lp-do-assessment-08-current-situation — Current Situation (ASSESSMENT-08)

Load: ../_shared/assessment/assessment-base-contract.md

Elicits and records what the operator directly knows about the business before ASSESSMENT intake runs. Captures launch surface, inventory/product readiness, commercial architecture, and pre-locked channel decisions. All fields are either confirmed or explicitly marked as open gaps.

Invocation

/lp-do-assessment-08-current-situation --business <BIZ>

Required:

• --business <BIZ> — 3-4 character business identifier

Business resolution pre-flight: If --business is absent or the directory docs/business-os/strategy/<BIZ>/ does not exist, apply _shared/business-resolution.md before any other step.

Operating Mode

ELICIT + WRITE

This skill:

• Reads existing business strategy docs to extract any already-documented operator context
• Pre-populates a draft artifact from whatever is already on record
• Surfaces gaps and asks the operator to fill or confirm each field
• Writes the final ASSESSMENT-08 artifact

Does NOT:

• Research external sources (that is ASSESSMENT-01–ASSESSMENT-07 territory)
• Make strategic recommendations about which options to pursue
• Set field values the operator has not confirmed

Required Inputs (pre-flight)

Required:

• --business <BIZ> — business identifier

Optional (read if present, note gap if absent):

• docs/business-os/strategy/<BIZ>/plan.user.md — may contain operational context
• docs/business-os/startup-baselines/<BIZ>/<YYYY-MM-DD>-assessment-intake-packet.user.md — may contain pre-recorded observed fields
• docs/business-os/strategy/<BIZ>/s0c-option-select.user.md — may contain execution constraints (from ASSESSMENT-03)
• Any other strategy or brief docs under docs/business-os/strategy/<BIZ>/

If upstream ASSESSMENT-01–ASSESSMENT-07 artifacts are absent, note the gap but proceed — ASSESSMENT-08 captures operator-direct knowledge only and does not depend on research outputs.

Steps

Load: modules/steps.md

Output Contract and Quality Gate

Load: modules/output-and-quality.md

Completion Message

"Operator evidence recorded: docs/business-os/strategy/<BIZ>/<YYYY-MM-DD>-operator-context.user.md. [N] fields confirmed, [M] gaps logged in Section E."

"All eight ASSESSMENT precursors (ASSESSMENT-01–ASSESSMENT-08) now present for <BIZ>. The next /startup-loop start or advance call will trigger ASSESSMENT intake sync automatically."

Integration

Upstream (ASSESSMENT-07): Runs after /lp-do-assessment-07-measurement-profiling --business <BIZ> produces <YYYY-MM-DD>-measurement-profile.user.md.

Downstream: modules/assessment-intake-sync.md reads this artifact as Precursor-ASSESSMENT-08. Section E gaps feed intake Section F (Missing-Data Checklist). Section D channel pre-decisions are preserved as operator-locked rows in intake Section D.