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Cofounder Watch by tonydzi — Agent Skill

Name: Cofounder Watch
Author: tonydzi

Cofounder Watch

Watch a live lead funnel with a zero-token dispatcher and surface salient events as short advice: replied but no scheduling link, link sent with no booking in 24h, awaiting reply. Deduped so it never nags twice, and read-only. Triggers: "/cofounder-watch", "what does the cofounder see", "funnel signals".

tonydzi Updated Sep 17, 2026

File contents

/cofounder-watch — Phase 0 ambient cofounder (ping-only)

🧒 When reporting to a non-technical operator: finish with a child-simple "In plain words" recap in their language. Not inside the cofounder advice itself. 📖 Canon: [[decision-realtime-cofounder-2026-07-02]]. This is the EYES + filter of the real-time cofounder (Phase 0). It sends nothing — it only highlights.

What it does

A deterministic signal-dispatcher (0 tokens, stdlib only): reads the live funnel tg_followups.json → classifies salient events (the same rules as /pipeline) → dedups through cofounder_ledger.json (never pings twice) → writes a digest + an HTML dashboard. Silent when there are no new important events — that is the whole point: do not nag.

How to run

python "$IMPORTS_ROOT/cofounder/cofounder_watch.py" --stdout

Flags: --stdout (print the digest), --reset (clear the ledger → re-alert everything).
Outputs: digest $IMPORTS_ROOT/cofounder/cofounder-digest.md; dashboard $OBSIDIAN_VAULT/_Dashboards/Cofounder-Watch.html (the operator works visually).

Salience (rules = /pipeline priority)

🔥 HIGH — they replied, Calendly NOT sent → "send the Calendly now".
⏰ MEDIUM — Calendly sent >24h ago, no booking → "booking nudge".
👀 LOW — pitch sent, no reply → "check inbound / follow up / drop".
booked/confirmed → skipped (we do not re-pitch).

Boundaries (Phase 0)

Ping-only — it NEVER messages leads. Actions are executed by the operator (or via /pipeline draft→approve). Human in the loop.
0 tokens — the advice is templated from the rule. The LLM persona /cofounder for nuance is Phase 0.5 (later, HIGH events only).
Empty ≠ broken: "silent" is a valid result.

Next (Phase 0.5 / 1+, on the operator's greenlight)

Delivery into a Telegram signal chat (once the MCP is alive) instead of a file + dashboard only.
Scheduling on the HUB (always-on HUB-1) 2-3x/day — this is background work, so it belongs on the hub, not the laptop, via /schedule on the hub or the machine bus. Being lightweight (0 tokens), daytime runs are fine.
Phase 0.5: HIGH events → the LLM persona /cofounder (top model) for nuanced advice.
Phase 1: + urgent VC email + calendar conflicts (same mailbox + ledger).
To extend it, add a source to the SAME dispatcher; do NOT breed watchers ([[telegram-eventloop-listener]]: one live client, the AUTH_KEY pitfall).

Like this skill? It is one of 100 in second-brain-starter-kit: the second brain we built for ourselves and run every day at Palo Alto AI Research Lab. Install the whole set with npx skills add tonydzi/second-brain-starter-kit. Everything is open source and free, so take what you need.

Flagships worth a look on their own: secondop-panel (a second opinion from a panel of external models), claude-memory-tidy (stop your agent's memory from rotting), telegram-mcp-kit (your own Telegram over MCP in about 15 minutes).

Author: Anton Dziatkovskii, Palo Alto AI Research Lab. Telegram @tonydzi - WhatsApp +1 341 222 9178 - X @Tony_Stef_

Engineers: want to test-drive this setup? Message me. I hand out free starter seeds to engineers who test and report back, and custom skill requests are welcome.

---name: cofounder-watchdescription: Watch a live lead funnel with a zero-token dispatcher and surface salient events as short advice: replied but no scheduling link, link sent with no booking in 24h, awaiting reply. Deduped so it never nags twice, and read-only. Triggers: "/cofounder-watch", "what does the cofounder see", "funnel signals".license: MIT---# /cofounder-watch — Phase 0 ambient cofounder (ping-only)> 🧒 **When reporting to a non-technical operator:** finish with a child-simple "In plain words" recap in their language. Not inside the cofounder advice itself.> 📖 Canon: [[decision-realtime-cofounder-2026-07-02]]. This is the **EYES + filter** of the real-time cofounder (Phase 0). It sends nothing — it only highlights.## What it doesA deterministic `signal-dispatcher` (0 tokens, stdlib only): reads the live funnel `tg_followups.json` → classifies salient events (the same rules as `/pipeline`) → dedups through `cofounder_ledger.json` (never pings twice) → writes a digest + an HTML dashboard. **Silent when there are no new important events** — that is the whole point: do not nag.## How to run`python "$IMPORTS_ROOT/cofounder/cofounder_watch.py" --stdout`- Flags: `--stdout` (print the digest), `--reset` (clear the ledger → re-alert everything).- Outputs: digest `$IMPORTS_ROOT/cofounder/cofounder-digest.md`; dashboard `$OBSIDIAN_VAULT/_Dashboards/Cofounder-Watch.html` (the operator works visually).## Salience (rules = /pipeline priority)- 🔥 **HIGH** — they replied, Calendly NOT sent → "send the Calendly now".- ⏰ **MEDIUM** — Calendly sent >24h ago, no booking → "booking nudge".- 👀 **LOW** — pitch sent, no reply → "check inbound / follow up / drop".- booked/confirmed → skipped (we do not re-pitch).## Boundaries (Phase 0)- **Ping-only** — it NEVER messages leads. Actions are executed by the operator (or via `/pipeline` draft→approve). Human in the loop.- **0 tokens** — the advice is templated from the rule. The LLM persona `/cofounder` for nuance is Phase 0.5 (later, HIGH events only).- Empty ≠ broken: "silent" is a valid result.## Next (Phase 0.5 / 1+, on the operator's greenlight)- Delivery into a Telegram signal chat (once the MCP is alive) instead of a file + dashboard only.- Scheduling on the HUB (always-on `HUB-1`) 2-3x/day — this is background work, so it belongs on the hub, not the laptop, via `/schedule` on the hub or the machine bus. Being lightweight (0 tokens), daytime runs are fine.- Phase 0.5: HIGH events → the LLM persona `/cofounder` (top model) for nuanced advice.- Phase 1: + urgent VC email + calendar conflicts (same mailbox + ledger).- To extend it, add a source to the SAME dispatcher; do NOT breed watchers ([[telegram-eventloop-listener]]: one live client, the AUTH_KEY pitfall).------**Like this skill?** It is one of 100 in [second-brain-starter-kit](https://github.com/tonydzi/second-brain-starter-kit): the second brain we built for ourselves and run every day at Palo Alto AI Research Lab. Install the whole set with `npx skills add tonydzi/second-brain-starter-kit`. Everything is open source and free, so take what you need.Flagships worth a look on their own: [secondop-panel](https://github.com/tonydzi/secondop-panel) (a second opinion from a panel of external models), [claude-memory-tidy](https://github.com/tonydzi/claude-memory-tidy) (stop your agent's memory from rotting), [telegram-mcp-kit](https://github.com/tonydzi/telegram-mcp-kit) (your own Telegram over MCP in about 15 minutes).Author: **Anton Dziatkovskii**, Palo Alto AI Research Lab. Telegram [@tonydzi](https://t.me/tonydzi) - WhatsApp [+1 341 222 9178](https://wa.me/13412229178) - X [@Tony_Stef_](https://x.com/Tony_Stef_)**Engineers: want to test-drive this setup?** Message me. I hand out free starter seeds to engineers who test and report back, and custom skill requests are welcome.

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