# New venture evaluation

Designed for: Founders and small teams deciding whether an idea deserves a real-world test

Result: An evidence-based venture brief and a small test with success, revise, and stop rules set in advance.

## Bots

1. NOVA
2. Researcher
3. PULSE

## Information to gather

- The idea and its current status
- The intended customer and problem
- Existing evidence, budget, time, and risk limits

## Workflow

### 1. NOVA

Separate known facts, assumptions, forecasts, and missing evidence

Output: A venture brief and assumption ledger

Message to send:

Use the approved inputs I provide. Separate known facts, assumptions, forecasts, and missing evidence. Return this result: A venture brief and assumption ledger. Ask me about missing information before you continue.

### 2. Researcher

Check the highest-risk assumptions against approved public sources

Output: A source-based evidence brief with conflicts and gaps

Message to send:

Start with this result from NOVA: A venture brief and assumption ledger. Check the highest-risk assumptions against approved public sources. Return this result: A source-based evidence brief with conflicts and gaps. Ask me about missing information before you continue.

### 3. PULSE

Turn the most important open question into one measurable low-cost test

Output: A test plan with a primary metric and success, revise, and stop rules

Message to send:

Start with this result from Researcher: A source-based evidence brief with conflicts and gaps. Turn the most important open question into one measurable low-cost test. Return this result: A test plan with a primary metric and success, revise, and stop rules. Ask me about missing information before you continue.

## Overall request

Evaluate this idea without treating it as a commitment. Separate evidence from assumptions, check the most important unknowns, and propose one low-cost test with decision rules for my approval.

## Decisions for a person

- Confirm the idea's status and risk limits
- Approve any spending, outreach, or public claim
- Decide whether to continue, revise, or stop after reviewing the results

## First test

Use one idea and approved public sources to design a no-spend test. Approve the decision rules before running it.

## Hermes Desktop setup

1. Open each Bot's page in Bot Cabinet's Hermes Bots collection and follow its manual Hermes Desktop setup steps.
2. Run each step in that Bot's own chat and review the result.
3. Pass the approved result to the next Bot with the message provided for that step.
4. After the sequence works, you may create a group with the same Bots.
5. In a group, @mention the Bot you want. Membership order does not control who responds.