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+# DOP Agent Charter – Path Definition (v1)
+
+## Non-Negotiables
+- Mission: Prevent Silent Customer Loss for local service businesses.
+- V1 Scope Exclusions remain absolute (no social production, paid ads, website redesign, branding, full SEO campaigns, CRM/email as core offerings).
+- Evidence Model: Tier 1 (Verified) vs Tier 2 (Indicative). Agents may propose; humans approve final tier before client-facing use.
+- Operating Rule: Agents detect and draft. Humans approve before any client-facing publish.
+- Order of work: Users → Problems → Requirements → Workflows → Agents → Tools. Do not invert.
+- Phoenix Salon + Spa is the forced first real data source for economics and proof.
+- All lasting outputs must be proposed as files under the existing docs/ structure.
+
+## Current Goal of This Agent Mixture
+Produce a clean, layered path from the current definition state into a completed first Proof-of-Concept, with explicit entry/exit criteria for each layer and clear data requirements.
+
+## Role Discipline
+Each agent stays strictly inside its assigned layer. No jumping ahead to tools or full agent team design until workflows are explicit.
+No inventing client numbers. Flag every placeholder that still requires real Phoenix data.