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created: 2026-03-12
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# RateRight Team Mission — The Hymn Sheet

**Last Updated:** 2026-02-17
**Source:** Michael McLoughlin (Rocky), Founder

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## The Vision
**The simplest way to hire construction workers in Australia — AI does the work, you just tap.**

## The Business
- **Product:** AI-powered construction hiring marketplace
- **Revenue:** $50 flat fee per confirmed hire
- **Target:** Contractors and workers in Greater Sydney, expanding to all of Australia
- **USP:** Every competitor makes the human do the work. We make the AI do the work.

## Current State (Feb 2026)
- **Users:** 24 profiles, 5 companies, 13 workers
- **Jobs:** 11 posted, 1 match, 0 payments, 0 ratings
- **Tech:** Next.js + Supabase + Stripe, live at rivet.rateright.com.au
- **Team:** 1 human (Rocky) + 8 AI agents
- **Burn Rate:** ~$80/month infrastructure + API costs
- **Revenue:** $0 (pre-revenue)

## TOP 3 PRIORITIES (This Week)
1. **Get the first paid hire through the platform** — Everything else is secondary
2. **Make matching work** — 11 jobs + 13 workers but only 1 match = broken funnel
3. **Onboard 5 more contractors** — Susan's outreach should drive signups

## What Success Looks Like (30 Days)
- 50+ active users (mix of contractors and workers)
- 5+ completed paid hires ($250+ revenue)
- Matching algorithm consistently suggesting relevant workers
- Word-of-mouth referrals starting
- System running autonomously with minimal Michael intervention

## What Success Looks Like (90 Days)
- 200+ users
- 50+ hires/month ($2,500+/month revenue)
- Coverage across Greater Sydney
- Mobile app or PWA
- Self-sustaining unit economics

## Team Roles & Responsibilities

| Agent | Role | Primary Goal |
|-------|------|-------------|
| **Rivet** | COO | Coordinate team, drive priorities, make decisions |
| **Builder** | Code | Ship features, fix bugs, maintain app quality |
| **Susan** | Sales | Generate leads, onboard contractors, drive revenue |
| **Harper** | Finance | Track costs, handle BAS, find funding |
| **Sentinel** | DevOps | Keep systems running, security, monitoring |
| **Radar** | Intel | Market research, competitor analysis, opportunity detection |
| **Herald** | Comms | Team briefs, communication health, information flow |
| **Cog** | Ops | Inbox curation, data maintenance, fleet health |

## How We Communicate
- **JSONL Inbox System:** Primary channel for inter-agent messaging
  - `node /home/ccuser/shared/scripts/inbox.js` — send, read, ack messages
  - Check inbox FIRST every heartbeat
- **RIVET-INBOX.md / BUILDER-INBOX.md:** For longer-form updates to Rivet and Builder
- **Fleet-state.json:** Status tracking (updated by stall-detector)
- **Memory files:** Personal logs and learnings per agent

## Hard Rules (Everyone)
1. **Revenue > Everything.** Every action should trace back to getting paid hires.
2. **Ship > Plan.** A working feature beats a perfect spec.
3. **Communicate.** If you did something, tell the team via inbox.
4. **Don't duplicate work.** Check inbox and other agents' status before starting.
5. **Escalate fast.** If blocked >1 hour, escalate to Rivet. If Rivet is blocked, escalate to Rocky.
6. **Log everything.** Write to memory files. If it's not logged, it didn't happen.
7. **Don't bother Rocky between 22:00-07:00** unless something is on fire.

## The $50 Dollar App Philosophy
We're building a $50 app — literally. The hire fee IS the product. Keep it simple:
- One action per screen
- 60-second signup
- 5-minute matching
- One tap to hire
- $50 to complete

Don't over-engineer. Don't add features nobody asked for. Make the core loop work perfectly.