# Path A Manual Validation Packet

Status: local/draft-only. This packet supports a tiny Tim-approved manual validation test. It does not send, post, email, DM, publish, track, collect, deploy, list, sell, or connect any launch system.

## Purpose

Use this one-page packet after the Start Here launch approval card chooses **Path A / Manual validation**. It combines the message review, feedback prompts, stop rules, and first-five decision flow into one printable sheet Tim can review before he manually shares anything.

## Approved-message draft

Tim must edit this into his own voice before any manual share.

```text
Hey — I am testing a small Start Here worksheet pack for people who want to build an AI-assisted one-person business without jumping straight into random tools.

The route is: buyer → pain → offer → stack → agents → content → customers → delivery.

Would you be willing to look at the route and tell me where it gets confusing, what feels useful, and whether you would actually use the 7-day worksheet sequence? No signup or purchase — I am trying to find the weak spots before building anything public.
```

## Before Tim manually shares

- [ ] Tim chose the tiny audience.
- [ ] Tim chose the channel or specific recipient type.
- [ ] Tim edited the final wording in his own voice.
- [ ] Tim approved the exact Start Here asset/page/file/screenshot allowed to be shown.
- [ ] No public post, bulk DM, email blast, paid ad, automation, email capture, checkout, analytics, deployment, CRM, or account setup is involved.
- [ ] Replies will be logged manually with pseudonyms/initials only.
- [ ] No private screenshots, phone numbers, emails, customer names, credentials, employer data, payment/tax/legal/KYC/identity details, or confidential information will be stored.
- [ ] After five useful responses, Tim pauses and uses `manual-validation-response-synthesis.md` plus `manual-validation-decision-review.md` before opening any bigger launch system.

## Feedback prompts

Ask for friction, not compliments:

1. What confused you first?
2. What felt useful?
3. What would stop you from using this?
4. Would you use Day 01 without help?
5. What proof, sample, or explanation would make you trust it more?
6. Would you want the worksheet, a walkthrough, a price, or implementation help?

## Stop rules

Pause and improve before email, checkout, analytics, deployment, outreach, or account systems if:

- People cannot repeat the buyer → offer → stack route.
- The first worksheet feels too hard, vague, or jargon-heavy.
- Replies are only polite encouragement with no question, objection, request, or next-step signal.
- Readers want a different promise than the pack currently makes.
- Trust/proof objections are stronger than interest.
- People misunderstand AI safety and think the pack teaches auto-sending, auto-posting, auto-buying, auto-contacting, or autonomous public actions.

## First-five decision flow

1. **Log** — record each reply in `manual-validation-feedback-log.md` with pseudonyms/initials only.
2. **Count** — use `manual-validation-response-synthesis.md` to count repeated clarity, confusion, objection, trust, and demand patterns.
3. **Choose** — use `manual-validation-decision-review.md` to choose WAIT, IMPROVE, MANUAL SHARE AGAIN, FREE LEAD MAGNET, or PAID PRODUCT.
4. **Approve** — Tim approves any external system before Hermes touches it.
5. **Act locally** — Hermes may update local copy, samples, worksheets, ZIPs, and QA from Tim-supplied feedback only.

## Hermes-safe work

Hermes may draft, organize, summarize, score, route, remind, create local files, update local assets, regenerate ZIPs, and run QA.

Hermes may not publish, deploy, send, post, DM, contact people, create accounts, accept terms, buy, connect checkout, connect email capture, connect analytics, enter credentials, use private data, or make public proof/revenue/customer claims without Tim approval.