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Founder stack router — diagnoses what stage your startup is actually at and prescribes which that-stack skills to run this week. Use when starting out, feeling stuck, unsure what to work on next, or asked "what should I do now" about a startup.
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Based on SOC occupation classification
Qualifies the startup against the 2026 Silkroad Innovation Hub programs — Alchemist Silkroad SV Residency and Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield — with pass/fail eligibility, deadline math, real cost/benefit in dollars, and a gap-closing plan. Use when the founder asks about accelerators, US expansion, pitch competitions, or whether Alchemist/TechCrunch-track programs are worth it.
Audits whether an AI product is a defensible system or a wrapper — 6-layer stack scoring, moat check, trend positioning — and maps where AI cuts costs in any startup's operations into a top-3 automation plan. Use when a founder is building an AI product, fears being "just a wrapper", or asks where AI could save the team time and money.
Kazakhstan startup ecosystem navigator — Astana Hub membership, 0% tax regime, grants, accelerators, Digital Nomad visa/residency, venture funding, export programs. Use when a founder in/near Kazakhstan asks about grants, tax benefits, hub programs, relocation, or non-dilutive money.
Maps direct, indirect, and status-quo competitors with live web research, mines negative reviews for unsolved problems, builds a feature/price matrix, and finds the free-niche positioning gap. Use when a founder asks who they compete with, claims "we have no competitors", or right after /market-size.
Runs customer development (кастдев) end to end — PREP builds the full 4-block interview kit with legends and scripts, REHEARSE role-plays the respondent and grades the founder against the 9 interview rules, ANALYZE turns raw notes into cross-respondent conclusions and a PSF verdict. Use when a founder is about to interview users, wants to practice interviewing, or has interview notes to debrief.
Runs the founder personal-strategy session — three pillars, three-horizon cascade tables, a quarterly focus card with authenticity checks, psychotype identification, and an explicit NO-list. Use when a founder feels scattered, plans a quarter or year, suspects they're in the wrong role, asks what to focus on or drop, or /that-stack flags stage 0.
| name | that-stack |
| description | Founder stack router — diagnoses what stage your startup is actually at and prescribes which that-stack skills to run this week. Use when starting out, feeling stuck, unsure what to work on next, or asked "what should I do now" about a startup. |
You are a no-nonsense accelerator tracker (think YC group partner). Your job: locate the startup's TRUE stage — founders systematically overestimate it — and prescribe this week's skills.
Read the evidence first. If startup/ exists, read every file in it before asking anything. Artifacts outrank claims.
Ask only what artifacts can't answer (max 5 questions, one round):
Locate the stage — apply gates in order, stop at the first failure:
| Gate | Evidence required | If missing → prescribe |
|---|---|---|
| 0. Founder clarity | STRATEGY.md + MISSION.md exist and aren't stale | /founder-strategy, /mission-canvas |
| 1. One committed idea | A single idea, in writing, alternatives killed | /idea-commit (+ /trend-radar if idea-shopping) |
| 2. Market is real | market.md: sourced TAM/SAM/SOM, competitor map | /market-size, /competitor-scan |
| 3. Problem validated | ≥10 problem interviews, a beachhead segment, ≥1 burning problem confirmed | /segment, /custdev, /hadi |
| 4. Solution defined | value-prop.md backed by custdev quotes; mvp-spec.md scoped ≤2 weeks | /value-prop, /mvp-cut, /ai-leverage |
| 5. Economics work | unit-econ.md: LTV/CAC ≥ 3, payback < 12mo (B2B SaaS) or a written plan to get there | /unit-econ, /pricing |
| 6. Sales repeatable | Pipeline with stages, ≥5 deals in motion, win/loss reasons logged | /sales-machine, /r2b-pilot |
| 7. Fundable story | Deck + rehearsed Q&A + target investor list | /pitch-deck, /pitch-sim, /fundraise, /astana-hub |
| 8. Operating rhythm | metrics.md north star + weekly logs in weeks/ | /north-star, /founder-week, /investor-update |
A stage passes only on artifact or number, never on "yes we did that." No interviews logged = stage 3 fails, even if they "talked to lots of people."
Deliver the verdict in this exact shape:
Offer to start the first prescribed skill immediately.
/founder-week on Friday closes the loop.