Use when verified work is ready to land — turns it into a clean branch, commits, and a pull request whose body is drawn from the Spine (criteria, decisions, evidence). Refuses to ship work that hasn't passed verify. Reads the Spine; writes the shipped status back to it.
Use right after a VC meeting to turn raw memory into a structured debrief — a signal read (interest vs. hesitation vs. pushback), the open diligence queue with draft answers, a send-ready follow-up email, and a clear recommended next step. Run within 24 hours; the follow-up email degrades fast. Use when asked to "debrief the meeting", "how did the pitch go", "write the follow-up email", or "what do I do after the meeting with <fund>".
Use to see the whole raise at a glance and to produce an investor-ready dossier — scans the .spine/raise/ namespace, builds a pipeline status tracker (every fund's scores, stage, and next action), and assembles a consolidated dossier suitable for sharing with an investor or advisor. Use when asked to "show the pipeline", "raise status", "track the funds", "what's stale", or "generate the investor report".
Use to analyse a VC term sheet — benchmarks every clause against current market norms, flags founder-unfriendly terms, scores founder-friendliness out of 100, and produces a ranked negotiation priority list with suggested pushback language. Informational only, not legal advice. Use when asked to "analyse this term sheet", "review the term sheet", "is this term sheet fair", or "what should I negotiate".
Use to turn a fund dossier into ready-to-send outreach — a cold email, a warm-intro request your contact can forward, and a LinkedIn DM, each built on the fund's own thesis language, plus a fund-specific one-pager. Refuses to draft for a no-go fund. Drafts only — it never sends. Use when asked to "draft outreach for <fund>", "write the intro email", "cold email this VC", or "make a one-pager for <fund>".
Use to prepare for pitching — full-spectrum prep in one skill. With no fund, it runs the stress-test: ten lethal questions a hostile VC would ask (know what to defend) and ten strongest signals a champion would champion (know what to lead with). With a fund, it builds a timed meeting plan with segment scripts, preemptive answers to that fund's diligence questions, and red-flag rebuttals. Use when asked to "prep me to pitch", "stress-test my pitch", "destroy my startup", "what are my strongest signals", or "prep for the meeting with <fund>".
Use to research the VC landscape and build a ranked pipeline of funds to target — produces 15–20 funds in three tiers (pursue now, warm up first, monitor) with a fit rationale and a contact angle for each. Run before vetting and matching individual funds. Use when asked to "build a target list", "which VCs should we approach", "find funds for us", or "research the VC landscape".
Use before pitching anyone to find out whether you're actually fundable yet — pressure-tests the idea (real demand, sharp ICP, narrow wedge) and scores fund-readiness, naming exactly what's missing and what to fix first. The honest "should we even raise" gut-check. Use when asked "are we ready to raise", "are we fundable", "is this worth funding", or "what's missing before we pitch".