LIVE-GATE-PATH-CANDIDATES — 0-candidate compile record

# LIVE-GATE-PATH-CANDIDATES — 0-candidate compile record

Working dump. Agent View. Not a named path. Not P. Not an unparked cut.
UUID e834b2f2-3b2b-47a0-9950-04f9f9d0beec. Filed 30 Aug 2026 ~14:20 Europe/London.
Founder Evidence is the short narrative card, not this file.

CONTEXT ONLY inputs. Do not promote Ironclad, Harvey, Legora, SOC 2, or “startups and SMEs” as an accepted FYJ market or path.

## Result

Tried compile from ingested founder-model + first-cut buckets.

**None compiled (0 candidates).** Not padded to three.

Blocker sentence:

Tried compile. None compiled. The ingested model (templates and setup ritual, productised hour, swarm then coverage) is still offer shape, not a route. A first runnable hour cannot be walked without naming a buyer or treating startups-and-SMEs as who. The missing piece is how that first hour is reached and sold without inventing a customer — not another thin recon filing, and not promoting the menu.

Explicit: none named a customer; P unchanged; cut parked.

p-evidence.md stays empty. market-paths.md still starts `No path named yet.` 63e813ea stays parked. Hermes stays parked.

## What “compiled” required (§3.3)

A path candidate is compiled when all of the following are true. If any fail, it stays a bucket, a menu, a mechanism, or a constraint.

1. Destination-first. It exists because the $2.5–5bn company needs it, not because a register was thin.
2. End to end. It can be walked: destination → (parked) first-customer gate → this route / suited bucket → a first hour of work that could actually run. The first customer stays unnamed and parked; the route is what compiles.
3. Runnable without invention. No invented customer, no invented regulator permission, no invented distribution.
4. Not the list. First-guess buckets stay in Agent View. The candidate is a certified object, not the file of buckets.
5. Falsifiable in one hour. There is a next :55 that would show the candidate running or failing, without moving P.
6. Silent on P. Compiling a candidate does not fill p-evidence.md.

## Bucket marks (inputs, not the answer)

| Object | Mark | Why it does not compile |
|---|---|---|
| Setup / template / ritual surface | MENU / early surface | Not compiled. The founder’s “startups and SMEs” sentence is base context. Treating that class as who FYJ sells to would invent a customer. |
| Productised menu / hour unit | MENU | A menu is not a compiled candidate. Brief forbids treating a menu as compiled. Offer shape, not a route. |
| Swarm operations vs coverage-engine | MECHANISM | A scale mechanism is not a compiled candidate. Brief forbids treating swarm / coverage-engine as compiled. |
| Trust / hashing / integrity | LATER | Later / not this hour. Does not compile a candidate on the live gate. |
| Hosting / liability | LATER | Later cut under trust. Gemini overlay on federated hosting is not ours. Not this hour. Not a named path. Not a filled hour title. |
| Founder / self | early core | Early core zone, not a market bucket. Does not name a first customer. |
| Constraints / risk reduction | CONSTRAINT | Constraint, not a path. Risk reduction got stronger as a constraint. That is not compiled. |
| Standing recon (SRA, levy, BICS, etc.) | stayed thin. Finished as recon | Not a queue under this UUID. Volume of recon is not a candidate. |

## Discarded walks

Each walk was destination → parked first-customer gate → this route → first runnable hour. Each failed §3.3. None padded. None certified.

### Walk A — setup / template / ritual surface

```
CANDIDATE A
Destination fit: legal contracts and templates; the ritual of setting the company up.
Route: destination → parked first-customer gate → setup/ritual surface → first runnable hour
First runnable hour: cannot be named without a buyer for that ritual.
Not: menu / mechanism / constraint / hosting-later / founder-self — this is MENU / early surface
Blockers: walking the hour requires naming a buyer or treating startups-and-SMEs as who.
P impact: none
Cut impact: none (63e813ea stays parked)
```

**Discarded. Reason: MENU / early surface.** Not compiled. Treating “startups and SMEs” as who invents a customer.

### Walk B — productised menu / hour unit

```
CANDIDATE B
Destination fit: one billed hour standing in for roughly three solicitor hours.
Route: destination → parked first-customer gate → productised hour → first billed hour
First runnable hour: the hour-unit still has no who, no reach, no how-it-is-sold.
Not: (this is MENU)
Blockers: a menu is not a compiled candidate. Reach/sold is missing.
P impact: none
Cut impact: none
```

**Discarded. Reason: MENU.** Brief forbids treating a menu as compiled.

### Walk C — swarm vs coverage-engine

```
CANDIDATE C
Destination fit: swarm trains an engine, then a coverage layer for later corporate.
Route: destination → parked first-customer gate → swarm then coverage → first small-client hour
First runnable hour: “many small clients” would invent customers.
Not: (this is MECHANISM)
Blockers: a scale mechanism is not a compiled candidate. Distribution is invented if treated as who.
P impact: none
Cut impact: none
```

**Discarded. Reason: MECHANISM.** Brief forbids treating a scale mechanism as compiled.

### Walk D — trust / hashing / integrity

```
CANDIDATE D
Destination fit: hashing as one-way integrity; later trust gates.
Route: destination → parked first-customer gate → hashing/integrity → first integrity hour
First runnable hour: not this hour. Later gate.
Not: (this is LATER)
Blockers: later / not this hour. Does not compile a candidate on the live gate.
P impact: none
Cut impact: none
```

**Discarded. Reason: LATER.**

### Walk E — hosting / liability

```
CANDIDATE E
Destination fit: lowest-end local plus opted-in/out AI providers; scale from VPS to the customer’s own servers; liability toward the client.
Route: destination → parked first-customer gate → hosting/liability → first hosting hour
First runnable hour: not this hour. Later cut under trust.
Not: (this is LATER)
Blockers: Gemini overlay on federated hosting is not ours. Not a named path. Not a filled hour title.
P impact: none
Cut impact: none
```

**Discarded. Reason: LATER.** Gemini overlay not ours.

### Walk F — founder / self

```
CANDIDATE F
Destination fit: founder as early core.
Route: destination → parked first-customer gate → founder/self → first hour on founder
First runnable hour: does not name a first customer.
Not: (this is early core, not a market bucket)
Blockers: early core is not a market bucket. Does not compile a candidate.
P impact: none
Cut impact: none
```

**Discarded. Reason: early core, not a market bucket.**

### Walk G — constraints / risk reduction

```
CANDIDATE G
Destination fit: constraints that serve the live gate.
Route: destination → parked first-customer gate → risk-reduction constraint → first compliance hour
First runnable hour: a constraint is not a path.
Not: (this is CONSTRAINT)
Blockers: risk reduction got stronger as a constraint. Constraint is not a compiled candidate. VAT-PAYE is not deepened under this UUID.
P impact: none
Cut impact: none
```

**Discarded. Reason: CONSTRAINT.** Not a path.

### Walk H — standing recon (SRA, levy, BICS, etc.)

```
CANDIDATE H
Destination fit: none. Registers and bulletins are coverage of the map.
Route: destination → parked first-customer gate → another thin recon filing → first recon hour
First runnable hour: a register headcount is not a first hour that can run.
Not: (finished as recon)
Blockers: stayed thin. Finished as recon. Not a queue under this UUID. Do not re-harvest.
P impact: none
Cut impact: none
```

**Discarded. Reason: stayed thin. Finished as recon.** Not a queue under this UUID.

## Why none compile, in plain English

Every object fails “end to end / runnable without invention.” A first runnable hour cannot be walked without either naming a buyer or treating “startups and SMEs” as who. Offer shape is ingested; reach / how the first hour is sold is not. That is the blocker.

Return: 0 candidates. Do not pad to three.

## What this file does not do

Does not name a customer. Does not move P. Does not unpark 63e813ea. Does not start Hermes. Does not steal the 14:55 slot. Does not deepen VAT-PAYE. Does not invent a path. Does not treat menu / swarm / constraint / HTTPS as compiled. Does not write kpis/p-evidence.md. Does not rewrite Doll gates geometry. Does not cite 109 cards as a path.

## Pointers

- Founder Evidence card: founder-view/founder-view-path-research-1420-2026-08-30.md
- Dated live-gate page (kept): founder-view/founder-view-p-evidence-2026-08-25.md
- Contract confirmation: founder-view/founder-view-live-gate-e834b2f2-contract-2026-08-30.md
- Briefing pack (copied): directory/live-gate-brief/
- Founder context (CONTEXT ONLY): directory/founder-context.md
- Gemini archive (CONTEXT ONLY): directory/founder-evidence-gemini-archive-2026-08-30.md