THE KICKOFF CARD · the first meeting, run to its minute
WAKES WHEN a customer kickoff is planned or run, or its recap is written
THE LOOP
agenda --minutes · blocks, to the minute
criteria · a number, a date, an owner each
run it; write Decided: and Action: lines
recap <notes> · every action owned, dated
send the recap the same day
NEVER
Agree a criterion with no number
Send a recap with an action no one owns
Run past the meeting's time
IT MAKES agenda — the agenda, each block with its clock time; criteria — each criterion CLEAR or VAGUE, with what it needs; recap — the decisions and actions; every action read for an owner and a date.
THE STANDARD success is agreed in the first meeting; the agenda fits the meeting; decisions and actions are written as they happen; every action has an owner and a date; the goals are theirs; roles, not contact details.
PROOF SELFTEST 7/7 · witnessed in Claude 2026-10-10 · Edition 1.
THE SEAL 98 of 100 · LEGENDARY · WITNESSED · Trigger 5 · Machinery 5 · Law 5 · Portability 5 · Proof 5
IT CAN BE WRONG an AI reading a text file: it can be wrong and can invent a number, a rule, a name or a date; check what matters against your own records and the source; the risk is yours. THE-CLAUSES.md rides in the packet and is part of the licence.
THE PUNCH · SHA-256 OF SKILL.MD · 5D09BE76350C4A36D9CA8B5C
CITE THIS CARDTHE KICKOFF CARD, Edition 1. Lund Studio LLC, Westminster, Colorado. https://lundr.tech/?view=kickoff-card. Punch 5D09BE76350C4A36D9CA8B5C. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
What it is.
Runs a customer's first meeting so everyone leaves knowing what success is and who does what next: agenda times the blocks of a kickoff (introductions, the goals in their words, the success criteria, the plan, risks and access, actions) to the length of the meeting with each block's clock time, or scales the owner's own blocks; criteria reads each success criterion for a number, a date or a window, and an owner, and names what each vague one needs; recap gathers the lines written Decided: and Action: from the notes, reads every action for an owner and a date, names the ones with neither, and writes the recap as a table.
It carries a machine that shows its working: agenda — the agenda, each block with its clock time; criteria — each criterion CLEAR or VAGUE, with what it needs; recap — the decisions and actions; every action read for an owner and a date — 7 checks in its selftest, every command on the record. It will never agree a criterion with no number; never send a recap with an action no one owns; never run past the meeting's time.
Six laws, written into the card.
They are in the card itself, so the AI follows them.
SUCCESS IS AGREED IN THE FIRST MEETINGEach criterion carries a number, a date or a window, and an owner; a vague one is tightened before it is signed.
THE AGENDA FITS THE MEETINGBlocks are scaled to the minutes, none under two, and the time is kept.
DECISIONS AND ACTIONS ARE WRITTEN AS THEY HAPPENA line starting Decided: or Action: is how the recap finds them.
EVERY ACTION HAS AN OWNER AND A DATEOne with neither is named before the recap goes.
THE GOALS ARE THEIRSThe customer's goals are written in their words, not the seller's.
ROLES, NOT CONTACT DETAILSOwners are roles or first names as the team uses them; the card keeps no address or number.
What rides in the card.
In the card’s own voice, with a machine that shows its working.
THE GUIDEreferences/THE-ONBOARDING-TEAM.md
THE MACHINEkickoff.py · three commandsagenda — the agenda, each block with its clock time; criteria — each criterion CLEAR or VAGUE, with what it needs; recap — the decisions and actions; every action read for an owner and a date. Every command prints its working and refuses a bad input; 7 checks in its selftest, every command on the record.
What it does once your AI has it.
agenda The agenda, each block with its clock time
criteria Each criterion CLEAR or VAGUE, with what it needs
recap The decisions and actions; every action read for an owner and a date
On the record A forty-five-minute agenda timed to the clock; four criteria read — two clear, one with no owner, one with nothing measurable; the recap gathered a decision and three actions, and named the one with neither owner nor date.
What it will never do.
It will never agree a criterion with no number; never send a recap with an action no one owns; never run past the meeting's time.
The criteria are read by form — a number, a date, an owner — not by whether they are the right criteria; the customer and the team decide that. An action is read in the form Action: owner — what — by date; notes written another way are not found. It is an AI reading a text file: it can be wrong, so check what matters against your own records and the source.
What’s in the buy.
CARD.md — the whole card: who it is, its laws, when it says no, what it carries · SKILL.md — the door your AI reads first · START-HERE.md — the first five minutes, for you
THE-ONBOARDING-TEAM.md — the guide in references/, in the card's own voice
scripts/kickoff.py — the machine: agenda · criteria · recap, standard library only, selftest 7/7
WITNESS.md + SELFTEST.md — every command on the record, as it printed · MANIFEST.md, every file hashed · AUDIT.md, the twelve checks
MY-LEDGER.md — the card's memory, on your own machine · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · THE-CLAUSES.md · HOSTS.md
card.svg + card-machine.svg + card.json · card.html, the card as one offline file · the doors for ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, Claude Code and MCP hosts (rules/, system/, mcp/)
PROOF · SELFTEST 7/7 · 3 COMMANDS ON THE RECORD · WITNESSED IN CLAUDE 2026-10-10 · EDITION 1 · PUNCH 5D09BE76350C4A36D9CA8B5C
ON EVERY DOOR · A CARD FOR YOUR AI, A FILE FOR YOUR COMPUTER
In Claude: turn on code execution under Settings › Capabilities, then Customize › Skills › + › Create skill, and upload the zip as it is — START-HERE.md in the box walks you through it, and tells you how to keep the ledger. In ChatGPT, Gemini and the rest: a Project, a GPT or a Gem with the card’s files attached and the short door in the box pasted as its instructions. The words run anywhere an AI reads Markdown; the machines run wherever the host runs Python. Witnessed in Claude only. The host marks →
Take it.
Nº 1096 PROPOSED — LAUNCHING SOON
Sold as is under the term printed. A card instructs an AI you operate; results depend on your model, your files and your judgement. Not medical, legal, tax or financial advice, never the person’s boss, and not a licence to practise. The terms →
One payment. The file is yours to keep and keeps working at its edition; new editions issued in the year after you buy reach you by email as replacement files. Tax is added at checkout where it applies. Nothing auto-renews.
A TERM, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION: NOTHING RENEWS ITSELF AND NOBODY IS CHARGED AGAIN. WHEN A TERM ENDS THE FILES STAY ON YOUR COMPUTER AND STAY READABLE — FREEZE, NOT LOSS.
THE MACHINE · IN THE OPEN · FROM THE WITNESSED RUN OF 2026-10-10
kickoff.py, every command showing its working.
A small Python program, standard library only. Your AI runs it; you can too. Every block below is pasted from the card’s own WITNESS.md, as printed.
agenda
the agenda, each block with its clock time
criteria
each criterion CLEAR or VAGUE, with what it needs
recap
the decisions and actions; every action read for an owner and a date
selftest
7 checks that prove the machine; it must print 7/7
agenda · THE AGENDA, EACH BLOCK WITH ITS CLOCK TIME
$ python3 scripts/kickoff.py agenda --minutes 45 --start 09:30
09:30–09:36 6 min introductions and roles
09:36–09:48 12 min why they bought: the goals in their words
09:48–09:59 11 min what success is: the criteria, agreed
09:59–10:08 9 min the plan and the first milestones
10:08–10:13 5 min risks, access and what we need from them
10:13–10:15 2 min actions, owners and the next meeting
6 blocks · 45 minutes
(the draft success criteria)
$ (the draft success criteria)
criteria · EACH CRITERION CLEAR OR VAGUE, WITH WHAT IT NEEDS
$ python3 scripts/kickoff.py criteria criteria.md
CLEAR line 2 · 80% of orders placed online by 2026-11-30 (operations lead)
VAGUE line 3 · Customers are happy — needs a number, a date or a window, an owner
VAGUE line 4 · Waste down 10% within 60 days — needs an owner
CLEAR line 5 · 3 locations live by Friday — head baker
4 criteria · 2 clear · 2 to tighten before the customer signs them
(the notes taken in the meeting)
$ (the notes taken in the meeting)
recap · THE DECISIONS AND ACTIONS; EVERY ACTION READ FOR AN OWNER AND A DATE
$ python3 scripts/kickoff.py recap notes.md --out RECAP.md
DECIDED · start with the downtown site
ACTION · head baker — send the menu — by 2026-10-14
ACTION · ? — send the logo files — ? ← needs an owner and a date
ACTION · us — set up the accounts — by Friday
1 decision · 3 actions · 1 without an owner or a date
written: RECAP.md
cat RECAP.md
$ cat RECAP.md
# RECAP · the kickoff
## Decided
- start with the downtown site
## Actions
| owner | what | by |
|---|---|---|
| head baker | send the menu | by 2026-10-14 |
| ? | send the logo files | ? |
| us | set up the accounts | by Friday |
THE NUMBERS, NAMES AND DATES IN THESE RUNS ARE THE STUDIO’S OWN EXAMPLES, INVENTED FOR THE RECORD; NO REAL COMPANY, PERSON OR PROPERTY IS NAMED.
QUESTIONS AT THE TABLE
Asked before the wire.
What does it need from me?
Agenda --minutes · blocks, to the minute. It asks first for the length of the meeting, the draft success criteria, and afterwards the notes.
Does it send anything anywhere?
No. The machine is a standard-library Python program that runs on your own computer and sends nothing anywhere; the words run wherever an AI reads Markdown. No server, no account, no key.
What is on the record?
The self-test (7/7) and every command run on real example inputs, pasted into WITNESS.md as they printed; the punch on the face is the SHA-256 of SKILL.md, so a downloaded copy can be checked against this room.
Can it be wrong?
Yes — it is an AI reading a text file. The criteria are read by form — a number, a date, an owner — not by whether they are the right criteria; the customer and the team decide that. An action is read in the form Action: owner — what — by date; notes written another way are not found.
What will it never do?
It will never agree a criterion with no number; never send a recap with an action no one owns; never run past the meeting's time.
