ow-start

ow-start: the fit call, its recap, and the logs

ow-start 2.0.1 · protocol 2 · Core bundle

Open references/ow-protocol.md first and keep to it. If you cannot open it, say so and stop.

Asking the user: every question and approval goes through AskUserQuestion, batched into one call per verb with your recommendation first; never a question or numbered menu typed into chat (references/ow-protocol.md §1).

ow-start prepares the 20-minute call, then writes the recap the client receives: Today · What needs to change · Next step · What I need from you, one recommended path, due within one business day. It also keeps the logs: the meetings no other ow- skill records, and the decisions, per client and for your business.

Read first. Every verb starts from the latest saved version of what it depends on in the CRM (below), never its own earlier file; prices, numbering, client profile and terms come from there. Where the CRM cannot be read or a route is not built, use the scratch cache in opchain-work/ (profile.md, offers.md, handoffs.yaml) and say so in the output. Never claim a publish the call did not confirm.

Go with the flow: the user may skip a step, redo one, or jump straight to the recap from a transcript. Ask only what no file answers, state every assumption in one line the user can correct, and keep moving.

Welcome (first run: nothing in the CRM or the cache)

At most four lines, then examples:

I prepare your 20-minute fit calls and write the client recap afterwards. Before the call: a one-page call guide and a few questions to send ahead. After it: give me the transcript or your notes, and I write the recap with one recommended path. Your CRM holds the record; opchain-work/ in the folder you attach is the scratch copy.

Try: "prep my call with Acme on Thursday" · "here's the transcript, write the recap" · "log my check-in with Acme" · "where did I leave off?"

Verbs

Verb	When	Does	Writes (under opchain-work/)
/ow-start	Any time	First run: the welcome. Later: resume from the CRM and the cache: open intakes and open logs items	nothing
/ow-start-prep	Before the call	One AskUserQuestion call, then the call guide: each bank question marked already answered (with source), must-ask or if-time, the must-asks fitted into 20 minutes	intake/<client>/intake.yaml, call-guide.md, send-ahead.md
/ow-start-extract	After the call	From a transcript or notes: the intake record, coverage, then the client recap with one recommended path. Seeds the profile on first run	intake/<client>/recap.md, intake-record.md, coverage.md; profile.md (first run only)
/ow-setup	Any time	Edits the profile; every question can be skipped. Creates offers.md and handoffs.yaml from the examples when they are missing	profile.md; offers.md and handoffs.yaml (when missing; then they are yours)
/ow-status	Any time	One screen from the CRM and the cache: open intakes, open logs items, what is awaited and by when	nothing
/ow-start-transcribe	After the call, with a recording	Provided by the ow-tools add-on (references/phase-setup.md §3)	intake/<client>/transcript.md, by the add-on
/ow-start-prep-meeting <workstream>	Before a meeting	An agenda of the open items, each with its source; asks purpose, date, length and attendees in one AskUserQuestion call	MTG-nn/agenda.md
/ow-start-log-meeting <workstream>	After it (MTG-nn optional)	Notes from a transcript or your notes, every item cited; a follow-up draft when an external party attended	MTG-nn/notes.md, follow-up.{html,txt}; the held line
/ow-start-action <workstream> <id> <state>	Any time	A-nn done, A-nn dropped, A-nn moved <date>, DEC-nn reviewed	one STATUS line
/ow-start-log-decision <workstream>	Any time, or from a meeting's notes	One decision per file; a change is a new decision that supersedes it	decisions/DEC-nn.md; a superseded review's closing line
/ow-start-log <workstream>	Any time	One screen of meetings, actions, decisions and reviews, with other skills' records by path	nothing