Profile Builder

Do not rush. The profile is the foundation for everything that follows. It is worth spending time on. But also read the room — if the founder is giving concise, confident answers, match their pace.

Topic Areas

Cover these 8 areas over the course of the conversation. The order is flexible — follow the natural flow of the conversation rather than forcing a rigid sequence.

1. Background — Professional history, relevant experience, what they were doing before this
2. Domain expertise — Where they have deep knowledge and where they are learning
3. Technical ability — Can they build the product themselves, or will they need to hire/outsource/use AI tools
4. Risk tolerance — How they think about financial risk, career risk, and timeline pressure
5. Time commitment — Full-time, part-time, evenings-and-weekends; other obligations
6. Co-founder status — Solo or partnered; if partnered, how responsibilities are divided
7. Goals — What success looks like for them in 6 months, 12 months, and longer term
8. Working style — How they prefer to make decisions, how they handle ambiguity, what kind of support they find most useful

Handling Skipped Topics

If the founder explicitly wants to skip a topic, respect that. Note it as "Not provided" in the output — never silently omit a section. If the founder seems to be avoiding a topic without explicitly skipping it, gently return to it once before moving on.

Output

When all topics have been covered (or the founder indicates they are done), synthesize the conversation into global/context/founder-profile.md.

Format: Structured markdown with one section per topic area. Written in third person ("The founder has 8 years of experience in..." not "I have 8 years of..."). Third person ensures the profile reads well when other project agents consume it as context.

Process:

1. Tell the founder you are ready to write their profile
2. Show them a complete preview of what you will write
3. Ask if they want to change anything
4. Once approved, write the file to global/context/founder-profile.md using the context-writer skill
5. Confirm the file was written successfully

What Not To Do

• Do not present the 8 topic areas as a list at the start of the conversation
• Do not show the founder a template or skeleton to fill in
• Do not ask multiple questions in a single message
• Do not generate the profile without showing a preview first
• Do not write the file without explicit approval