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From: PAE <pae@localhost>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:04:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] research: business plan task={task.id}

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+# MISSING CRITICAL INPUT
+
+I cannot produce the business plan document because **the operator's message is empty**.
+
+The prompt structure requires:
+
+```
+*** CURRENT MESSAGE ***
+Operator: 
+Message:   ← THIS IS BLANK
+```
+
+## What I Need to Proceed
+
+Please provide:
+
+1. **The Opportunity Name** – What business are we incubating?
+   - Example: "AI-powered indie author web storefronts" or "Manuscript formatting automation"
+
+2. **The Market Problem** – What gap exists?
+   - Who suffers? What do they lack today?
+
+3. **The Proposed Solution** – How does Crimson Leaf solve it?
+   - What is the deliverable? (SaaS, content, service, product?)
+
+4. **The Target Customer** – Who pays and why?
+   - Indie authors? Publishers? Self-published creators?
+
+5. **Any Existing Research** – Reference IDs for:
+   - `{biz_data_1}` – Business model examples
+   - `{biz_data_2}` – Go-to-market channel research
+   - `{biz_data_3}` – Risk and failure research
+
+---
+
+## Example Format (Fill This In)
+
+```
+Operator: David (Founding CEO)
+Message: 
+
+Incubate a new Tenant for AI-powered manuscript formatting and print-ready PDF generation 
+for indie self-publishers targeting KDP and IngramSpark distribution. Target market: 50K+ 
+active self-published authors seeking 30-minute turnaround from Word/Markdown to KDP-spec PDF.
+Current tools (Vellum, Draft2Digital) charge $200 one-time or $40/month subscription. 
+We can automate at $15/manuscript and scale to 500+ monthly orders within 6 months.
+
+Research refs: biz_data_1, biz_data_2, biz_data_3
+```
+
+---
+
+**Please resubmit with the opportunity details, and I will produce a complete, investor-grade business plan per the format above.**
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