New Venture

New Venture — Intake & Workspace Setup

Set up the workspace for a new venture (the user's own idea/business, or a client engagement). Every other venture module reads and writes this workspace, so getting the profile right here pays off everywhere.

Shared conventions (venture suite)

• Workspace: locate ventures/ in the current working directory (ask once and create if missing). All outputs go to ventures/<slug>/<NN-module>/.
• Templates are read-only. Files under a skill's references/ live inside the installed plugin and are shared by every venture. Never write to them. "Fill template X" always means: copy it into ventures/<slug>/<NN-module>/ under a dated name and fill the copy.
• Read VENTURE.md first. When done: update its Status table and append key findings to "Key facts & numbers" (format: - [module, YYYY-MM-DD] finding (source, confidence)).
• Language: converse in the user's language. Write formal deliverables (reports, canvases, battlecards) in the report_language set in VENTURE.md. Persian reports keep standard English business terms as-is (TAM, SAM, SOM, CAC, LTV, GTM, churn, retention...).
• Research integrity: cite every external claim (source + date). Mark every estimate with confidence (high/med/low). Never fabricate numbers — write "no data found" instead.
• Chain: end by updating VENTURE.md and suggesting the logical next module.

Workflow

1. Intake — but don't interrogate

First extract everything you can from what the user already said. Then ask only the gaps, in a single batch (use AskUserQuestion where it fits). Required fields:

Anything genuinely unknown: write TBD rather than stalling — modules fill gaps later.

2. Create the workspace

Slug: kebab-case ASCII (transliterate Persian names, e.g. «اپ نوبت‌دهی دندان» → dental-booking). Confirm the slug with the user inline, then create:

ventures/<slug>/
├── VENTURE.md
├── 01-discovery/    ├── 02-market/    ├── 03-competitors/
├── 04-pmf/          ├── 05-gtm/       └── 06-model/

If the user has existing materials (pitch deck, notes, interview recordings/transcripts), tell them to drop files into the matching folder (interviews → 01-discovery/) and record what exists under "Key facts".

3. Write VENTURE.md — use exactly this template

# Venture: <Name>

- **One-liner:** <what, for whom, why better>
- **Type:** <own | client — client name>
- **Stage:** <idea | discovery | building | launched | growing>
- **Target market & geography:** <segment, region>
- **Business type:** <B2B SaaS | B2C app | marketplace | service | e-commerce | other>
- **Report language:** <fa | en>
- **Created:** <YYYY-MM-DD>
- **Last updated:** <YYYY-MM-DD>

## Status

| Module | Status | Latest output | Updated |
|--------|--------|---------------|---------|
| Customer discovery (`/venture:customers`) | not started | — | — |
| Market research (`/venture:market-research`) | not started | — | — |
| Competitor analysis (`/venture:competitors`) | not started | — | — |
| PMF assessment (`/venture:pmf`) | not started | — | — |
| GTM strategy (`/venture:gtm`) | not started | — | — |
| Business model (`/venture:model`) | not started | — | — |
| Venture review (`/venture:review`) | not started | — | — |

<!-- Status values: not started | in progress | done YYYY-MM-DD | stale (needs refresh) -->

## Key facts & numbers

<!-- Each module appends its most important findings here (max ~10 bullets per module).
     Format: - [module, YYYY-MM-DD] finding (source, confidence) -->

## Open questions & riskiest assumptions

<!-- Format: - [ ] assumption — how to test it. Modules add here; customers & pmf help test. -->

## Decision log

| Date | Decision | Rationale |
|------|----------|-----------|

Seed "Open questions & riskiest assumptions" with the 2–3 riskiest assumptions you can already spot in the idea (e.g. "dentists will pay for booking software", "patients no-show mainly because of forgotten appointments").

4. Recommend the starting module by stage

Close by telling the user (in their language) what was created, the recommended next step and why, and that /venture:start shows the dashboard anytime.