DECISION HISTORY

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- **Decision:** Pick the one topic where Martin's graph has the most notes - **Source:** builders-council/the-90-day-bet-what-should-martin-actually-build-between-jun - **Assumption:** build a source-cited answer engine on Martin's knowledge graph, stocked on one narrow topic, with a public box a stranger types into - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-05-29 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Build the week-one spine: one question in, one graph walk, one cited answer on screen - **Source:** builders-council/the-90-day-bet-what-should-martin-actually-build-between-jun - **Assumption:** build a source-cited answer engine on Martin's knowledge graph, stocked on one narrow topic, with a public box a stranger types into - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-02 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Wire the no-link-no-answer rule so a dead link never reaches the screen - **Source:** builders-council/the-90-day-bet-what-should-martin-actually-build-between-jun - **Assumption:** build a source-cited answer engine on Martin's knowledge graph, stocked on one narrow topic, with a public box a stranger types into - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-02 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Point the answer box outward so a stranger could type a question into it - **Source:** builders-council/the-90-day-bet-what-should-martin-actually-build-between-jun - **Assumption:** build a source-cited answer engine on Martin's knowledge graph, stocked on one narrow topic, with a public box a stranger types into - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-02 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Save the working spine as a test you re-run, checking every link still hits a real node - **Source:** builders-council/the-90-day-bet-what-should-martin-actually-build-between-jun - **Assumption:** build a source-cited answer engine on Martin's knowledge graph, stocked on one narrow topic, with a public box a stranger types into - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-02 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Connect a commit reader to one of Martin's five project repos - **Source:** builders-council/the-90-day-bet-what-should-martin-actually-build-between-jun-c2 - **Assumption:** build one self-watching loop where Modus logs every verdict, reads Martin's commits to see what shipped, and a three-seat council (Remixer on Opus, Killer, Gap-Scanner) pitches and debates next week's feature - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-05-29 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Write the verdict log with two tags and an "unknown" default - **Source:** builders-council/the-90-day-bet-what-should-martin-actually-build-between-jun-c2 - **Assumption:** build one self-watching loop where Modus logs every verdict, reads Martin's commits to see what shipped, and a three-seat council (Remixer on Opus, Killer, Gap-Scanner) pitches and debates next week's feature - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-05-31 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Wire the Remixer to read each project's readme and recent commits - **Source:** builders-council/the-90-day-bet-what-should-martin-actually-build-between-jun-c2 - **Assumption:** build one self-watching loop where Modus logs every verdict, reads Martin's commits to see what shipped, and a three-seat council (Remixer on Opus, Killer, Gap-Scanner) pitches and debates next week's feature - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-01 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Set Opus on the Remixer seat and a cheap model on the counting - **Source:** builders-council/the-90-day-bet-what-should-martin-actually-build-between-jun-c2 - **Assumption:** build one self-watching loop where Modus logs every verdict, reads Martin's commits to see what shipped, and a three-seat council (Remixer on Opus, Killer, Gap-Scanner) pitches and debates next week's feature - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-02 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Build the Killer screen that cuts ideas before they hit the log - **Source:** builders-council/the-90-day-bet-what-should-martin-actually-build-between-jun-c2 - **Assumption:** build one self-watching loop where Modus logs every verdict, reads Martin's commits to see what shipped, and a three-seat council (Remixer on Opus, Killer, Gap-Scanner) pitches and debates next week's feature - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-02 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Pull 15 past leads from Telegram and old invoices into the graph - **Source:** builders-council/the-unfair-advantage-build-what-uses-operations-as-the-edge- - **Assumption:** Wire Martin's real win-loss history and his live hunch notes into the chase-or-drop loop, then check it beats a stranger's guess on the hard calls - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-05-30 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Flag the hard close-call leads up front, before any scoring - **Source:** builders-council/the-unfair-advantage-build-what-uses-operations-as-the-edge- - **Assumption:** Wire Martin's real win-loss history and his live hunch notes into the chase-or-drop loop, then check it beats a stranger's guess on the hard calls - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-05-31 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Wire the 15 deals into the chase-or-drop loop - **Source:** builders-council/the-unfair-advantage-build-what-uses-operations-as-the-edge- - **Assumption:** Wire Martin's real win-loss history and his live hunch notes into the chase-or-drop loop, then check it beats a stranger's guess on the hard calls - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-01 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Log one hunch note per new lead the moment it lands - **Source:** builders-council/the-unfair-advantage-build-what-uses-operations-as-the-edge- - **Assumption:** Wire Martin's real win-loss history and his live hunch notes into the chase-or-drop loop, then check it beats a stranger's guess on the hard calls - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-05-29 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Run 5 fresh leads through the loop and score them against Martin's own calls - **Source:** builders-council/the-unfair-advantage-build-what-uses-operations-as-the-edge- - **Assumption:** Wire Martin's real win-loss history and his live hunch notes into the chase-or-drop loop, then check it beats a stranger's guess on the hard calls - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-03 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Write the four-piece edge on one page (source, patch, stack, referee) and pin it above the desk - **Source:** builders-council/the-unfair-advantage-build-what-uses-operations-as-the-edge--c2 - **Assumption:** Lock the Borg to Martin's day job by tying every agent to one number on the Manila call sheet, and kill agents that don't move their number in 30 days - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-05-30 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Assign one Manila call-sheet number to every active Borg agent - **Source:** builders-council/the-unfair-advantage-build-what-uses-operations-as-the-edge--c2 - **Assumption:** Lock the Borg to Martin's day job by tying every agent to one number on the Manila call sheet, and kill agents that don't move their number in 30 days - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-02 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Name the one number that moved in May because of a Borg patch - **Source:** builders-council/the-unfair-advantage-build-what-uses-operations-as-the-edge--c2 - **Assumption:** Lock the Borg to Martin's day job by tying every agent to one number on the Manila call sheet, and kill agents that don't move their number in 30 days - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-03 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** List every Borg agent with no target number and pause them - **Source:** builders-council/the-unfair-advantage-build-what-uses-operations-as-the-edge--c2 - **Assumption:** Lock the Borg to Martin's day job by tying every agent to one number on the Manila call sheet, and kill agents that don't move their number in 30 days - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-04 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Start a one-line kill log with date, agent name, and the number that did not move - **Source:** builders-council/the-unfair-advantage-build-what-uses-operations-as-the-edge--c2 - **Assumption:** Lock the Borg to Martin's day job by tying every agent to one number on the Manila call sheet, and kill agents that don't move their number in 30 days - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-04 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Delete the word "moat" from any Modus README, pitch, or note - **Source:** builders-council/modus-as-martins-competitive-moat-is-that-the-right-framing - **Assumption:** Drop "moat" from how Martin talks about Modus, and call it a tool that stacks receipts until a second stranger comes back for more - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-05-29 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Pick one public channel for receipts (Twitter thread, newsletter, or site page) - **Source:** builders-council/modus-as-martins-competitive-moat-is-that-the-right-framing - **Assumption:** Drop "moat" from how Martin talks about Modus, and call it a tool that stacks receipts until a second stranger comes back for more - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-05-30 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Pick one past forecast that already landed and write it up as the first public receipt - **Source:** builders-council/modus-as-martins-competitive-moat-is-that-the-right-framing - **Assumption:** Drop "moat" from how Martin talks about Modus, and call it a tool that stacks receipts until a second stranger comes back for more - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-01 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Post the first receipt on the chosen channel with a clear "next post same day next week" line - **Source:** builders-council/modus-as-martins-competitive-moat-is-that-the-right-framing - **Assumption:** Drop "moat" from how Martin talks about Modus, and call it a tool that stacks receipts until a second stranger comes back for more - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-04 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Log the post date in the Decisions folder as the start of the six-month moat clock - **Source:** builders-council/modus-as-martins-competitive-moat-is-that-the-right-framing - **Assumption:** Drop "moat" from how Martin talks about Modus, and call it a tool that stacks receipts until a second stranger comes back for more - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-04 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Build a list of 50 target buyers (small-firm lawyers, accountants, compliance leads) - **Source:** builders-council/where-does-modus-actually-change-a-decision-martin-makes - **Assumption:** Modus changes one real customer call (send an answer unread, yes or no) plus one founder call (shelve or keep going on a fixed Friday), and both depend on Martin dialing the phone this week instead of writing code - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-05-30 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Make 5 cold calls per day asking "would you pay for AI answers your reviewer can trace to the source doc" - **Source:** builders-council/where-does-modus-actually-change-a-decision-martin-makes - **Assumption:** Modus changes one real customer call (send an answer unread, yes or no) plus one founder call (shelve or keep going on a fixed Friday), and both depend on Martin dialing the phone this week instead of writing code - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-04 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Write the one-sentence pitch and the one follow-up question for call one - **Source:** builders-council/where-does-modus-actually-change-a-decision-martin-makes - **Assumption:** Modus changes one real customer call (send an answer unread, yes or no) plus one founder call (shelve or keep going on a fixed Friday), and both depend on Martin dialing the phone this week instead of writing code - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-05-29 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Set the kill date on the calendar (Friday 2026-06-12, shelve or keep going) - **Source:** builders-council/where-does-modus-actually-change-a-decision-martin-makes - **Assumption:** Modus changes one real customer call (send an answer unread, yes or no) plus one founder call (shelve or keep going on a fixed Friday), and both depend on Martin dialing the phone this week instead of writing code - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-05-29 - **Status:** pending

- **Decision:** Log every call outcome in a single spreadsheet (yes, no, maybe, callback) - **Source:** builders-council/where-does-modus-actually-change-a-decision-martin-makes - **Assumption:** Modus changes one real customer call (send an answer unread, yes or no) plus one founder call (shelve or keep going on a fixed Friday), and both depend on Martin dialing the phone this week instead of writing code - **Leading indicator:** Action completed by callback date - **Callback date:** 2026-06-04 - **Status:** pending