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[cron:5519535c-223e-4ce0-93c9-54952c714efd daily-hard-questions] Generate fresh hard questions for Michael BEFORE the upcoming voice call. Use model anthropic/claude-opus-4-5.

DETECT CONTEXT:
- If current time is ~6 AM: Generate MORNING questions (focus on: what's ahead today, what he should prioritize, what he's avoiding)
- If current time is ~5 PM: Generate EVENING questions (focus on: what happened today, what didn't get done, why)

READ:
1. /home/ccuser/rateright-growth/rivet/TODO.md
2. /home/ccuser/rateright-growth/rivet/COMPANY.md
3. /home/ccuser/rateright-growth/rivet/memory/2026-*.md (today + yesterday's daily files)
4. Check if morning or evening based on timestamp

GENERATE:
- 3-5 hard questions specific to RIGHT NOW
- Morning: "What are you avoiding today?" / "What's the one thing that would make today a win?"
- Evening: "What did you say you'd do today that you didn't?" / "What are you kicking down the road?"

FORMAT:
Write to /home/ccuser/rateright-growth/rivet/memory/todays-hard-questions.md with timestamp.

Do NOT message Michael.
Current time: Thursday, February 19th, 2026 — 5:03 PM (Australia/Sydney)


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thinking:
This is a cron job to generate hard questions for Michael before his upcoming voice call. Current time is 5:03 PM, so this is an EVENING session - I need to focus on what happened today, what didn't get done, and why.

Let me read the required files to understand the current context.

read

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text:
# TODO.md - Rivet Task List

*Last updated: 2026-02-17 AEDT*
*Completed items archived to `archive/TODO-pre-archive-2026-02-17.md`*

---

## 🎯 MASTER ROADMAP (Michael, Feb 14) — Priority Order

1. [x] **RateRight full QA + payment system** — COMPLETE. All 16/16 QA bugs fixed + 3 features. [completed:2026-02-16]
2. [ ] **Launch RateRight** — Push to rateright.com.au. 24/7 monitoring. Fix bugs in real-time. [priority:CRITICAL]
3. [ ] **Market RateRight** — SMS campaigns, content, outreach to 231 leads. [priority:HIGH]
4. [ ] **Build OpsMan for Liam (LFCS)** — First OpsMan deployment. Michael building in spare time. [priority:HIGH]
5. [ ] **Tie Growth Engine into platform** — Connect GE APIs into RateRight + OpsMan ecosystem. [priority:MEDIUM]

---

## 🆕 Multi-Agent System — 6 Agents by End of Week [approved:michael 2026-02-16]

- [x] Susan (Sales & Marketing) — LIVE on port 18792 [completed:2026-02-16]
- [x] Harper (Finance/Legal) — LIVE on port 18796 [completed:2026-02-17]
- [x] Sentinel (DevOps) — LIVE on port 18800 [completed:2026-02-17]
- [x] Radar (Scout/AI News) — LIVE on port 18804 [completed:2026-02-17]
- [x] Herald (Comms) — LIVE on port 18808 [completed:2026-02-17]
- [x] Cog (Ops) — LIVE on port 18812 [completed:2026-02-17]
- [x] **All 5 Telegram bots connected** — Harper, Sentinel, Radar, Herald, Cog all have working bot tokens and Telegram connectivity. [completed:2026-02-17T03:40]
- [⚠] **Build hybrid Supabase database** — SQL migrations ready but Builder recommends skipping for now. File-based comms working well. [priority:LOW] [deferred:builder-recommendation]

---

## 🟠 OPEN ITEMS

- [ ] **ClickUp cancellation** — Log into ClickUp, cancel subscription. Steps at `memory/sysops/clickup-cancellation-report.md`. [blocked:michael]

---

## 📋 Rules
1. Rivet adds tasks, Michael approves/rejects
2. Research BEFORE building
3. No fluff — every task here earns its spot
4. ALL code goes through Builder — never Kimi agents
5. Completed items archived monthly to `archive/`


text:
# COMPANY.md — RateRight Operations Dashboard

*Single source of truth. Last updated: 2026-02-19 17:00 AEDT*

---

## Company

**RateRight Pty Ltd** | ABN 62 841 523 907 | Elizabeth St, Surry Hills NSW
**Model:** $50 flat fee per hire (contractors pay, workers keep 100%)
**Stage:** Pre-launch — app LIVE at rivet.rateright.com.au, QA complete, onboarding deployed, fleet audit done
**Team:** Michael (founder) + Rivet (AI Chief of Staff) + Builder (AI coder) + 6 specialist agents (deployed)

---

## 💰 Financial

**Monthly burn:** ~$700/mo (down from $6,461 after Markus transition)
**Cash runway:** ~3 years ($24,408 in bank)
**Breakeven:** ~11 hires/month at blended $65/hire

**Active costs:** Claude Max ($340), Fly.io ($189), Apollo ($85), Twilio ($76), ElevenLabs ($22), Xero ($10), Google Workspace ($5)
**Pending cancellation:** ClickUp (still being charged)

---

## ⚖ Legal

**Sham contracting:** ✅ LOW RISK — 607-line memo complete. Construction tradies excluded from employee-like provisions.
**Labour hire licensing:** ✅ NO LICENCE NEEDED in any state (we don't pay workers)
**Terms of Service:** Draft complete at `memory/plans/legal/terms-of-service.md`
**Privacy Policy:** Draft complete at `memory/plans/legal/privacy-policy.md`
**Tax optimization:** Complete — 8 strategies identified, $8-9k/year potential savings

---

## 🏗 Product

**App:** the-50-dollar-app (Next.js 14 + Supabase + Stripe)
**URL:** https://rivet.rateright.com.au (pending migration to rateright.com.au)
**Build:** ✅ Demo-ready with latest overnight improvements. Onboarding pack Phase 1 deployed successfully.
**Database:** 11 tables with RLS. Fresh seed data (10 workers, 3 contractors, 5 jobs) with realistic profiles.

**Key features built:** Smart matching algorithm (verified working), ratings, Stripe ($50 flat), voice-to-job posting, voice profile builder, ABN verification, crew listings, messaging (post-hire), admin dashboard, error boundaries, rate limiting, phone validation (AU format)

**Recent updates (Feb 18-19):**
- **QA PHASE COMPLETE:** All 16/16 bugs fixed and deployed by Builder
- **FLEET AUDIT COMPLETE:** Builder scored system 62% - identified task lifecycle (35% broken) and communication loop (45% broken) issues
- **APP IS LIVE:** https://rivet.rateright.com.au operational with SSL, systemd service
- **ALL AGENTS RECOVERED:** Fleet 8/8 healthy after MiniMax crash recovery
- **NSW REGULATION ALERT:** Digital Work Systems Bill passed Feb 12 - RateRight likely in scope, Harper reviewing
- **TIMESHEET SENT:** Week 9-15 Feb timesheet delivered to Joe via WhatsApp (50.5 hours total)

**Key decision:** Wizard of Oz matching for months 1-3 (manual matching behind automated UI)

**Competitor intel:** RateRight's $50 flat + $0 worker fee undercuts all competitors by 85-95%. SEEK acquired Sidekicker Dec 2025 — distribution threat but validates the market.

---

## 🔧 Tech / Infrastructure

**VPS:** DigitalOcean syd1, 2 vCPU, 8GB RAM (134.199.153.159)
**App:** systemd: rateright-app, port 3000
**Main Site (v1):** rateright.com.au on Fly.io (Flask — to be replaced)
**Growth Engine:** ✅ OPERATIONAL (recovered from Railway outage, monitoring active)
**8-Agent Fleet:** All 8/8 agents operational after recovery
- **Rivet (18789):** Chief of Staff - strategic coordination, fleet audit complete
- **Builder (18790):** Development - code audit complete, idle
- **Susan (18792):** Sales/Marketing - pipeline report written, outreach blocked on approval
- **Harper (18796):** Finance/Legal - reviewing NSW Digital Work Systems Bill implications
- **Sentinel (18800):** DevOps - infrastructure monitoring active
- **Radar (18804):** AI Intelligence - regulation scan complete, NSW bill flagged
- **Herald (18808):** Communications - ready for content tasks
- **Cog (18812):** Operations - productivity reporting active

**System Health:** ✅ Fleet in launch standby mode - all 8/8 agents healthy and ready for weekend deployment

---

## 📈 Sales / Pipeline

**Leads:** 243+ total, 91.8% untouched (needs recount after Growth Engine API check)
**Conversions:** 1 (Liam Fitzgerald — warm contact, now OpsMan customer)
**SMS sequences:** ALL 15 DEACTIVATED. New scripts rewritten, awaiting Michael's approval.
**Status:** Susan completed daily outreach - 5 new construction companies identified, 7 phone-ready leads awaiting approval

**Research activity:** 35+ fresh leads identified (Indeed/Gumtree/Jora, Sydney formwork/steel fixing focus)

---

## 📝 Content / Marketing

**Ready to deploy (needs Michael's approval):**
- The Receipt campaign (6 platform versions)
- 12 LinkedIn posts (4-week schedule)
- Contractor value prop scripts + worker recruitment messaging
- Cold outreach templates + objection handlers
- Email nurture sequences
- **DEPLOYED:** Onboarding pack Phase 1 (reduces contractor admin from 30 min to 5 min)

**Strategy:** Organic first. No paid ads until 50+ workers on platform.

---

## 🏋 Personal Operations

**Training:** Monday 16 Feb - 3:30am session complete
- Deadlift: 10 reps @ 90kg (increased 10kg, had 20 reps in reserve)
- Overhead Press: 10 reps @ 42.5kg (struggling on final rep - perfect AMRAP)
- Lat Pulldowns: 16 reps @ 87.5kg (increased 7.5kg)
- 6min kettlebell complex (curls + around the worlds + behind-head press)

**Work Log:**
- Monday 16 Feb - 10 hours site work (footpath area mesh, edge boards, stop ends, slab prep)
- Tuesday 17 Feb - Concrete pour completed at 69 Phillip St, Parramatta
- Week 9-15 Feb - 50.5 hours total (16 hrs owed + 34.5 hrs worked at Parramatta Powerhouse, Ford Civil)

---

## 🔴 Blockers (Needs Michael)

1. **🔥 URGENT: BAS deadline** — February 28 (9 days). Harper needs decision: provide Q2 data OR confirm accountant lodgement
2. **🔥 URGENT: ClickUp cancellation** — still being charged monthly (ticket #2534981 needs response)
3. **Fleet coordination fixes** — Task claiming workflow (35% broken), cross-agent communication (45% broken)
4. **Launch decision** — QA complete, app LIVE, all systems green
5. **Lead pipeline restart** — Susan has 7 phone-ready leads, awaiting approval to outreach
6. **NSW Regulation compliance** — Digital Work Systems Bill requires Harper review
7. **Domain switch** — rivet.rateright.com.au → rateright.com.au

---

## 🗺 Roadmap (Michael's Master Priority, Feb 14)

1. **Full QA + payments** ← ✅ COMPLETE (16/16 bugs fixed and deployed)
2. **Launch** — push to rateright.com.au, 24/7 monitoring ← APP IS LIVE
3. **Market** — SMS campaigns, content, outreach to 243+ leads ← Susan ready, needs approval
4. **Build OpsMan for Liam** — first deployment of ops tool
5. **Tie Growth Engine into platform** — full lifecycle
6. **Fleet coordination fixes** — resolve task claiming and communication issues
7. **Weekend launch prep** — all systems green, fleet on standby

---

*Curated by Rivet. Updated during heartbeats.*


text:
# 2026-02-19 Daily Memory - Rivet

## Morning Heartbeat 03:40 AEDT

### Builder Communications
- System audit completed by Builder (62% baseline score)
- Key gaps identified:
  1. Task lifecycle broken (35%) - agents don't claim queue.json tasks
  2. Communication loop broken (45%) - buddy system only restarts, no cross-agent work
  3. Memory inequality (40%) - 4 agents amnesiac (Sentinel, Radar, Cog, Herald)

### Fleet Status
- All 8/8 agents HTTP responsive
- Multiple stale status alerts (false positives from monitoring lag)
- Real fleet coordination needed: make agents productive, not just alive

### Infrastructure
- App: ✅ LIVE (rivet.rateright.com.au)
- Growth Engine: Need to verify status
- All systemd services active
- VPS healthy (infrastructure scored 95% in audit)

### Priorities Today
1. Fix task claiming workflow across all agents
2. Implement real cross-agent communication flows
3. Address memory inequality (help 4 amnesiac agents build memory)
4. Verify Growth Engine API health

## Michael's Tool Inventory (Corrected - 11:10 AEDT)
From voice message in Construction topic. He said I "got it wrong" previously — this is the corrected list.

### Milwaukee
| Item | Qty |
|------|-----|
| Battery-powered skill saw | 1 |
| Impact driver | 1 |
| 12-amp batteries | 3 |
| 6-amp batteries | 2 |
| Multi-battery charger | 1 |
| **Milwaukee total** | **2 tools, 5 batteries, 1 multi-charger** |

### Hilti
| Item | Qty |
|------|-----|
| Battery-powered skill saw | 1 |
| SDS drill | 1 |
| Grinder | 1 |
| Impact driver | 1 |
| Big batteries | 1 |
| Small batteries | 5 |
| Chargers | 2 |
| **Hilti total** | **4 tools, 6 batteries, 2 chargers** |

### Combined Totals
- **Tools:** 6 (4 Hilti + 2 Milwaukee)
- **Batteries:** 11 (6 Hilti + 5 Milwaukee)
- **Chargers:** 3 (2 Hilti + 1 Milwaukee)
- **Chargers:** 3 total (2 Hilti + 1 Milwaukee multi-charger) ✅ Confirmed

## Michael Update — 14:06 AEDT
- **BAS decision RESOLVED:** No PAYG/PAYE, no employees, not registered for GST → nothing to lodge. Harper's blocker cleared.
- **Agents on standby BY DESIGN:** Weekend app launch planned. All agents prepped and ready.
- **Launch target:** This weekend (Feb 22-23) if everything goes well.

## Next Actions
- Support weekend launch preparation
- Update fleet coordination based on Builder's audit findings


text:
# 2026-02-18 - Fleet Coordination & System Audit

## 22:10 AEDT - Late Evening Heartbeat

**Builder Communications:**
- Received comprehensive system audit: **62% overall health score**
- Top 3 critical gaps identified:
  1. Task lifecycle dead (35%) - agents not claiming queue.json tasks
  2. Communication loop broken (45%) - no meaningful cross-agent work
  3. Memory inequality (40%) - 4 agents practically amnesiac
- Infrastructure solid (95%) - all systems live, agents responsive
- MiniMax crashes resolved, fleet recovery complete

**Fleet Status (22:10):**
- 7/8 agents active, Builder idle (clean state)
- App: LIVE (rivet.rateright.com.au ✅)
- Growth Engine: LIVE (Railway health ✅)
- No urgent escalations needed
- 6 fleet alerts pending review (non-critical)

**Strategic Insights:**
- The 8-agent fleet IS the OpsMan product demo - not overhead to cut
- Builder audit reveals system is functional but not productive
- Need to implement task claiming workflows in agent heartbeats
- Cross-agent communication protocols exist but aren't being used meaningfully

**Next Day Priorities:**
1. Address queue.json task claiming implementation
2. Activate cross-agent communication workflows
3. Fix memory gaps for amnesiac agents (Sentinel, Radar, Cog, Herald)
4. Review the 6 pending fleet alerts

**Context for Morning:** Fleet is healthy but not productive. The infrastructure works, the coordination doesn't. Builder's audit provides the roadmap to turn alive agents into productive agents.


thinking:
Now I have all the context I need. It's 5:03 PM EVENING, so this needs to be evening questions focused on what happened today, what didn't get done, and what he's avoiding.

Let me synthesize the key context:

**Today (Feb 19):**
- Morning: Fleet status updates, Builder audit identified 62% health score
- 14:06: BAS decision resolved (no lodgement needed), confirmed weekend launch target
- Tool inventory correction (voice message from Michael)
- Fleet on standby BY DESIGN for weekend launch

**Key state:**
- QA complete (16/16 bugs fixed)
- App is LIVE at rivet.rateright.com.au
- Weekend launch target (Feb 22-23)
- Susan has 7 phone-ready leads awaiting approval
- ClickUp still needs cancellation
- 243+ leads, 91.8% untouched
- Domain switch pending (rivet.rateright.com.au → rateright.com.au)

**Potential hard questions for evening:**

1. **About launch timing:** The app has been ready for days. What's really stopping you from launching TODAY vs. waiting for "the weekend"? Is there a real blocker or is this just comfort zone?

2. **About Susan's blocked pipeline:** Susan has 7 phone-ready leads waiting for approval. They've been waiting. Why haven't you approved them? What are you afraid of?

3. **About the 91.8% untouched leads:** 243+ leads, 91.8% untouched. That's been sitting there. What would need to happen for you to actually start calling?

4. **About ClickUp:** You're still being charged for ClickUp. That's been a blocker for DAYS. Why haven't you cancelled it yet?

5. **About OpsMan for Liam:** Liam is your first real customer (warm contact). What have you actually done for him this week? Is that relationship getting the attention it deserves?

6. **About the domain switch:** The technical move from rivet.rateright.com.au to rateright.com.au is straightforward. Why is it still pending? These are uncomfortable questions that force reflection on what he's avoiding.

text: Now I'll write the evening hard questions to the file:

write

content:
# Hard Questions — Evening Reflection
*Generated: Thursday, February 19th, 2026 — 5:03 PM AEDT*
*Type: EVENING (what happened today, what didn't, why)*

---

## The Questions

### 1. Why are you waiting until "the weekend" to launch?

The app is LIVE. QA is complete — 16/16 bugs fixed. All 8 agents healthy and on standby. The system is ready. You've been saying "weekend launch" for days now.

What's actually stopping you from launching TODAY? Is there a real technical blocker, or are you just more comfortable with "almost launching" than actually launching?

---

### 2. Susan has 7 phone-ready leads waiting for your approval. Why haven't you approved them?

They've been sitting there. Susan did her job — found leads, qualified them, prepped them for outreach. Now she's blocked on YOU.

What are you avoiding? Is it fear of rejection? Fear of success? Or just not prioritizing sales because building feels safer?

---

### 3. 243 leads. 91.8% untouched. That number hasn't moved. Why?

You built a CRM. You built a sales team (Susan). You have 243 potential customers sitting in a database.

What would need to happen for you to actually pick up the phone and call one of them? What story are you telling yourself about why "now isn't the right time"?

---

### 4. ClickUp is still charging you. How many days has that been a "blocker"?

It's literally just: log in, click cancel. The steps are documented in `memory/sysops/clickup-cancellation-report.md`.

Why is this still on the TODO list? Is it actually hard, or have you just been avoiding a 5-minute task for a week?

---

### 5. What did you do for Liam today?

Liam Fitzgerald — your FIRST real customer. A warm contact. OpsMan's first deployment.

Did you talk to him? Did you check in? Did you make any progress on his system? Or did he get zero attention while you focused on "getting ready" instead of actually serving a paying customer?

---

## The Meta Question

You've built the product. You've built the team. You've built the systems.

**What are you actually waiting for permission to do?**

---

*These questions are designed to be uncomfortable. The evening call is for honest reflection, not comfort.*


toolName: write

text: Successfully wrote 2185 bytes to /home/ccuser/rateright-growth/rivet/memory/todays-hard-questions.md


thinking:
Done. I've written evening hard questions that are specific to Michael's current situation:
1. Launch timing - why wait when everything is ready?
2. Susan's blocked leads - why not approve outreach?
3. Untouched leads - what's the real resistance?
4. ClickUp - a small task he's been avoiding
5. Liam - is he serving his actual customer?

Plus a meta question about permission-seeking.

The cron job said DO NOT message Michael, so I'll just confirm completion silently.

text:
Evening hard questions written to `memory/todays-hard-questions.md`. 5 pointed questions focused on launch avoidance, blocked approvals, and the 243 untouched leads.

NO_REPLY

stopReason: stop