directory-engine/status.md

Directory Engine — Status

Last updated: 2026-08-23
Owner agent: Leonard

Current State

• Repo + playbook live.
• Full Grokbot best practices (4-week cadence, Chief of Staff, routines, anti-patterns) now in best-practices.md and agents/chief-of-staff-prompt.md.
• Niche proposal received: Afterthedemo.
• Leonard assessment recorded in decisions.md — recommended to lock.
• No pages published yet.
• No Astro site yet.

Leonard Assessment of Afterthedemo (summary)

Lock it. Coherent vertical, matches operator taste and existing work, strong differentiation via “past the demo + public artifact” filter. Start narrow (Product Directory only). Defer interviews and walkthroughs until the directory has 8–12 solid entries and measurable traffic.

Next Actions (once operator confirms lock)

1. Confirm niche lock (or adjust filters).
2. Seed first 3–5 real shipped products that meet the bar.
3. Run one complete research → engineer publish cycle.
4. Minimal Astro site on Cloudflare + GitHub stack.
5. Establish daily/weekly routine for Research + Engineer.

Recent Runs

• 2026-08-23 — Full episode ingest: Added best-practices.md and chief-of-staff-prompt.md from the complete Billy Howell / Greg Isenberg episode.
• 2026-08-23 — Niche review: Operator proposed Afterthedemo; Leonard assessed and recommended lock with staged content pillars.
• 2026-08-23 — Reset: Previous LM Studio / local-AI-tools niche cleared per operator.