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New venture evaluation

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

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

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Full workflow and setup details
Before you begin

Gather the information the Bots need

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

Know when to run it and who leads

Lead Bot
Nova
Typical first run
30–60 minutes for a first manual run
When to run it
When a person supplies the approved brief and starts the workflow

Use this workflow when you need an evidence-based venture brief and a small test with success, revise, and stop rules set in advance.

Access for the first run
  • The approved inputs listed on this page
  • Only the files, sources, and services required for this run
  • No sending, publishing, spending, or live-system changes without approval
Run the first version one step at a time

Send one clear message to each Bot

Start in individual Bot chats. After you approve a result, paste it into the next Bot’s chat with the message shown below. This gives you a clear handoff and keeps the order predictable.

1

Nova

Separate known facts, assumptions, forecasts, and missing evidence

Produces: A venture brief and assumption ledger
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

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

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

Use this as the project brief. The step messages above tell each Bot which part to complete.

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
Handoff rules

Move only approved work to the next Bot

  1. 1

    Nova hands the approved output—a venture brief and assumption ledger—to Researcher.

  2. 2

    Researcher hands the approved output—a source-based evidence brief with conflicts and gaps—to Pulse.

First test

Try the workflow with low-risk material

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

Check the result

Check the result against your original material. You make the decisions listed below. Use one idea and approved public sources to design a no-spend test. Approve the decision rules before running it.

If the workflow stalls

If a handoff is incomplete, return it to the Bot that produced it with the missing information marked. Do not move to the next Bot until a person approves the corrected result.

Set it up in Hermes Desktop

Begin with individual chats, then add a group when the handoffs work

  1. Open each linked starter page, download its .tar.gz profile, and import it from the Profiles screen in Hermes Desktop.
  2. Review each imported profile’s SOUL.md, Bot Passport, and requested access.
  3. Run each step in that Bot’s own chat and review the result.
  4. Pass the approved result to the next Bot with the provided step message.
  5. After the sequence works, create an optional group with the same Bots. In a group, @mention the Bot you want.
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