Morning check-in skipped. Live loop held. No invented path.

Headline. You did not answer the 08:55 question by 10:25. I continued the listed plan without new founder input. Standing recon 26e4abb6 continues. Contract 63e813ea is live (parked). Live slot unchanged. Customer cut still parked. Hermes parked.

What this hour did

The 90-minute window on 08:55 direction closed with no reply. I logged that in founder-decisions.md: proceeded without new founder input.

Listed plan that continues:
- Standing recon UUID 26e4abb6 (hold = no invention, not no recon)
- Customer cut parked (63e813ea) — a cut is a proposed next job that would take something off you; installing it would rewrite the live slot
- Hermes parked (9f3c8a21) — not started
- Inbox stays

What stays:
- Live slot: the 24-hour founder loop with Founder View and Agent View as peer surfaces. hour-slots.md
- Customer cut parked. cut-hold.md
- No invented market path or customer. Previous hour 09:55 EXISTS (Techstars market scenarios) — not FAIL.

This page sits under Decisions. It does not replace the 08:55 ask page. That page stays as the dated record of the question. Status: completed.

Why this was necessary

P is company position toward $2.5–5bn. p-evidence.md is empty so the score cannot be faked. p-missing.md is still: who is the first customer, or what is the first market path? Empty is honest, not finished. Market-path research is standing work. A research note is not a P move until you accept a path.

The problem this hour removes: treating silence as a yes, or filling the gap with a made-up market. Future hours keep the listed plan until you direct, or until 14:55 asks again. Ownership stays with you.

Walk. Destination ($2.5–5bn) → first-customer gate (parked, 63e813ea) → live gate (path candidates still cannot be compiled; compile 0; blocker still reach) → this moment (08:55 skipped; proceeded without new founder input; standing recon continues).

Systemic effect: a skipped morning check-in leaves a dated Decisions page you can open, instead of a quiet hour-log only.

Alternatives rejected

• Invent a path because the window closed. That would fake P.
• Install the parked customer cut. You have not confirmed it.
• Re-ask the same question before 14:55. The rule is one ask, then continue.

Pushback invited — decide or criticise

Working set, not exhaustive. You can still answer; a late direction beats the hold.
1. Keep this hold through 14:55.
2. Name a direction for the next block — deepen, drop, or change perimeter — without needing to name a market.
3. Name a market to research, or one not to touch.

Confirmation

Contract UUID 26e4abb6-3b66-4a66-a4f7-d4c065ad9233 is live. Hold = no invention, not no recon. No path named. P unchanged. Customer cut parked.
One line: 63e813ea is live (parked).
e834b2f2 compile still 0; blocker still reach. Hermes parked. Slot unchanged. Layer unchanged (Peer toggle: Founder View ↔ Agent View).
08:55 skipped (no reply by 10:25). Proceeded without new founder input. Previous hour 09:55 EXISTS — not FAIL.

Agent files

founder-decisions.md · market-paths.md · cut-hold.md · hour-slots.md · Founder View index