-mine - prospect rows + VoC
+> Output of backlog task. Append rows below. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+
+## Rows
+| handle/channel | source URL | trigger# | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+
+## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p2-ih-posts.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p2-ih-posts.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b084bd776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p2-ih-posts.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# P2 IndieHackers founder posts - prospect rows + VoC
+> Output of backlog task. Append rows below. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+
+## Rows
+| handle/channel | source URL | trigger# | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+
+## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p3-hn.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p3-hn.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..261def45f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p3-hn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# P3 Hacker News - prospect rows + VoC
+> Output of backlog task. Append rows below. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+
+## Rows
+| handle/channel | source URL | trigger# | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+
+## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p4-reddit.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p4-reddit.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8357e724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p4-reddit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# P4 Reddit distress (excerpt-only) - prospect rows + VoC
+> Output of backlog task. Append rows below. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+
+## Rows
+| handle/channel | source URL | trigger# | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+
+## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p5-x.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p5-x.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a5cb7650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p5-x.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# P5 X/Twitter first-person - prospect rows + VoC
+> Output of backlog task. Append rows below. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+
+## Rows
+| handle/channel | source URL | trigger# | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+
+## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5af627cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# P6 Competitor comment threads - prospect rows + VoC
+> Output of backlog task. Append rows below. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+
+## Rows
+| handle/channel | source URL | trigger# | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+
+## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p7-f5bot.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p7-f5bot.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ceb12684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p7-f5bot.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# P7 F5Bot feed - prospect rows + VoC
+> Output of backlog task. Append rows below. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+
+## Rows
+| handle/channel | source URL | trigger# | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+
+## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)

From 53afea5a54f912b0bb601aa2bdde4cbefa649b3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:07:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 13/20] docs(2607): point backlog at kanban-md board for live
 status

Board jetthoughts.github.io holds tasks #1-#10 (tag 2607): P1-P6 sourcing,
P7 F5Bot (blocked on Paul), P8 merge (dep P1-P7), P9 openers (dep P8), T9.
Board is local-only (kanban/ is gitignored with other agent working-state);
backlog.md + prospects/RUN.md are the committed specs + seeds.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
index 4fdbb5631..231bd1612 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ Strategy/gates/Paul's desk live in [`operation-runbook.md`](operation-runbook.md
 
 ## State
 
+> **Live status/flow is tracked in the kanban board** — `kanban-md list --compact --tag 2607` (board `jetthoughts.github.io`, tasks #1-#10). This file holds the task specs + verified seeds; the board holds status, claims, and dependencies (P8 gated on P1-P7, P9 on P8, P7 blocked on Paul). Copy-paste run prompts: `rescue-sprint/prospects/RUN.md`.
+
 - **Ready now (parallel)**: P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 (+ P7 if F5Bot set up).
 - **Then**: P8 (merge) → P9 (openers).
 - **Seeds** above were verified via `web_search` on 2026-07-22 — hand to the tasks, don't re-derive.

From a110cec4e9720636c3bc794739144b6d73038a64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:40:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 14/20] docs(2607): complete P1-P7 prospect sourcing + T9
 objection bank

- P1 IH comment-mine: 7 ICP rows from seeded threads + site-scoped search
- P2 IH founder posts: 6 rows (SpecBuildLab, Saul_E, SANICE_AI, techPackets)
- P3 HN threads: 4 rows (thin - HN is dev-dominated, mostly secondhand)
- P4 Reddit excerpt-only: 10 rows (strongest venue for raw founder pain)
- P5 X/Twitter: 4 rows (low yield as expected - auditors dominate)
- P6 Competitor comments: 5 rows (blog sections gated, found in adjacent threads)
- P7 F5Bot: 5 keywords live on free plan, awaiting first digest
- T9 Objection bank: 9 objections + 3-touch no-reply follow-up sequence

Total: ~36 prospect rows across 6 source files. P8 (merge) ready to run.
---
 .gitignore                                    |   1 +
 .../projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md |   3 +-
 .../rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md  | 169 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p1-ih-comments.md |  22 ++-
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p2-ih-posts.md    |  23 ++-
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p3-hn.md          |  20 ++-
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p4-reddit.md      |  31 +++-
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p5-x.md           |  20 ++-
 .../prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md       |  26 ++-
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p7-f5bot.md       |  37 +++-
 10 files changed, 342 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 91263c369..bb1e7e5f1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -141,3 +141,4 @@ docs/projects/**/*-verification-report.md
 .grepai/
 *.rvf
 *.rvf.lock
+kanban/
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
index 231bd1612..b821045ef 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ Strategy/gates/Paul's desk live in [`operation-runbook.md`](operation-runbook.md
 
 > **Live status/flow is tracked in the kanban board** — `kanban-md list --compact --tag 2607` (board `jetthoughts.github.io`, tasks #1-#10). This file holds the task specs + verified seeds; the board holds status, claims, and dependencies (P8 gated on P1-P7, P9 on P8, P7 blocked on Paul). Copy-paste run prompts: `rescue-sprint/prospects/RUN.md`.
 
-- **Ready now (parallel)**: P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 (+ P7 if F5Bot set up).
+- **Done**: P1 ✓ (7 ICP rows), P2 ✓ (6 rows), P3 ✓ (4 rows), P4 ✓ (10 rows), P5 ✓ (4 rows), P6 ✓ (5 rows), P7 ✓ (F5Bot 5 keywords live, awaiting digest), T9 ✓ (objection bank)
+- **Ready now**: P8 (merge — can run with P1-P7 done), P9 (openers, needs A2 price).
 - **Then**: P8 (merge) → P9 (openers).
 - **Seeds** above were verified via `web_search` on 2026-07-22 — hand to the tasks, don't re-derive.
 - Update this table's status + the task's `done` line when a task completes; write the output to its named file.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8cf7e9d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+# Objection + Follow-up Bank
+
+> T9 output - grounded in discovery-kit.md, customer-profile-four-forces.md, and voice-of-customer.md. For Paul's Code Audit calls and outbound follow-ups. Use `-` not `--`, no banned AI patterns.
+
+---
+
+## How to use this file
+
+Each objection below has: the founder's likely words, the force driving it (Anxiety or Habit), what NOT to say, and what TO say. Paul picks the response that fits the moment - never fires them all.
+
+The 3-touch no-reply sequence lives at the bottom. It works for founders who booked a call but went quiet, or who replied to an opener but didn't book.
+
+---
+
+## Objection bank
+
+### 1. "Why not just re-hire the shop / give them one more chance?"
+
+**Force**: Habit (sunk cost + known quantity)
+
+**What NOT to say**: "They already failed you." (Attacking their past decision makes them defensive.)
+
+**What TO say**: "That's a fair question. Before you commit another dollar to them, let one of our senior engineers read the code for free and tell you what you actually have. If it turns out they did good work and just need a runway extension, the write-up will say that. You keep it either way."
+
+**Why it works**: The free audit removes the risk of looking. Paul isn't asking them to fire the current shop - he's offering a second opinion that costs nothing. The founder can use the write-up to pressure the current shop to perform, which is useful even if they never hire JetThoughts.
+
+---
+
+### 2. "Is $25K real, or does it balloon like last time?"
+
+**Force**: Anxiety (burned by scope creep before)
+
+**What NOT to say**: "We're different." (Every shop says that.)
+
+**What TO say**: "The price is fixed and agreed in writing before we start. If the scope changes - and sometimes it does once we open the code up - we stop, show you what we found, and you decide whether to adjust. The number doesn't creep without you knowing and agreeing."
+
+**Why it works**: It names the exact fear (creeping costs) and answers with a mechanism (written agreement + stop-and-ask). Not a promise, a process.
+
+---
+
+### 3. "Will you burn me too?"
+
+**Force**: Anxiety (trust broken once, now allergic to promises)
+
+**What NOT to say**: "We have 4.8/5 from 32 clients." (Proof helps later, but leading with it sounds like every other pitch.)
+
+**What TO say**: "I'd be surprised if you weren't skeptical. That's why the first step is free and the write-up is yours to keep - you judge us by what we actually find in your code, not by what we say about ourselves on a sales call. If the write-up doesn't feel honest, you walk away with a better understanding of your own app."
+
+**Why it works**: Names the emotion (skeptical) without being condescending. Points to the mechanism (free audit, their write-up) rather than asking for blind trust. The founder judges by evidence, not promises.
+
+---
+
+### 4. "One more sprint and it'll be fine."
+
+**Force**: Habit (sunk cost + hope loop)
+
+**What NOT to say**: "That's what you said last time." (True, but shaming.)
+
+**What TO say**: "How many sprints has it been so far? If you're past two or three rounds of 'just one more fix,' the audit will give you a straight answer on whether the foundation can hold - or whether you're patching sand. You'll know in 45 minutes instead of another month."
+
+**Why it works**: Asks the founder to count their own sprints (self-discovery, not Paul telling them). Offers the audit as a faster way to get the answer they're guessing at.
+
+---
+
+### 5. "I don't want to start over / lose everything I paid for."
+
+**Force**: Habit (sunk cost fallacy)
+
+**What NOT to say**: "Sometimes you have to cut your losses." (Sounds like a teardown pitch.)
+
+**What TO say**: "You probably won't have to. On the last few rescues, we kept somewhere between a third and half of the original code. The parts that work, we keep. The parts that don't, we rebuild on a solid foundation. You're not throwing it away - you're keeping what's worth keeping and fixing what isn't."
+
+**Why it works**: Gives a real number (30-50% kept) that reframes the choice from "all or nothing" to "keep the good, fix the bad." The founder doesn't feel like they wasted their money.
+
+---
+
+### 6. "Can you even work on my code if the shop holds the keys?"
+
+**Force**: Anxiety (ownership hostage - Trigger 3)
+
+**What NOT to say**: "We'll figure it out." (Vague.)
+
+**What TO say**: "That's actually the first thing the audit checks. If you don't hold the code and the servers, we'll show you the exact steps to get access back - and that's useful whether or not you hire us. You should own what you paid for."
+
+**Why it works**: Turns the objection into a reason to do the audit. The ownership wedge is our strongest differentiator - no competitor leads with "you should own your code." The founder gets value (access steps) even if they never become a client.
+
+---
+
+### 7. "What if it's not salvageable and I waste more money?"
+
+**Force**: Anxiety (double-loss fear)
+
+**What NOT to say**: "We'll make it work." (Overpromising is what burned them.)
+
+**What TO say**: "If the honest answer is 'rebuild the core,' we'll tell you that - even though a salvage job would be easier for us to sell. The write-up will say exactly what's worth keeping and what isn't, and you can take that to any team, not just us."
+
+**Why it works**: Names the possibility of a rebuild honestly. The "even though salvage is easier to sell" line proves Paul isn't optimizing for the sale. The write-up is transferable, which lowers the stakes.
+
+---
+
+### 8. "I don't have time to deal with this right now."
+
+**Force**: Habit (firefighting leaves no room to evaluate)
+
+**What NOT to say**: "This only takes 45 minutes." (Minimizes their real constraint.)
+
+**What TO say**: "The audit is one call and the write-up shows up a couple days later. You don't have to do anything between now and then. Most founders who book it are firefighting too - the 45 minutes is the one hour where someone else looks at the problem for you."
+
+**Why it works**: Acknowledges the constraint (firefighting) and reframes the audit as relief from it, not another task on the pile.
+
+---
+
+### 9. "I already got a quote for $55K to rebuild. Why is yours different?"
+
+**Force**: Anxiety (comparison shopping, can't evaluate quotes)
+
+**What NOT to say**: "We're cheaper." (Race to the bottom.)
+
+**What TO say**: "Before you sign anything, let one of our engineers read the code for free and tell you whether that $55K quote matches what's actually in there. Sometimes the code is worth saving and the quote is padded. Sometimes the code really is that bad and the quote is honest. Either way, you'll know before you spend."
+
+**Why it works**: Doesn't dismiss the competitor quote. Positions the free audit as due diligence before any commitment, which is valuable regardless of who does the work.
+
+---
+
+## 3-touch no-reply follow-up sequence
+
+For founders who booked a call but went quiet, or who replied to an opener but didn't book. Space each touch 3-4 business days apart. Stop after three.
+
+### Touch 1 (day 0, right after the silence)
+
+**Subject / opener**: "Still happy to look at the code"
+
+> No pressure. The Code Audit slot is still yours if you want it - one of our senior engineers reads your actual codebase and you get a one-page write-up in plain English. It's yours whether or not we ever work together.
+>
+> If the timing isn't right, just say the word and I'll check back in a few weeks instead.
+
+**Why**: Reminds them the audit is free and theirs to keep. Offers an easy out ("check back in a few weeks") so they don't feel cornered.
+
+### Touch 2 (day 7-10)
+
+**Subject / opener**: "Quick question"
+
+> One thing I've been meaning to ask - do you actually hold the login to your GitHub and your server account (AWS or wherever it runs), or does your developer keep those for you?
+>
+> If you're not sure, that's actually one of the first things we check on the audit. A lot of founders don't realize they don't own what they paid for until they try to move.
+
+**Why**: Uses a specific, useful question (ownership) as the hook. Not "just checking in" - gives them a reason to reply even if they don't book. The ownership wedge is the strongest differentiator.
+
+### Touch 3 (day 14-18, final touch)
+
+**Subject / opener**: "Last note from me"
+
+> I won't keep pinging you. Just wanted to leave you with this - if your app breaks in front of a real user or an investor asks a question you can't answer, you know where to find us. The audit is always free, and the write-up is always yours.
+>
+> No hard feelings either way. Hope the product gets where it's going.
+
+**Why**: Clean close. Names the two struggling moments (user break, investor question) without being dramatic. Leaves the door open without pressure. "No hard feelings" signals respect, which is what a burned founder needs to hear.
+
+---
+
+## LIGHT self-refute
+
+**The strongest case this bank backfires**: A founder who got burned reads "we're different" energy in every response, no matter how it's framed. The free audit itself can feel like a setup - "free" is what the last shop called their discovery call before the $25K landed.
+
+**Does it survive?** Mostly. Each objection response points to a mechanism (written agreement, stop-and-ask, transferable write-up) rather than a promise. The founder evaluates the mechanism, not the claim. The follow-up sequence is designed to be useful even if the founder never books - the ownership question in Touch 2 is a real thing they should check.
+
+**What to watch on real calls**: If Paul fires multiple objection responses in sequence, it sounds like a script. Pick the one that matches what the founder actually said, and let the silence do the work after.
+
+**Verdict**: PASS. Each response dismantles one specific fear with one specific mechanism. The follow-up sequence escalates from "still available" to "here's something useful" to "clean close" without ever getting pushy.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p1-ih-comments.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p1-ih-comments.md
index 97ab17042..3445d2788 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p1-ih-comments.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p1-ih-comments.md
@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
 # P1 IndieHackers comment-mine - prospect rows + VoC
-> Output of backlog task. Append rows below. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+> Output of backlog task P1. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+> Seeded threads: `/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae` (68 comments) + `/post/im-non-technical-and-hit-the-month-3-wall-twice-here-s-the-system-i-built-that-fixed-it-no-github-required-f4a574c4cd` (3 comments, vendor OP skipped).
 
 ## Rows
 | handle/channel | source URL | trigger# | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
+| dianewilliams75 | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae | 7 | "This is my current situation!" | ICP |
+| 659ertramp | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae | 7 | "I'm a trades professional (electrician) working on a practical AI-driven tool for contractors... I'm at the point where I need the right technical direction to bring the MVP to life without wasting time or money." | ICP |
+| J_Jie556517 | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae | 7 | "I'm a university professor with a field-tested methodology for intonation training looking for a technical partner." | ICP |
+| lucadeza | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae | 7 | "I am a former professional athlete building an AI Powered B2B SaaS platform but non technical (currently using an agency). ... I am looking for a technical co-founder so that we can start building in house." | ICP |
+| Abnrav | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-connect-with-non-technical-founders-f88cafc2c2 | 7 | "I am a non-technical founder ... I had an app built ... my lack of knowledge and ingenuity have prevented it from catching on. ... At this point, funds have run dry and I have lost the limited support that I had. The app is in the App and Google Play stores but it is stagnant." | ICP |
+| Afrikonnect | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-connect-with-non-technical-founders-f88cafc2c2 | 3 | "Am currently burned by devs who aren't professional and lacking how to build and execute." | ICP |
+| Sam A | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/building-my-first-app-as-a-non-technical-founder-a309cb92c3 | 7 | "I'll also write a post about how I basically failed with another project where I got a freelance developer to build for me before truly validating the product / market." | ICP |
+
+### Notes on seeded thread 2 (f4a574c4cd)
+- OP (AIndieAlex) is a vendor — skipped per instructions.
+- Only 3 comments total; no ICP commenters found. Thread is thin.
+- 3 additional IH rows (Abnrav, Afrikonnect, Sam A) found via site-scoped `indiehackers.com` discovery (Grooming Vote 1A: site-scoped operator sweep).
 
 ## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
+- **[Push]** "I'm at the point where I need the right technical direction to bring the MVP to life without wasting time or money." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` 659ertramp, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae
+- **[Push]** "At this point, funds have run dry and I have lost the limited support that I had. The app is in the App and Google Play stores but it is stagnant." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` Abnrav, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-connect-with-non-technical-founders-f88cafc2c2
+- **[Push]** "Am currently burned by devs who aren't professional and lacking how to build and execute." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` Afrikonnect, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-connect-with-non-technical-founders-f88cafc2c2
+- **[Push]** "I basically failed with another project where I got a freelance developer to build for me before truly validating the product / market." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` Sam A, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/building-my-first-app-as-a-non-technical-founder-a309cb92c3
+- **[Pull]** "I am looking for a technical co-founder so that we can start building in house." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` lucadeza, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae
+- **[Pull]** "I'm a university professor with a field-tested methodology for intonation training looking for a technical partner." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` J_Jie556517, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae
+- **[Anxiety]** "This is my current situation!" — `[VERBATIM-founder]` dianewilliams75, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p2-ih-posts.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p2-ih-posts.md
index b084bd776..89694439e 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p2-ih-posts.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p2-ih-posts.md
@@ -1,8 +1,29 @@
 # P2 IndieHackers founder posts - prospect rows + VoC
-> Output of backlog task. Append rows below. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+> Output of backlog task P2. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+> Method: `site:indiehackers.com` + (non-technical / Lovable / Bolt / stuck / broke) search. OP handle only — commenters belong in P1.
 
 ## Rows
 | handle/channel | source URL | trigger# | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
+| SpecBuildLab | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/what-i-learned-after-getting-stuck-building-my-first-no-code-app-in-lovable-ad0a54d71e | 1 | "Bugs kept breaking parts of the app, and I had no visibility into what was happening. I kept trying different prompts, hoping one would fix it." | ICP |
+| Saul_E | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/help-someone-quoted-me-55-000-to-rebuild-my-app-210b24265c | 3 | "Bootstrapped with a dev (co-founder, who has now dropped out)... Have conducted a new dev crew who've advised they rebuild it. Will take 1 individual... 55k (money i don't have)." | ICP |
+| SANICE_AI | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-cant-write-a-single-line-of-code-i-built-a-multi-ai-research-platform-anyway-here-s-what-6-weeks-looked-like-e8f052d54c | 1 | "I'd describe what I wanted. Claude would write the code. I'd deploy it. It would break. I'd paste the error back. We'd fix it. Repeat 200 times a day." | ICP |
+| techPackets | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-am-frustrated-with-no-code-i-am-done-14a7ce60cb | 7 | "I hired a developer from freelancer and paid few hundred dollars to customise that according to my need. That also failed because even the freelancer struggled to understand the logic and then just vanished." | ICP |
+| KaiaColban | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/learning/learning-to-code-from-scratch-with-ai-what-worked-what-didn-t-aOlE7Lfj63y2u3G5aqIT | 1 | "It was like asking for insulation for my house, and the AI gave me marshmallows. I didn't notice until I tried to hang drywall, and by then it was too late." | semi-ICP |
+| eddwardpark | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-just-wanted-to-taste-ai-coding-tools-a-week-passed-76965a92c6 | 1 | "You fix one thing, Claude breaks two others. Then you fix those and something else shifts. After a while you're not building anymore — you're just chasing your own tail." | semi-ICP |
+
+### Dropped (vendors/advisors, not founders)
+- **Bhvbhushan7** (98f09ec3b7) — writes advice content about "where founders hit a wall"; describes others' experience ("they"), not their own. Vendor/educator.
+- **Khalfankm7** (af7b275dd8) — "Getting ghosted by your MVP developer" — advice article, describes pattern in founder communities. Vendor/advisor.
+- **artdev** (b93c9afdc6) — "Looking to Help Non-Technical Founders Build (or Fix) Their MVP" — OP is offering services. Vendor.
+- **Redion** (8f43280e54) — "I audited an app built 100% with AI" — auditor/vendor, not a founder.
+- **ovidon83** — general observation about silent failures; no self-identification as a founder.
 
 ## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
+- **[Push]** "Bugs kept breaking parts of the app, and I had no visibility into what was happening." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` SpecBuildLab, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/what-i-learned-after-getting-stuck-building-my-first-no-code-app-in-lovable-ad0a54d71e
+- **[Push]** "Will take 1 individual... 55k (money i don't have)." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` Saul_E, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/help-someone-quoted-me-55-000-to-rebuild-my-app-210b24265c
+- **[Push]** "It would break. I'd paste the error back. We'd fix it. Repeat 200 times a day." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` SANICE_AI, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-cant-write-a-single-line-of-code-i-built-a-multi-ai-research-platform-anyway-here-s-what-6-weeks-looked-like-e8f052d54c
+- **[Push]** "The freelancer struggled to understand the logic and then just vanished." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` techPackets, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-am-frustrated-with-no-code-i-am-done-14a7ce60cb
+- **[Anxiety]** "The AI gave me marshmallows. I didn't notice until I tried to hang drywall, and by then it was too late." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` KaiaColban, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/learning/learning-to-code-from-scratch-with-ai-what-worked-what-didn-t-aOlE7Lfj63y2u3G5aqIT
+- **[Anxiety]** "After a while you're not building anymore — you're just chasing your own tail." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` eddwardpark, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-just-wanted-to-taste-ai-coding-tools-a-week-passed-76965a92c6
+- **[Habit]** "At every step they are like 'you can't do this, you can't do that. Hey, use Zapier!' Man, I am done." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` techPackets, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-am-frustrated-with-no-code-i-am-done-14a7ce60cb
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p3-hn.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p3-hn.md
index 261def45f..ee12a3a4c 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p3-hn.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p3-hn.md
@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
 # P3 Hacker News - prospect rows + VoC
-> Output of backlog task. Append rows below. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+> Output of backlog task P3. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+> Seeded threads: 46713673, 47182659, 44739556, 44646151.
+> **Limitation**: HN is developer-dominated — threads are meta-discussion ABOUT vibe-coding incidents, not founder pain posts. Actual victims (Replit wipe, Lovable 18K exposure) are subjects of linked articles, not HN participants. Most "founder" signals are secondhand accounts from developer commenters.
 
 ## Rows
 | handle/channel | source URL | trigger# | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
+| CharlieDigital's friend (unnamed) | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44739556 | 3 | "he was able to prove out a viable business in a matter of a few months with no engineering background and no technical capability... the hacker got a hold of his Stripe key and issued every customer a refund." (told secondhand by CharlieDigital) | ICP (secondhand) |
+| Replit victim (unnamed) | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44646151 | 1 | "I don't think this person is a programmer. They've fallen for Replit's 'anyone can code with AI' sales pitch, and an empty production database is the result." (described by HN commenter, not the founder directly) | ICP (secondhand) |
+| s_ting765 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182659 | 1 | Non-technical person building a desktop app, struggling with authentication/security through LLM interaction. (identified by browser agent; no verbatim founder quote captured in thread) | semi-ICP |
+| fragmede's client (unnamed) | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47006615 | 7 | "helping somebody who has a non-technical background and taught himself how to vibe code and built a thing. The code is split into two GitHub repos when it should have been one..." (told secondhand by fragmede) | semi-ICP (secondhand) |
+
+### Thread-by-thread notes
+- **46713673** (stosssik, "Ask HN: Vibe-coded prototypes") — Only 2 comments. stosssik is a PM/co-founder discussing the topic abstractly, not sharing personal founder pain. No ICP rows.
+- **47182659** (Lovable 18K users, 35 comments) — Technical discussion about security flaws. Commenters are developers discussing the implications. The actual app owner is the subject of the linked article, not a participant. s_ting765 is the closest match.
+- **44739556** (vibe code is legacy code) — CharlieDigital tells a friend's story (Stripe key theft). Strong ICP signal but secondhand. Other commenters are developers analyzing the trend.
+- **44646151** (Replit wiped codebase) — The victim's voice is in the linked article/interview, not the HN thread. HN commenters largely blame the victim for giving AI root access. Strong Anxiety VoC from observers.
+- **47006615** (fragmede, bonus thread from search) — Describes helping a non-technical person with split-repo vibe-code mess. Secondhand.
 
 ## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
+- **[Push]** "he was able to prove out a viable business in a matter of a few months with no engineering background and no technical capability" — `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` CharlieDigital (describing friend), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44739556
+- **[Anxiety]** "the hacker got a hold of his Stripe key and issued every customer a refund" — `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` CharlieDigital (describing friend), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44739556
+- **[Anxiety]** "They've fallen for Replit's 'anyone can code with AI' sales pitch, and an empty production database is the result." — `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` HN commenter (describing victim), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44646151
+- **[Anxiety]** "Vibe coding democratized shipping without democratizing the accountability. The 18,000 users absorbed the downside of a risk they didn't know they were taking." — `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` melecas, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182659
+- **[Push]** "Lovable is marketed to non developers, so their core users wouldn't understand a security flow if it flashed red" — `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` firefoxd, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182659
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p4-reddit.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p4-reddit.md
index a8357e724..ab2fb94a8 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p4-reddit.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p4-reddit.md
@@ -1,8 +1,37 @@
 # P4 Reddit distress (excerpt-only) - prospect rows + VoC
-> Output of backlog task. Append rows below. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+> Output of backlog task P4. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+> Method: `site:reddit.com` excerpt capture ONLY — thread bodies NOT opened (Reddit unfetchable).
+> Seeded handles: Ajkrouse (r/startups), jeancristof (r/Solopreneur), 1hspre9 (r/replit), 1lkp5p7 (r/startups), Living-Pin5868 (r/replit — SUPPLIER, skip OP).
 
 ## Rows
 | handle/channel | source URL | trigger# | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
+| r/nocode OP (1tdaqs9) | https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1tdaqs9/what_happens_when_nontechnical_people_try_to/ | 7 | "Im a non technical founder, and im stuck with my app" | ICP |
+| r/nocode OP (1qo1nug) | https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1qo1nug/i_thought_nocode_would_save_me_months_it_actually/ | 7 | "I thought no-code would save me months — it actually made me more stuck" | ICP |
+| r/startups OP (1sgsq6o) | https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1sgsq6o/vibe_coding_gave_me_a_product_it_also_gave_me_a/ | 1 | "Vibe coding gave me a product. It also gave me a problem I couldn't fix." | ICP |
+| r/replit OP (1pneqwa) | https://www.reddit.com/r/replit/comments/1pneqwa/replit_deleted_my_project_heres_what_i_learned/ | 1 | "Replit deleted my project. Not maliciously. Just... it happened." | ICP |
+| r/replit OP (1ucjd4y) | https://www.reddit.com/r/replit/comments/1ucjd4y/broken/ | 1 | "Now it's just reached a point where it's completely broken and it gets stuck in this loop of Found it, Let me fix this, that didn't work" | ICP |
+| r/startups OP (1oex6aw) | https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1oex6aw/true_story_nontechnical_founder_tried_to_sell_a/ | 7 | "I peeked under the hood, and the complete app is a mess... totally unmaintainable." | ICP |
+| r/startups OP (1thpn8u) | https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1thpn8u/vibe_coding_and_the_if_you_buildit_paradox/ | 7 | "Vibe coding creates the illusion of progress. You describe the app, the tool writes the code, but you have no idea what it actually did." | semi-ICP |
+| r/Solopreneur OP (1nhcc72) | https://www.reddit.com/r/Solopreneur/comments/1nhcc72/at_40_and_5_years_stuck_in_this_buildabandon/ | 7 | "I can build any web app quickly, but once it's done, I lose motivation... because I spent 3 months building and the product is a house of cards." | semi-ICP |
+| r/nocode OP (1rgtep5) | https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1rgtep5/anyone_else_hit_the_wall_where_your_no_code_build/ | 1 | "a bunch of my non technical friends have started building in lovable, bolt, base44 etc. ... broken." | semi-ICP |
+| r/Solopreneur OP (1r9mxtm) | https://www.reddit.com/r/Solopreneur/comments/1r9mxtm/nontechnical_solo_founders_using_ai_to_build/ | 7 | "AI gets you 80% of an app fast, but the last 20%—infrastructure, security, scaling—is an abyss for non-technical founders." | semi-ICP |
+
+### Seeded handles — status
+- **Living-Pin5868** (r/replit) — SUPPLIER ("helping Replit app owners get unstuck, free review"). OP excluded per rules. Commenters not extractable from excerpts alone.
+- **Ajkrouse** (r/startups 1lkp5p7) — not found in excerpt results; thread may not surface via current search.
+- **jeancristof** (r/Solopreneur) — 80/20 wall post; likely captured as r/Solopreneur OP (1r9mxtm) or similar thread. Excerpt-only limitation prevents exact handle verification.
+- **1hspre9** (r/replit "Why is Replit so self-destructive") — not found in excerpt results; thread may have been removed or not indexed.
+
+### Excerpt-only limitation note
+Reddit thread bodies are not reliably fetchable. All quotes above are from search engine excerpts/snippets only. Handle attribution is partial — some excerpts omit the OP handle. VoC quotes are truncated by snippet length. F5Bot (P7) would provide fuller Reddit coverage via JSON/RSS feed.
 
 ## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
+- **[Push]** "Im a non technical founder, and im stuck with my app" — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/nocode OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1tdaqs9/what_happens_when_nontechnical_people_try_to/
+- **[Push]** "I thought no-code would save me months — it actually made me more stuck" — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/nocode OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1qo1nug/i_thought_nocode_would_save_me_months_it_actually/
+- **[Push]** "Vibe coding gave me a product. It also gave me a problem I couldn't fix." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/startups OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1sgsq6o/vibe_coding_gave_me_a_product_it_also_gave_me_a/
+- **[Anxiety]** "Replit deleted my project. Not maliciously. Just... it happened." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/replit OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/replit/comments/1pneqwa/replit_deleted_my_project_heres_what_i_learned/
+- **[Anxiety]** "it gets stuck in this loop of Found it, Let me fix this, that didn't work" — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/replit OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/replit/comments/1ucjd4y/broken/
+- **[Anxiety]** "the complete app is a mess... totally unmaintainable." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/startups OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1oex6aw/true_story_nontechnical_founder_tried_to_sell_a/
+- **[Habit]** "AI gets you 80% of an app fast, but the last 20%—infrastructure, security, scaling—is an abyss for non-technical founders." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/Solopreneur OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/Solopreneur/comments/1r9mxtm/nontechnical_solo_founders_using_ai_to_build/
+- **[Habit]** "You describe the app, the tool writes the code, but you have no idea what it actually did." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/startups OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1thpn8u/vibe_coding_and_the_if_you_buildit_paradox/
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p5-x.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p5-x.md
index 7a5cb7650..9fae13dad 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p5-x.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p5-x.md
@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
 # P5 X/Twitter first-person - prospect rows + VoC
-> Output of backlog task. Append rows below. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+> Output of backlog task P5. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+> Method: `web_search` build-in-public distress queries on X/Twitter.
+> **Limitation**: X/Twitter search surfaces mostly auditors, consultants, and developers commenting on the vibe-coding trend — very few non-technical founders sharing their own pain directly. Low yield as expected per grooming design.
 
 ## Rows
 | handle/channel | source URL | trigger# | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
+| @jasonlk | https://fortune.com/2025/07/23/ai-coding-tool-replit-wiped-database-called-it-a-catastrophic-failure/ | 1 | "I understand Replit is a tool, with flaws like every tool. But how could anyone on planet earth use it in production if it ignores all orders and deletes your database?" | ICP |
+| @markgadala | https://x.com/markgadala/status/1902738445920874553 | 7 | "I have 'vibe coded' full apps but I would never sell them without help from real coders. Vibe coding is best used in its current form to help bridge gaps." | semi-ICP |
+| @sorenbeck | https://x.com/sorenbeck | 7 | "I talk to founders who built something great in Cursor or Lovable in a weekend. Then spent months stuck on auth, payments, and weird edge cases." | semi-ICP |
+| @yusufhgmail | https://x.com/yusufhgmail/status/2029195407235183082 | 3 | "Another founder hired a 'very talented' dev... The dev ghosted... I see many non-technical founders realize it only months later that the app is broken." | semi-ICP |
+
+### Dropped (auditors/observers, not founders)
+- **@PrajwalTomar_** — auditor ("vibe-coded app literally leaked 1.5M API keys"). Vendor/auditor posting analysis, not sharing own founder pain.
+- **@morganlinton** — auditor ("i have audited hundreds of 'vibe coded' apps"). Vendor/auditor.
+- **@abhijaymrana** — developer commentary ("Vibe-coded repos are drowning in technical debt"). Observer, not founder.
+
+### X/Twitter yield note
+X is dominated by: (a) auditors marketing their security-review services, (b) developers commenting on the trend, (c) consultants offering rescue. Actual non-technical founders rarely post about their own failures publicly on X — they go to Reddit (anonymous) or IH (community) instead. @jasonlk (SaaStr/Replit incident) is the strongest signal but is an investor/CEO, not a typical small-founder ICP.
 
 ## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
+- **[Anxiety]** "How could anyone on planet earth use it in production if it ignores all orders and deletes your database?" — `[VERBATIM-founder]` @jasonlk, https://fortune.com/2025/07/23/ai-coding-tool-replit-wiped-database-called-it-a-catastrophic-failure/
+- **[Push]** "I have 'vibe coded' full apps but I would never sell them without help from real coders." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` @markgadala, https://x.com/markgadala/status/1902738445920874553
+- **[Push]** "Founders who built something great in Cursor or Lovable in a weekend. Then spent months stuck on auth, payments, and weird edge cases." — `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` @sorenbeck (consultant describing clients), https://x.com/sorenbeck
+- **[Anxiety]** "The dev ghosted... I see many non-technical founders realize it only months later that the app is broken." — `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` @yusufhgmail (describing pattern), https://x.com/yusufhgmail/status/2029195407235183082
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md
index 5af627cec..02e7b6b31 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md
@@ -1,8 +1,30 @@
-# P6 Competitor comment threads - prospect rows + VoC
-> Output of backlog task. Append rows below. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+# P6 Competitor free-audit comment threads - prospect rows + VoC
+> Output of backlog task P6. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+> Seeded competitors: heydev.us, modall.ca, attributex.ai, softdevdigital.com/blog/fix-vibe-coded-app, rockingtech.co.uk/products/platform-rescue, getautonoma.com/blog/vibe-coding-failures.
+> **Limitation**: Competitor blog comment sections are mostly gated/inaccessible. Founder pain signals found in adjacent community threads (Reddit, LinkedIn) where the same "rescue" conversation is happening organically.
 
 ## Rows
 | handle/channel | source URL | trigger# | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
+| r/nocode OP (1mx884d) | https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1mx884d/why_is_a_vibe_coded_project_stuck_at_8090/ | 3 | "I spent $5k on a freelancer who used [AI Tool] to build it. It looks perfect but none of the actual API integrations work and they have ghosted me now that it's time to fix the database errors." | ICP |
+| r/cursor OP (1q1v99l) | https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1q1v99l/does_vibe_coding_hit_a_massive_wall_once_your/ | 7 | "I've built 3 versions using AI. The last one was so complicated that when I hired someone to fix the 'vibe' bugs, they told me it was easier to burn the whole thing down and start over." | ICP |
+| Joy Adamson (LinkedIn) | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nico-casavecchia-2432b19b_i-vibe-coded-the-app-i-dreamed-about-for-activity-7424986945577013249-rizu | 1 | "I have built my dream app, and as soon as I got beta testers on it, it totally broke and lovable can't fix it... I am at the stage of moving away from Lovable and get to old good hand made code." | ICP |
+| r/cscareerquestions commenter | https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/1u7ceh5/i_am_unable_to_maintain_my_managers/ | 7 | A non-technical manager "vibe-coded an LLM-powered app and handed it over—the app is a total nightmare with no documentation, and it breaks every time I touch a single line of code." (secondhand, described by the dev maintaining it) | semi-ICP |
+| Alex Turnbull (LinkedIn) | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/goncaloborrega_the-vibe-coding-crash-isnt-an-indictment-activity-7405239626283737088-taN8 | 7 | "Most founders and larger companies who went all-in [on vibe coding] are paying the rebuild tax: $200-300K in senior engineering costs... They got MVPs working. Then everything broke when real users showed up." | semi-ICP |
+
+### Competitor site access notes
+- **heydev.us** — no public comment section found
+- **modall.ca** — no public comment section found
+- **attributex.ai** — no public comment section found
+- **softdevdigital.com/blog/fix-vibe-coded-app** — blog post accessible but no comments section
+- **rockingtech.co.uk/products/platform-rescue** — product page, no community/comments
+- **getautonoma.com/blog/vibe-coding-failures** — blog post accessible but no comments section
+
+Trigger-3 (ownership/hostage) founders are hardest to find via open search — they appear in comment layers of rescue-service posts and community threads, not as primary poster. The r/nocode thread (1mx884d) with the ghosted freelancer is the strongest Trigger-3 signal found.
 
 ## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
+- **[Push]** "I spent $5k on a freelancer who used [AI Tool] to build it. It looks perfect but none of the actual API integrations work and they have ghosted me now." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/nocode OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1mx884d/why_is_a_vibe_coded_project_stuck_at_8090/
+- **[Push]** "They told me it was easier to burn the whole thing down and start over." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/cursor OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1q1v99l/does_vibe_coding_hit_a_massive_wall_once_your/
+- **[Push]** "As soon as I got beta testers on it, it totally broke and lovable can't fix it." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` Joy Adamson, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nico-casavecchia-2432b19b_i-vibe-coded-the-app-i-dreamed-about-for-activity-7424986945577013249-rizu
+- **[Anxiety]** "I am at the stage of moving away from Lovable and get to old good hand made code." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` Joy Adamson, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nico-casavecchia-2432b19b_i-vibe-coded-the-app-i-dreamed-about-for-activity-7424986945577013249-rizu
+- **[Habit]** "They got MVPs working. Then everything broke when real users showed up." — `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` Alex Turnbull, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/goncaloborrega_the-vibe-coding-crash-isnt-an-indictment-activity-7405239626283737088-taN8
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p7-f5bot.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p7-f5bot.md
index 8ceb12684..6caec490d 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p7-f5bot.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p7-f5bot.md
@@ -1,8 +1,41 @@
-# P7 F5Bot feed - prospect rows + VoC
-> Output of backlog task. Append rows below. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+# P7 F5Bot setup + first pull - prospect rows + VoC
+> Output of backlog task P7. Qualify per t4-t5-grooming.md Vote 3. Every why-ICP must be a verbatim quoted sentence.
+> F5Bot account: logged in (Paul's credentials, NOT stored in any file).
+
+## Setup status
+
+| Item | Status |
+|------|--------|
+| F5Bot login | Logged in |
+| Keywords added | 5 of 6 (free plan limit = 5) |
+| RSS/JSON feed | Not available on free plan - alerts sent via email instead |
+| First feed pull | No results yet (keywords just added, F5Bot sends digests periodically) |
+
+### Keywords configured (scoped to Reddit + Hacker News + Lobsters)
+1. `vibe coded broke`
+2. `Lovable app broken`
+3. `Replit app broke`
+4. `can't access my code`
+5. `agency won't give code`
+
+### Dropped keyword (hit 5-keyword free plan cap)
+- `dev shop ghosted` - could not add; would need paid plan or swap out a lower-priority keyword
+
+### Free plan limitation
+F5Bot's free tier: 5 keywords, email digest alerts only. RSS/JSON feed requires paid plan. Paul will receive email alerts when matches appear on Reddit, HN, or Lobsters. The first digest should arrive within 24-48 hours of keyword setup.
+
+### Next step when alerts arrive
+When Paul receives the first F5Bot email digest:
+1. Open the email and click through to each matching thread
+2. Qualify per Vote 3 (non-technical founder, not dev venting, not supplier)
+3. Log ICP matches to this file with verbatim quotes
+4. Target ≥3 rows if any matched
 
 ## Rows
 | handle/channel | source URL | trigger# | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
 
+*(No rows yet - awaiting first F5Bot digest. Keywords are live and monitoring.)*
+
 ## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
+*(Awaiting first digest results.)*

From 7393fdab653d2219a37a9511cfa04f2c54d1a0a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:43:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 15/20] docs(2607): quality review fixes - remove failing rows,
 fix VoC speaker tags

- P3: clear rows table (all dev/observer, no founder voices)
- P4: remove 2 failing rows (auditor, observer)
- P5: remove 3 rows (investor, consultant, observer), keep 1 semi-ICP
- P6: remove 2 rows (dev venting, observer)
- All: replace em-dashes with hyphens in VoC sections
---
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p1-ih-comments.md  | 14 +++++++-------
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p2-ih-posts.md     | 14 +++++++-------
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p3-hn.md           | 16 +++++++---------
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p4-reddit.md       | 18 ++++++++----------
 .../rescue-sprint/prospects/p5-x.md            | 16 +++++++++-------
 .../prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md        | 15 ++++++++-------
 6 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p1-ih-comments.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p1-ih-comments.md
index 3445d2788..d13c8639f 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p1-ih-comments.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p1-ih-comments.md
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 - 3 additional IH rows (Abnrav, Afrikonnect, Sam A) found via site-scoped `indiehackers.com` discovery (Grooming Vote 1A: site-scoped operator sweep).
 
 ## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
-- **[Push]** "I'm at the point where I need the right technical direction to bring the MVP to life without wasting time or money." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` 659ertramp, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae
-- **[Push]** "At this point, funds have run dry and I have lost the limited support that I had. The app is in the App and Google Play stores but it is stagnant." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` Abnrav, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-connect-with-non-technical-founders-f88cafc2c2
-- **[Push]** "Am currently burned by devs who aren't professional and lacking how to build and execute." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` Afrikonnect, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-connect-with-non-technical-founders-f88cafc2c2
-- **[Push]** "I basically failed with another project where I got a freelance developer to build for me before truly validating the product / market." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` Sam A, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/building-my-first-app-as-a-non-technical-founder-a309cb92c3
-- **[Pull]** "I am looking for a technical co-founder so that we can start building in house." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` lucadeza, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae
-- **[Pull]** "I'm a university professor with a field-tested methodology for intonation training looking for a technical partner." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` J_Jie556517, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae
-- **[Anxiety]** "This is my current situation!" — `[VERBATIM-founder]` dianewilliams75, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae
+- **[Push]** "I'm at the point where I need the right technical direction to bring the MVP to life without wasting time or money." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` 659ertramp, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae
+- **[Push]** "At this point, funds have run dry and I have lost the limited support that I had. The app is in the App and Google Play stores but it is stagnant." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` Abnrav, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-connect-with-non-technical-founders-f88cafc2c2
+- **[Push]** "Am currently burned by devs who aren't professional and lacking how to build and execute." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` Afrikonnect, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-connect-with-non-technical-founders-f88cafc2c2
+- **[Push]** "I basically failed with another project where I got a freelance developer to build for me before truly validating the product / market." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` Sam A, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/building-my-first-app-as-a-non-technical-founder-a309cb92c3
+- **[Pull]** "I am looking for a technical co-founder so that we can start building in house." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` lucadeza, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae
+- **[Pull]** "I'm a university professor with a field-tested methodology for intonation training looking for a technical partner." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` J_Jie556517, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae
+- **[Anxiety]** "This is my current situation!" - `[VERBATIM-founder]` dianewilliams75, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p2-ih-posts.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p2-ih-posts.md
index 89694439e..d43b281db 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p2-ih-posts.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p2-ih-posts.md
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 - **ovidon83** — general observation about silent failures; no self-identification as a founder.
 
 ## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
-- **[Push]** "Bugs kept breaking parts of the app, and I had no visibility into what was happening." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` SpecBuildLab, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/what-i-learned-after-getting-stuck-building-my-first-no-code-app-in-lovable-ad0a54d71e
-- **[Push]** "Will take 1 individual... 55k (money i don't have)." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` Saul_E, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/help-someone-quoted-me-55-000-to-rebuild-my-app-210b24265c
-- **[Push]** "It would break. I'd paste the error back. We'd fix it. Repeat 200 times a day." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` SANICE_AI, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-cant-write-a-single-line-of-code-i-built-a-multi-ai-research-platform-anyway-here-s-what-6-weeks-looked-like-e8f052d54c
-- **[Push]** "The freelancer struggled to understand the logic and then just vanished." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` techPackets, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-am-frustrated-with-no-code-i-am-done-14a7ce60cb
-- **[Anxiety]** "The AI gave me marshmallows. I didn't notice until I tried to hang drywall, and by then it was too late." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` KaiaColban, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/learning/learning-to-code-from-scratch-with-ai-what-worked-what-didn-t-aOlE7Lfj63y2u3G5aqIT
-- **[Anxiety]** "After a while you're not building anymore — you're just chasing your own tail." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` eddwardpark, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-just-wanted-to-taste-ai-coding-tools-a-week-passed-76965a92c6
-- **[Habit]** "At every step they are like 'you can't do this, you can't do that. Hey, use Zapier!' Man, I am done." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` techPackets, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-am-frustrated-with-no-code-i-am-done-14a7ce60cb
+- **[Push]** "Bugs kept breaking parts of the app, and I had no visibility into what was happening." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` SpecBuildLab, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/what-i-learned-after-getting-stuck-building-my-first-no-code-app-in-lovable-ad0a54d71e
+- **[Push]** "Will take 1 individual... 55k (money i don't have)." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` Saul_E, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/help-someone-quoted-me-55-000-to-rebuild-my-app-210b24265c
+- **[Push]** "It would break. I'd paste the error back. We'd fix it. Repeat 200 times a day." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` SANICE_AI, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-cant-write-a-single-line-of-code-i-built-a-multi-ai-research-platform-anyway-here-s-what-6-weeks-looked-like-e8f052d54c
+- **[Push]** "The freelancer struggled to understand the logic and then just vanished." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` techPackets, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-am-frustrated-with-no-code-i-am-done-14a7ce60cb
+- **[Anxiety]** "The AI gave me marshmallows. I didn't notice until I tried to hang drywall, and by then it was too late." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` KaiaColban, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/learning/learning-to-code-from-scratch-with-ai-what-worked-what-didn-t-aOlE7Lfj63y2u3G5aqIT
+- **[Anxiety]** "After a while you're not building anymore — you're just chasing your own tail." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` eddwardpark, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-just-wanted-to-taste-ai-coding-tools-a-week-passed-76965a92c6
+- **[Habit]** "At every step they are like 'you can't do this, you can't do that. Hey, use Zapier!' Man, I am done." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` techPackets, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-am-frustrated-with-no-code-i-am-done-14a7ce60cb
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p3-hn.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p3-hn.md
index ee12a3a4c..38834047f 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p3-hn.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p3-hn.md
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@
 > **Limitation**: HN is developer-dominated — threads are meta-discussion ABOUT vibe-coding incidents, not founder pain posts. Actual victims (Replit wipe, Lovable 18K exposure) are subjects of linked articles, not HN participants. Most "founder" signals are secondhand accounts from developer commenters.
 
 ## Rows
+**No qualifying ICP rows.** All signals in these HN threads are developer/observer commentary ABOUT founders, not founders sharing their own pain. The actual victims (Replit DB wipe, Lovable 18K exposure) are subjects of linked articles, not HN participants. See VoC section below for the secondhand signals that could inform messaging.
+
 | handle/channel | source URL | trigger# | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
-| CharlieDigital's friend (unnamed) | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44739556 | 3 | "he was able to prove out a viable business in a matter of a few months with no engineering background and no technical capability... the hacker got a hold of his Stripe key and issued every customer a refund." (told secondhand by CharlieDigital) | ICP (secondhand) |
-| Replit victim (unnamed) | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44646151 | 1 | "I don't think this person is a programmer. They've fallen for Replit's 'anyone can code with AI' sales pitch, and an empty production database is the result." (described by HN commenter, not the founder directly) | ICP (secondhand) |
-| s_ting765 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182659 | 1 | Non-technical person building a desktop app, struggling with authentication/security through LLM interaction. (identified by browser agent; no verbatim founder quote captured in thread) | semi-ICP |
-| fragmede's client (unnamed) | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47006615 | 7 | "helping somebody who has a non-technical background and taught himself how to vibe code and built a thing. The code is split into two GitHub repos when it should have been one..." (told secondhand by fragmede) | semi-ICP (secondhand) |
 
 ### Thread-by-thread notes
 - **46713673** (stosssik, "Ask HN: Vibe-coded prototypes") — Only 2 comments. stosssik is a PM/co-founder discussing the topic abstractly, not sharing personal founder pain. No ICP rows.
@@ -19,8 +17,8 @@
 - **47006615** (fragmede, bonus thread from search) — Describes helping a non-technical person with split-repo vibe-code mess. Secondhand.
 
 ## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
-- **[Push]** "he was able to prove out a viable business in a matter of a few months with no engineering background and no technical capability" — `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` CharlieDigital (describing friend), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44739556
-- **[Anxiety]** "the hacker got a hold of his Stripe key and issued every customer a refund" — `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` CharlieDigital (describing friend), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44739556
-- **[Anxiety]** "They've fallen for Replit's 'anyone can code with AI' sales pitch, and an empty production database is the result." — `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` HN commenter (describing victim), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44646151
-- **[Anxiety]** "Vibe coding democratized shipping without democratizing the accountability. The 18,000 users absorbed the downside of a risk they didn't know they were taking." — `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` melecas, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182659
-- **[Push]** "Lovable is marketed to non developers, so their core users wouldn't understand a security flow if it flashed red" — `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` firefoxd, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182659
+- **[Push]** "he was able to prove out a viable business in a matter of a few months with no engineering background and no technical capability" - `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` CharlieDigital (describing friend), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44739556
+- **[Anxiety]** "the hacker got a hold of his Stripe key and issued every customer a refund" - `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` CharlieDigital (describing friend), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44739556
+- **[Anxiety]** "They've fallen for Replit's 'anyone can code with AI' sales pitch, and an empty production database is the result." - `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` HN commenter (describing victim), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44646151
+- **[Anxiety]** "Vibe coding democratized shipping without democratizing the accountability. The 18,000 users absorbed the downside of a risk they didn't know they were taking." - `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` melecas, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182659
+- **[Push]** "Lovable is marketed to non developers, so their core users wouldn't understand a security flow if it flashed red" - `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` firefoxd, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182659
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p4-reddit.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p4-reddit.md
index ab2fb94a8..2a2433327 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p4-reddit.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p4-reddit.md
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@
 | r/startups OP (1sgsq6o) | https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1sgsq6o/vibe_coding_gave_me_a_product_it_also_gave_me_a/ | 1 | "Vibe coding gave me a product. It also gave me a problem I couldn't fix." | ICP |
 | r/replit OP (1pneqwa) | https://www.reddit.com/r/replit/comments/1pneqwa/replit_deleted_my_project_heres_what_i_learned/ | 1 | "Replit deleted my project. Not maliciously. Just... it happened." | ICP |
 | r/replit OP (1ucjd4y) | https://www.reddit.com/r/replit/comments/1ucjd4y/broken/ | 1 | "Now it's just reached a point where it's completely broken and it gets stuck in this loop of Found it, Let me fix this, that didn't work" | ICP |
-| r/startups OP (1oex6aw) | https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1oex6aw/true_story_nontechnical_founder_tried_to_sell_a/ | 7 | "I peeked under the hood, and the complete app is a mess... totally unmaintainable." | ICP |
 | r/startups OP (1thpn8u) | https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1thpn8u/vibe_coding_and_the_if_you_buildit_paradox/ | 7 | "Vibe coding creates the illusion of progress. You describe the app, the tool writes the code, but you have no idea what it actually did." | semi-ICP |
 | r/Solopreneur OP (1nhcc72) | https://www.reddit.com/r/Solopreneur/comments/1nhcc72/at_40_and_5_years_stuck_in_this_buildabandon/ | 7 | "I can build any web app quickly, but once it's done, I lose motivation... because I spent 3 months building and the product is a house of cards." | semi-ICP |
-| r/nocode OP (1rgtep5) | https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1rgtep5/anyone_else_hit_the_wall_where_your_no_code_build/ | 1 | "a bunch of my non technical friends have started building in lovable, bolt, base44 etc. ... broken." | semi-ICP |
 | r/Solopreneur OP (1r9mxtm) | https://www.reddit.com/r/Solopreneur/comments/1r9mxtm/nontechnical_solo_founders_using_ai_to_build/ | 7 | "AI gets you 80% of an app fast, but the last 20%—infrastructure, security, scaling—is an abyss for non-technical founders." | semi-ICP |
 
 ### Seeded handles — status
@@ -27,11 +25,11 @@
 Reddit thread bodies are not reliably fetchable. All quotes above are from search engine excerpts/snippets only. Handle attribution is partial — some excerpts omit the OP handle. VoC quotes are truncated by snippet length. F5Bot (P7) would provide fuller Reddit coverage via JSON/RSS feed.
 
 ## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
-- **[Push]** "Im a non technical founder, and im stuck with my app" — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/nocode OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1tdaqs9/what_happens_when_nontechnical_people_try_to/
-- **[Push]** "I thought no-code would save me months — it actually made me more stuck" — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/nocode OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1qo1nug/i_thought_nocode_would_save_me_months_it_actually/
-- **[Push]** "Vibe coding gave me a product. It also gave me a problem I couldn't fix." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/startups OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1sgsq6o/vibe_coding_gave_me_a_product_it_also_gave_me_a/
-- **[Anxiety]** "Replit deleted my project. Not maliciously. Just... it happened." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/replit OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/replit/comments/1pneqwa/replit_deleted_my_project_heres_what_i_learned/
-- **[Anxiety]** "it gets stuck in this loop of Found it, Let me fix this, that didn't work" — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/replit OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/replit/comments/1ucjd4y/broken/
-- **[Anxiety]** "the complete app is a mess... totally unmaintainable." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/startups OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1oex6aw/true_story_nontechnical_founder_tried_to_sell_a/
-- **[Habit]** "AI gets you 80% of an app fast, but the last 20%—infrastructure, security, scaling—is an abyss for non-technical founders." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/Solopreneur OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/Solopreneur/comments/1r9mxtm/nontechnical_solo_founders_using_ai_to_build/
-- **[Habit]** "You describe the app, the tool writes the code, but you have no idea what it actually did." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/startups OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1thpn8u/vibe_coding_and_the_if_you_buildit_paradox/
+- **[Push]** "Im a non technical founder, and im stuck with my app" - `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/nocode OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1tdaqs9/what_happens_when_nontechnical_people_try_to/
+- **[Push]** "I thought no-code would save me months — it actually made me more stuck" - `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/nocode OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1qo1nug/i_thought_nocode_would_save_me_months_it_actually/
+- **[Push]** "Vibe coding gave me a product. It also gave me a problem I couldn't fix." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/startups OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1sgsq6o/vibe_coding_gave_me_a_product_it_also_gave_me_a/
+- **[Anxiety]** "Replit deleted my project. Not maliciously. Just... it happened." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/replit OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/replit/comments/1pneqwa/replit_deleted_my_project_heres_what_i_learned/
+- **[Anxiety]** "it gets stuck in this loop of Found it, Let me fix this, that didn't work" - `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/replit OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/replit/comments/1ucjd4y/broken/
+- **[Anxiety]** "the complete app is a mess... totally unmaintainable." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/startups OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1oex6aw/true_story_nontechnical_founder_tried_to_sell_a/
+- **[Habit]** "AI gets you 80% of an app fast, but the last 20%—infrastructure, security, scaling—is an abyss for non-technical founders." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/Solopreneur OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/Solopreneur/comments/1r9mxtm/nontechnical_solo_founders_using_ai_to_build/
+- **[Habit]** "You describe the app, the tool writes the code, but you have no idea what it actually did." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/startups OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1thpn8u/vibe_coding_and_the_if_you_buildit_paradox/
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p5-x.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p5-x.md
index 9fae13dad..f1de8b699 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p5-x.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p5-x.md
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 ## Rows
 | handle/channel | source URL | trigger# | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
-| @jasonlk | https://fortune.com/2025/07/23/ai-coding-tool-replit-wiped-database-called-it-a-catastrophic-failure/ | 1 | "I understand Replit is a tool, with flaws like every tool. But how could anyone on planet earth use it in production if it ignores all orders and deletes your database?" | ICP |
 | @markgadala | https://x.com/markgadala/status/1902738445920874553 | 7 | "I have 'vibe coded' full apps but I would never sell them without help from real coders. Vibe coding is best used in its current form to help bridge gaps." | semi-ICP |
-| @sorenbeck | https://x.com/sorenbeck | 7 | "I talk to founders who built something great in Cursor or Lovable in a weekend. Then spent months stuck on auth, payments, and weird edge cases." | semi-ICP |
-| @yusufhgmail | https://x.com/yusufhgmail/status/2029195407235183082 | 3 | "Another founder hired a 'very talented' dev... The dev ghosted... I see many non-technical founders realize it only months later that the app is broken." | semi-ICP |
+
+### Dropped after quality review
+- **@jasonlk** - investor/CEO (SaaStr), not a non-technical small-founder ICP. Moved to VoC only.
+- **@sorenbeck** - consultant describing clients (violates zero supplier rule). Moved to VoC only.
+- **@yusufhgmail** - dev/observer describing patterns, not sharing own founder pain. Moved to VoC only.
 
 ### Dropped (auditors/observers, not founders)
 - **@PrajwalTomar_** — auditor ("vibe-coded app literally leaked 1.5M API keys"). Vendor/auditor posting analysis, not sharing own founder pain.
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@
 X is dominated by: (a) auditors marketing their security-review services, (b) developers commenting on the trend, (c) consultants offering rescue. Actual non-technical founders rarely post about their own failures publicly on X — they go to Reddit (anonymous) or IH (community) instead. @jasonlk (SaaStr/Replit incident) is the strongest signal but is an investor/CEO, not a typical small-founder ICP.
 
 ## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
-- **[Anxiety]** "How could anyone on planet earth use it in production if it ignores all orders and deletes your database?" — `[VERBATIM-founder]` @jasonlk, https://fortune.com/2025/07/23/ai-coding-tool-replit-wiped-database-called-it-a-catastrophic-failure/
-- **[Push]** "I have 'vibe coded' full apps but I would never sell them without help from real coders." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` @markgadala, https://x.com/markgadala/status/1902738445920874553
-- **[Push]** "Founders who built something great in Cursor or Lovable in a weekend. Then spent months stuck on auth, payments, and weird edge cases." — `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` @sorenbeck (consultant describing clients), https://x.com/sorenbeck
-- **[Anxiety]** "The dev ghosted... I see many non-technical founders realize it only months later that the app is broken." — `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` @yusufhgmail (describing pattern), https://x.com/yusufhgmail/status/2029195407235183082
+- **[Anxiety]** "How could anyone on planet earth use it in production if it ignores all orders and deletes your database?" - `[VERBATIM-founder]` @jasonlk, https://fortune.com/2025/07/23/ai-coding-tool-replit-wiped-database-called-it-a-catastrophic-failure/
+- **[Push]** "I have 'vibe coded' full apps but I would never sell them without help from real coders." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` @markgadala, https://x.com/markgadala/status/1902738445920874553
+- **[Push]** "Founders who built something great in Cursor or Lovable in a weekend. Then spent months stuck on auth, payments, and weird edge cases." - `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` @sorenbeck (consultant describing clients), https://x.com/sorenbeck
+- **[Anxiety]** "The dev ghosted... I see many non-technical founders realize it only months later that the app is broken." - `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` @yusufhgmail (describing pattern), https://x.com/yusufhgmail/status/2029195407235183082
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md
index 02e7b6b31..c889fd6e2 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/prospects/p6-competitor-comments.md
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 | r/nocode OP (1mx884d) | https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1mx884d/why_is_a_vibe_coded_project_stuck_at_8090/ | 3 | "I spent $5k on a freelancer who used [AI Tool] to build it. It looks perfect but none of the actual API integrations work and they have ghosted me now that it's time to fix the database errors." | ICP |
 | r/cursor OP (1q1v99l) | https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1q1v99l/does_vibe_coding_hit_a_massive_wall_once_your/ | 7 | "I've built 3 versions using AI. The last one was so complicated that when I hired someone to fix the 'vibe' bugs, they told me it was easier to burn the whole thing down and start over." | ICP |
 | Joy Adamson (LinkedIn) | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nico-casavecchia-2432b19b_i-vibe-coded-the-app-i-dreamed-about-for-activity-7424986945577013249-rizu | 1 | "I have built my dream app, and as soon as I got beta testers on it, it totally broke and lovable can't fix it... I am at the stage of moving away from Lovable and get to old good hand made code." | ICP |
-| r/cscareerquestions commenter | https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/1u7ceh5/i_am_unable_to_maintain_my_managers/ | 7 | A non-technical manager "vibe-coded an LLM-powered app and handed it over—the app is a total nightmare with no documentation, and it breaks every time I touch a single line of code." (secondhand, described by the dev maintaining it) | semi-ICP |
-| Alex Turnbull (LinkedIn) | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/goncaloborrega_the-vibe-coding-crash-isnt-an-indictment-activity-7405239626283737088-taN8 | 7 | "Most founders and larger companies who went all-in [on vibe coding] are paying the rebuild tax: $200-300K in senior engineering costs... They got MVPs working. Then everything broke when real users showed up." | semi-ICP |
+### Dropped after quality review
+- **r/cscareerquestions commenter** - dev venting about maintaining a manager's vibe-code, not a founder. Dropped.
+- **Alex Turnbull** - observer/vendor speaking broadly about "most founders". Dropped. VoC line retained below.
 
 ### Competitor site access notes
 - **heydev.us** — no public comment section found
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@
 Trigger-3 (ownership/hostage) founders are hardest to find via open search — they appear in comment layers of rescue-service posts and community threads, not as primary poster. The r/nocode thread (1mx884d) with the ghosted freelancer is the strongest Trigger-3 signal found.
 
 ## VoC (verbatim founder lines - force-tag Push/Pull/Anxiety/Habit + speaker tag + URL)
-- **[Push]** "I spent $5k on a freelancer who used [AI Tool] to build it. It looks perfect but none of the actual API integrations work and they have ghosted me now." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/nocode OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1mx884d/why_is_a_vibe_coded_project_stuck_at_8090/
-- **[Push]** "They told me it was easier to burn the whole thing down and start over." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/cursor OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1q1v99l/does_vibe_coding_hit_a_massive_wall_once_your/
-- **[Push]** "As soon as I got beta testers on it, it totally broke and lovable can't fix it." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` Joy Adamson, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nico-casavecchia-2432b19b_i-vibe-coded-the-app-i-dreamed-about-for-activity-7424986945577013249-rizu
-- **[Anxiety]** "I am at the stage of moving away from Lovable and get to old good hand made code." — `[VERBATIM-founder]` Joy Adamson, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nico-casavecchia-2432b19b_i-vibe-coded-the-app-i-dreamed-about-for-activity-7424986945577013249-rizu
-- **[Habit]** "They got MVPs working. Then everything broke when real users showed up." — `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` Alex Turnbull, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/goncaloborrega_the-vibe-coding-crash-isnt-an-indictment-activity-7405239626283737088-taN8
+- **[Push]** "I spent $5k on a freelancer who used [AI Tool] to build it. It looks perfect but none of the actual API integrations work and they have ghosted me now." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/nocode OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1mx884d/why_is_a_vibe_coded_project_stuck_at_8090/
+- **[Push]** "They told me it was easier to burn the whole thing down and start over." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/cursor OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1q1v99l/does_vibe_coding_hit_a_massive_wall_once_your/
+- **[Push]** "As soon as I got beta testers on it, it totally broke and lovable can't fix it." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` Joy Adamson, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nico-casavecchia-2432b19b_i-vibe-coded-the-app-i-dreamed-about-for-activity-7424986945577013249-rizu
+- **[Anxiety]** "I am at the stage of moving away from Lovable and get to old good hand made code." - `[VERBATIM-founder]` Joy Adamson, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nico-casavecchia-2432b19b_i-vibe-coded-the-app-i-dreamed-about-for-activity-7424986945577013249-rizu
+- **[Habit]** "They got MVPs working. Then everything broke when real users showed up." - `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` Alex Turnbull, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/goncaloborrega_the-vibe-coding-crash-isnt-an-indictment-activity-7405239626283737088-taN8

From 405b8d5f22e7c14a0e53556a9029d711ef7dbec8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:46:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 16/20] docs(2607): P8 merge - 25 deduped prospect rows + VoC
 phrase bank

- Merge P1-P7 into cold-prospect-list.md: 25 rows, zero dupes
- 19 ICP, 6 semi-ICP across IH/Reddit/LinkedIn/X
- Trigger breakdown: 11 T1 (bugs), 3 T3 (ownership), 11 T7 (stuck)
- Fold VoC into voice-of-customer.md: 13 Push, 5 Pull, 5 Anxiety, 4 Habit
- Phrase bank populated with 12 VERBATIM-founder mirror phrases
- LIGHT gate: Paul would recognize these as worth his time
---
 .../rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md       | 78 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md        | 82 +++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 142 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md

diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de00cd364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# Cold Prospect List - Merged + Deduplicated
+
+> P8 output. Merged from P1-P7 prospect files. Deduplicated by source URL (thread URL = join key). Scored by trigger strength. Rows from same thread with different handles are separate entries (different people, same venue).
+>
+> Sources: P1 IH comments (7), P2 IH posts (6), P3 HN (0), P4 Reddit (8), P5 X (1), P6 Competitor comments (3), P7 F5Bot (pending). **Total: 25 rows. Zero dupes found.**
+>
+> Scoring: Trigger 1 (bugs/breaking) > Trigger 3 (ownership/hostage) > Trigger 7 (stuck/incomplete). Within each trigger, ICP > semi-ICP.
+
+## Trigger 1 - Bugs / Breaking (11 rows)
+
+| # | handle/channel | source URL | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict | best path |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| 1 | SpecBuildLab | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/what-i-learned-after-getting-stuck-building-my-first-no-code-app-in-lovable-ad0a54d71e | "Bugs kept breaking parts of the app, and I had no visibility into what was happening. I kept trying different prompts, hoping one would fix it." | ICP | IH DM |
+| 2 | SANICE_AI | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-cant-write-a-single-line-of-code-i-built-a-multi-ai-research-platform-anyway-here-s-what-6-weeks-looked-like-e8f052d54c | "I'd describe what I wanted. Claude would write the code. I'd deploy it. It would break. I'd paste the error back. We'd fix it. Repeat 200 times a day." | ICP | IH DM |
+| 3 | Joy Adamson | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nico-casavecchia-2432b19b_i-vibe-coded-the-app-i-dreamed-about-for-activity-7424986945577013249-rizu | "I have built my dream app, and as soon as I got beta testers on it, it totally broke and lovable can't fix it... I am at the stage of moving away from Lovable and get to old good hand made code." | ICP | LinkedIn DM |
+| 4 | r/startups OP (1sgsq6o) | https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1sgsq6o/vibe_coding_gave_me_a_product_it_also_gave_me_a/ | "Vibe coding gave me a product. It also gave me a problem I couldn't fix." | ICP | Reddit DM |
+| 5 | r/replit OP (1pneqwa) | https://www.reddit.com/r/replit/comments/1pneqwa/replit_deleted_my_project_heres_what_i_learned/ | "Replit deleted my project. Not maliciously. Just... it happened." | ICP | Reddit DM |
+| 6 | r/replit OP (1ucjd4y) | https://www.reddit.com/r/replit/comments/1ucjd4y/broken/ | "Now it's just reached a point where it's completely broken and it gets stuck in this loop of Found it, Let me fix this, that didn't work" | ICP | Reddit DM |
+| 7 | eddwardpark | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-just-wanted-to-taste-ai-coding-tools-a-week-passed-76965a92c6 | "You fix one thing, Claude breaks two others. Then you fix those and something else shifts. After a while you're not building anymore - you're just chasing your own tail." | semi-ICP | IH DM |
+| 8 | KaiaColban | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/learning/learning-to-code-from-scratch-with-ai-what-worked-what-didn-t-aOlE7Lfj63y2u3G5aqIT | "It was like asking for insulation for my house, and the AI gave me marshmallows. I didn't notice until I tried to hang drywall, and by then it was too late." | semi-ICP | IH DM |
+| 9 | r/cursor OP (1q1v99l) | https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1q1v99l/does_vibe_coding_hit_a_massive_wall_once_your/ | "I've built 3 versions using AI. The last one was so complicated that when I hired someone to fix the 'vibe' bugs, they told me it was easier to burn the whole thing down and start over." | ICP | Reddit DM |
+| 10 | r/Solopreneur OP (1nhcc72) | https://www.reddit.com/r/Solopreneur/comments/1nhcc72/at_40_and_5_years_stuck_in_this_buildabandon/ | "I can build any web app quickly, but once it's done, I lose motivation... because I spent 3 months building and the product is a house of cards." | semi-ICP | Reddit DM |
+| 11 | r/Solopreneur OP (1r9mxtm) | https://www.reddit.com/r/Solopreneur/comments/1r9mxtm/nontechnical_solo_founders_using_ai_to_build/ | "AI gets you 80% of an app fast, but the last 20%-infrastructure, security, scaling-is an abyss for non-technical founders." | semi-ICP | Reddit DM |
+
+## Trigger 3 - Ownership / Hostage (3 rows)
+
+| # | handle/channel | source URL | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict | best path |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| 12 | Afrikonnect | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-connect-with-non-technical-founders-f88cafc2c2 | "Am currently burned by devs who aren't professional and lacking how to build and execute." | ICP | IH DM |
+| 13 | Saul_E | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/help-someone-quoted-me-55-000-to-rebuild-my-app-210b24265c | "Bootstrapped with a dev (co-founder, who has now dropped out)... Have conducted a new dev crew who've advised they rebuild it. Will take 1 individual... 55k (money i don't have)." | ICP | IH DM |
+| 14 | r/nocode OP (1mx884d) | https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1mx884d/why_is_a_vibe_coded_project_stuck_at_8090/ | "I spent $5k on a freelancer who used [AI Tool] to build it. It looks perfect but none of the actual API integrations work and they have ghosted me now that it's time to fix the database errors." | ICP | Reddit DM |
+
+## Trigger 7 - Stuck / Incomplete (11 rows)
+
+| # | handle/channel | source URL | why-ICP (verbatim quote) | verdict | best path |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| 15 | dianewilliams75 | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae | "This is my current situation!" | ICP | IH DM |
+| 16 | 659ertramp | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae | "I'm a trades professional (electrician) working on a practical AI-driven tool for contractors... I'm at the point where I need the right technical direction to bring the MVP to life without wasting time or money." | ICP | IH DM |
+| 17 | J_Jie556517 | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae | "I'm a university professor with a field-tested methodology for intonation training looking for a technical partner." | ICP | IH DM |
+| 18 | lucadeza | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae | "I am a former professional athlete building an AI Powered B2B SaaS platform but non technical (currently using an agency). ... I am looking for a technical co-founder so that we can start building in house." | ICP | IH DM |
+| 19 | Abnrav | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-connect-with-non-technical-founders-f88cafc2c2 | "I am a non-technical founder ... I had an app built ... my lack of knowledge and ingenuity have prevented it from catching on. ... At this point, funds have run dry and I have lost the limited support that I had. The app is in the App and Google Play stores but it is stagnant." | ICP | IH DM |
+| 20 | Sam A | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/building-my-first-app-as-a-non-technical-founder-a309cb92c3 | "I'll also write a post about how I basically failed with another project where I got a freelance developer to build for me before truly validating the product / market." | ICP | IH DM |
+| 21 | techPackets | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-am-frustrated-with-no-code-i-am-done-14a7ce60cb | "I hired a developer from freelancer and paid few hundred dollars to customise that according to my need. That also failed because even the freelancer struggled to understand the logic and then just vanished." | ICP | IH DM |
+| 22 | r/nocode OP (1tdaqs9) | https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1tdaqs9/what_happens_when_nontechnical_people_try_to/ | "Im a non technical founder, and im stuck with my app" | ICP | Reddit DM |
+| 23 | r/nocode OP (1qo1nug) | https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1qo1nug/i_thought_nocode_would_save_me_months_it_actually/ | "I thought no-code would save me months - it actually made me more stuck" | ICP | Reddit DM |
+| 24 | r/startups OP (1thpn8u) | https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1thpn8u/vibe_coding_and_the_if_you_buildit_paradox/ | "Vibe coding creates the illusion of progress. You describe the app, the tool writes the code, but you have no idea what it actually did." | semi-ICP | Reddit DM |
+| 25 | @markgadala | https://x.com/markgadala/status/1902738445920874553 | "I have 'vibe coded' full apps but I would never sell them without help from real coders. Vibe coding is best used in its current form to help bridge gaps." | semi-ICP | X DM |
+
+## Summary
+
+| Metric | Count |
+|---|---|
+| Total rows | 25 |
+| ICP | 19 |
+| semi-ICP | 6 |
+| Trigger 1 (bugs/breaking) | 11 |
+| Trigger 3 (ownership/hostage) | 3 |
+| Trigger 7 (stuck/incomplete) | 11 |
+| IndieHackers | 12 |
+| Reddit | 9 |
+| LinkedIn | 1 |
+| X/Twitter | 1 |
+| HN | 0 (dev-dominated, no founder voices) |
+| F5Bot | 0 (pending first digest) |
+
+### LIGHT gate: "Would Paul recognize these as worth his time?"
+
+**Yes.** The 19 ICP rows are all non-technical founders who paid someone (shop/freelancer/AI tool) to build their app and are now having problems. The verbatim quotes are specific and painful. The Trigger 3 rows (ownership/hostage) are the rarest and most valuable - Saul_E's "$55K rebuild quote" and the ghosted freelancer ($5K + no API integrations) are exactly the ICP the rescue pitch targets.
+
+**Honest limitations:**
+- Most rows are from IndieHackers and Reddit. HN and X/Twitter yielded thin results (dev-dominated, auditor-heavy).
+- Reddit handles are partial (excerpt-only, some OPs unnamed). F5Bot digest would improve Reddit coverage.
+- No warm intro paths yet - all are cold outreach via platform DMs.
+- Semi-ICP rows (6) are founders who built with AI themselves, not paid a shop. They still need rescue but the trigger is different.
+
+### Pending
+- P7 F5Bot digest: add matching rows when first email arrives
+- Deduplication key: source URL. No duplicates found across P1-P7.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md
index 9491b7542..b68dc6475 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-> DRAFT - Voice-of-Customer swipe file. T4/T5 fill it while sourcing; T7 openers mirror it. Keyed to the Four Forces so language maps to intent.
+> DRAFT - Voice-of-Customer swipe file. Filled by P1-P7 sourcing; T7 openers mirror it. Keyed to the Four Forces so language maps to intent.
 
 # Voice of Customer - the founder's own words
 
@@ -16,41 +16,87 @@ While reading a thread to validate a prospect, copy any line that names a feelin
 
 ## PUSH - pain / the struggling moment (what we listen for + echo first)
 
-- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "instead of building new features, I'm constantly re-fixing things that were already working." — r/developersPak, "Vibe coding is breaking our app and I'm tired of it"
-- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "it's starting to feel like we're just building on sand." — same thread
-- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "The worst part is payments (Stripe). I'm not even fully confident about all the edge cases there... it just feels risky every time we touch it." — same thread
-- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "when my manager makes changes (even small ones), somehow 2-3 previously working things break." — same thread
-- `[gap]` **Need [VERBATIM-founder] non-technical lines** on: "worked in the demo, breaks now," "I can't tell if they're making progress," "they won't give me the code." T4/T5 to harvest from IndieHackers/HN founder posts.
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "Bugs kept breaking parts of the app, and I had no visibility into what was happening. I kept trying different prompts, hoping one would fix it." - SpecBuildLab, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/what-i-learned-after-getting-stuck-building-my-first-no-code-app-in-lovable-ad0a54d71e
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "I'd describe what I wanted. Claude would write the code. I'd deploy it. It would break. I'd paste the error back. We'd fix it. Repeat 200 times a day." - SANICE_AI, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-cant-write-a-single-line-of-code-i-built-a-multi-ai-research-platform-anyway-here-s-what-6-weeks-looked-like-e8f052d54c
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "Vibe coding gave me a product. It also gave me a problem I couldn't fix." - r/startups OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1sgsq6o/vibe_coding_gave_me_a_product_it_also_gave_me_a/
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "I hired a developer from freelancer and paid few hundred dollars to customise that according to my need. That also failed because even the freelancer struggled to understand the logic and then just vanished." - techPackets, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-am-frustrated-with-no-code-i-am-done-14a7ce60cb
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "I spent $5k on a freelancer who used [AI Tool] to build it. It looks perfect but none of the actual API integrations work and they have ghosted me now that it's time to fix the database errors." - r/nocode OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1mx884d/why_is_a_vibe_coded_project_stuck_at_8090/
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "Im a non technical founder, and im stuck with my app" - r/nocode OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1tdaqs9/what_happens_when_nontechnical_people_try_to/
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "I thought no-code would save me months - it actually made me more stuck" - r/nocode OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/nocode/comments/1qo1nug/i_thought_nocode_would_save_me_months_it_actually/
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "I'm at the point where I need the right technical direction to bring the MVP to life without wasting time or money." - 659ertramp, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "At this point, funds have run dry and I have lost the limited support that I had. The app is in the App and Google Play stores but it is stagnant." - Abnrav, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-connect-with-non-technical-founders-f88cafc2c2
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "Am currently burned by devs who aren't professional and lacking how to build and execute." - Afrikonnect, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-connect-with-non-technical-founders-f88cafc2c2
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "I basically failed with another project where I got a freelance developer to build for me before truly validating the product / market." - Sam A, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/building-my-first-app-as-a-non-technical-founder-a309cb92c3
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "I have built my dream app, and as soon as I got beta testers on it, it totally broke and lovable can't fix it." - Joy Adamson, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nico-casavecchia-2432b19b_i-vibe-coded-the-app-i-dreamed-about-for-activity-7424986945577013249-rizu
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "I've built 3 versions using AI. The last one was so complicated that when I hired someone to fix the 'vibe' bugs, they told me it was easier to burn the whole thing down and start over." - r/cursor OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1q1v99l/does_vibe_coding_hit_a_massive_wall_once_your/
+- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "instead of building new features, I'm constantly re-fixing things that were already working." - r/developersPak, "Vibe coding is breaking our app and I'm tired of it"
+- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "it's starting to feel like we're just building on sand." - same thread
+- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "The worst part is payments (Stripe). I'm not even fully confident about all the edge cases there... it just feels risky every time we touch it." - same thread
+- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "he was able to prove out a viable business in a matter of a few months with no engineering background and no technical capability" - CharlieDigital (describing friend), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44739556
+- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "Lovable is marketed to non developers, so their core users wouldn't understand a security flow if it flashed red" - firefoxd, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182659
+
+**Count**: 13 `[VERBATIM-founder]` Push lines (target: 5+). **PASS.**
 
 ## PULL - desire / wish (what they say they want - our offer must echo this)
 
-- `[gap]` Harvest lines like "I just want to know what I actually have," "I want to own my code," "I want someone to tell me the truth." T4/T5 to capture from "looking to fix my MVP" posts + the desire expressed under competitor "free audit" threads.
-- Seed from the job (customer profile): the wish is *control + certainty + a working product* - confirm the founder's actual phrasing.
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "I am looking for a technical co-founder so that we can start building in house." - lucadeza, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "I'm a university professor with a field-tested methodology for intonation training looking for a technical partner." - J_Jie556517, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "I am at the stage of moving away from Lovable and get to old good hand made code." - Joy Adamson, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nico-casavecchia-2432b19b_i-vibe-coded-the-app-i-dreamed-about-for-activity-7424986945577013249-rizu
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "I have 'vibe coded' full apps but I would never sell them without help from real coders. Vibe coding is best used in its current form to help bridge gaps." - @markgadala, https://x.com/markgadala/status/1902738445920874553
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "Will take 1 individual... 55k (money i don't have)." - Saul_E, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/help-someone-quoted-me-55-000-to-rebuild-my-app-210b24265c
+- `[gap]` **Need more [VERBATIM-founder] lines** on: "I just want to know what I actually have," "I want to own my code," "I want someone to tell me the truth." More sourcing or warm-intro interviews to fill.
+
+**Count**: 5 `[VERBATIM-founder]` Pull lines. **PASS** (target: 5+).
 
 ## ANXIETY - fear of switching (pre-empt these in line 2 of an opener)
 
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "This is my current situation!" - dianewilliams75, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/looking-to-help-non-technical-founders-6e1d9b33ae
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "Replit deleted my project. Not maliciously. Just... it happened." - r/replit OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/replit/comments/1pneqwa/replit_deleted_my_project_heres_what_i_learned/
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "Now it's just reached a point where it's completely broken and it gets stuck in this loop of Found it, Let me fix this, that didn't work" - r/replit OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/replit/comments/1ucjd4y/broken/
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "After a while you're not building anymore - you're just chasing your own tail." - eddwardpark, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-just-wanted-to-taste-ai-coding-tools-a-week-passed-76965a92c6
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "It was like asking for insulation for my house, and the AI gave me marshmallows. I didn't notice until I tried to hang drywall, and by then it was too late." - KaiaColban, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/learning/learning-to-code-from-scratch-with-ai-what-worked-what-didn-t-aOlE7Lfj63y2u3G5aqIT
 - `[VERBATIM-founder, incident]` "I destroyed months of work in seconds" - the Replit AI agent's own words during Jason Lemkin's live-tweeted DB wipe (the fear made concrete). Fortune 2025-07-23. Use as the "this is what losing control looks like" reference, not as a founder quote.
-- `[gap]` Harvest real switching fears: "how do I know you won't burn me like the last shop," "is a rebuild going to cost even more," "I don't want to start over." T4/T5 to capture; these become the T9 objection bank.
+- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "the hacker got a hold of his Stripe key and issued every customer a refund" - CharlieDigital (describing friend), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44739556
+- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "They've fallen for Replit's 'anyone can code with AI' sales pitch, and an empty production database is the result." - HN commenter (describing victim), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44646151
+- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "Vibe coding democratized shipping without democratizing the accountability. The 18,000 users absorbed the downside of a risk they didn't know they were taking." - melecas, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182659
+- `[gap]` **Need more [VERBATIM-founder] switching fears**: "how do I know you won't burn me like the last shop," "is a rebuild going to cost even more," "I don't want to start over." More sourcing or call transcripts to fill.
+
+**Count**: 5 `[VERBATIM-founder]` Anxiety lines + 1 incident + 3 dev/team. **PASS** (target: 3+ founder lines).
 
 ## HABIT - why they stay stuck (name it to break it)
 
-- `[blog-paraphrase]` The recurring "70% wall" and "why I left Lovable" framing (Cursor forum / r/cursor, weekly) - founders stuck between a prototype that got them most of the way and a product they can't finish. Confirm with [VERBATIM-founder] lines.
-- `[gap]` Harvest: "one more sprint and it'll be fine," "I've already spent so much," "I don't have time to deal with this." T4/T5 to capture.
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "AI gets you 80% of an app fast, but the last 20%-infrastructure, security, scaling-is an abyss for non-technical founders." - r/Solopreneur OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/Solopreneur/comments/1r9mxtm/nontechnical_solo_founders_using_ai_to_build/
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "Vibe coding creates the illusion of progress. You describe the app, the tool writes the code, but you have no idea what it actually did." - r/startups OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1thpn8u/vibe_coding_and_the_if_you_buildit_paradox/
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "I can build any web app quickly, but once it's done, I lose motivation... because I spent 3 months building and the product is a house of cards." - r/Solopreneur OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/Solopreneur/comments/1nhcc72/at_40_and_5_years_stuck_in_this_buildabandon/
+- `[VERBATIM-founder]` "At every step they are like 'you can't do this, you can't do that. Hey, use Zapier!' Man, I am done." - techPackets, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-am-frustrated-with-no-code-i-am-done-14a7ce60cb
+- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "They got MVPs working. Then everything broke when real users showed up." - Alex Turnbull (observer), https://www.linkedin.com/posts/goncaloborrega_the-vibe-coding-crash-isnt-an-indictment-activity-7405239626283737088-taN8
+- `[gap]` **Need more [VERBATIM-founder] habit lines**: "one more sprint and it'll be fine," "I've already spent so much," "I don't have time to deal with this." More sourcing or call transcripts to fill.
 
----
+**Count**: 4 `[VERBATIM-founder]` Habit lines (target: 3+). **PASS.**
 
-## Phrase bank for openers (built from VERBATIM only, as it fills)
+---
 
-As verbatim founder lines land above, distil the reusable phrasings here (the ones safe to mirror). Empty until T4/T5 harvest real founder quotes - do NOT populate from archetypes.
+## Phrase bank for openers (built from VERBATIM only)
 
 | Force | Mirror phrase (founder's words) | Source tag |
 |---|---|---|
-| Push | _(to fill from VERBATIM-founder)_ | |
-| Pull | _(to fill)_ | |
-| Anxiety | _(to fill)_ | |
+| Push | "Bugs kept breaking parts of the app, and I had no visibility into what was happening." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` SpecBuildLab |
+| Push | "It would break. I'd paste the error back. We'd fix it. Repeat 200 times a day." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` SANICE_AI |
+| Push | "Vibe coding gave me a product. It also gave me a problem I couldn't fix." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/startups OP |
+| Push | "The freelancer struggled to understand the logic and then just vanished." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` techPackets |
+| Push | "I spent $5k on a freelancer... It looks perfect but none of the actual API integrations work and they have ghosted me now." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/nocode OP |
+| Push | "Am currently burned by devs who aren't professional and lacking how to build and execute." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` Afrikonnect |
+| Pull | "I am looking for a technical co-founder so that we can start building in house." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` lucadeza |
+| Pull | "I am at the stage of moving away from Lovable and get to old good hand made code." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` Joy Adamson |
+| Anxiety | "Replit deleted my project. Not maliciously. Just... it happened." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/replit OP |
+| Anxiety | "It was like asking for insulation for my house, and the AI gave me marshmallows. I didn't notice until I tried to hang drywall, and by then it was too late." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` KaiaColban |
+| Habit | "AI gets you 80% of an app fast, but the last 20%-infrastructure, security, scaling-is an abyss for non-technical founders." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/Solopreneur OP |
+| Habit | "Vibe coding creates the illusion of progress. You describe the app, the tool writes the code, but you have no idea what it actually did." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/startups OP |
 
 ---
 
 ## Cold-eyes note
 
-The seeded quotes are mostly `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` (a semi-ICP thread) and one incident line - NOT yet clean non-technical-founder voice. T7 must not mirror dev/team or vendor language as if it were the founder's. The real deliverable is the VERBATIM-founder harvest from T4/T5; this scaffold just proves the method and holds the protocol.
+**Updated from P1-P7 sourcing**: The phrase bank is now populated with real `[VERBATIM-founder]` quotes, not archetypes. Push is the strongest section (13 founder lines). Pull and Habit are the thinnest - more Pull lines ("I want to own my code," "I want someone to tell me the truth") would strengthen T7 openers. Anxiety lines are strong but skew toward "tool broke" rather than "shop burned me" - the Trigger-3 (ownership/hostage) founder language is underrepresented because those founders are hardest to find via open search.
+
+**For T7 openers**: Lead with Push words (their pain), add Pull wedge (our ownership differentiator), pre-empt one Anxiety (the "another agency will burn me" fear). The phrase bank has 12 usable mirror phrases across all four forces.

From 0e970fe5833590838704538a58fd8a6397b4cf8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:58:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 17/20] docs(2607): A2 pricing confirmed + P9 outbound openers
 (25 personalized)

- A2 pricing: 3-tier structure ($2,500 triage / $7,500 rescue / $10K foundation reset)
- AI-assisted delivery model: same senior oversight, 3x cost reduction vs traditional
- Update offer-one-pager.md with new pricing + tier descriptions
- Update objection bank + customer profile with new price anchors
- P9: 25 personalized outbound openers (thread-reply/DM per prospect)
- Each opener mirrors founder verbatim words, offers free audit, no pitch
- Send strategy: 3-5/day staggered across platforms to avoid spam flags
---
 .../projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md |   4 +-
 .../customer-profile-four-forces.md           |   4 +-
 .../rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md  |   6 +-
 .../rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md          |  37 ++-
 .../rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md         | 215 ++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 251 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md

diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
index b821045ef..0e03f0507 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ Strategy/gates/Paul's desk live in [`operation-runbook.md`](operation-runbook.md
 
 > **Live status/flow is tracked in the kanban board** — `kanban-md list --compact --tag 2607` (board `jetthoughts.github.io`, tasks #1-#10). This file holds the task specs + verified seeds; the board holds status, claims, and dependencies (P8 gated on P1-P7, P9 on P8, P7 blocked on Paul). Copy-paste run prompts: `rescue-sprint/prospects/RUN.md`.
 
-- **Done**: P1 ✓ (7 ICP rows), P2 ✓ (6 rows), P3 ✓ (4 rows), P4 ✓ (10 rows), P5 ✓ (4 rows), P6 ✓ (5 rows), P7 ✓ (F5Bot 5 keywords live, awaiting digest), T9 ✓ (objection bank)
-- **Ready now**: P8 (merge — can run with P1-P7 done), P9 (openers, needs A2 price).
+- **Done**: P1 ✓ (7 ICP rows), P2 ✓ (6 rows), P3 ✓ (0 rows - thin), P4 ✓ (8 rows), P5 ✓ (1 row), P6 ✓ (3 rows), P7 ✓ (F5Bot live), P8 ✓ (25 deduped rows + VoC), T9 ✓ (objection bank)
+- **Ready now**: P9 (openers, needs A2 price).
 - **Then**: P8 (merge) → P9 (openers).
 - **Seeds** above were verified via `web_search` on 2026-07-22 — hand to the tasks, don't re-derive.
 - Update this table's status + the task's `done` line when a task completes; write the output to its named file.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/customer-profile-four-forces.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/customer-profile-four-forces.md
index caebcaceb..455a1a817 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/customer-profile-four-forces.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/customer-profile-four-forces.md
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ The pain making the status quo unbearable. **This is what we LISTEN for to find
 ### PULL - of the new solution (drives change) - AMPLIFY
 What makes JetThoughts attractive. Our differentiators, not the generic "free audit" six competitors offer.
 - A senior engineer reads YOUR actual code and tells you the truth in plain English - free, no contract.
-- Fixed price, agreed up front ($25-50K) so the number can't creep.
+- Fixed price: Triage $2,500 (48h) / Rescue $7,500 (2-3w) / Foundation Reset $10K (4-6w). All agreed in writing up front.
 - **You own the code and every account at each milestone** - control handed back, not held.
 - Paul sits on every call as your fractional CTO and translates what the developers are doing into decisions you can make.
 
 ### ANXIETY - of the new solution (blocks change) - DISMANTLE
 The fears that stop Alex saying yes even with strong push+pull. **These are the objections T9 must defuse, with proof.**
 - "I got burned once - why won't this be another agency that overpromises?" → free audit first, zero contract; you judge us before paying anything.
-- "Is $25K real, or does it balloon like last time?" → fixed price agreed up front, in writing.
+- "Is $7,500 real, or does it balloon like last time?" → fixed price agreed up front, in writing. Triage at $2,500 lets them test us first.
 - "Will I understand any of it, or be in the dark again?" → plain-English, Paul on every call, ownership at each milestone.
 - "Can they even work on my code if the shop holds it?" → the audit surfaces this first (repo-access intake question); we help you get access.
 - "What if it's not salvageable and I wasted more money?" → we tell you salvage-vs-rebuild honestly, even when rebuild is the harder sale for us.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md
index a8cf7e9d4..e394bfdf7 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ The 3-touch no-reply sequence lives at the bottom. It works for founders who boo
 
 ---
 
-### 2. "Is $25K real, or does it balloon like last time?"
+### 2. "Is $7,500 real, or does it balloon like last time?"
 
 **Force**: Anxiety (burned by scope creep before)
 
 **What NOT to say**: "We're different." (Every shop says that.)
 
-**What TO say**: "The price is fixed and agreed in writing before we start. If the scope changes - and sometimes it does once we open the code up - we stop, show you what we found, and you decide whether to adjust. The number doesn't creep without you knowing and agreeing."
+**What TO say**: "The price is fixed and agreed in writing before we start. If the scope changes - and sometimes it does once we open the code up - we stop, show you what we found, and you decide whether to adjust. The number doesn't creep without you knowing and agreeing. And if you just want to test the waters first, the triage sprint is $2,500 - you see real results before committing more."
 
 **Why it works**: It names the exact fear (creeping costs) and answers with a mechanism (written agreement + stop-and-ask). Not a promise, a process.
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ The 3-touch no-reply sequence lives at the bottom. It works for founders who boo
 
 **What NOT to say**: "We're cheaper." (Race to the bottom.)
 
-**What TO say**: "Before you sign anything, let one of our engineers read the code for free and tell you whether that $55K quote matches what's actually in there. Sometimes the code is worth saving and the quote is padded. Sometimes the code really is that bad and the quote is honest. Either way, you'll know before you spend."
+**What TO say**: "Before you sign anything, let one of our engineers read the code for free and tell you whether that $55K quote matches what's actually in there. Our rescue is $7,500 because we use AI-assisted development to move faster - same senior oversight, fraction of the cost. And if you just want proof first, the triage sprint is $2,500 and you'll see real fixes in 48 hours."
 
 **Why it works**: Doesn't dismiss the competitor quote. Positions the free audit as due diligence before any commitment, which is valuable regardless of who does the work.
 
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md
index 008161e2e..153e654a8 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-> DRAFT - cold-eyes fixes applied; pending Paul's review + real [BOOKING_LINK] + final price-band confirm
+> DRAFT - A2 pricing confirmed (3-tier). Pending Paul's review + real [BOOKING_LINK]
 
 # Vibe Code Rescue
 
 **Your MVP looks finished but keeps breaking. We make it actually work - and hand you back a product you own and understand.**
 
-You paid a dev shop or an AI tool to build your app. The demo looked great. Then real people started using it, and things you thought were done stopped working. Now you're not sure what you actually have, and you can't tell whether one more round of fixes will help or just burn another month. We take over broken founder MVPs, rebuild the parts that can't hold up, and give you a fractional CTO who explains every decision in plain English.
+You paid a dev shop or an AI tool to build your app. The demo looked great. Then real people started using it, and things you thought were done stopped working. Now you're not sure what you actually have, and you can't tell whether one more round of fixes will help or just burn another month. We take over broken founder MVPs, fix the broken parts, and give you a fractional CTO who explains every decision in plain English.
 
 ## Is this you?
 
@@ -19,18 +19,39 @@ If you nodded at two of these, you're the founder we built this for.
 
 Book a call and one senior developer reads your actual codebase before you decide anything. On the call, we walk you through a one-page assessment in plain English: what's solid, what's fragile, the fixes that would help you most, and a straight answer on whether you should salvage what you have or rebuild the broken parts. You keep the write-up whether or not we work together. No contract, and no follow-up calls you didn't ask for.
 
-**Book your free Code Audit → [BOOKING_LINK]**
+**Book your free Code Audit -> [BOOKING_LINK]**
 
-## Step 2 - The Rescue engagement
+## Step 2 - Pick your rescue level
 
-If you decide to move forward, one senior team rebuilds the broken parts on Rails over 4 to 8 weeks for a fixed **$25K-$50K**, agreed up front so the number can't creep. We keep whatever code is worth keeping - usually 30 to 50 percent of what you have - and replace the rest. Real users can log in without landing in someone else's account, a real charge reaches your bank, and the data holds when two people use the app at the same time. You own the code and every account after each milestone, not at some vague "end."
+### Triage Sprint - $2,500 (48 hours)
 
-Sometimes propping up the old foundation costs more than starting clean. When the code you have can't carry the product you're describing, we'll tell you to rebuild instead of billing you to patch it - even though a salvage job would be the easier sale for us.
+Fix the top 3 things that are bleeding users right now. One senior engineer reads the code, patches the critical blockers, and sends you a plain-English health report. You see real results before committing more.
+
+**Good for**: "I just need the login/checkout/main feature to stop breaking."
+
+### Rescue - $7,500 (2-3 weeks)
+
+Fix everything that's broken, harden the security, stabilize auth and payments, and hand you back a production-ready app. You own the code and every account after each milestone. 30-day warranty included.
+
+**Good for**: "I want the whole thing working reliably for real users."
+
+### Foundation Reset - $10,000 (4-6 weeks)
+
+When the code can't hold the product you're describing, we build a new foundation on Rails - keeping your design, your data, and whatever code is worth keeping (usually 30-50%). Full test suite, 60-day warranty.
+
+**Good for**: "I've been told it needs a full rebuild, but I don't want to start from zero."
+
+---
+
+**All three levels include**:
+- Fixed price, agreed in writing before we start. The number doesn't creep.
+- Code and server ownership transferred at each milestone, not at some vague "end."
+- Paul sits on every call as your fractional CTO, translating what the developers are doing into decisions you can make.
 
 ## Why JetThoughts
 
-We've been shipping Ruby on Rails since 2011. Thirty-two clients rated us 4.8 out of 5, and most of them stayed with us for more than three years. Paul, our CEO, sits on every call as your fractional CTO and turns what the developers are doing into decisions you can actually make - so you stop guessing whether your team is telling you the truth.
+We've been shipping Ruby on Rails since 2011. We use AI-assisted development to move faster and keep costs honest - which is how we can offer a full rescue at $7,500 when traditional agencies quote $25K-$55K for the same work. Thirty-two clients rated us 4.8 out of 5, and most of them stayed with us for more than three years. Paul, our CEO, sits on every call as your fractional CTO and turns what the developers are doing into decisions you can actually make - so you stop guessing whether your team is telling you the truth.
 
 You've been burned once. The whole point of the free audit is that you find out where you stand first - with a senior engineer who has no reason to tell you anything but the truth.
 
-**Book your free Code Audit → [BOOKING_LINK]**
+**Book your free Code Audit -> [BOOKING_LINK]**
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06af52afb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+# Outbound Openers - Personalized per prospect
+
+> P9 output. One opener per row in `cold-prospect-list.md`. Right template (thread-reply/DM), mirror that row's VoC phrase, `[BOOKING_LINK]` placeholder. Pricing: Triage $2,500 / Rescue $7,500 / Foundation Reset $10,000.
+
+---
+
+## Template types
+
+- **Thread-reply**: reply to their IH/Reddit post. Lead with their words, offer the free audit. No pitch in the first message.
+- **LinkedIn DM**: direct message on LinkedIn. Lead with their specific pain, offer the free audit.
+- **X DM**: direct message on X/Twitter. Short, direct, offer the free audit.
+
+---
+
+## Trigger 1 - Bugs / Breaking
+
+### 1. SpecBuildLab (IH thread-reply)
+
+> I read your post about Lovable - "bugs kept breaking parts of the app, and I had no visibility into what was happening" really hit home. That prompt-loop where you're guessing fixes is the exact pattern we see in AI-built apps.
+>
+> Happy to have one of our senior engineers look at the actual code and send you a plain-English read on what's breaking and whether it's salvageable. Free, no pitch, the write-up is yours to keep.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 2. SANICE_AI (IH thread-reply)
+
+> "Repeat 200 times a day" - I felt that. The deploy-break-paste-fix cycle with Claude is brutal because the AI doesn't remember what it broke last time.
+>
+> We do free code audits for exactly this situation. One senior engineer reads your actual codebase and tells you in plain English what's solid, what's fragile, and whether you should fix what you have or rebuild the broken parts. You keep the write-up either way.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 3. Joy Adamson (LinkedIn DM)
+
+> Hi Joy - I saw your post about the Lovable app breaking when beta testers arrived. "As soon as I got beta testers on it, it totally broke" is something we hear from founders every week.
+>
+> We do free 45-minute code audits - one senior engineer reads your actual code and gives you a plain-English verdict on what's worth keeping and what needs fixing. You keep the write-up whether or not we ever work together.
+>
+> Would that be useful? [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 4. r/startups OP 1sgsq6o (Reddit thread-reply)
+
+> "Vibe coding gave me a product. It also gave me a problem I couldn't fix." - this is exactly the pattern we built our rescue service around. AI tools are great for prototypes but the code they write often can't hold real users.
+>
+> We offer a free code audit where one senior engineer reads your actual codebase and tells you what's breaking and why. Plain English, no jargon, the write-up is yours. Might save you another month of guessing.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 5. r/replit OP 1pneqwa (Reddit thread-reply)
+
+> "Replit deleted my project. Not maliciously. Just... it happened." - the Replit agent incidents are becoming a pattern. You're not alone in this.
+>
+> If you're trying to figure out what's salvageable, we do free code audits. One senior engineer looks at what you have and gives you a straight answer on whether to fix it or start fresh. You keep the write-up either way.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 6. r/replit OP 1ucjd4y (Reddit thread-reply)
+
+> That "Found it, Let me fix this, that didn't work" loop is the signature of AI-generated code hitting its limits. The AI doesn't have a mental model of the whole system, so each fix creates a new problem somewhere else.
+>
+> We do free 45-minute code audits for this exact situation. A senior engineer reads the actual code and tells you what's solid vs what's sand. Plain English write-up, yours to keep.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 7. eddwardpark (IH thread-reply)
+
+> "You fix one thing, Claude breaks two others" - that's the AI version of whack-a-mole. The underlying issue is usually that the AI doesn't understand the architecture it created, so it patches symptoms instead of fixing the structure.
+>
+> We do free code audits where one senior engineer reads the actual codebase and maps what's actually happening. The write-up tells you what to fix first and what to leave alone. Might save you from chasing your own tail for another week.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 8. KaiaColban (IH thread-reply)
+
+> "The AI gave me marshmallows" - that's the best description of AI-generated code I've seen. The demo works, the structure doesn't.
+>
+> If you're trying to figure out how much of what you built is worth keeping, we do free code audits. One senior engineer reads the code and gives you a plain-English verdict - salvage, fix, or rebuild. You keep the write-up either way.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 9. r/cursor OP 1q1v99l (Reddit thread-reply)
+
+> "They told me it was easier to burn the whole thing down and start over" - that's usually the lazy answer. Most AI-built apps have 30-50% worth keeping if someone knows where to look.
+>
+> We do free code audits for exactly this situation. One senior engineer reads your actual code and tells you honestly what's salvageable and what isn't. You keep the write-up whether or not you hire anyone. Might save you from paying $55K to rebuild something that didn't need rebuilding.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 10. r/Solopreneur OP 1nhcc72 (Reddit thread-reply)
+
+> "A house of cards" - that's what 3 months of vibe coding produces without someone checking the foundation. The app looks done but can't hold weight.
+>
+> We do free 45-minute code audits. One senior engineer reads what you have and tells you where the actual load-bearing walls are vs the cardboard ones. Plain English write-up, yours to keep.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 11. r/Solopreneur OP 1r9mxtm (Reddit thread-reply)
+
+> "The last 20% - infrastructure, security, scaling - is an abyss for non-technical founders" - exactly right. AI tools skip that 20% because they optimize for "looks done" not "is production-ready."
+>
+> We do free code audits where one senior engineer maps exactly where your app stands on that 20%. The write-up tells you what needs fixing and in what order. Might save you from falling into the abyss.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+---
+
+## Trigger 3 - Ownership / Hostage
+
+### 12. Afrikonnect (IH thread-reply)
+
+> "Am currently burned by devs who aren't professional" - I hear this a lot. The worst part isn't the bad code, it's not knowing whether the next developer will do the same thing.
+>
+> We do free code audits where one senior engineer reads what you actually have and tells you the truth in plain English. No contract, the write-up is yours to keep. You judge us by what we find, not by what we say.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 13. Saul_E (IH thread-reply)
+
+> "$55K to rebuild - money I don't have" - before you sign anything, let one of our senior engineers read the code for free and tell you whether that quote matches reality. Sometimes the code is worth saving and the quote is padded. Sometimes it's honest. Either way, you'll know before you spend.
+>
+> Our rescue starts at $2,500 for a 48-hour triage sprint. Fixed price, agreed in writing. No creeping.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 14. r/nocode OP 1mx884d (Reddit thread-reply)
+
+> "$5k on a freelancer... none of the actual API integrations work and they have ghosted me" - that's the classic ownership-hostage situation. You paid for code you can't use from someone who won't answer.
+>
+> We do free code audits. One senior engineer reads what you have and tells you what's actually broken vs what just needs the right fix. The write-up is yours to keep - and if you want us to fix it, our triage sprint is $2,500 for the top 3 blockers. Fixed price, no creeping.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+---
+
+## Trigger 7 - Stuck / Incomplete
+
+### 15. dianewilliams75 (IH thread-reply)
+
+> I saw your comment - "This is my current situation!" If you're trying to figure out what to do next with your app, we do free code audits. One senior engineer reads your actual codebase and gives you a plain-English read on what's worth keeping and what needs fixing. You keep the write-up either way.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 16. 659ertramp (IH thread-reply)
+
+> "I need the right technical direction to bring the MVP to life without wasting time or money" - that's exactly what our free code audit is for. One senior engineer reads what you have and tells you where to focus first. No pitch, the write-up is yours.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 17. J_Jie556517 (IH thread-reply)
+
+> If you're looking for a technical partner to help with the EdTech platform, we do free code audits where one senior engineer reads what you have and tells you what's solid and what needs work. Might help you figure out the right next step before committing to a partnership.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 18. lucadeza (IH thread-reply)
+
+> "Currently using an agency... looking for a technical co-founder so we can start building in house" - before you hire a co-founder or switch agencies, it might be worth getting a second opinion on what you already have. We do free code audits - one senior engineer reads the actual code and tells you what's worth keeping. You keep the write-up either way.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 19. Abnrav (IH thread-reply)
+
+> "Funds have run dry and I have lost the limited support that I had. The app is in the stores but it is stagnant." - that's a tough spot but the app being in the stores means there's something to work with.
+>
+> We do free code audits where one senior engineer reads what you have and tells you what's salvageable. If the foundation is solid, a targeted fix might be all you need. The write-up is yours to keep.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 20. Sam A (IH thread-reply)
+
+> "I basically failed with another project where I got a freelance developer to build for me before truly validating the product / market" - the validation-first lesson is expensive but valuable. If your current project is hitting the same wall, we do free code audits that tell you exactly what you have before you spend more.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 21. techPackets (IH thread-reply)
+
+> "The freelancer struggled to understand the logic and then just vanished" - ghosting after taking the money is the worst. If you're trying to figure out whether the code they left behind is worth fixing, we do free audits. One senior engineer reads the actual code and gives you a straight answer.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 22. r/nocode OP 1tdaqs9 (Reddit thread-reply)
+
+> "I'm a non-technical founder, and I'm stuck with my app" - that's exactly who we built our free code audit for. One senior engineer reads your actual codebase and tells you in plain English what's working, what's broken, and what to do next. You keep the write-up whether or not we ever work together.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 23. r/nocode OP 1qo1nug (Reddit thread-reply)
+
+> "I thought no-code would save me months - it actually made me more stuck" - the no-code ceiling is real. If you're trying to figure out whether to push through or switch approach, a free code audit might help. One senior engineer reads what you have and tells you where you actually stand.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 24. r/startups OP 1thpn8u (Reddit thread-reply)
+
+> "You describe the app, the tool writes the code, but you have no idea what it actually did" - that's the core problem with vibe coding. The AI optimizes for "looks like it works" not "actually works."
+>
+> If you want to know what you actually have, we do free code audits. One senior engineer reads the codebase and tells you what's real vs what's scaffolding. Plain English, yours to keep.
+>
+> [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+### 25. @markgadala (X DM)
+
+> Saw your post about vibe-coded apps - "I would never sell them without help from real coders" is the right instinct. If you've got one that needs that real-coder pass, we do free code audits. 45 minutes, one senior engineer reads the code, plain-English write-up is yours. [BOOKING_LINK]
+
+---
+
+## LIGHT self-refute
+
+**The risk**: 25 cold DMs from a new account looks like spam. If Paul sends all of these in one day, the IH/Reddit/X accounts get flagged.
+
+**Mitigation**: Send 3-5 per day, staggered across platforms. Prioritize the top 5 ICP rows (SpecBuildLab, SANICE_AI, Joy Adamson, Afrikonnect, Saul_E) first. Use Paul's real account, not a brand account. The opener leads with their words, not a pitch - it reads as a helpful reply, not a cold outreach.
+
+**The conversion path**: Thread-reply -> founder replies -> Paul offers the free audit -> audit call -> triage sprint ($2,500) -> rescue ($7,500) or foundation reset ($10,000). The triage sprint is the trust-builder that converts to the larger engagement.
+
+**Verdict**: PASS. Each opener mirrors the founder's own words, offers value (free audit) before asking for anything, and has a clear path to conversion. The $2,500 triage sprint removes the "another gamble" anxiety.

From f89f8026d12ed5c27f37259de316686a2addb9d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:14:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 18/20] updates backlog

---
 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
index 0e03f0507..17e6173af 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ Strategy/gates/Paul's desk live in [`operation-runbook.md`](operation-runbook.md
 
 > **Live status/flow is tracked in the kanban board** — `kanban-md list --compact --tag 2607` (board `jetthoughts.github.io`, tasks #1-#10). This file holds the task specs + verified seeds; the board holds status, claims, and dependencies (P8 gated on P1-P7, P9 on P8, P7 blocked on Paul). Copy-paste run prompts: `rescue-sprint/prospects/RUN.md`.
 
-- **Done**: P1 ✓ (7 ICP rows), P2 ✓ (6 rows), P3 ✓ (0 rows - thin), P4 ✓ (8 rows), P5 ✓ (1 row), P6 ✓ (3 rows), P7 ✓ (F5Bot live), P8 ✓ (25 deduped rows + VoC), T9 ✓ (objection bank)
-- **Ready now**: P9 (openers, needs A2 price).
+- **Done**: P1 ✓, P2 ✓, P3 ✓, P4 ✓, P5 ✓, P6 ✓, P7 ✓, P8 ✓ (25 deduped rows), P9 ✓ (25 openers), T9 ✓ (objection bank)
+- **A2 confirmed**: 3-tier pricing ($2,500 triage / $7,500 rescue / $10K foundation reset)
+- **Next**: Paul reviews + sends first 5 openers (SpecBuildLab, SANICE_AI, Joy Adamson, Afrikonnect, Saul_E)
 - **Then**: P8 (merge) → P9 (openers).
 - **Seeds** above were verified via `web_search` on 2026-07-22 — hand to the tasks, don't re-derive.
 - Update this table's status + the task's `done` line when a task completes; write the output to its named file.

From 4f94529690e5cb3339ddb3bef90034b554fae56d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:29:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 19/20] =?UTF-8?q?docs(2607):=20rescue=20demand=20sprint=20?=
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- Pivot from live code review to async AI-intensive due diligence
- Add 45-minute session playbook (context + access call)
- Update discovery kit, booking spec, offer one-pager for async model
- Sync operating-system.md: A2 pricing confirmed, issues #2/#3 resolved
- Sync backlog + runbook: all P1-P9 + T-tasks marked done
- Fix 'Rescue Auditbase' typo in outbound openers (3 occurrences)
- Fix missing space in operation-runbook numbering
- Remove stale $25K pricing reference in operating-system
---
 docs/business/operating-system.md             |   8 +-
 .../projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md |   5 +-
 .../operation-runbook.md                      |  51 ++++--
 .../45-minute-session-playbook.md             | 172 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../rescue-sprint/booking-page-spec.md        |  16 +-
 .../rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md       |   6 +-
 .../rescue-sprint/discovery-kit.md            | 148 +++++++--------
 .../rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md          |  10 +-
 .../rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md         |  96 +++++-----
 .../rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md        |  10 +-
 .../rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md  |  16 +-
 11 files changed, 360 insertions(+), 178 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/45-minute-session-playbook.md

diff --git a/docs/business/operating-system.md b/docs/business/operating-system.md
index 08752b373..3beaf0d91 100644
--- a/docs/business/operating-system.md
+++ b/docs/business/operating-system.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 **Active sprint**: Rescue Demand Sprint — populate the prospect list (agent) so Paul can send + book calls.
 **Next agent work**: `T4/T5` (build the list) → `T6` dedupe → `T7` openers; `T8` discovery kit in parallel.
 **To execute**: open [`operation-runbook.md`](../projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md) → **▶ START HERE** block → take the next Ready task. That runbook is the shared state across sessions; this file is the weekly cadence over it.
-**Paul's desk (human-only)**: booking page (~5 min), confirm price band (default: audit free, rescue from $25K), review + send the outreach, take the calls, close. Optional: Gmail consent (warm lane), Apollo $79/mo + Hunter key (paid cold funnel).
+**Paul's desk (human-only)**: booking page (~5 min), confirm price band (✅ done: $2,500 triage / $7,500 rescue / $10,000 foundation reset), review + send the outreach, take the calls, close. Optional: Gmail consent (warm lane), Apollo $79/mo + Hunter key (paid cold funnel).
 
 ---
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ One person can hold several seats - but every seat has exactly one accountable o
 
 | Key Result | Target | Status |
 |---|---|---|
-| KR1 - Offer + white-label partner live | Rescue Audit priced, partner signed, landing CTA live | 🟡 partner signed ✓; offer drafted (price confirm pending); landing deferred |
+| KR1 - Offer + white-label partner live | Rescue Audit priced, partner signed, landing CTA live | 🟢 partner signed ✓; offer priced ✓ ($2,500 / $7,500 / $10,000); landing deferred |
 | KR2 - Discovery calls booked | 8-12 by Nov 15 | 🔲 |
 | KR3 - Audits delivered | 3-5 paid Rescue Audits | 🔲 |
 | KR4 - Rescue signed | **1 engagement by Nov 30** | 🔲 |
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ Rolling list of the top blockers. Solve the highest-leverage one each week; don'
 | # | Issue | Owner | Status |
 |---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | White-label delivery partner (runbook G0) | Paul | ✅ Resolved 2026-07-21 (locked per CEO). Standing validation: confirm a paid trial rescue hits the quality bar + a fallback partner is named before the first real signing. |
-| 2 | Prospect list not yet populated — Paul has nobody to send to until T4-T7 run | Claude | 🔲 Open — next agent work (runbook T4/T5) |
-| 3 | Price band unconfirmed — offer ships on a default ("audit free, rescue from $25K") until Paul confirms | Paul | 🔲 Open (non-blocking; default in place) |
+| 2 | Prospect list populated — 25 deduped rows merged in P8 | Claude | ✅ Resolved 2026-07-22 (P8 complete) |
+| 3 | Price band confirmed — A2 set at $2,500 triage / $7,500 rescue / $10,000 foundation reset | Paul | ✅ Resolved 2026-07-22 (A2 confirmed) |
 
 ## 7. Pipeline (simple funnel, no CRM needed yet)
 
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
index 17e6173af..baedb1159 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/backlog.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Strategy/gates/Paul's desk live in [`operation-runbook.md`](operation-runbook.md
 ## Stage 3 — Convert
 
 ### P9 · Per-target openers  → `rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md`
-- **depends**: P8 + A2 (offer/price). **do**: one personalized opener per row (right template: referral / warm-intro / forwardable / thread-reply), mirror that row's VoC phrase, `[BOOKING_LINK]` placeholder. **done**: opener per row, ready for Paul to review+send (desk P3). LIGHT gate (HEAVY if any becomes a mass template).
+- **depends**: P8 + A2 (offer/price). **do**: one personalized opener per row (right template: referral / warm-intro / forwardable / thread-reply), mirror that row's VoC phrase, live booking link. **done**: opener per row, ready for Paul to review+send (desk P3). LIGHT gate (HEAVY if any becomes a mass template).
 
 ---
 
@@ -75,9 +75,8 @@ Strategy/gates/Paul's desk live in [`operation-runbook.md`](operation-runbook.md
 
 > **Live status/flow is tracked in the kanban board** — `kanban-md list --compact --tag 2607` (board `jetthoughts.github.io`, tasks #1-#10). This file holds the task specs + verified seeds; the board holds status, claims, and dependencies (P8 gated on P1-P7, P9 on P8, P7 blocked on Paul). Copy-paste run prompts: `rescue-sprint/prospects/RUN.md`.
 
-- **Done**: P1 ✓, P2 ✓, P3 ✓, P4 ✓, P5 ✓, P6 ✓, P7 ✓, P8 ✓ (25 deduped rows), P9 ✓ (25 openers), T9 ✓ (objection bank)
+- **Done**: P1 ✓, P2 ✓, P3 ✓, P4 ✓, P5 ✓, P6 ✓, P7 ✓ (F5Bot keywords live; awaiting first digest), P8 ✓ (25 deduped rows), P9 ✓ (25 openers), T9 ✓ (objection bank)
 - **A2 confirmed**: 3-tier pricing ($2,500 triage / $7,500 rescue / $10K foundation reset)
 - **Next**: Paul reviews + sends first 5 openers (SpecBuildLab, SANICE_AI, Joy Adamson, Afrikonnect, Saul_E)
-- **Then**: P8 (merge) → P9 (openers).
 - **Seeds** above were verified via `web_search` on 2026-07-22 — hand to the tasks, don't re-derive.
 - Update this table's status + the task's `done` line when a task completes; write the output to its named file.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
index 464c225e2..d5ac146ea 100644
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+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/operation-runbook.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ critic's verdict pasted VERBATIM), and sets the next card `Ready`.
 **You can finish this operation in a new session with zero context loss. Do this:**
 
 1. **Read order**: [`executive-summary.md`](executive-summary.md) (the one-page bet, Shape Up format) → this START HERE block → the ACTIVE SPRINT state → the **Incremental agent backlog** table → the specific card/T-task you're taking. Optionally skim [`strategy.md`](strategy.md) (the why) and [`operating-system.md`](../../business/operating-system.md) (weekly cadence).
-2. **Current state (2026-07-22)**: A0 ✓ · G0 ✓ · A2 draft ✓ · C0 draft ✓ · S0 spec ✓ · T1 ✓ · T2 ✓ · T4/T5 groomed + **decomposed into atomic tasks P1-P9 in [`backlog.md`](backlog.md)** (approved to execute). **Next Ready: P1-P6 sourcing (parallel), P8 merge, P9 openers; T8 discovery kit in progress.** Agents run from `backlog.md`.
+2. **Current state (2026-07-22)**: A0 ✓ · G0 ✓ · A2 confirmed ✓ · C0 draft ✓ · S0 spec ✓ · T1 ✓ · T2 ✓ · T8 ✓ · T9 ✓ · P1-P7 sourcing ✓ · P8 merge ✓ · P9 openers ✓. **Next Ready: Paul reviews + sends the first 5 openers (SpecBuildLab, SANICE_AI, Joy Adamson, Afrikonnect, Saul_E).** Agents run from `backlog.md`.
 3. **Take the next Ready task**, execute it end-to-end, run its LIGHT/HEAVY gate, paste the verdict, mark it Done, set the next Ready. **The agent does everything up to "hit send"** — sending + calls are Paul's (see Paul's desk).
 4. **State lives in files, not memory.** Update this runbook (statuses + handoff notes) and the output file named on the task. That's what the next session reads.
 
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ critic's verdict pasted VERBATIM), and sets the next card `Ready`.
 | `offer-one-pager.md` | A2 — the Vibe Code Rescue offer (free audit → fixed rescue) | draft; needs price confirm + booking link |
 | `warm-intro-referral-kit.md` | C0 — target-list table + 3 outreach templates; **T3/T4/T5/T6 write rows here** | draft; list to be populated |
 | `booking-page-spec.md` | S0 — Cal.com/NeetoCal setup (Paul, ~5 min) | spec ready |
-| `outbound-openers.md` | T7 — per-target openers | not created yet |
-| `discovery-kit.md` | T8 — call script + audit deliverable template | not created yet |
-| `objection-followup-bank.md` | T9 — objections + follow-up sequence | not created yet |
+| `outbound-openers.md` | T7 — per-target openers | done (P9 complete; 25 openers ready for Paul) |
+| `discovery-kit.md` | T8 — call script + audit deliverable template | done (T8 complete) |
+| `objection-followup-bank.md` | T9 — objections + follow-up sequence | done (T9 complete) |
 
 ---
 
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ These are the only items that need Paul. Everything else an agent session does a
 
 | # | Item | Why only Paul | Blocks |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| P1 | Create the booking page in his own Cal.com/NeetoCal account (~5 min; spec in `booking-page-spec.md`) | Needs his calendar + login | S0 gate; every `[BOOKING_LINK]` |
-| P2 | Confirm the price band (default set: audit free, rescue from $25K) | Depends on partner margin only he knows | A2 final approval |
+| P1 | Create the booking page in his own Cal.com/NeetoCal account (~5 min; spec in `booking-page-spec.md`) | Needs his calendar + login | S0 gate; live URL: https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar |
+| P2 | Confirm the price band (default set: audit free, rescue from $25K) | Depends on partner margin only he knows | ✅ Done 2026-07-22 — A2 confirmed at $2,500 / $7,500 / $10,000 |
 | P3 | Review the agent-built target list + openers, then **hit send** from his own inbox/LinkedIn | The intros go out under his name/relationship | C0 send |
 | P4 | Take the discovery calls; run audits → proposals → close | The whole point; the human trust layer | D3 signing |
 
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ These feed the C0/D1 cards without touching Paul's desk. Each is scoped to ≤1
 | T1 | **Trigger taxonomy** — run the trigger research first-hand (`web_search` on ICP rescue-pain signals; don't wait on any prior ghost agent report — if none is on disk, generate it), then synthesize a ranked list of *detectable* ICP buying triggers (e.g. "posted about a dev shop ghosting them", "asking r/startups if their MVP is salvageable", "hiring a first eng after an agency build") with the observable signal + where it shows up | `rescue-sprint/icp-trigger-taxonomy.md` | **Done** (2026-07-21 — 8 ranked triggers + venue map + competitor note; PASS w/ 2 carried constraints) | — (self-contained) | LIGHT — refute "is each trigger actually observable by us, or a guess?" |
 | T2 | **Sourcing pipeline spec** — for each trigger: channel → exact search query/operator → validation rule → which template applies. Carries T1's 2 constraints (lane-split + trust/ownership differentiation) | `rescue-sprint/sourcing-pipeline.md` | **Done** (2026-07-21 — per-trigger query recipes + lane split + row schema; PASS w/ 2 carried constraints: weight reddit/IH site operators + read into threads; cap cold volume prefer warm) | T1 ✓ | LIGHT — refute "can a session run this query and get real people, not noise?" |
 | T3 | **Warm-source pass (Gmail)** — with Paul's one-time consent, mine his mailbox for past clients / founders / investor-adjacent contacts near the ICP; output candidate warm rows (name, last touch, why-ICP, best path). No sending. | append to `rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md` target list | Blocked (optional — needs Paul Gmail consent; chain does NOT block on it) | T2 ✓ + P-consent | LIGHT — refute "is each row genuinely warm + near-ICP?" |
-| T4 | **Cold-source pass A (web, fetchable)** — GROOMED in `t4-t5-grooming.md`. **IndieHackers-first** (fetch-free, run FIRST), then HN threads, X first-person, competitor-comment threads. Site-scoped queries → excerpt queue → `chrome-devtools` read-once-extract-all (validate+row+quotes in one visit). Rows → `cold-prospect-list.md`; verbatim founder quotes → `voice-of-customer.md` | `rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md` + `voice-of-customer.md` | **Groomed — awaiting Paul's go** | T2 ✓ + grooming approval | LIGHT — refute "real ICP founder in a buying moment, traceable to a quoted sentence?" |
-| T5 | **Cold-source pass B (Reddit/community)** — GROOMED in `t4-t5-grooming.md`. r/replit, r/NoCode, r/Solopreneur, r/SaaS, r/startups, r/vibecoding. Reddit bodies not fetchable → **excerpt capture** (handle+URL+title) + **F5Bot** JSON/RSS feed (Paul's optional signup). Additive to T4, not load-bearing. Same output files | `rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md` + `voice-of-customer.md` | **Groomed — awaiting Paul's go** | T2 ✓ + grooming approval | LIGHT — refute ICP fit + thread live/answerable; no supplier posts logged as leads |
-| T6 | **Validate + score + dedupe** — merge sources into one ranked list (warm-first), drop dupes/dead, score by trigger strength; target ~30 usable rows | finalized target list | Blocked | T4 + T5 required; T3 folded in **if** Paul gave Gmail consent (chain does NOT hard-block on consent) | LIGHT — refute "would Paul recognize these as worth his time?" |
-| T7 | **Per-target openers** — draft a personalized opener per row (right template: referral / warm-intro / forwardable / thread-reply), `[BOOKING_LINK]` placeholder, ready for Paul to review-and-send | `rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md` | Blocked | T6, A2 | LIGHT (bulk/near-public → HEAVY if any becomes a mass template) |
+| T4 | **Cold-source pass A (web, fetchable)** — GROOMED in `t4-t5-grooming.md`. **IndieHackers-first** (fetch-free, run FIRST), then HN threads, X first-person, competitor-comment threads. Site-scoped queries → excerpt queue → `chrome-devtools` read-once-extract-all (validate+row+quotes in one visit). Rows → `cold-prospect-list.md`; verbatim founder quotes → `voice-of-customer.md` | `rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md` + `voice-of-customer.md` | **Done** (P1-P3 + P6 complete) | T2 ✓ + grooming approval | LIGHT — refute "real ICP founder in a buying moment, traceable to a quoted sentence?" |
+| T5 | **Cold-source pass B (Reddit/community)** — GROOMED in `t4-t5-grooming.md`. r/replit, r/NoCode, r/Solopreneur, r/SaaS, r/startups, r/vibecoding. Reddit bodies not fetchable → **excerpt capture** (handle+URL+title) + **F5Bot** JSON/RSS feed (Paul's optional signup). Additive to T4, not load-bearing. Same output files | `rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md` + `voice-of-customer.md` | **Done** (P4-P7 complete; F5Bot live) | T2 ✓ + grooming approval | LIGHT — refute ICP fit + thread live/answerable; no supplier posts logged as leads |
+| T6 | **Validate + score + dedupe** — merge sources into one ranked list (warm-first), drop dupes/dead, score by trigger strength; target ~30 usable rows | finalized target list | **Done** (P8 merge; 25 deduped rows) | T4 + T5 complete; T3 folded in **if** Paul gave Gmail consent (chain does NOT hard-block on consent) | LIGHT — refute "would Paul recognize these as worth his time?" |
+| T7 | **Per-target openers** — draft a personalized opener per row (right template: referral / warm-intro / forwardable / thread-reply), `[BOOKING_LINK]` placeholder, ready for Paul to review-and-send | `rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md` | **Done** (P9 complete; 25 openers ready) | T6, A2 | LIGHT (bulk/near-public → HEAVY if any becomes a mass template) |
 | T8 | **Discovery kit** — call script + audit deliverable one-page template + 45-min agenda (Card D1 content), so Paul walks into calls with a script | `rescue-sprint/discovery-kit.md` | **Done** (2026-07-22 — 45-min agenda + SPIN/Four-Forces script + 1-page RAG scorecard/verdict template; devil's-advocate self-refute PASS, order-dependency noted) | A2 draft | HEAVY — devil's-advocate self-refute (verdict in-file §Cold-eyes) |
-| T9 | **Objection + FAQ + follow-up bank** — likely founder objections ("why not just re-hire the shop", "is $25K real"), answers, and a 3-touch no-reply follow-up sequence | `rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md` | **Ready** | T8 ✓ | LIGHT — refute "does each answer hold up to a skeptical burned founder?" |
+| T9 | **Objection + FAQ + follow-up bank** — likely founder objections ("why not just re-hire the shop", "is $25K real"), answers, and a 3-touch no-reply follow-up sequence | `rescue-sprint/objection-followup-bank.md` | **Done** (T9 complete) | T8 ✓ | LIGHT — refute "does each answer hold up to a skeptical burned founder?" |
 
 **Next Ready T-task: T8** (autonomous, parallel off A2). T1+T2 Done (2026-07-21). **T4/T5 are GROOMED** (`t4-t5-grooming.md`) but held — the grooming HARD-GATE means no sourcing runs until Paul approves the design; on approval they execute → feed T6 dedupe → T7 openers. T3 (Gmail warm) is optional and waits only on Paul's consent.
 
@@ -144,18 +144,43 @@ These feed the C0/D1 cards without touching Paul's desk. Each is scoped to ≤1
 
 ## CARD S0 — Wire the booking link + pipeline source of truth  *(measurement prerequisite)*
 - **role**: Ops + Offer/Landing
-- **status**: In progress (2026-07-21 — Rescue Demand Sprint; lean path = external Cal.com/NeetoCal link, NO site change)
+- **status**: In progress (2026-07-22 — live NeetoCal URL provided; Paul to confirm setup via the checklist below)
 - **depends-on**: —
 - **skills**: `hugo`, `new-page.md`
 - **inputs**: `content/pages/free-consultation/index.md`, `themes/beaver/layouts/page/free-consultation.html`, `operating-system.md` §7
 - **steps**: embed a real booking widget (NeetoCal/Cal.com) on the consultation/landing page (today NeetoCal is copy-only); make the pipeline sheet the single source; define LinkedIn-reply → call attribution.
+- **Cal event setup checklist for Paul** (copy this into a new NeetoCal event):
+  - [ ] **Event name**: `Free Rescue Context Call (45 min)`
+  - [ ] **Duration**: `45 minutes`
+  - [ ] **Buffer after**: `10 minutes` (notes / async-audit kickoff)
+  - [ ] **Location**: `Video call` (Google Meet / Zoom — whichever Paul already uses)
+  - [ ] **Availability**: Paul's real open blocks; cap at `2-3 slots/day`
+  - [ ] **Intake questions** (ask all five):
+    1. Company name + website
+    2. What did you build it with? (dev shop, freelancer, AI tool?)
+    3. What's breaking right now?
+    4. Funding stage (bootstrapped / pre-seed / seed / Series A)
+    5. Can you get access to the code? (GitHub/GitLab, or does the dev shop still hold it?)
+  - [ ] **Event visibility**: set the event to **public/bookable** so anyone with the link can schedule.
+  - [ ] **Confirmation message** (paste this into NeetoCal):
+    > You're booked. Here's what happens: we spend 45 minutes understanding your situation and collecting read-only access to your code, task board, and dev chats. Then our team runs an intensive, AI-assisted audit offline and sends you a one-page, plain-English scorecard within 48 hours — what's solid, what's fragile, and whether to salvage or rebuild. If you can, bring read access to your repo (GitHub, GitLab, wherever the code lives). Nothing else to prep. See you soon.
+    >
+    > — Paul
+  - [ ] **Data-handling note** (add to the event description): "The Code Audit is read-only by default. We do not copy source code, secrets, customer data, or credentials unless you explicitly ask us to — and then only the minimum necessary." Full policy in `discovery-kit.md`.
+  - [ ] **Reminder emails** (set in NeetoCal):
+    - **24 hours before**: "Your Rescue Context Call is tomorrow. Please make sure you can share read-only access to your code repo, task board, and dev chats so we can run the AI-assisted audit. If that’s not set up yet, reply here and we’ll send the exact steps."
+    - **1 hour before**: "We’re on in an hour. Join the video link below. If you can’t get access ready, no problem — we’ll figure it out on the call."
+  - [ ] **Video-conferencing integration**: connect NeetoCal to Google Meet or Zoom so each booking auto-generates a call link.
+  - [ ] **Create a separate 30-min Proposal Call event** in NeetoCal for the follow-up after the Rescue Audit scorecard is delivered.
+  - [ ] **Verify the live URL appears in**: `offer-one-pager.md`, `outbound-openers.md`, and `warm-intro-referral-kit.md`.
+  - [ ] **Pipeline source of truth**: create/update the pipeline sheet and link it from `operating-system.md` §7 so "discovery calls booked" is auto-countable.
 - **definition-of-done**: a live booking link that makes "discovery calls booked" auto-countable; pipeline sheet exists and is linked from `operating-system.md` §7.
 - **cold-eyes gate**: LIGHT — refute "can we actually measure calls-booked end-to-end with this?"
 - **handoff note**: _(verbatim verdict)_
 
 ## CARD A2 — Define the Vibe Code Rescue offer  *(price gated on G0)*
 - **role**: Sales/Comms
-- **status**: In progress (2026-07-21 — G0 Done, pricing unblocked; Rescue Demand Sprint)
+- **status**: Done (2026-07-22 — A2 confirmed: 3-tier pricing at $2,500 / $7,500 / $10,000)
 - **depends-on**: G0 (for pricing only)
 - **skills**: `copywriting`, `reflexion-critique`
 - **inputs**: strategy doc; market pricing ($25-50K / 4-8wk / keep 30-50%); ICP `90.10`
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/45-minute-session-playbook.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/45-minute-session-playbook.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+> DRAFT - 2026-07-22. Playbook for the 45-minute Rescue Context Call. Pending Paul's review.
+
+# 45-Minute Session Playbook — Rescue Context Call
+
+**At a glance:** 45-minute founder call → collect read-only access to code, task board, and dev chats → 48-hour AI-assisted Rescue Audit → 30-minute proposal call.
+
+The technical audit is now run **offline, after the call**. We use AI-assisted prompts and senior-engineer review to run intensive due diligence on the founder's code, task board, and developer chats. The 45-minute session is not the audit itself — it is the **strategic context, access, and trust call** that makes the async audit possible.
+
+**Purpose of this call:**
+1. Make the founder feel heard and understood.
+2. Map the business pain, urgency, and decision constraints.
+3. Secure read-only access to the artifacts we need to audit (code, task board, chats).
+4. Set clear expectations: a written verdict lands in ~48 hours, then a 30-minute proposal call follows.
+
+---
+
+## Pre-call prep (Paul or assistant sends after booking)
+
+Send a short email immediately after booking:
+
+> Subject: Your Free Rescue Audit — what to prepare
+>
+> Hi [Name],
+>
+> Looking forward to our 45-minute context call. Here is what happens:
+> - We use the call to understand the business pain and collect read-only access to your code, task board, and dev chats.
+> - After the call, our team runs an intensive AI-assisted technical due diligence offline.
+> - Within 48 hours you receive a one-page, plain-English scorecard: what's solid, what's fragile, and whether to salvage or rebuild.
+> - We then book a 30-minute proposal call to walk through the findings and a fixed-price rescue plan.
+>
+> Please have handy:
+> - A link to your app / website.
+> - Admin access to your code repo (GitHub/GitLab) and hosting account (AWS/Vercel/etc.).
+> - Access to your task board (Jira/Linear/Trello) and dev chat (Slack/Teams).
+>
+> We will send a mutual NDA before we look at anything sensitive.
+>
+> — Paul
+
+---
+
+## 45-minute agenda
+
+| Time | Segment | Goal |
+|---|---|---|
+| 0-5 | Warm open + frame | Set expectations: this call is context, not live code review. |
+| 5-20 | Situation + pain | Understand what broke, what it costs, who built it, and why now. |
+| 20-35 | Access + workflow mapping | Collect read-only access to code, task board, and chats. Map the dev workflow. |
+| 35-40 | Salvage vs. reset framing | Pre-empt rebuild fear; explain how the async audit will identify what is worth keeping. |
+| 40-45 | Next steps + proposal call booking | Confirm access, 48-hour deliverable, schedule follow-up. |
+
+---
+
+## The call, segment by segment
+
+### 0-5 — Warm open and frame
+
+The founder may expect a live demo or technical review. Reset the frame in the first minute.
+
+**Suggested way in:**
+
+> "Before we start, I want to set expectations. This call is about understanding your business and getting access to the right artifacts so my team can run a deep, AI-assisted audit *after* we hang up. We will not solve code problems live — that is what the next 48 hours are for. You will get a plain-English scorecard, then we will book 30 minutes to walk through what to do next."
+
+**Key questions:**
+- "What made this the week you looked for outside help?"
+- "How did you find us — referral, LinkedIn, or searching for a rescue team?"
+
+### 5-20 — Situation and pain (SPIN)
+
+Get the founder to tell the story in their own words. Listen for Push and Anxiety forces.
+
+**Suggested way in:**
+
+> "Walk me through what happened. When did the app stop feeling like it was heading in the right direction?"
+
+**Key questions:**
+- "What is breaking right now, and how do you know?"
+- "When it broke in front of a real user or stakeholder, what happened next?"
+- "Who else is watching this land — investors, customers, cofounders?"
+- "If nothing changes, where are you in three months?"
+- "Do you actually trust what your current team is telling you about progress?"
+
+### 20-35 — Access and workflow mapping
+
+This is the operational core of the call. You need enough access to run a complete due diligence.
+
+**Suggested way in:**
+
+> "To give you an honest verdict, we need to look at three things: the code itself, how work is tracked, and how the team communicates. I will send you a mutual NDA before anyone opens anything. We only ever need read-only access."
+
+**Collect access to:**
+1. **Code repository** (GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket) — read-only.
+2. **Hosting / deployment accounts** (AWS, Vercel, Heroku, etc.) — read-only or sanitized view.
+3. **Task / issue tracker** (Jira, Linear, Trello, GitHub Issues) — read-only.
+4. **Developer communication** (Slack, Teams, Discord) — read-only export or limited channel access.
+
+**Key questions:**
+- "Who built this — dev shop, freelancer, AI tool, or in-house team?"
+- "Where does the code live, and do you have admin rights to add a read-only user?"
+- "Where does the app run? Is the AWS/hosting account in your name or the developer's?"
+- "Where is the work tracked? Jira, Linear, GitHub Issues, a Trello board?"
+- "Where does the team chat? Slack, Teams, Discord? Can you add a read-only export?"
+- "What is the real deadline — a launch, a raise, a customer renewal?"
+
+If the founder cannot grant access during the call, name the exact next step and who will do it.
+
+### 35-40 — Salvage vs. reset framing
+
+The founder is likely bracing for "throw it all away." Defuse that fear.
+
+**Suggested way in:**
+
+> "Most founders assume the answer is 'start over.' In our rescues, we usually keep 30-50% of the existing code. The audit will tell us exactly which half is load-bearing and which half is cardboard."
+
+**Key questions:**
+- "If the honest answer turned out to be 'this is salvageable,' would you believe it?"
+- "What is the one part of the product you absolutely cannot afford to rebuild from scratch?"
+
+### 40-45 — Next steps and proposal-call booking
+
+Close with clarity, not pressure.
+
+**Say this:**
+
+> "Here is what happens next:
+> 1. You grant read-only access and we sign the NDA.
+> 2. Our team runs the AI-assisted audit over the next 48 hours.
+> 3. You receive a one-page scorecard: code health, workflow health, salvage vs. rebuild verdict, and recommended next step.
+> 4. We book a 30-minute call to review the findings and, if it makes sense, a fixed-price rescue proposal."
+>
+> "The scorecard is yours whether or not we work together. The goal is that you finally know where you stand."
+
+---
+
+## Access checklist (post-call)
+
+Use this checklist to confirm you have everything needed before starting the async audit.
+
+- [ ] Mutual NDA signed.
+- [ ] Read-only access granted to code repo.
+- [ ] Read-only or sanitized access granted to hosting/deployment account.
+- [ ] Read-only access granted to task / issue tracker.
+- [ ] Read-only export or channel access granted to dev chat.
+- [ ] Founder confirmed the deadline, budget stage, and decision-making timeline.
+- [ ] Follow-up proposal call scheduled.
+
+---
+
+## Objection handling
+
+**"Why can't you just look at the code now on the call?"**
+> "We could, but a real audit takes focused, offline time. We use AI-assisted analysis to trace how the code, task board, and team communication line up. Doing it offline gives you a much more honest answer than a 45-minute screen share."
+
+**"I don't want you reading our Slack."**
+> "We only look at developer workflow and ticket history — not business secrets. We sign a mutual NDA, we take read-only exports, and we purge everything within 30 days. If a channel is sensitive, just exclude it and tell us which ones cover the build process."
+
+**"How do I know this isn't just a sales pitch?"**
+> "The scorecard is yours whether or not you hire us. If the answer is 'stay where you are,' we will tell you. We only win if the audit is honest, because our rescue starts with trust."
+
+---
+
+## Cold-eyes (self-refute)
+
+**Risk:** A founder who just got burned may see the access request as invasive, and the lack of live technical answers as a bait-and-switch.
+
+**Mitigation:**
+- Frame the call clearly in the booking confirmation email so no one expects live code review.
+- Lead with the NDA and read-only language before asking for access.
+- Keep the SPIN/pain segment first; do not let the call feel like a vendor qualification form.
+- Promise a concrete deliverable with a deadline (48 hours) and a concrete next step (proposal call).
+
+**Verdict: PASS.** The call earns trust, secures access, and sets up the async audit to produce a defensible verdict.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/booking-page-spec.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/booking-page-spec.md
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@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 > DRAFT - cold-eyes fixes applied; ready for Paul to set up (~5 min)
 
-# Booking-Page Spec - Free Code Audit (Card S0)
+# Booking-Page Spec - Free Rescue Context Call (Card S0)
 
 **Owner**: Paul Keen | **Sprint**: Rescue Demand Sprint (2026-07-21) | **Card**: S0 (measurement prerequisite)
 **Path**: lean - external Cal.com or NeetoCal booking page, no site change. ~5 minutes to set up in Paul's own account.
-**Output**: one live booking URL that replaces every `[BOOKING_LINK]` placeholder across the offer one-pager and the warm-intro/referral kit.
+**Output**: one live booking URL that replaces every `[BOOKING_LINK]` placeholder across the offer one-pager and the warm-intro/referral kit. **Live URL**: https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ---
 
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ Paul builds this once in his Cal.com or NeetoCal account.
 
 | Field | Value |
 |---|---|
-| **Event name** | Free Code Audit (45 min) |
+| **Event name** | Free Rescue Context Call (45 min) |
 | **Duration** | 45 minutes |
-| **Buffer** | 10 minutes after each call (write-up time for the one-page assessment) |
+| **Buffer** | 10 minutes after each call (notes/scheduling the async audit kickoff) |
 | **Location** | Video call (Google Meet / Zoom - whichever Paul already uses) |
-| **Availability** | Paul's real open blocks; cap at 2-3 slots/day so audits don't swamp delivery |
+| **Availability** | Paul's real open blocks; cap at 2-3 slots/day so calls don't swamp delivery |
 
 ### Intake questions (ask all five)
 
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ Paul builds this once in his Cal.com or NeetoCal account.
 2. **What did you build it with?** Dev shop, freelancer, offshore team, or an AI tool (Lovable, Cursor, Bolt, Replit)? Name it. - flags the AI-built builds this offer is aimed at.
 3. **What's breaking right now?** The symptom that made you book. - surfaces the pain and pre-qualifies the call.
 4. **Funding stage** - bootstrapped, pre-seed, seed, or Series A? - confirms budget fit (ICP-E is pre-seed to Series A).
-5. **Can you get access to the code?** Do you have it on GitHub/GitLab, or does the dev shop still hold it? - the audit needs read access to run; this pre-qualifies the call AND surfaces the "hostage" pain (ICP pain #13) before Paul spends 45 minutes on a call he can't deliver.
+5. **Can you get access to the code, task board, and dev chats?** Do you have admin rights on GitHub/GitLab, Jira/Linear, and Slack/Teams, or does the dev shop still hold them? - the async audit needs read-only access to all three; this pre-qualifies the call AND surfaces the "hostage" pain (ICP pain #13).
 
 ### Confirmation message copy
 
-> You're booked. Here's what happens: one of our senior engineers spends 45 minutes with you and your codebase, then sends you a one-page, plain-English assessment - what's solid and what to fix first. If you can, bring read access to your repo (GitHub, GitLab, wherever the code lives). Nothing else to prep. See you soon.
+> You're booked. Here's what happens: we spend 45 minutes understanding your situation and collecting read-only access to your code, task board, and dev chats. Then our team runs an intensive, AI-assisted audit offline and sends you a one-page, plain-English scorecard within 48 hours — what's solid, what's fragile, and whether to salvage or rebuild. If you can, bring read access to your repo (GitHub, GitLab, wherever the code lives). Nothing else to prep. See you soon.
 >
 > - Paul
 
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ Paul builds this once in his Cal.com or NeetoCal account.
 
 ## After the link is live
 
-- Paste the real booking URL over every `[BOOKING_LINK]` slot in `warm-intro-referral-kit.md` (the forwardable blurb) and in the offer one-pager.
+- ✅ Paste the real booking URL over every `[BOOKING_LINK]` slot in `warm-intro-referral-kit.md` (the forwardable blurb) and in the offer one-pager. Live URL: https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar.
 - Make the pipeline sheet the single source of truth, and link it from `operating-system.md` §7.
 - Define the attribution rule: a call booked through this link counts as a discovery call; tag its source (warm intro, referral, or LinkedIn) so the scorecard shows which channel fed it.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md
index de00cd364..9b39a4b04 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/cold-prospect-list.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 > P8 output. Merged from P1-P7 prospect files. Deduplicated by source URL (thread URL = join key). Scored by trigger strength. Rows from same thread with different handles are separate entries (different people, same venue).
 >
-> Sources: P1 IH comments (7), P2 IH posts (6), P3 HN (0), P4 Reddit (8), P5 X (1), P6 Competitor comments (3), P7 F5Bot (pending). **Total: 25 rows. Zero dupes found.**
+> Sources: P1 IH comments (7), P2 IH posts (6), P3 HN (0), P4 Reddit (8), P5 X (1), P6 Competitor comments (3), P7 F5Bot (keywords live; no digest yet). **Total: 25 rows. Zero dupes found.**
 >
 > Scoring: Trigger 1 (bugs/breaking) > Trigger 3 (ownership/hostage) > Trigger 7 (stuck/incomplete). Within each trigger, ICP > semi-ICP.
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 | LinkedIn | 1 |
 | X/Twitter | 1 |
 | HN | 0 (dev-dominated, no founder voices) |
-| F5Bot | 0 (pending first digest) |
+| F5Bot | 0 (keywords live; awaiting first digest) |
 
 ### LIGHT gate: "Would Paul recognize these as worth his time?"
 
@@ -74,5 +74,5 @@
 - Semi-ICP rows (6) are founders who built with AI themselves, not paid a shop. They still need rescue but the trigger is different.
 
 ### Pending
-- P7 F5Bot digest: add matching rows when first email arrives
+- P7 F5Bot digest: add matching rows when the first digest arrives (keywords are already live)
 - Deduplication key: source URL. No duplicates found across P1-P7.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/discovery-kit.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/discovery-kit.md
index 0846a1996..b71262e08 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/discovery-kit.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/discovery-kit.md
@@ -1,105 +1,90 @@
-> DRAFT (T8 output) - 2026-07-22. Internal sales tool for Paul's free Code Audit calls. Pending Paul's review. Objection pre-empts live in T9, not here.
+> DRAFT (T8 output) - 2026-07-22. Internal sales tool for the free Rescue Audit. Pending Paul's review. Objection pre-empts live in T9, not here.
 
-# Discovery Kit - Free Code Audit call
+# Discovery Kit — Free Rescue Audit
 
-This is the script and the scorecard Paul runs on the free 45-minute Code Audit - the step between a booked call and a rescue proposal. The founder on the other end got burned once already, so the whole call is built to make them feel understood and leave with a straight answer, whether or not they ever hire us.
+The free Rescue Audit is now an **async, AI-intensive technical due diligence**, not a live 45-minute code review. The 45-minute call is a **context and access session** — Paul meets the founder, maps the business pain, and secures read-only access to the artifacts we need. After the call, our team runs the audit offline and delivers a one-page verdict within 48 hours.
 
-Two things ground every question below:
-- The [Four Forces](customer-profile-four-forces.md) - Push and Pull pull the founder toward change, Anxiety and Habit hold them back. Paul amplifies the first pair and listens for the second, and never argues.
-- The [D3 intake](assumptions-register.md) - five things Paul has to know before he can promise an audit he can actually deliver. They're folded into the conversation, not fired as a checklist.
+- For the call script, see [`45-minute-session-playbook.md`](45-minute-session-playbook.md).
+- Two things still ground every question: the [Four Forces](customer-profile-four-forces.md), and the [D3 intake](assumptions-register.md).
 
 ---
 
-## 45-minute agenda
+## The new audit funnel
 
-| Time | Segment | What Paul is doing |
-|---|---|---|
-| 0-5 | Warm open | Lower the guard. Name the frame: this call is theirs, the write-up is theirs to keep. No pitch coming. |
-| 5-13 | Situation | Get the founder walking him through what they have and what happened. Listen for the founder's own words about the break (Push). |
-| 13-23 | Pain and impact | Find what the break actually cost - the customer, the raise, the sleep. This is where the founder feels understood. |
-| 23-33 | The five things Paul needs | Who built it, what's broken now, whether they can get to the code, whether they own the servers, what clock they're on. The ownership questions carry the wedge (Pull). |
-| 33-40 | Salvage or rebuild | Set up what the written verdict will and won't say. Break the "one more sprint" reflex (Habit). |
-| 40-45 | What happens next | The write-up lands in a couple of days either way. If they want the fix, name the fixed price and the read-access they'll send. |
-
-Paul writes the one-page assessment in the 10-minute buffer after the call, using the template at the bottom of this doc.
+1. **Founder books** a 45-minute Rescue Context Call.
+2. **Pre-call email** sets expectations and lists the access they need to prepare.
+3. **45-minute Context Call** — Paul maps pain, confirms access, and schedules the follow-up.
+4. **Async AI-intensive due diligence** — senior engineer + AI prompts review code, task board, and dev chats.
+5. **One-page scorecard** delivered within 48 hours (Code health, Workflow health, Salvage vs. Rebuild verdict, Next step).
+6. **30-minute Proposal Call** — Paul walks the founder through the findings and a fixed-price rescue plan.
 
 ---
 
-## The call, segment by segment
-
-Each block below gives Paul what he's trying to surface, a suggested way in, and a few real questions he can pick from. He should ask two or three per segment, not all of them - it's a conversation, not a form. The force tag in italics is for Paul's ear, not to be read aloud.
-
-### 0-5 - Warm open
-
-Get the founder to relax before anything technical. A burned founder walks in expecting to be sold to, so the first ninety seconds have to prove that isn't happening.
-
-Suggested way in: *"Before we open anything up, I want to say the obvious - this call is yours. One of our senior engineers reads your actual code, you get a plain-English write-up, and it's yours whether or not we ever work together. So let's just talk. What made you book this week?"*
-
-- "What made this the week you looked for help, versus a month ago?" *(Push - the struggling moment)*
-- "How did you find us - did someone point you here, or were you searching for a way to fix this?" *(reads the trigger + warmth)*
-
-### 5-13 - Situation
+## Why async beats live code review
 
-Get the picture of what they have, in their words, before Paul forms any opinion. SPIN situation questions - low-threat, factual, and they let the founder narrate the break themselves.
+A 45-minute screen share is not enough to understand a broken MVP. The real value comes from:
+- **Depth**: tracing commit history, dependency trees, test coverage, and architectural patterns.
+- **Context**: reading task boards and chat history reveals what the team promised vs. delivered.
+- **Comfort**: the founder does not need to watch someone poke at their code in real time.
+- **Honesty**: an offline audit lets us validate assumptions before naming a verdict.
 
-Suggested way in: *"Walk me through it like I've never seen the app. When a brand-new person signs up today and starts clicking around, what happens?"*
+The 45-minute call exists because a founder who got burned still needs to trust the person giving them the answer. Paul is that trust layer. The call is for context and access; the audit is for the technical truth.
 
-- "When did it stop feeling like it was heading in the right direction?" *(Push)*
-- "What's the thing you keep checking to make sure it hasn't broken again?" *(Push - surfaces the fear through behavior, not a feelings question)*
-- "Your developers - when you ask what's going on, what do they tell you?" *(Push - listens for the "refactoring / architecture" stall)*
-
-### 13-23 - Pain and impact
-
-This is the segment that earns the founder's trust. Paul stops gathering facts and finds what the break actually cost. SPIN implication and need-payoff questions - the founder connects the technical mess to the money, the customers, and the reputation on the line.
-
-Suggested way in: *"Okay. So it breaks. Help me understand what that's actually costing you - not the code, the real fallout."*
-
-- "When it broke in front of a real user, what happened next - did you lose them, or was it worse than that?" *(Push - functional cost)*
-- "Who else is watching this land? Investors, a cofounder, your first paying customers - and what have you had to tell them so far?" *(Anxiety - the social job, looking like you got taken)*
-- "If nothing changes, where does this go in three months?" *(Push - raises the urgency without Paul having to)*
-- "Be straight with me - do you actually trust what your team is telling you about how close this is?" *(Anxiety - the "am I being lied to" fear, surfaced, not argued)*
+---
 
-### 23-33 - The five things Paul needs
+## Async due diligence scope
 
-Everything in the [D3 intake](assumptions-register.md) has to come out here, but the founder should feel like Paul is uncovering problems on their behalf, not qualifying them as a lead. The ownership questions in particular land as "here's something you paid for and don't control" - that's the wedge no competitor leads with.
+The audit team reviews three artifact types. All access is read-only; see the data-handling contract below.
 
-Suggested way in: *"I've got a picture of the pain. Now I need five practical things so the audit I send you is worth reading. Some of these you'll know cold, some you might have to check - both answers are useful."*
+| Artifact | What we look for | Why it matters |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Code repository** (GitHub/GitLab) | Architecture, dependencies, test coverage, security, ownership, recent commits, branching hygiene | Tells us what is solid, what is fragile, and what is salvageable. |
+| **Task / issue tracker** (Jira/Linear/Trello/GitHub Issues) | Backlog hygiene, ticket quality, estimation accuracy, scope creep, missing deliverables | Reveals process problems that code alone cannot. |
+| **Dev communication** (Slack/Teams/Discord) | Communication patterns, escalations, blockers, undocumented decisions | Surfaces the human/team dynamics behind the breakage. |
 
-1. "Who actually built this - a dev shop, a freelancer, or one of the AI tools like Lovable, Cursor, or Bolt that write the code for you?" *(Push - build origin; tells Paul what kind of mess to expect)*
-2. "Of everything that feels shaky, what's the one piece that would hurt the most if it broke tomorrow morning?" *(Push - ranks the damage)*
-3. "Where does the code actually live? GitHub is the usual place - it's the online folder your app's code sits in. Can you log into that account yourself right now, or does your developer hold the keys?" *(Pull - the ownership wedge; also the gate: the audit needs read access to run)*
-4. "Same question for the servers. The thing your app runs on is usually an Amazon account, AWS for short. Is that account in your name, or your developer's?" *(Pull - ownership; surfaces the second hostage risk)*
-5. "What's the clock on this? A launch date, a raise you're closing, a customer who's threatening to walk - anything pushing you?" *(Push - urgency and timeline pressure)*
+### AI-assisted analysis prompts (engineer use only)
 
-If the founder can't get into the GitHub or the servers, that's not a dead end - Paul names it as the first thing the audit will help them fix, and the call stays useful.
+Use these as starting points for the AI-assisted review. The senior engineer validates every AI output by hand before it goes into the scorecard.
 
-### 33-40 - Salvage or rebuild
+1. **Code archaeology**: "Summarize the tech stack, dependency versions, test coverage, and top 5 architectural risk areas in this repo."
+2. **Security sweep**: "Identify exposed secrets, missing auth checks, SQL injection risks, and any PII handling issues."
+3. **Commit history**: "Map the last 8 weeks of commits to the task board. Highlight rework, hotfixes, and untested changes."
+4. **Task board health**: "Summarize open vs. closed tickets, average age, missing acceptance criteria, and recurring blockers."
+5. **Chat sentiment**: "Extract the top 5 recurring problems, blockers, or escalations from this channel export."
+6. **Salvage estimate**: "Estimate what percentage of the codebase is worth keeping and what parts need rebuilding."
 
-The founder is braced for the worst answer - "throw it all out and start over" - and that fear is exactly what keeps them stuck with the shop they don't trust. Paul defuses it by setting realistic expectations for the written verdict before he's even written it.
+---
 
-Suggested way in: *"Here's what you're going to get from me in a couple of days. A one-pager, no jargon, that tells you what's solid, what's fragile, and one honest call - keep what you have and fix the broken parts, or replace the parts that can't hold the product you're describing."*
+## 45-minute session quick reference
 
-- "Most founders I talk to assume the answer is 'scrap everything.' On the last few rescues we kept somewhere between a third and half of the original code. Would knowing exactly which half change how this feels?" *(Habit - reframes the sunk-cost trap without a slogan)*
-- "The 'one more sprint will fix it' bet - how many times have you already made it?" *(Habit - names the loop the founder is stuck in)*
-- "And if the honest answer turned out to be 'this is salvageable, you don't need a full rebuild' - would you believe me, given how the last team talked to you?" *(Anxiety - lets the founder voice the distrust so the free write-up can answer it)*
+| Time | Segment |
+|---|---|
+| 0-5 | Warm open + frame: this is context, not live code review |
+| 5-20 | Situation + pain: what broke, what it costs, who built it |
+| 20-35 | Access + workflow mapping: code, task board, chats, timeline |
+| 35-40 | Salvage vs. reset framing |
+| 40-45 | Next steps: 48-hour scorecard + 30-minute proposal call |
 
-### 40-45 - What happens next
+See the full script, suggested questions, and objection handling in [`45-minute-session-playbook.md`](45-minute-session-playbook.md).
 
-Close on clarity, not commitment. The founder should hang up knowing exactly what they'll receive and when, with zero pressure to decide.
+---
 
-Suggested way in: *"That's everything I need. Here's what happens now, and there's no catch in it."*
+## Data handling and access safety
 
-- The write-up lands in a couple of business days - what's solid, what to fix first, salvage or rebuild. Theirs to keep.
-- The one action Paul asks for: read-only access to the repo, so a senior engineer reads the real code, not a guess. If they can't get it yet, Paul sends the steps to claw it back.
-- If they want the fix after reading it, Paul walks them through the rescue - fixed price agreed up front, 4 to 8 weeks, ownership handed back at each milestone. No number that creeps.
+The Rescue Audit is **read-only** by default. We look at your repo, task board, and chat history to understand the situation. We do not copy source code, secrets, customer data, or credentials into the write-up unless you explicitly ask us to — and then only the minimum necessary.
 
-Suggested close: *"Even if you read the write-up and decide to stay where you are, you'll finally know where you actually stand. That's the point of it."*
+- **Read-only access**: We ask for read-only access to the repo, task board, and sanitized/non-production environment where possible. You keep ownership of every account at all times.
+- **NDA**: We sign a mutual NDA before accessing sensitive artifacts.
+- **No secret sharing**: Do not share production API keys, passwords, or customer databases with us. If we need to inspect a live issue, we guide you through it rather than handle credentials ourselves.
+- **No customer data in the report**: The audit write-up contains only plain-English findings and recommendations. We do not paste user records, logs with PII, or internal credentials.
+- **Revoke when done**: We expect you to remove our read access as soon as the audit is complete. We keep our working notes only long enough to finish the report, then delete them.
+- **Retention**: Any screenshots or local notes we make are deleted within 30 days unless you explicitly ask us to keep them longer.
 
 ---
 
-## One-page Rescue Audit - deliverable template
+## One-page Rescue Audit — deliverable template
 
-Paul fills this in during the 10-minute buffer and sends it as the promised write-up. Plain English, one page, no jargon the founder has to look up. Each row gets a Red, Amber, or Green and one sentence a non-technical founder can act on.
+Paul fills this in after the async audit is complete and sends it as the promised write-up. Plain English, one page, no jargon the founder has to look up. Each row gets a Red, Amber, or Green and one sentence a non-technical founder can act on.
 
 **Prepared for:** [Founder name] / [Company] - [date]
 **Reviewed by:** [Senior engineer] with Paul Keen, fractional CTO
@@ -110,7 +95,8 @@ Paul fills this in during the 10-minute buffer and sends it as the promised writ
 |---|---|---|---|
 | Ownership | Do you hold the code and the servers, or does someone else? | 🔴/🟡/🟢 | [e.g. "The code is in your developer's GitHub, not yours - you can't move it without them today."] |
 | Security | Can one user reach another user's data? Are passwords and keys exposed? | 🔴/🟡/🟢 | [e.g. "Any logged-in user can open another customer's account by changing the number in the web address."] |
-| Does anything catch breakage before your users do? | Are there automated tests, or does every bug reach a real person first? | 🔴/🟡/🟢 | [e.g. "Almost nothing is tested, so a change in one place quietly breaks another - which is what you've been living."] |
+| Automated testing | Does anything catch breakage before your users do? | 🔴/🟡/🟢 | [e.g. "Almost nothing is tested, so a change in one place quietly breaks another - which is what you've been living."] |
+| Workflow health | Do tickets, sprints, and team communication match what the product actually needs? | 🔴/🟡/🟢 | [e.g. "Tickets are vague, sprints are missed, and the chat shows recurring blockers that never reach the founder."] |
 | Salvageable | How much of what you paid for is worth keeping? | ~[N]% | [e.g. "Roughly 40% is solid. The login, payments, and data layer need replacing."] |
 | What breaks next | If nothing changes, what's the most likely next failure? | 🔴/🟡/🟢 | [e.g. "The database has no backups - one bad deploy could wipe your customer data with no way back."] |
 
@@ -126,21 +112,21 @@ Paul fills this in during the 10-minute buffer and sends it as the promised writ
 
 [One clear action. Usually one of:]
 - "Get read access to your GitHub and AWS accounts first - here are the exact steps. You should hold these no matter what you decide."
-- "If you want us to handle the fix, the next step is a 30-minute scoping call and a fixed-price proposal - no surprise number."
-- "If you'd rather your current team fix it, take this scorecard to them and ask for a plan against these five points. You'll know fast whether they can."
+- "If you want us to handle the fix, the next step is a 30-minute proposal call and a fixed-price rescue plan - no surprise number."
+- "If you'd rather your current team fix it, take this scorecard to them and ask for a plan against these six points. You'll know fast whether they can."
 
 ---
 
 ## Cold-eyes (self-refute)
 
-**The strongest case that this script backfires:** A founder who just got burned is allergic to being handled. Three moves in this draft risk tripping that wire. First, the five-question intake in the 23-33 block can feel like a vendor qualifying a lead - "can you get access to the code" reads as Paul checking whether the deal is workable for *him*, not helping *them*. Second, the pain segment leans on emotional questions ("who's watching this land," "do you trust what your team tells you"); a defensive founder can hear rapport-hacking, the exact warmth a bad agency used on them last time. Third, the call ends by naming a fixed price and read-access - a pull toward the sale that can retroactively make the whole warm open feel like a setup.
+**The strongest case that this new process backfires:** A founder who just got burned may see the access request as invasive, and the shift from "live code review" to "we will get back to you" may feel like a bait-and-switch.
 
-**Does it survive?** Mostly, with the changes below. The intake questions survive because they're framed as the founder's problem, not Paul's qualification - the ownership questions in particular hand the founder a problem they didn't know they had ("you paid for this and don't control it"), which is the opposite of a vendor probe. The pain questions survive because they're tied to observable consequences (a lost customer, an investor update) rather than feelings, and because the write-up is genuinely theirs to keep - the 90/10 promise is real, not a frame. The close survives because the price only comes up if the founder wants the fix, and the default next step Paul offers is "go get your own access back," which is useful even if they never hire us.
+**Does it survive?** Yes, if the call is framed correctly. The 45-minute session playbook opens with a clear expectation reset: the call is for context and access, not live review. The NDA and read-only language come before any access request. The founder receives a concrete deliverable with a deadline (48 hours) and a concrete next step (proposal call). The audit is more thorough because it is offline, not less.
 
 **What I changed off the back of this:**
-- Moved the ownership questions to *after* the pain is established, so they read as "here's what's wrong" rather than "are you a qualified buyer."
-- Cut the one straight feelings question ("how are you sleeping") and replaced it with a behavior question - "what do you keep checking to make sure it hasn't broken" - which surfaces the same fear without therapist voice.
-- Made the intake explicitly a conversation, not a numbered volley Paul reads down, and gave him an off-ramp when the founder can't get repo access so the call never dead-ends.
-- Anchored the salvage reframe in a real number ("a third to half of the original code") instead of a reassuring slogan.
+- Split the old 45-minute agenda into a dedicated context-call playbook.
+- Made the async audit explicit in the offer, booking page, and confirmation email.
+- Added task board and dev chat review to the audit scope.
+- Replaced the live-code-review promise with a 48-hour scorecard promise.
 
-**Verdict: PASS.** The script makes the founder feel understood and sends them away with a straight answer they can use alone. The one live risk to watch on real calls: if Paul rushes the pain segment to get to the five questions, the intake will feel like qualifying. The agenda gives pain ten minutes before the intake starts on purpose - hold that order.
+**Verdict: PASS.** The async model gives the founder a more honest answer while still giving Paul the human trust moment the sale needs.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md
index 153e654a8..d9ceae91d 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/offer-one-pager.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-> DRAFT - A2 pricing confirmed (3-tier). Pending Paul's review + real [BOOKING_LINK]
+> DRAFT - A2 pricing confirmed (3-tier). Booking link live.
 
 # Vibe Code Rescue
 
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ You paid a dev shop or an AI tool to build your app. The demo looked great. Then
 
 If you nodded at two of these, you're the founder we built this for.
 
-## Step 1 - The free Code Audit (45 minutes, yours to keep)
+## Step 1 - Free Rescue Context Call + AI-Intensive Audit (45 minutes + 48-hour scorecard)
 
-Book a call and one senior developer reads your actual codebase before you decide anything. On the call, we walk you through a one-page assessment in plain English: what's solid, what's fragile, the fixes that would help you most, and a straight answer on whether you should salvage what you have or rebuild the broken parts. You keep the write-up whether or not we work together. No contract, and no follow-up calls you didn't ask for.
+Book a 45-minute context call. We use that time to understand your business pain and collect read-only access to your code, task board, and dev chats. Then our team runs an intensive, AI-assisted technical due diligence offline. Within 48 hours you get a one-page, plain-English scorecard: what's solid, what's fragile, whether to salvage or rebuild, and the exact next step. You keep the scorecard whether or not we work together. No contract, and no follow-up calls you didn't ask for.
 
-**Book your free Code Audit -> [BOOKING_LINK]**
+**Book your free Rescue Context Call -> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar**
 
 ## Step 2 - Pick your rescue level
 
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ We've been shipping Ruby on Rails since 2011. We use AI-assisted development to
 
 You've been burned once. The whole point of the free audit is that you find out where you stand first - with a senior engineer who has no reason to tell you anything but the truth.
 
-**Book your free Code Audit -> [BOOKING_LINK]**
+**Book your free Code Audit -> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar**
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md
index 06af52afb..8247848e8 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Outbound Openers - Personalized per prospect
 
-> P9 output. One opener per row in `cold-prospect-list.md`. Right template (thread-reply/DM), mirror that row's VoC phrase, `[BOOKING_LINK]` placeholder. Pricing: Triage $2,500 / Rescue $7,500 / Foundation Reset $10,000.
+> P9 output. One opener per row in `cold-prospect-list.md`. Right template (thread-reply/DM), mirror that row's VoC phrase, live booking link. Pricing: Triage $2,500 / Rescue $7,500 / Foundation Reset $10,000.
 
 ---
 
@@ -20,87 +20,87 @@
 >
 > Happy to have one of our senior engineers look at the actual code and send you a plain-English read on what's breaking and whether it's salvageable. Free, no pitch, the write-up is yours to keep.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 2. SANICE_AI (IH thread-reply)
 
 > "Repeat 200 times a day" - I felt that. The deploy-break-paste-fix cycle with Claude is brutal because the AI doesn't remember what it broke last time.
 >
-> We do free code audits for exactly this situation. One senior engineer reads your actual codebase and tells you in plain English what's solid, what's fragile, and whether you should fix what you have or rebuild the broken parts. You keep the write-up either way.
+> We do free Rescue Context Calls for exactly this situation. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and tells you in plain English what's solid, what's fragile, and whether you should fix what you have or rebuild the broken parts. You keep the write-up either way.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 3. Joy Adamson (LinkedIn DM)
 
 > Hi Joy - I saw your post about the Lovable app breaking when beta testers arrived. "As soon as I got beta testers on it, it totally broke" is something we hear from founders every week.
 >
-> We do free 45-minute code audits - one senior engineer reads your actual code and gives you a plain-English verdict on what's worth keeping and what needs fixing. You keep the write-up whether or not we ever work together.
+> We do free Rescue Context Calls - one senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and gives you a plain-English verdict on what's worth keeping and what needs fixing. You keep the write-up whether or not we ever work together.
 >
-> Would that be useful? [BOOKING_LINK]
+> Would that be useful? https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 4. r/startups OP 1sgsq6o (Reddit thread-reply)
 
 > "Vibe coding gave me a product. It also gave me a problem I couldn't fix." - this is exactly the pattern we built our rescue service around. AI tools are great for prototypes but the code they write often can't hold real users.
 >
-> We offer a free code audit where one senior engineer reads your actual codebase and tells you what's breaking and why. Plain English, no jargon, the write-up is yours. Might save you another month of guessing.
+> We offer a free Rescue Context Call where we run an AI-assisted Rescue Audit on your codebase, task board, and dev chats and tells you what's breaking and why. Plain English, no jargon, the write-up is yours. Might save you another month of guessing.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 5. r/replit OP 1pneqwa (Reddit thread-reply)
 
 > "Replit deleted my project. Not maliciously. Just... it happened." - the Replit agent incidents are becoming a pattern. You're not alone in this.
 >
-> If you're trying to figure out what's salvageable, we do free code audits. One senior engineer looks at what you have and gives you a straight answer on whether to fix it or start fresh. You keep the write-up either way.
+> If you're trying to figure out what's salvageable, we do free Rescue Context Calls. One senior engineer looks at what you have and gives you a straight answer on whether to fix it or start fresh. You keep the write-up either way.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 6. r/replit OP 1ucjd4y (Reddit thread-reply)
 
 > That "Found it, Let me fix this, that didn't work" loop is the signature of AI-generated code hitting its limits. The AI doesn't have a mental model of the whole system, so each fix creates a new problem somewhere else.
 >
-> We do free 45-minute code audits for this exact situation. A senior engineer reads the actual code and tells you what's solid vs what's sand. Plain English write-up, yours to keep.
+> We do free Rescue Context Calls for this exact situation. A senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and tells you what's solid vs what's sand. Plain English write-up, yours to keep.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 7. eddwardpark (IH thread-reply)
 
 > "You fix one thing, Claude breaks two others" - that's the AI version of whack-a-mole. The underlying issue is usually that the AI doesn't understand the architecture it created, so it patches symptoms instead of fixing the structure.
 >
-> We do free code audits where one senior engineer reads the actual codebase and maps what's actually happening. The write-up tells you what to fix first and what to leave alone. Might save you from chasing your own tail for another week.
+> We do free Rescue Context Calls where we run an AI-assisted Rescue Audit on the actual codebase and maps what's actually happening. The write-up tells you what to fix first and what to leave alone. Might save you from chasing your own tail for another week.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 8. KaiaColban (IH thread-reply)
 
 > "The AI gave me marshmallows" - that's the best description of AI-generated code I've seen. The demo works, the structure doesn't.
 >
-> If you're trying to figure out how much of what you built is worth keeping, we do free code audits. One senior engineer reads the code and gives you a plain-English verdict - salvage, fix, or rebuild. You keep the write-up either way.
+> If you're trying to figure out how much of what you built is worth keeping, we do free Rescue Context Calls. One team runs the code and gives you a plain-English verdict - salvage, fix, or rebuild. You keep the write-up either way.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 9. r/cursor OP 1q1v99l (Reddit thread-reply)
 
 > "They told me it was easier to burn the whole thing down and start over" - that's usually the lazy answer. Most AI-built apps have 30-50% worth keeping if someone knows where to look.
 >
-> We do free code audits for exactly this situation. One senior engineer reads your actual code and tells you honestly what's salvageable and what isn't. You keep the write-up whether or not you hire anyone. Might save you from paying $55K to rebuild something that didn't need rebuilding.
+> We do free Rescue Context Calls for exactly this situation. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and tells you honestly what's salvageable and what isn't. You keep the write-up whether or not you hire anyone. Might save you from paying $55K to rebuild something that didn't need rebuilding.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 10. r/Solopreneur OP 1nhcc72 (Reddit thread-reply)
 
 > "A house of cards" - that's what 3 months of vibe coding produces without someone checking the foundation. The app looks done but can't hold weight.
 >
-> We do free 45-minute code audits. One senior engineer reads what you have and tells you where the actual load-bearing walls are vs the cardboard ones. Plain English write-up, yours to keep.
+> We do free Rescue Context Calls. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and tells you where the actual load-bearing walls are vs the cardboard ones. Plain English write-up, yours to keep.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 11. r/Solopreneur OP 1r9mxtm (Reddit thread-reply)
 
 > "The last 20% - infrastructure, security, scaling - is an abyss for non-technical founders" - exactly right. AI tools skip that 20% because they optimize for "looks done" not "is production-ready."
 >
-> We do free code audits where one senior engineer maps exactly where your app stands on that 20%. The write-up tells you what needs fixing and in what order. Might save you from falling into the abyss.
+> We do free Rescue Context Calls where one senior engineer maps exactly where your app stands on that 20%. The write-up tells you what needs fixing and in what order. Might save you from falling into the abyss.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ---
 
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@
 
 > "Am currently burned by devs who aren't professional" - I hear this a lot. The worst part isn't the bad code, it's not knowing whether the next developer will do the same thing.
 >
-> We do free code audits where one senior engineer reads what you actually have and tells you the truth in plain English. No contract, the write-up is yours to keep. You judge us by what we find, not by what we say.
+> We do free Rescue Context Calls where we run an AI-assisted Rescue Audit on what you actually have and tells you the truth in plain English. No contract, the write-up is yours to keep. You judge us by what we find, not by what we say.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 13. Saul_E (IH thread-reply)
 
@@ -120,15 +120,15 @@
 >
 > Our rescue starts at $2,500 for a 48-hour triage sprint. Fixed price, agreed in writing. No creeping.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 14. r/nocode OP 1mx884d (Reddit thread-reply)
 
 > "$5k on a freelancer... none of the actual API integrations work and they have ghosted me" - that's the classic ownership-hostage situation. You paid for code you can't use from someone who won't answer.
 >
-> We do free code audits. One senior engineer reads what you have and tells you what's actually broken vs what just needs the right fix. The write-up is yours to keep - and if you want us to fix it, our triage sprint is $2,500 for the top 3 blockers. Fixed price, no creeping.
+> We do free Rescue Context Calls. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and tells you what's actually broken vs what just needs the right fix. The write-up is yours to keep - and if you want us to fix it, our triage sprint is $2,500 for the top 3 blockers. Fixed price, no creeping.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ---
 
@@ -136,71 +136,71 @@
 
 ### 15. dianewilliams75 (IH thread-reply)
 
-> I saw your comment - "This is my current situation!" If you're trying to figure out what to do next with your app, we do free code audits. One senior engineer reads your actual codebase and gives you a plain-English read on what's worth keeping and what needs fixing. You keep the write-up either way.
+> I saw your comment - "This is my current situation!" If you're trying to figure out what to do next with your app, we do free Rescue Context Calls. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and gives you a plain-English read on what's worth keeping and what needs fixing. You keep the write-up either way.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 16. 659ertramp (IH thread-reply)
 
-> "I need the right technical direction to bring the MVP to life without wasting time or money" - that's exactly what our free code audit is for. One senior engineer reads what you have and tells you where to focus first. No pitch, the write-up is yours.
+> "I need the right technical direction to bring the MVP to life without wasting time or money" - that's exactly what our free Rescue Context Call is for. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and tells you where to focus first. No pitch, the write-up is yours.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 17. J_Jie556517 (IH thread-reply)
 
-> If you're looking for a technical partner to help with the EdTech platform, we do free code audits where one senior engineer reads what you have and tells you what's solid and what needs work. Might help you figure out the right next step before committing to a partnership.
+> If you're looking for a technical partner to help with the EdTech platform, we do free Rescue Context Calls where we run an AI-assisted Rescue Audit on what you have and tells you what's solid and what needs work. Might help you figure out the right next step before committing to a partnership.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 18. lucadeza (IH thread-reply)
 
-> "Currently using an agency... looking for a technical co-founder so we can start building in house" - before you hire a co-founder or switch agencies, it might be worth getting a second opinion on what you already have. We do free code audits - one senior engineer reads the actual code and tells you what's worth keeping. You keep the write-up either way.
+> "Currently using an agency... looking for a technical co-founder so we can start building in house" - before you hire a co-founder or switch agencies, it might be worth getting a second opinion on what you already have. We do free Rescue Context Calls - we run an AI-assisted Rescue Audit on the actual code and tells you what's worth keeping. You keep the write-up either way.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 19. Abnrav (IH thread-reply)
 
 > "Funds have run dry and I have lost the limited support that I had. The app is in the stores but it is stagnant." - that's a tough spot but the app being in the stores means there's something to work with.
 >
-> We do free code audits where one senior engineer reads what you have and tells you what's salvageable. If the foundation is solid, a targeted fix might be all you need. The write-up is yours to keep.
+> We do free Rescue Context Calls where we run an AI-assisted Rescue Audit on what you have and tells you what's salvageable. If the foundation is solid, a targeted fix might be all you need. The write-up is yours to keep.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 20. Sam A (IH thread-reply)
 
-> "I basically failed with another project where I got a freelance developer to build for me before truly validating the product / market" - the validation-first lesson is expensive but valuable. If your current project is hitting the same wall, we do free code audits that tell you exactly what you have before you spend more.
+> "I basically failed with another project where I got a freelance developer to build for me before truly validating the product / market" - the validation-first lesson is expensive but valuable. If your current project is hitting the same wall, we do free Rescue Context Calls that tell you exactly what you have before you spend more.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 21. techPackets (IH thread-reply)
 
-> "The freelancer struggled to understand the logic and then just vanished" - ghosting after taking the money is the worst. If you're trying to figure out whether the code they left behind is worth fixing, we do free audits. One senior engineer reads the actual code and gives you a straight answer.
+> "The freelancer struggled to understand the logic and then just vanished" - ghosting after taking the money is the worst. If you're trying to figure out whether the code they left behind is worth fixing, we do free audits. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and gives you a straight answer.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 22. r/nocode OP 1tdaqs9 (Reddit thread-reply)
 
-> "I'm a non-technical founder, and I'm stuck with my app" - that's exactly who we built our free code audit for. One senior engineer reads your actual codebase and tells you in plain English what's working, what's broken, and what to do next. You keep the write-up whether or not we ever work together.
+> "I'm a non-technical founder, and I'm stuck with my app" - that's exactly who we built our free Rescue Context Call for. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and tells you in plain English what's working, what's broken, and what to do next. You keep the write-up whether or not we ever work together.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 23. r/nocode OP 1qo1nug (Reddit thread-reply)
 
-> "I thought no-code would save me months - it actually made me more stuck" - the no-code ceiling is real. If you're trying to figure out whether to push through or switch approach, a free code audit might help. One senior engineer reads what you have and tells you where you actually stand.
+> "I thought no-code would save me months - it actually made me more stuck" - the no-code ceiling is real. If you're trying to figure out whether to push through or switch approach, a free Rescue Context Call might help. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and tells you where you actually stand.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 24. r/startups OP 1thpn8u (Reddit thread-reply)
 
 > "You describe the app, the tool writes the code, but you have no idea what it actually did" - that's the core problem with vibe coding. The AI optimizes for "looks like it works" not "actually works."
 >
-> If you want to know what you actually have, we do free code audits. One senior engineer reads the codebase and tells you what's real vs what's scaffolding. Plain English, yours to keep.
+> If you want to know what you actually have, we do free Rescue Context Calls. One team runs the codebase and tells you what's real vs what's scaffolding. Plain English, yours to keep.
 >
-> [BOOKING_LINK]
+> https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 25. @markgadala (X DM)
 
-> Saw your post about vibe-coded apps - "I would never sell them without help from real coders" is the right instinct. If you've got one that needs that real-coder pass, we do free code audits. 45 minutes, one senior engineer reads the code, plain-English write-up is yours. [BOOKING_LINK]
+> Saw your post about vibe-coded apps - "I would never sell them without help from real coders" is the right instinct. If you've got one that needs that real-coder pass, we do free Rescue Context Calls. 45 minutes, one team runs the code, plain-English write-up is yours. https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md
index b68dc6475..0861d00c2 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ While reading a thread to validate a prospect, copy any line that names a feelin
 - `[VERBATIM-founder]` "I basically failed with another project where I got a freelance developer to build for me before truly validating the product / market." - Sam A, https://www.indiehackers.com/post/building-my-first-app-as-a-non-technical-founder-a309cb92c3
 - `[VERBATIM-founder]` "I have built my dream app, and as soon as I got beta testers on it, it totally broke and lovable can't fix it." - Joy Adamson, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nico-casavecchia-2432b19b_i-vibe-coded-the-app-i-dreamed-about-for-activity-7424986945577013249-rizu
 - `[VERBATIM-founder]` "I've built 3 versions using AI. The last one was so complicated that when I hired someone to fix the 'vibe' bugs, they told me it was easier to burn the whole thing down and start over." - r/cursor OP, https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1q1v99l/does_vibe_coding_hit_a_massive_wall_once_your/
-- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "instead of building new features, I'm constantly re-fixing things that were already working." - r/developersPak, "Vibe coding is breaking our app and I'm tired of it"
-- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "it's starting to feel like we're just building on sand." - same thread
-- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "The worst part is payments (Stripe). I'm not even fully confident about all the edge cases there... it just feels risky every time we touch it." - same thread
+- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "instead of building new features, I'm constantly re-fixing things that were already working." - r/developersPak, https://www.reddit.com/r/developersPak/comments/1sdzina/vibe_coding_is_breaking_our_app_and_im_tired_of_it/
+- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "it's starting to feel like we're just building on sand." - same thread, https://www.reddit.com/r/developersPak/comments/1sdzina/vibe_coding_is_breaking_our_app_and_im_tired_of_it/
+- `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "The worst part is payments (Stripe). I'm not even fully confident about all the edge cases there... it just feels risky every time we touch it." - same thread, https://www.reddit.com/r/developersPak/comments/1sdzina/vibe_coding_is_breaking_our_app_and_im_tired_of_it/
 - `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "he was able to prove out a viable business in a matter of a few months with no engineering background and no technical capability" - CharlieDigital (describing friend), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44739556
 - `[VERBATIM-dev/team]` "Lovable is marketed to non developers, so their core users wouldn't understand a security flow if it flashed red" - firefoxd, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182659
 
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ While reading a thread to validate a prospect, copy any line that names a feelin
 | Push | "Bugs kept breaking parts of the app, and I had no visibility into what was happening." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` SpecBuildLab |
 | Push | "It would break. I'd paste the error back. We'd fix it. Repeat 200 times a day." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` SANICE_AI |
 | Push | "Vibe coding gave me a product. It also gave me a problem I couldn't fix." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/startups OP |
-| Push | "The freelancer struggled to understand the logic and then just vanished." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` techPackets |
-| Push | "I spent $5k on a freelancer... It looks perfect but none of the actual API integrations work and they have ghosted me now." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/nocode OP |
+| Push | "even the freelancer struggled to understand the logic and then just vanished." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` techPackets |
+| Push | "I spent $5k on a freelancer who used [AI Tool] to build it. It looks perfect but none of the actual API integrations work and they have ghosted me now that it's time to fix the database errors." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/nocode OP |
 | Push | "Am currently burned by devs who aren't professional and lacking how to build and execute." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` Afrikonnect |
 | Pull | "I am looking for a technical co-founder so that we can start building in house." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` lucadeza |
 | Pull | "I am at the stage of moving away from Lovable and get to old good hand made code." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` Joy Adamson |
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md
index 59d9aaa82..21549ba3e 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/warm-intro-referral-kit.md
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-> DRAFT - cold-eyes fixes applied; pending Paul's review + real [BOOKING_LINK]
+> DRAFT - cold-eyes fixes applied; booking link live.
 
 # Warm-Intro + Referral Kit (Card C0)
 
 **Owner**: Paul Keen | **Sprint**: Rescue Demand Sprint (2026-07-21) | **Card**: C0 (PRIMARY demand engine)
-**Goal**: Paul sends trusted intro + referral asks THIS WEEK so founders with broken MVPs book the Free Code Audit.
-**Offer these messages point to**: a free 45-minute Code Audit - one senior engineer reads the founder's codebase and sends back a one-page, plain-English assessment. No pitch, no contract.
-**Where the calls land**: the S0 booking link. Every `[BOOKING_LINK]` below gets replaced with the real Cal.com / NeetoCal URL once S0 is wired (see `booking-page-spec.md`).
+**Goal**: Paul sends trusted intro + referral asks THIS WEEK so founders with broken MVPs book the Free Rescue Context Call.
+**Offer these messages point to**: a free 45-minute Rescue Context Call - after the call our team runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit on the founder's codebase, task board, and dev chats and sends back a one-page, plain-English scorecard. No pitch, no contract.
+**Where the calls land**: the live S0 booking link.
 
 ---
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 1. Fill in the target list below with real names. The seeded rows are categories to jog your memory, not real people - overwrite them.
 2. Pick the right template per contact: a past client gets the **referral ask**; a network contact gets the **warm-intro request** plus the **forwardable blurb**.
-3. Swap every `[SQUARE-BRACKET]` slot and paste the live booking link over `[BOOKING_LINK]`.
+3. Swap every `[SQUARE-BRACKET]` slot.
 4. Log who you contacted and their reply in the Status column so the pipeline sheet stays honest.
 
 ---
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Keep these editable and personal. They are notes from one founder to another, no
 >
 > Quick favor. We've started helping founders whose MVP was built by a dev shop or an AI tool like Lovable or Cursor, and it's now breaking on real users - security holes, no tests, code they can't read or don't own.
 >
-> Do you know anyone stuck like that right now? If so, I'll give them a free 45-minute code audit: one of our senior engineers reads their codebase and writes back a one-page, plain-English assessment. No pitch, no strings - just something useful for them.
+> Do you know anyone stuck like that right now? If so, I'll give them a free Rescue Context Call: one of our senior engineers reads their codebase and writes back a one-page, plain-English assessment. No pitch, no strings - just something useful for them.
 >
 > Happy to send you a line you can forward. Thanks either way, [NAME].
 >
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Keep these editable and personal. They are notes from one founder to another, no
 >
 > I'm trying to reach founders who built their product with a dev shop or an AI coding tool, and it's now buggy or breaking as real users show up. You know a lot of people in [THEIR WORLD - e.g. the Austin startup scene] - anyone come to mind?
 >
-> If someone fits, could you forward them the short note below? We give them a free 45-minute code audit: a senior engineer reviews their codebase and hands back a one-page, plain-English read. No pitch.
+> If someone fits, could you forward them the short note below? We give them a free Rescue Context Call: a senior engineer reviews their codebase and hands back a one-page, plain-English read. No pitch.
 >
 > No worries if nobody comes to mind. Thanks, [NAME].
 >
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Keep these editable and personal. They are notes from one founder to another, no
 
 ### C. Forwardable blurb - the contact pastes this to the founder
 
-> If your app was built by a dev shop or an AI tool like Lovable or Cursor and it's breaking now that real users are showing up, this might help. Paul at JetThoughts has been rescuing broken startup MVPs since 2011, and he's offering founders a free 45-minute code audit: a senior engineer reads your codebase and sends back a one-page, plain-English read on what to fix first - no pitch, no contract. You can grab a slot here: [BOOKING_LINK]
+> If your app was built by a dev shop or an AI tool like Lovable or Cursor and it's breaking now that real users are showing up, this might help. Paul at JetThoughts has been rescuing broken startup MVPs since 2011, and he's offering founders a free Rescue Context Call: a team runs your codebase and sends back a one-page, plain-English read on what to fix first - no pitch, no contract. You can grab a slot here: https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ---
 

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From: Paul Keen <pftg@Pauls-MBP.fritz.box>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:49:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 20/20] docs(2607): polish opener tones + sync VoC phrase bank
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- Remove repeated 'We do free Rescue Context Calls' vendor tagline from all 25 openers
- Vary offer language across 8 distinct phrases (no single phrase >7/25)
- Fix grammar (subject-verb disagreement in 5 openers)
- Remove pricing from openers except Saul_E (price is the choice axis)
- Beef up Sam A opener, reduce 'we'll tell you' from 9→7, 'plain-English' from 8→6
- Update VoC phrase bank: match opener wording, add 4 missing strong quotes
- Update cold-eyes note: 16 mirror phrases (was 12)
---
 .../rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md         | 60 ++++++++++---------
 .../rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md        | 16 +++--
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md
index 8247848e8..b4c695d8f 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/outbound-openers.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Outbound Openers - Personalized per prospect
 
-> P9 output. One opener per row in `cold-prospect-list.md`. Right template (thread-reply/DM), mirror that row's VoC phrase, live booking link. Pricing: Triage $2,500 / Rescue $7,500 / Foundation Reset $10,000.
+> P9 output (polished v2). One opener per row in `cold-prospect-list.md`. Right template (thread-reply/DM), mirror that row's VoC phrase, live booking link. Pricing: Triage $2,500 / Rescue $7,500 / Foundation Reset $10,000 — disclosed after the audit, not in first contact (except Saul_E where price is the comparison axis).
 
 ---
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 > I read your post about Lovable - "bugs kept breaking parts of the app, and I had no visibility into what was happening" really hit home. That prompt-loop where you're guessing fixes is the exact pattern we see in AI-built apps.
 >
-> Happy to have one of our senior engineers look at the actual code and send you a plain-English read on what's breaking and whether it's salvageable. Free, no pitch, the write-up is yours to keep.
+> Happy to have one of our senior engineers look at the actual code and send you a plain-English read on what's breaking and whether it's salvageable. No pitch, the write-up is yours to keep.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 > "Repeat 200 times a day" - I felt that. The deploy-break-paste-fix cycle with Claude is brutal because the AI doesn't remember what it broke last time.
 >
-> We do free Rescue Context Calls for exactly this situation. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and tells you in plain English what's solid, what's fragile, and whether you should fix what you have or rebuild the broken parts. You keep the write-up either way.
+> If you want a second pair of eyes on what you've got, book 45 minutes here and one of our engineers will map your codebase - what's solid, what's fragile, and whether to fix or rebuild. You keep the write-up either way.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 > Hi Joy - I saw your post about the Lovable app breaking when beta testers arrived. "As soon as I got beta testers on it, it totally broke" is something we hear from founders every week.
 >
-> We do free Rescue Context Calls - one senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and gives you a plain-English verdict on what's worth keeping and what needs fixing. You keep the write-up whether or not we ever work together.
+> One of our engineers can look at the code and give you a plain-English verdict on what's worth keeping and what needs fixing. Takes 45 minutes, the write-up is yours whether or not we ever work together.
 >
 > Would that be useful? https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 > "Vibe coding gave me a product. It also gave me a problem I couldn't fix." - this is exactly the pattern we built our rescue service around. AI tools are great for prototypes but the code they write often can't hold real users.
 >
-> We offer a free Rescue Context Call where we run an AI-assisted Rescue Audit on your codebase, task board, and dev chats and tells you what's breaking and why. Plain English, no jargon, the write-up is yours. Might save you another month of guessing.
+> We can map your codebase, task board, and dev chats in 45 minutes and tell you what's breaking and why. No jargon, the write-up is yours. Might save you another month of guessing.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 > "Replit deleted my project. Not maliciously. Just... it happened." - the Replit agent incidents are becoming a pattern. You're not alone in this.
 >
-> If you're trying to figure out what's salvageable, we do free Rescue Context Calls. One senior engineer looks at what you have and gives you a straight answer on whether to fix it or start fresh. You keep the write-up either way.
+> If you're trying to figure out what's salvageable, let me have an engineer look at what you have. Book 45 minutes, we'll give you a straight answer on whether to fix it or start fresh. You keep the write-up either way.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 > That "Found it, Let me fix this, that didn't work" loop is the signature of AI-generated code hitting its limits. The AI doesn't have a mental model of the whole system, so each fix creates a new problem somewhere else.
 >
-> We do free Rescue Context Calls for this exact situation. A senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and tells you what's solid vs what's sand. Plain English write-up, yours to keep.
+> We can map what's solid vs what's sand in 45 minutes. Book a call, we run the code, you get a straight-answer write-up. Yours to keep.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
 > "You fix one thing, Claude breaks two others" - that's the AI version of whack-a-mole. The underlying issue is usually that the AI doesn't understand the architecture it created, so it patches symptoms instead of fixing the structure.
 >
-> We do free Rescue Context Calls where we run an AI-assisted Rescue Audit on the actual codebase and maps what's actually happening. The write-up tells you what to fix first and what to leave alone. Might save you from chasing your own tail for another week.
+> We can map what's actually happening in your codebase in 45 minutes. You'll get a write-up that tells you what to fix first and what to leave alone. Might save you from chasing your own tail for another week.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 
 > "The AI gave me marshmallows" - that's the best description of AI-generated code I've seen. The demo works, the structure doesn't.
 >
-> If you're trying to figure out how much of what you built is worth keeping, we do free Rescue Context Calls. One team runs the code and gives you a plain-English verdict - salvage, fix, or rebuild. You keep the write-up either way.
+> If you're trying to figure out how much of what you built is worth keeping, book 45 minutes. We run the code and give you a plain-English verdict - salvage, fix, or rebuild. You keep the write-up either way.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
 > "They told me it was easier to burn the whole thing down and start over" - that's usually the lazy answer. Most AI-built apps have 30-50% worth keeping if someone knows where to look.
 >
-> We do free Rescue Context Calls for exactly this situation. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and tells you honestly what's salvageable and what isn't. You keep the write-up whether or not you hire anyone. Might save you from paying $55K to rebuild something that didn't need rebuilding.
+> We'll give you an honest read on what's salvageable and what isn't. 45 minutes, the write-up is yours whether or not you hire anyone. Might save you from paying $55K to rebuild something that didn't need rebuilding.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
 > "A house of cards" - that's what 3 months of vibe coding produces without someone checking the foundation. The app looks done but can't hold weight.
 >
-> We do free Rescue Context Calls. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and tells you where the actual load-bearing walls are vs the cardboard ones. Plain English write-up, yours to keep.
+> We can tell you where the actual load-bearing walls are vs the cardboard ones. 45 minutes, we run the code, you get a plain-English write-up. Yours to keep.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 
 > "The last 20% - infrastructure, security, scaling - is an abyss for non-technical founders" - exactly right. AI tools skip that 20% because they optimize for "looks done" not "is production-ready."
 >
-> We do free Rescue Context Calls where one senior engineer maps exactly where your app stands on that 20%. The write-up tells you what needs fixing and in what order. Might save you from falling into the abyss.
+> We'll map exactly where your app stands on that 20%. Book 45 minutes, the write-up tells you what needs fixing and in what order. Might save you from finding out the hard way.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 
 > "Am currently burned by devs who aren't professional" - I hear this a lot. The worst part isn't the bad code, it's not knowing whether the next developer will do the same thing.
 >
-> We do free Rescue Context Calls where we run an AI-assisted Rescue Audit on what you actually have and tells you the truth in plain English. No contract, the write-up is yours to keep. You judge us by what we find, not by what we say.
+> Let me have an engineer look at what you actually have and tell you the truth. 45 minutes, no contract, the write-up is yours to keep. You judge us by what we find, not by what we say.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@
 
 ### 14. r/nocode OP 1mx884d (Reddit thread-reply)
 
-> "$5k on a freelancer... none of the actual API integrations work and they have ghosted me" - that's the classic ownership-hostage situation. You paid for code you can't use from someone who won't answer.
+> "$5k on a freelancer... none of the actual API integrations work and they have ghosted me" - you paid for code you can't use from someone who won't answer. That's the worst spot to be in.
 >
-> We do free Rescue Context Calls. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and tells you what's actually broken vs what just needs the right fix. The write-up is yours to keep - and if you want us to fix it, our triage sprint is $2,500 for the top 3 blockers. Fixed price, no creeping.
+> We'll map what's actually broken vs what just needs the right fix. 45 minutes, the write-up is yours to keep.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
@@ -136,25 +136,27 @@
 
 ### 15. dianewilliams75 (IH thread-reply)
 
-> I saw your comment - "This is my current situation!" If you're trying to figure out what to do next with your app, we do free Rescue Context Calls. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and gives you a plain-English read on what's worth keeping and what needs fixing. You keep the write-up either way.
+> I saw your comment - "This is my current situation!" If you're trying to figure out what to do next with your app, we can help. Book 45 minutes, we run the code and give you a plain-English read on what's worth keeping and what needs fixing. You keep the write-up either way.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 16. 659ertramp (IH thread-reply)
 
-> "I need the right technical direction to bring the MVP to life without wasting time or money" - that's exactly what our free Rescue Context Call is for. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and tells you where to focus first. No pitch, the write-up is yours.
+> "I need the right technical direction to bring the MVP to life without wasting time or money" - that's exactly what this call is for. Book 45 minutes, we'll map what you have and tell you where to focus first. No pitch, the write-up is yours.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 17. J_Jie556517 (IH thread-reply)
 
-> If you're looking for a technical partner to help with the EdTech platform, we do free Rescue Context Calls where we run an AI-assisted Rescue Audit on what you have and tells you what's solid and what needs work. Might help you figure out the right next step before committing to a partnership.
+> If you're looking for a technical partner to help with the EdTech platform, it's worth knowing exactly what you have before committing. We'll run the code and tell you what's solid and what needs work. 45 minutes, might help you figure out the right next step.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 18. lucadeza (IH thread-reply)
 
-> "Currently using an agency... looking for a technical co-founder so we can start building in house" - before you hire a co-founder or switch agencies, it might be worth getting a second opinion on what you already have. We do free Rescue Context Calls - we run an AI-assisted Rescue Audit on the actual code and tells you what's worth keeping. You keep the write-up either way.
+> "Currently using an agency... looking for a technical co-founder so we can start building in house" - before you hire a co-founder or switch agencies, it might be worth getting a second opinion on what you already have.
+>
+> Let me have an engineer run the actual code and tell you what's worth keeping. 45 minutes, you keep the write-up either way.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
@@ -162,31 +164,33 @@
 
 > "Funds have run dry and I have lost the limited support that I had. The app is in the stores but it is stagnant." - that's a tough spot but the app being in the stores means there's something to work with.
 >
-> We do free Rescue Context Calls where we run an AI-assisted Rescue Audit on what you have and tells you what's salvageable. If the foundation is solid, a targeted fix might be all you need. The write-up is yours to keep.
+> We'll look at what you have and give you a straight answer on what's salvageable. If the foundation is solid, a targeted fix might be all you need. 45 minutes, the write-up is yours to keep.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 20. Sam A (IH thread-reply)
 
-> "I basically failed with another project where I got a freelance developer to build for me before truly validating the product / market" - the validation-first lesson is expensive but valuable. If your current project is hitting the same wall, we do free Rescue Context Calls that tell you exactly what you have before you spend more.
+> "I basically failed with another project where I got a freelance developer to build for me before truly validating the product / market" - the validation-first lesson is expensive but valuable. If your current project is hitting the same wall, it might be worth knowing exactly what you have before you spend more.
+>
+> Book 45 minutes, we run the code and tell you what's working, what's not, and what to do about it. The write-up is yours.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 21. techPackets (IH thread-reply)
 
-> "The freelancer struggled to understand the logic and then just vanished" - ghosting after taking the money is the worst. If you're trying to figure out whether the code they left behind is worth fixing, we do free audits. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and gives you a straight answer.
+> "The freelancer struggled to understand the logic and then just vanished" - ghosting after taking the money is the worst. If you're trying to figure out whether the code they left behind is worth fixing, we can tell you. 45 minutes, no obligation, the write-up is yours.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 22. r/nocode OP 1tdaqs9 (Reddit thread-reply)
 
-> "I'm a non-technical founder, and I'm stuck with my app" - that's exactly who we built our free Rescue Context Call for. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and tells you in plain English what's working, what's broken, and what to do next. You keep the write-up whether or not we ever work together.
+> "I'm a non-technical founder, and I'm stuck with my app" - that's exactly who this call is for. Book 45 minutes, we'll tell you in plain English what's working, what's broken, and what to do next. You keep the write-up whether or not we ever work together.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 23. r/nocode OP 1qo1nug (Reddit thread-reply)
 
-> "I thought no-code would save me months - it actually made me more stuck" - the no-code ceiling is real. If you're trying to figure out whether to push through or switch approach, a free Rescue Context Call might help. One senior engineer runs an AI-assisted Rescue Audit and tells you where you actually stand.
+> "I thought no-code would save me months - it actually made me more stuck" - the no-code ceiling is real. If you're trying to figure out whether to push through or switch approach, we can tell you where you actually stand. 45 minutes, the write-up is yours.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
@@ -194,13 +198,13 @@
 
 > "You describe the app, the tool writes the code, but you have no idea what it actually did" - that's the core problem with vibe coding. The AI optimizes for "looks like it works" not "actually works."
 >
-> If you want to know what you actually have, we do free Rescue Context Calls. One team runs the codebase and tells you what's real vs what's scaffolding. Plain English, yours to keep.
+> If you want to know what you actually have, book 45 minutes. We'll run the codebase and tell you what's real vs what's scaffolding. Plain English, yours to keep.
 >
 > https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ### 25. @markgadala (X DM)
 
-> Saw your post about vibe-coded apps - "I would never sell them without help from real coders" is the right instinct. If you've got one that needs that real-coder pass, we do free Rescue Context Calls. 45 minutes, one team runs the code, plain-English write-up is yours. https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
+> Saw your post about vibe-coded apps - "I would never sell them without help from real coders" is the right instinct. If you've got one that needs that real-coder pass, book 45 minutes here. We run the code, plain-English write-up is yours. https://jetthoughts.neetocal.com/free-code-audit-find-out-whats-actually-broken-before-you-spend-another-dollar
 
 ---
 
@@ -210,6 +214,8 @@
 
 **Mitigation**: Send 3-5 per day, staggered across platforms. Prioritize the top 5 ICP rows (SpecBuildLab, SANICE_AI, Joy Adamson, Afrikonnect, Saul_E) first. Use Paul's real account, not a brand account. The opener leads with their words, not a pitch - it reads as a helpful reply, not a cold outreach.
 
+**Tone check (post-polish v3)**: Offer language varies across 8 distinct phrases - "Happy to have...", "book 45 minutes", "we can map...", "if you want a second pair of eyes", "let me have an engineer...", "we'll tell/give you...", "we'll map...", "one of our engineers can...". No single phrase appears in more than 7 of 25 openers. "Plain-English" appears 6 times (down from 8). Saul_E keeps pricing ($2,500 triage) because price is the choice axis for that founder. Pricing removed from all other openers - disclosed after the audit builds trust.
+
 **The conversion path**: Thread-reply -> founder replies -> Paul offers the free audit -> audit call -> triage sprint ($2,500) -> rescue ($7,500) or foundation reset ($10,000). The triage sprint is the trust-builder that converts to the larger engagement.
 
-**Verdict**: PASS. Each opener mirrors the founder's own words, offers value (free audit) before asking for anything, and has a clear path to conversion. The $2,500 triage sprint removes the "another gamble" anxiety.
+**Verdict**: PASS. Each opener mirrors the founder's own words, offers value (free audit) before asking for anything, and has a clear path to conversion. The 48-hour scorecard after the call builds trust before any money conversation.
diff --git a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md
index 0861d00c2..b6d097cb7 100644
--- a/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md
+++ b/docs/projects/2607-vibe-code-rescue/rescue-sprint/voice-of-customer.md
@@ -81,22 +81,26 @@ While reading a thread to validate a prospect, copy any line that names a feelin
 | Force | Mirror phrase (founder's words) | Source tag |
 |---|---|---|
 | Push | "Bugs kept breaking parts of the app, and I had no visibility into what was happening." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` SpecBuildLab |
-| Push | "It would break. I'd paste the error back. We'd fix it. Repeat 200 times a day." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` SANICE_AI |
+| Push | "Repeat 200 times a day" - the deploy-break-paste-fix cycle | `[VERBATIM-founder]` SANICE_AI |
 | Push | "Vibe coding gave me a product. It also gave me a problem I couldn't fix." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/startups OP |
 | Push | "even the freelancer struggled to understand the logic and then just vanished." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` techPackets |
-| Push | "I spent $5k on a freelancer who used [AI Tool] to build it. It looks perfect but none of the actual API integrations work and they have ghosted me now that it's time to fix the database errors." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/nocode OP |
-| Push | "Am currently burned by devs who aren't professional and lacking how to build and execute." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` Afrikonnect |
+| Push | "$5k on a freelancer... none of the actual API integrations work and they have ghosted me" | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/nocode OP |
+| Push | "Am currently burned by devs who aren't professional" | `[VERBATIM-founder]` Afrikonnect |
 | Pull | "I am looking for a technical co-founder so that we can start building in house." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` lucadeza |
 | Pull | "I am at the stage of moving away from Lovable and get to old good hand made code." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` Joy Adamson |
 | Anxiety | "Replit deleted my project. Not maliciously. Just... it happened." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/replit OP |
-| Anxiety | "It was like asking for insulation for my house, and the AI gave me marshmallows. I didn't notice until I tried to hang drywall, and by then it was too late." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` KaiaColban |
+| Anxiety | "The AI gave me marshmallows" - the demo works, the structure doesn't | `[VERBATIM-founder]` KaiaColban |
 | Habit | "AI gets you 80% of an app fast, but the last 20%-infrastructure, security, scaling-is an abyss for non-technical founders." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/Solopreneur OP |
 | Habit | "Vibe coding creates the illusion of progress. You describe the app, the tool writes the code, but you have no idea what it actually did." | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/startups OP |
+| Push | "I'm a non-technical founder, and I'm stuck with my app" | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/nocode OP |
+| Push | "I thought no-code would save me months - it actually made me more stuck" | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/nocode OP |
+| Habit | "A house of cards" - 3 months of vibe coding without someone checking the foundation | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/Solopreneur OP |
+| Anxiety | "They told me it was easier to burn the whole thing down and start over" | `[VERBATIM-founder]` r/cursor OP |
 
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 ## Cold-eyes note
 
-**Updated from P1-P7 sourcing**: The phrase bank is now populated with real `[VERBATIM-founder]` quotes, not archetypes. Push is the strongest section (13 founder lines). Pull and Habit are the thinnest - more Pull lines ("I want to own my code," "I want someone to tell me the truth") would strengthen T7 openers. Anxiety lines are strong but skew toward "tool broke" rather than "shop burned me" - the Trigger-3 (ownership/hostage) founder language is underrepresented because those founders are hardest to find via open search.
+**Updated from P1-P7 sourcing + opener polish (2026-07-22)**: The phrase bank is now populated with real `[VERBATIM-founder]` quotes, not archetypes. Push is the strongest section (10 founder lines). Pull and Habit are the thinnest - more Pull lines ("I want to own my code," "I want someone to tell me the truth") would strengthen T7 openers. Anxiety lines are strong but skew toward "tool broke" rather than "shop burned me" - the Trigger-3 (ownership/hostage) founder language is underrepresented because those founders are hardest to find via open search.
 
-**For T7 openers**: Lead with Push words (their pain), add Pull wedge (our ownership differentiator), pre-empt one Anxiety (the "another agency will burn me" fear). The phrase bank has 12 usable mirror phrases across all four forces.
+**For T7 openers**: Lead with Push words (their pain), add Pull wedge (our ownership differentiator), pre-empt one Anxiety (the "another agency will burn me" fear). The phrase bank has 16 usable mirror phrases across all four forces.