Cuts forward — complementary to Frontier

Updated: 5 Sep 2026 ~10:50 Europe/London · UUID b7e2d19a (Vision-first c8f3a21b supersedes thin-recon default)
Source board (Dev): html-explainers/dev/v1/cuts.html
Companion: attention/frontier-review.md · frontier-required-outputs.md
Janhavi correction 5 Sep ~00:05 London — encode exactly.
Light note 5 Sep ~04:55: C1/C2 prep card dual-written + published — Surface now stays Yes for activation watch; do not claim activated.
Light note 5 Sep ~05:55: honesty fallback filed; did not activate C1/C2; board picture unchanged — no Cuts↔Frontier refresh claimed.
Light note 5 Sep ~06:55: second honesty fallback filed; did not activate C1/C2; board picture still unchanged — no Cuts↔Frontier refresh claimed.
Light note 5 Sep ~07:55: third honesty fallback filed; did not activate C1/C2; board picture still unchanged — no Cuts↔Frontier refresh claimed.
Light note 5 Sep ~09:55: honesty fallback filed after 08:55 ask (window open); did not activate C1/C2; board picture still unchanged — no Cuts↔Frontier refresh claimed.
Light note 5 Sep ~10:50: Vision-first five direction received (c8f3a21b). Highest frontier is five-piece machine, not thin honesty/recon. C1 now has direct founder “NOT next = market map / first-name hunt / careful receipt” — Surface now stays Yes for activation watch; still do not claim C1/C2 activated (Evidence must show thin volume is no longer modal). Board picture did change → refresh with Frontier/Vision-first this hour.
Light note 5 Sep ~11:55: second consecutive Vision-first :55 (10:55, 11:55) counts toward C1 evidence; still do not claim C1/C2 activated; Surface now stays Yes for activation watch.
Light note 5 Sep ~12:55: third consecutive Vision-first :55 (10:55, 11:55, 12:55) hits N=3 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do not claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch.
Light note 5 Sep ~13:55: fourth consecutive Vision-first :55 (10:55, 11:55, 12:55, 13:55) keeps N=4 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do not claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch.
Light note 5 Sep ~14:55: mid-afternoon decision ask only — not a fifth consecutive Job 1 deliverable; N stays 4 toward C1 evidence; still do not claim C1/C2 activated; Surface now stays Yes for activation watch.
Light note 5 Sep ~15:55: fifth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=5 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do not claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch.
Light note 5 Sep ~16:55: sixth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=6 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do not claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25).
Light note 5 Sep ~17:55: seventh produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55, 16:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=7 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do not claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored.
Light note 5 Sep ~18:55: eighth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55, 16:55, 17:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=8 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do not claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored.
Light note 5 Sep ~19:55: ninth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55, 16:55, 17:55, 18:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=9 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do not claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored.
Light note 5 Sep ~20:55: tenth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55, 16:55, 17:55, 18:55, 19:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=10 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do not claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored.
Light note 5 Sep ~21:55: eleventh produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55, 16:55, 17:55, 18:55, 19:55, 20:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=11 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do not claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored.
Light note 5 Sep ~22:55: twelfth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55, 16:55, 17:55, 18:55, 19:55, 20:55, 21:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=12 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do not claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored.

Light note 5 Sep ~23:55: thirteenth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55–22:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=13 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do not claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored. Overnight quiet kept (Job 1 only; not a recon scoreboard).

Light note 6 Sep ~00:55: fourteenth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55–23:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=14 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do not claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored. Overnight quiet kept (Job 1 only; not a recon scoreboard).

Light note 6 Sep ~01:55: fifteenth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55–23:55, 00:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=15 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do not claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored. Overnight quiet kept (Job 1 only; not a recon scoreboard).

Light note 6 Sep ~02:55: sixteenth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55–23:55, 00:55, 01:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=16 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do not claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored. Overnight quiet kept (Job 1 only; not a recon scoreboard).

Light note 6 Sep ~03:55: seventeenth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55–23:55, 00:55, 01:55, 02:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=17 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do not claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored. Overnight quiet kept (Job 1 only; not a recon scoreboard).

Pair with Frontier

Frontier: What should exist next?
Cuts: What are we likely to stop needing next?
Cuts are a forward planning surface, not a status ticker.
Parked is a status, not a workstream. Remember silently in state. Do not spend hours rediscovering or re-reporting it.
Surface a cut only when (1) preparation now has leverage, or (2) activation threshold is approaching.
Persistent facts belong in state; scarce reasoning goes on what becomes useful next.
Still do not invent a customer, unpark 63e813ea, write p-evidence, or claim compile.

Silent parked state (not a queue workstream)

63e813ea — first-customer cut
Status: silent parked in state files only (directory/cut-hold.md, honesty floor).
Do not re-report “cut stays parked” each cycle. Do not put it on the forward queue. Do not lead Evidence “why” lines with it unless status materially changes or she asks. Unparking is not this UUID and is not prep for any item below.

Prospective cut queue (ordered)

C1 · prepare-to-shed thin-recon-volume-as-default

Field	Content
What it cuts away	Treating standing recon category rotation / thin filing volume as the default :55 success signal.
Why useful later	Once reach-shaped Vision fill and compile-gap honesty are the schedule’s default, thin-volume-as-progress becomes dead weight that recreates dead-end excellence.
Future state that makes it actionable	Founder directed Vision-first five (5 Sep ~10:50): thin recon / careful receipts are NOT next. Activation still needs Evidence that :55 hours produce five-piece work for several consecutive non-decision hours without thin category churn.
Evidence to activate	N≥3 frontier-required deliverables dual-written + published with destination-delta lines; thin filings no longer the modal hour type in a week.
Safe prep before activation	Keep saturation rule live; prefer deepen-or-discard over new thin sources; do not delete recon capability — only demote volume-as-default.
What must stay untouched until threshold	Standing recon 26e4abb6 as fallback when queue empty; overnight thin quiet; honesty floor; no invented path/customer/P.
Rank vs other cuts	1 — highest prep leverage now (pairs directly with Frontier 1a16c508).
Surface now?	Yes — prep has leverage (activation watch). Prep card filed 5 Sep 04:55 (`directory/cut-prep-card-2026-09-05-0455.md`) — prep not activation.

C2 · prepare-to-shed recurring parked-cut narration

Field	Content
What it cuts away	Hourly / chat / Evidence habit of restating “first-customer cut stays parked” as a lead line when status is unchanged.
Why useful later	Parked is already-known state. Re-reporting wastes scarce attention and crowds out destination → live gate / Vision standing / frontier → this moment.
Future state that makes it actionable	Hourly prompt + Evidence why-template no longer require parked-cut as a mandatory spoken beat; agents read state silently.
Evidence to activate	Parent applied rewritten hourly prompt (this UUID + 1a16c508); sample hours omit parked narration unless status changed.
Safe prep before activation	Encode silent-parked rule in cuts-forward + frontier files + Dev pages; leave cut-hold.md and contract honesty floor intact.
What must stay untouched until threshold	63e813ea remains parked in state; do not unpark; do not invent customer; one quiet footnote on Dev is enough if needed.
Rank vs other cuts	2 — prep leverage this correction (activation = stop narrating, not unpark).
Surface now?	Yes — prep has leverage (activation watch). Prep card filed 5 Sep 04:55 (same C1+C2 card) — prep not activation. Not a workstream to “solve” the cut.

C3 · prepare-to-shed illustrative path theatre

Field	Content
What it cuts away	Illustrative / theatre paths, fake fill, Path A/B menus, and “architecture already exists” framed as live honesty — surfaces that look like progress without runnable who/why/how/next.
Why useful later	When real Market paths can exist (after reach-shaped evidence), illustrative theatre competes with compile criteria and confuses Founder story.
Future state that makes it actionable	At least one evidence-backed reach shape exists without inventing a buyer; compile try is honest (still may be 0); Dev and live story forbid theatre fill.
Evidence to activate	Reach channel brief published; compile-gap card names theatre vs real gaps; no Dev page invents Path A/B.
Safe prep before activation	Dev V1 contract already: real objects only, empty said empty. Keep Site v2 paused; do not merge theatre from mockup into live.
What must stay untouched until threshold	Compile stays 0 until evidence unlocks; P empty; no named path; no invent customer.
Rank vs other cuts	3 — watch / light prep (leverage rises after reach brief exists).
Surface now?	Light only — do not open a theatre-hunt hour; cite when writing compile-gap.

C4 · prepare-to-shed overnight thin-as-progress story

Field	Content
What it cuts away	Reading overnight thin quiet filing counts as destination movement or schedule success.
Why useful later	Overnight thin quiet is a hold on noise, not a P move. Shedding the “progress by count” story frees morning attention for frontier/cut prep.
Future state that makes it actionable	Overnight page and parent chat treat thin quiet as quiet unless named deliverable / fail / decision; frontier required outputs own daylight hours.
Evidence to activate	Several nights with thin quiet and no false destination-delta claims; morning walk starts at destination → gate/frontier, not overnight scoreboard.
Safe prep before activation	Overnight thin quiet rule unchanged; do not invent night compiles.
What must stay untouched until threshold	Overnight filing mechanism itself; Evidence archive; honesty floor.
Rank vs other cuts	4 — later (depends on C1 sticking).
Surface now?	No — remember in state; surface when morning narration drifts.

Operating rules (agent)

Read this file with frontier-required-outputs.md before default standing recon.
Do not re-report parked cuts unless status materially changed.
May prepare a prospective cut prep card when queue says prep has leverage (C1/C2 now).
When Frontier board changes, refresh ranks / surface flags here in the same hour.
Do not unpark 63e813ea. Do not invent path/customer/P. Do not write p-evidence. Do not claim compile. Do not merge Dev to live. Do not hire.

# Cuts forward — complementary to Frontier Updated: 5 Sep 2026 ~10:50 Europe/London · UUID b7e2d19a (Vision-first c8f3a21b supersedes thin-recon default) Source board (Dev): html-explainers/dev/v1/cuts.html Companion: attention/frontier-review.md · frontier-required-outputs.md Janhavi correction 5 Sep ~00:05 London — encode exactly. Light note 5 Sep ~04:55: C1/C2 prep card dual-written + published — Surface now stays Yes for activation watch; do not claim activated. Light note 5 Sep ~05:55: honesty fallback filed; did **not** activate C1/C2; board picture unchanged — no Cuts↔Frontier refresh claimed. Light note 5 Sep ~06:55: second honesty fallback filed; did **not** activate C1/C2; board picture still unchanged — no Cuts↔Frontier refresh claimed. Light note 5 Sep ~07:55: third honesty fallback filed; did **not** activate C1/C2; board picture still unchanged — no Cuts↔Frontier refresh claimed. Light note 5 Sep ~09:55: honesty fallback filed after 08:55 ask (window open); did **not** activate C1/C2; board picture still unchanged — no Cuts↔Frontier refresh claimed. Light note 5 Sep ~10:50: Vision-first five direction received (c8f3a21b). Highest frontier is five-piece machine, not thin honesty/recon. C1 now has direct founder “NOT next = market map / first-name hunt / careful receipt” — **Surface now stays Yes for activation watch**; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated (Evidence must show thin volume is no longer modal). Board picture **did** change → refresh with Frontier/Vision-first this hour. Light note 5 Sep ~11:55: second consecutive Vision-first :55 (10:55, 11:55) counts toward C1 evidence; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated; Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. Light note 5 Sep ~12:55: third consecutive Vision-first :55 (10:55, 11:55, 12:55) hits N=3 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. Light note 5 Sep ~13:55: fourth consecutive Vision-first :55 (10:55, 11:55, 12:55, 13:55) keeps N=4 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. Light note 5 Sep ~14:55: mid-afternoon decision ask only — **not** a fifth consecutive Job 1 deliverable; N stays **4** toward C1 evidence; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated; Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. Light note 5 Sep ~15:55: fifth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=5 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. Light note 5 Sep ~16:55: sixth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=6 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). Light note 5 Sep ~17:55: seventh produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55, 16:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=7 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored. Light note 5 Sep ~18:55: eighth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55, 16:55, 17:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=8 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored. Light note 5 Sep ~19:55: ninth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55, 16:55, 17:55, 18:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=9 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored. Light note 5 Sep ~20:55: tenth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55, 16:55, 17:55, 18:55, 19:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=10 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored. Light note 5 Sep ~21:55: eleventh produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55, 16:55, 17:55, 18:55, 19:55, 20:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=11 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored. Light note 5 Sep ~22:55: twelfth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55, 16:55, 17:55, 18:55, 19:55, 20:55, 21:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=12 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored. Light note 5 Sep ~23:55: thirteenth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55–22:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=13 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored. Overnight quiet kept (Job 1 only; not a recon scoreboard). Light note 6 Sep ~00:55: fourteenth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55–23:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=14 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored. Overnight quiet kept (Job 1 only; not a recon scoreboard). Light note 6 Sep ~01:55: fifteenth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55–23:55, 00:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=15 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored. Overnight quiet kept (Job 1 only; not a recon scoreboard). Light note 6 Sep ~02:55: sixteenth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55–23:55, 00:55, 01:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=16 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored. Overnight quiet kept (Job 1 only; not a recon scoreboard). Light note 6 Sep ~03:55: seventeenth produced Vision-first Job 1 (after 10:55–13:55, 15:55–23:55, 00:55, 01:55, 02:55; 14:55 was decision-ask-only) hits N=17 deliverable count on C1 evidence watch; still do **not** claim C1/C2 activated (week-modal thin volume not yet cleared); Surface now stays Yes for activation watch. 14:55 skipped (no reply by 16:25). 17:15 close already scored. Overnight quiet kept (Job 1 only; not a recon scoreboard). ## Pair with Frontier - **Frontier:** What should exist next? - **Cuts:** What are we likely to stop needing next? - Cuts are a **forward planning surface**, not a status ticker. - **Parked is a status, not a workstream.** Remember silently in state. Do not spend hours rediscovering or re-reporting it. - Surface a cut only when (1) preparation now has leverage, or (2) activation threshold is approaching. - Persistent facts belong in state; scarce reasoning goes on what becomes useful next. - Still do **not** invent a customer, unpark 63e813ea, write p-evidence, or claim compile. ## Silent parked state (not a queue workstream) **63e813ea — first-customer cut** Status: **silent parked** in state files only (`directory/cut-hold.md`, honesty floor). Do **not** re-report “cut stays parked” each cycle. Do not put it on the forward queue. Do not lead Evidence “why” lines with it unless status **materially changes** or she asks. Unparking is not this UUID and is not prep for any item below. --- ## Prospective cut queue (ordered) ### C1 · prepare-to-shed thin-recon-volume-as-default | Field | Content | | --- | --- | | **What it cuts away** | Treating standing recon category rotation / thin filing volume as the default :55 success signal. | | **Why useful later** | Once reach-shaped Vision fill and compile-gap honesty are the schedule’s default, thin-volume-as-progress becomes dead weight that recreates dead-end excellence. | | **Future state that makes it actionable** | Founder directed Vision-first five (5 Sep ~10:50): thin recon / careful receipts are NOT next. Activation still needs Evidence that :55 hours produce five-piece work for several consecutive non-decision hours without thin category churn. | | **Evidence to activate** | N≥3 frontier-required deliverables dual-written + published with destination-delta lines; thin filings no longer the modal hour type in a week. | | **Safe prep before activation** | Keep saturation rule live; prefer deepen-or-discard over new thin sources; do not delete recon capability — only demote volume-as-default. | | **What must stay untouched until threshold** | Standing recon 26e4abb6 as fallback when queue empty; overnight thin quiet; honesty floor; no invented path/customer/P. | | **Rank vs other cuts** | **1 — highest prep leverage now** (pairs directly with Frontier 1a16c508). | | **Surface now?** | **Yes — prep has leverage** (activation watch). **Prep card filed 5 Sep 04:55** (`directory/cut-prep-card-2026-09-05-0455.md`) — prep not activation. | ### C2 · prepare-to-shed recurring parked-cut narration | Field | Content | | --- | --- | | **What it cuts away** | Hourly / chat / Evidence habit of restating “first-customer cut stays parked” as a lead line when status is unchanged. | | **Why useful later** | Parked is already-known state. Re-reporting wastes scarce attention and crowds out destination → live gate / Vision standing / frontier → this moment. | | **Future state that makes it actionable** | Hourly prompt + Evidence why-template no longer require parked-cut as a mandatory spoken beat; agents read state silently. | | **Evidence to activate** | Parent applied rewritten hourly prompt (this UUID + 1a16c508); sample hours omit parked narration unless status changed. | | **Safe prep before activation** | Encode silent-parked rule in cuts-forward + frontier files + Dev pages; leave cut-hold.md and contract honesty floor intact. | | **What must stay untouched until threshold** | 63e813ea remains parked in state; do not unpark; do not invent customer; one quiet footnote on Dev is enough if needed. | | **Rank vs other cuts** | **2 — prep leverage this correction** (activation = stop narrating, not unpark). | | **Surface now?** | **Yes — prep has leverage** (activation watch). **Prep card filed 5 Sep 04:55** (same C1+C2 card) — prep not activation. Not a workstream to “solve” the cut. | ### C3 · prepare-to-shed illustrative path theatre | Field | Content | | --- | --- | | **What it cuts away** | Illustrative / theatre paths, fake fill, Path A/B menus, and “architecture already exists” framed as live honesty — surfaces that look like progress without runnable who/why/how/next. | | **Why useful later** | When real Market paths can exist (after reach-shaped evidence), illustrative theatre competes with compile criteria and confuses Founder story. | | **Future state that makes it actionable** | At least one evidence-backed reach shape exists without inventing a buyer; compile try is honest (still may be 0); Dev and live story forbid theatre fill. | | **Evidence to activate** | Reach channel brief published; compile-gap card names theatre vs real gaps; no Dev page invents Path A/B. | | **Safe prep before activation** | Dev V1 contract already: real objects only, empty said empty. Keep Site v2 paused; do not merge theatre from mockup into live. | | **What must stay untouched until threshold** | Compile stays 0 until evidence unlocks; P empty; no named path; no invent customer. | | **Rank vs other cuts** | **3 — watch / light prep** (leverage rises after reach brief exists). | | **Surface now?** | Light only — do not open a theatre-hunt hour; cite when writing compile-gap. | ### C4 · prepare-to-shed overnight thin-as-progress story | Field | Content | | --- | --- | | **What it cuts away** | Reading overnight thin quiet filing counts as destination movement or schedule success. | | **Why useful later** | Overnight thin quiet is a hold on noise, not a P move. Shedding the “progress by count” story frees morning attention for frontier/cut prep. | | **Future state that makes it actionable** | Overnight page and parent chat treat thin quiet as quiet unless named deliverable / fail / decision; frontier required outputs own daylight hours. | | **Evidence to activate** | Several nights with thin quiet and no false destination-delta claims; morning walk starts at destination → gate/frontier, not overnight scoreboard. | | **Safe prep before activation** | Overnight thin quiet rule unchanged; do not invent night compiles. | | **What must stay untouched until threshold** | Overnight filing mechanism itself; Evidence archive; honesty floor. | | **Rank vs other cuts** | **4 — later** (depends on C1 sticking). | | **Surface now?** | No — remember in state; surface when morning narration drifts. | --- ## Operating rules (agent) 1. Read this file with frontier-required-outputs.md before default standing recon. 2. Do **not** re-report parked cuts unless status materially changed. 3. May prepare a prospective cut **prep card** when queue says prep has leverage (C1/C2 now). 4. When Frontier board changes, refresh ranks / surface flags here in the same hour. 5. Do not unpark 63e813ea. Do not invent path/customer/P. Do not write p-evidence. Do not claim compile. Do not merge Dev to live. Do not hire.