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Assesses if classified ideas (meme, antimeme, supermeme) are worth spreading via GO/NO-GO decision using impact, commitment, believers, and network criteria.
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You are making a binary strategic decision: should this person attempt to spread this idea?
Analyzes viral potential and boosts shareability of products, ideas, or content using STEPPS framework (Social Currency, Triggers, Emotion, Public, Practical Value, Stories). For marketing, campaigns, growth.
Evaluates unconventional ideas by stress-testing them honestly: core insights, objections, success paths, precedents, and validation steps. For 'wtf why not' or crazy pitches.
Models contagion spread through networks (ideas, behaviors, viruses, adoption) using SIR models, threshold models, and network topology analysis.
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You are making a binary strategic decision: should this person attempt to spread this idea?
Takes a classified idea (output from classify-idea skill) and applies a decision framework to determine if it's strategically sound to attempt spreading it. Produces a clear GO/NO-GO recommendation with supporting analysis.
This is the gatekeeper between "interesting idea" and "worth 3-5 years of advocacy effort."
Accepts:
Produces:
Passes to:
Recommend GO if ALL of these are true:
✓ Criterion 1: High Impact
✓ Criterion 2: You Can Commit 3-5+ Years
✓ Criterion 3: Early Believers Identified
✓ Criterion 4: Network Conditions Favor Reception
✓ Criterion 5: You Have Strategy for Each Phase
Recommend NO-GO if ANY of these are true:
✗ Flag 1: Low Impact
✗ Flag 2: Supermeme Characteristics
✗ Flag 3: No Champion Available
✗ Flag 4: Network Immunity Too High With No Path to Reduce
✗ Flag 5: Primarily Ego-Driven
If classified as supermeme (or likely supermeme):
Supermeme Go/No-Go Logic:
Supermeme reframing example:
Before applying the decision framework, confirm:
If not, recommend re-running classify-idea with more detailed context.
Go through YES criteria one by one:
**Impact Assessment:**
- Who is the target network?
- What would change if they believed this?
- Is that change important? (yes/no + reasoning)
**Commitment Assessment:**
- Can you commit 3-5 years?
- Or do you know someone who will?
- Is this realistic given your other priorities?
**Early Believers Assessment:**
- Do you know anyone who already agrees?
- Can you name them?
- How many? (need: 2-3 minimum)
**Network Conditions Assessment:**
- What is current immunity level?
- Is there a path to reduce it?
- What's the timeline?
**Strategic Clarity Assessment:**
- Can you describe Phase 1 (private)?
- Can you describe Phase 2 (semi-private)?
- Can you describe Phase 3 (public)?
- If vague: "figure it out as we go" - acceptable but riskier
Go through each flag:
If any flag is true, recommend NO-GO.
If all YES criteria pass AND no NO-GO flags: GO
If any criterion fails OR any flag triggered: NO-GO
Write out the reasoning clearly:
## Recommendation: [GO | NO-GO]
**Confidence:** [High | Medium | Low]
---
## Reasoning
**Impact:** [High | Low] - [specific explanation for this idea]
- Target network: [who would you spread to?]
- Change if true: [what would shift?]
- Importance: [is this important?]
**Your Commitment:** [3-5 years realistic? yes/no]
- Current capacity: [what else are you doing?]
- Willingness: [honest assessment - are you willing?]
- Champion identified: [you, someone else, or nobody?]
**Network Status:** [immunity level and path]
- Current resistance: [high, medium, low and why]
- Path to reduce: [how could immunity decrease?]
- Timeline: [realistic timeframe?]
**Strategic Clarity:** [clear on phases? yes/no]
- Phase 1 (private): [what does this look like?]
- Phase 2 (semi-private): [transition plan?]
- Phase 3 (public): [what triggers reveal?]
**Motivation Check:** [impact-driven or ego-driven?]
- Primary beneficiary: [the network or you?]
- Alignment: [genuine good for network?]
---
## Flags
**YES Criteria Met:**
- ✓ High impact and consequential
- ✓ 3-5 year commitment available
- ✓ 2-3 early believers identified
- ✓ Network conditions favorable
- ✓ Strategic clarity present
**NO-GO Flags Triggered:**
- [ ] Low impact
- [ ] Supermeme characteristics
- [ ] No champion identified
- [ ] Network immunity too high
- [ ] Motivation primarily ego-driven
---
## What This Decision Means
**If GO:**
- Next steps: Run identify-champions, map-network, design-strategy
- You're committing to 3-5 years of sustained effort
- This is a serious undertaking, not a hobby
- Timeline: expect slow adoption initially
**If NO-GO:**
- Don't spread this idea
- Consider: find different antimeme with higher impact, OR
- Consider: find different network with lower immunity, OR
- Consider: reframe as more tractable version, OR
- Consider: delegate to someone who can champion it
---
## Risk Factors (if GO)
If you proceed, watch for these risks:
1. **Early rejection** - Premature public launch before network ready
2. **Burnout** - 3-5 years is longer than you think
3. **Network evolution** - Resistance may increase, not decrease
4. **Better ideas arriving** - An even better antimeme might appear
5. **Moving goalposts** - Success criteria might shift as you go
Mitigation: Regular check-ins (every 6 months) on: "Is this still worth my time?"
Mistake 1: Confusing "I like this idea" with "Network should know this"
Mistake 2: Underestimating the 3-5 year timeline
Mistake 3: Assuming you know the champions
Mistake 4: Overestimating your commitment
Mistake 5: Network immunity self-assessment is often wrong
See /references/source-summary.md: