Router Startup

Router: Startup

Master orchestrator that routes startup problems, ideas, and opportunities through the complete skill set for comprehensive analysis.

Cross-Router Architecture: This router handles business/startup concerns. For technical implementation, hand off to router-engineering. For QA/DevOps/testing, hand off to router-operations.

Decision Tree: Where to Start?

USER INPUT
    │
    ├─► "I have an idea" ───────────────► startup-idea-validation
    │                                      └─► 9-dimension scoring
    │
    ├─► "Find opportunities in X" ──────► startup-review-mining
    │                                      └─► Pain extraction from reviews
    │
    ├─► "What's trending in X" ─────────► startup-trend-prediction
    │                                      └─► 2-3yr lookback → 1-2yr forward
    │
    ├─► "Analyze competitors" ──────────► startup-competitive-analysis
    │                                      └─► Positioning, moats, battlecards
    │
    ├─► "Pricing / business model" ─────► startup-business-models
    │                                      └─► Unit economics, pricing tiers
    │
    ├─► "Build X feature/product" ──────► router-engineering (HANDOFF)
    │                                      └─► Architecture → Implementation
    │
    ├─► "Go to market with X" ──────────► startup-go-to-market
    │                                      └─► Positioning → Channels → Launch
    │
    ├─► "Raise funding" ────────────────► startup-fundraising
    │                                      └─► Pitch, valuation, term sheets
    │
    ├─► "Scale agent fleet" ────────────► agent-fleet-operations
    │                                      └─► Orchestration, monitoring, costs
    │
    ├─► "UX research / user feedback" ──► software-ux-research
    │                                      └─► Pain patterns, feedback mining
    │
    ├─► "UI design / design system" ────► software-ui-ux-design
    │                                      └─► Components, accessibility, patterns
    │
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    │   MARKETING & CONTENT (NEW - Explicit Routing)
    │   ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
    │
    ├─► "Social media strategy" ────────► marketing-social-media
    │                                      └─► Content, paid social, LinkedIn
    │
    ├─► "Lead generation" ──────────────► marketing-leads-generation
    │                                      └─► ICP, outbound, landing pages
    │
    ├─► "SEO / organic traffic" ────────► marketing-seo-technical
    │                                      └─► Core Web Vitals, crawlability
    │
    ├─► "AI search optimization" ───────► marketing-ai-search-optimization
    │                                      └─► ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude SEO
    │
    │   ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
    │   DOCUMENTS & PRESENTATIONS (NEW - Explicit Routing)
    │   ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
    │
    ├─► "Create pitch deck" ────────────► document-pptx
    │                                      └─► PowerPoint, slides, charts
    │
    ├─► "Create investor memo" ─────────► document-docx
    │                                      └─► Word docs, formatting
    │
    ├─► "Financial model / spreadsheet" ► document-xlsx
    │                                      └─► Excel, formulas, charts
    │
    ├─► "Create PDF report" ────────────► document-pdf
    │                                      └─► PDF generation, manipulation
    │
    │   ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
    │   CROSS-ROUTER HANDOFFS
    │   ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
    │
    ├─► "Build / implement / code" ─────► router-engineering
    │                                      └─► All technical skills
    │
    ├─► "Test / deploy / monitor" ──────► router-operations
    │                                      └─► QA, DevOps, observability
    │
    └─► "Full analysis of X" ───────────► COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS
                                           └─► All relevant skills in parallel

Stage Detection

Stage 1: OPPORTUNITY DISCOVERY

Triggers: "opportunity", "gap", "problem", "pain point", "market", "whitespace"

Primary Skills:

• startup-review-mining - Extract pain from reviews
• startup-trend-prediction - Identify rising trends
• software-ux-research - User research methods

Skill Chain:

Review Mining --> Pain Points --> Trend Alignment --> Opportunity Score

Stage 2: IDEA VALIDATION

Triggers: "idea", "validate", "test", "hypothesis", "should I build"

Primary Skills:

• startup-idea-validation - 9-dimension scoring
• product-management - Discovery, OST, customer interviews

Skill Chain:

Hypothesis Canvas --> RAT Testing --> Scorecard --> Go/No-Go

Stage 3: MARKET & COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

Triggers: "market size", "competitors", "TAM", "landscape", "industry", "positioning"

Primary Skills:

• startup-competitive-analysis - Competitive intelligence, positioning
• startup-idea-validation - Market sizing worksheet
• startup-trend-prediction - Market cycle patterns

Skill Chain:

Market Sizing --> Competitive Analysis --> Positioning --> Battlecards

Stage 4: BUSINESS MODEL & PRICING

Triggers: "pricing", "monetization", "revenue model", "unit economics", "business model"

Primary Skills:

• startup-business-models - Revenue models, unit economics
• startup-competitive-analysis - Competitive pricing analysis

Skill Chain:

Revenue Model Selection --> Unit Economics --> Pricing Strategy --> Tier Design

Stage 5: TECHNICAL PLANNING

Triggers: "build", "architecture", "implement", "technical", "stack"

Primary Skills:

• software-architecture - System design
• software-backend-* - Backend frameworks
• software-frontend-* - Frontend frameworks
• ai-* skills - AI/ML components

Skill Chain:

Requirements --> Architecture --> Technology Selection --> Implementation Plan

Stage 6: UX & DESIGN

Triggers: "UX", "user experience", "design", "UI", "interface", "usability", "accessibility"

Primary Skills:

• software-ux-research - User research, pain pattern extraction
• software-ui-ux-design - Design systems, components, accessibility

Skill Chain:

User Research --> Pain Patterns --> Design System --> Components --> Testing

Stage 7: GO-TO-MARKET

Triggers: "launch", "GTM", "marketing", "sales", "growth", "channels"

Primary Skills:

• startup-go-to-market - GTM strategy, channels, launch planning
• product-management - Positioning, roadmap
• marketing-* skills - Channels, content

Skill Chain:

ICP Definition --> Positioning --> Channel Strategy --> Launch Plan --> Growth Loops

Stage 8: FUNDRAISING

Triggers: "funding", "raise", "investors", "pitch", "term sheet", "valuation"

Primary Skills:

• startup-fundraising - Pitch prep, valuation, term sheets
• startup-business-models - Unit economics for investors

Skill Chain:

Stage Assessment --> Materials Prep --> Investor Targeting --> Pitch --> Negotiation

Stage 9: AGENT OPERATIONS

Triggers: "agent fleet", "multi-agent", "agent service", "orchestration", "agent costs"

Primary Skills:

• agent-fleet-operations - Fleet management, economics
• ai-agents - Agent architecture

Skill Chain:

Service Design --> Agent Config --> Orchestration --> Monitoring --> Cost Optimization

Stage 10: MARKETING & GROWTH

Triggers: "marketing", "social media", "LinkedIn", "SEO", "leads", "acquisition", "content", "AI search"

Primary Skills:

Skill Chain:

ICP Definition --> Content Strategy --> Channel Selection --> Execution --> Measurement

Stage 11: DOCUMENTS & COLLATERAL

Triggers: "pitch deck", "investor memo", "financial model", "spreadsheet", "PDF", "presentation", "Word doc"

Primary Skills:

Skill Chain:

Content Planning --> Template Selection --> Document Creation --> Review --> Export

Common Startup Document Workflows:

Three-Router Architecture

This framework uses three domain-specific routers for intelligent skill orchestration:

┌───────────────────────┐  ┌───────────────────────┐  ┌───────────────────────┐
│    router-startup     │  │  router-engineering   │  │  router-operations    │
│                       │  │                       │  │                       │
│  Business & Startup   │  │  Technical & AI/ML    │  │   QA & DevOps         │
│  8 startup skills     │  │  29 engineering skills│  │   15 operations skills│
│  4 marketing skills   │  │  6 claude-code skills │  │                       │
│  4 document skills    │  │                       │  │                       │
│  + product mgmt       │  │                       │  │                       │
└───────────────────────┘  └───────────────────────┘  └───────────────────────┘

Router Inventory

Cross-Router Handoff Rules

Cross-Router Workflow Patterns

Pattern 1: Startup to Production

router-startup                router-engineering              router-operations
        │                                    │                                    │
        ▼                                    │                                    │
startup-idea-validation ──────────────────►  │                                    │
        │                                    │                                    │
        ▼                                    │                                    │
startup-business-models ──────────────────►  │                                    │
        │                                    │                                    │
        │                                    ▼                                    │
        │ ◄─────────────────── software-architecture-design                       │
        │                                    │                                    │
        │                                    ▼                                    │
        │ ◄─────────────────── software-backend + software-frontend               │
        │                                    │                                    │
        │                                    │                                    ▼
        │                                    │ ◄─────────────── qa-testing-strategy
        │                                    │                                    │
        │                                    │                                    ▼
        │                                    │ ◄─────────────── ops-devops-platform
        │                                    │                                    │
        ▼                                    │                                    │
startup-go-to-market ◄────────────────────── │ ◄──────────────────────────────────┘
        │
        ▼
    LAUNCHED

Pattern 2: Technical Product with Business Validation

User: "Build an AI-powered CRM with competitive pricing"

Step 1: router-startup
        └─► startup-competitive-analysis (understand market)
        └─► startup-business-models (pricing strategy)

Step 2: HANDOFF → router-engineering
        └─► ai-agents (agent architecture)
        └─► software-backend (API design)
        └─► software-frontend (UI)

Step 3: HANDOFF → router-operations
        └─► qa-testing-strategy (test plan)
        └─► qa-agent-testing (LLM agent tests)
        └─► ops-devops-platform (deployment)

Step 4: HANDOFF → router-startup
        └─► startup-go-to-market (launch)
        └─► marketing-* (acquisition)

Pattern 3: Document + Technical + Operations (Parallel)

User: "Create pitch deck with working demo and deployment"

Parallel Execution:
├─► router-startup
│   └─► startup-fundraising (pitch content)
│   └─► document-pptx (slide creation)
│
├─► router-engineering
│   └─► software-frontend (demo UI)
│   └─► software-backend (demo API)
│
└─► router-operations
    └─► ops-devops-platform (demo deployment)
    └─► qa-testing-playwright (demo testing)

Aggregation → Complete pitch with live demo

Comprehensive Analysis Mode

For full opportunity analysis, invoke skills in parallel:

Layer 1: Discovery (Parallel)

Layer 2: Validation (Sequential)

Layer 3: Planning (Based on Verdict)

If GO (80+):

• startup-business-models - Revenue model design
• startup-go-to-market - GTM strategy
• product-management - Roadmap
• software-architecture - Technical plan
• Technical implementation skills

If Conditional (60-79):

• Focus on riskiest assumptions
• Targeted experiments
• startup-competitive-analysis - Deeper competitive intel

If Pivot/No-Go (<60):

• Alternative direction analysis
• New opportunity discovery
• startup-review-mining - Different market

Skill Registry

Startup Validation Suite (9 skills)

Product & UX (3 skills)

Technical Implementation (15+ skills)

AI/ML (5+ skills)

Marketing & Growth (4 skills)

Document Creation (4 skills)

Cross-Router References

See data/skill-registry.json for complete registry.

Routing Logic

Keyword-Based Routing

KEYWORDS -> SKILL MAPPING

"pain point", "frustration", "complaint" -> startup-review-mining
"trend", "predict", "future", "rising" -> startup-trend-prediction
"validate", "test", "hypothesis", "idea" -> startup-idea-validation
"competitor", "competitive", "positioning", "moat" -> startup-competitive-analysis
"pricing", "revenue model", "unit economics" -> startup-business-models
"GTM", "go to market", "launch", "channels" -> startup-go-to-market
"funding", "raise", "investors", "pitch" -> startup-fundraising
"agent fleet", "orchestration", "agent service" -> agent-fleet-operations
"discovery", "interview", "OST" -> product-management
"user research", "feedback", "pain patterns" -> software-ux-research
"design", "UI", "components", "accessibility" -> software-ui-ux-design

# Marketing Skills (Explicit Routing)
"social media", "LinkedIn", "content calendar", "paid social" -> marketing-social-media
"leads", "lead generation", "outbound", "ICP", "landing page" -> marketing-leads-generation
"SEO", "Core Web Vitals", "crawlability", "structured data" -> marketing-seo-technical
"AI search", "AEO", "GEO", "LLMO", "ChatGPT SEO", "Perplexity" -> marketing-ai-search-optimization

# Document Skills (Explicit Routing)
"pitch deck", "slides", "presentation", "PowerPoint" -> document-pptx
"investor memo", "Word doc", "contract", "report" -> document-docx
"financial model", "spreadsheet", "Excel", "projections" -> document-xlsx
"PDF", "report", "merge documents" -> document-pdf

# Cross-Router Handoffs
"build", "implement", "code", "architecture" -> router-engineering
"API", "backend", "frontend", "mobile", "AI agent" -> router-engineering
"test", "deploy", "CI/CD", "monitor", "debug" -> router-operations

Context-Based Routing

Skill Chain Patterns

Pattern 1: Idea-to-Validation

START
  |
  v
startup-review-mining -----> Pain Points Extracted
  |
  v
startup-trend-prediction --> Timing Assessment
  |
  v
startup-competitive-analysis -> Competitive Position
  |
  v
startup-idea-validation ----> 9-Dimension Score
  |
  v
GO/NO-GO DECISION

Pattern 2: Opportunity-to-Product

START
  |
  v
startup-review-mining ------> Opportunity Identified
  |
  v
startup-competitive-analysis -> Positioning
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  v
startup-business-models -----> Revenue Model
  |
  v
product-management ----------> PRD + Roadmap
  |
  v
software-ui-ux-design -------> Design System
  |
  v
software-architecture -------> Technical Design
  |
  v
Implementation Skills -------> Built Product

Pattern 3: Market-to-Launch

START
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  v
startup-trend-prediction ----> Market Timing
  |
  v
startup-idea-validation -----> Market Sizing
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  v
startup-competitive-analysis -> Positioning
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  v
startup-business-models -----> Pricing Strategy
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  v
startup-go-to-market --------> GTM Plan
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  v
marketing-* skills ----------> GTM Execution

Pattern 4: Validation-to-Funding

START
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  v
startup-idea-validation -----> Validated Idea
  |
  v
startup-business-models -----> Unit Economics
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  v
startup-competitive-analysis -> Moat Analysis
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  v
startup-fundraising ---------> Pitch Materials
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  v
INVESTOR MEETINGS

Pattern 5: Agent Service Launch

START
  |
  v
ai-agents -------------------> Agent Architecture
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  v
agent-fleet-operations ------> Service Design
  |
  v
startup-business-models -----> Pricing Model
  |
  v
startup-go-to-market --------> Launch Strategy
  |
  v
AGENT SERVICE LIVE

Output Templates

Quick Analysis Output

## Analysis: {{TOPIC}}

**Stage Detected**: {{STAGE}}
**Primary Skill**: {{SKILL}}
**Supporting Skills**: {{LIST}}

### Key Findings
1. {{FINDING_1}}
2. {{FINDING_2}}
3. {{FINDING_3}}

### Recommended Next Steps
1. {{ACTION_1}} - Use {{SKILL}}
2. {{ACTION_2}} - Use {{SKILL}}

### Skills to Invoke Next
- {{SKILL_1}}: {{WHY}}
- {{SKILL_2}}: {{WHY}}

Comprehensive Analysis Output

See templates/comprehensive-analysis-report.md

Resources

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Data