StrategistOS is part of:
LeanOS (architecture) → The Missing Team (product portfolio)
Role: strategy + gap intelligence system
Function: produce validated strategy and targeting intelligence for
downstream systems.
Governor-directed autonomous strategy with enforced decision control.
Two agents operate with strict authority separation:
Governor -> provides problem space, constraints, values decisions
Strategist -> constructs candidate truth (sections 1–7)
Gap Definer -> validates, destroys, and decides (sections 8–9)
Governor -> resolves escalations, provides ground truth
Core rule:
- Strategist proposes
- Gap Definer decides
- Governor resolves
StrategistOS does not execute.
It produces:
- Hypothesis Register
- Gap Register (targeting intelligence)
Outputs feed:
- RevenueOS (execution)
- StyleOS (design targeting)
- EngineeringOS (build decisions)
Problem → Research → Hypotheses → Destruction → Gap Identification → Decision State
Loop continues until:
- sell_ready
- scale_ready
Agent Role
strategist Constructs hypotheses via research + compression gap-definer Computes gaps, runs destruction, enforces decisions
Sections:
- Problem
- Segment
- Unit Economics
- Value Proposition
- Growth Architecture
- Solution Design
- GTM Plan
- Destruction Log
- Gap Ledger
Ownership:
- Sections 1--7 → Strategist
- Sections 8--9 → Gap Definer
Gap Definer working document containing:
- Gap scoring
- Ranked gaps
- Destruction outcomes
- Decision rules
- Readiness state
StrategistOS produces targeting intelligence:
- Market gaps
- Competitive openings
- Segment gaps
- Awareness gaps
This defines where downstream systems act.
Mode Function
BUILD Create full register CHALLENGE Re-test with new research REVIEW Evaluate readiness
State Meaning
UNVALIDATED No evidence RESEARCHED T1/T2 evidence SUPPORTED Ground truth validated BROKEN Invalidated
Tier Meaning
T1 Public data T2 Synthesized reasoning T3 Requires real-world validation
Constraint:
- No SUPPORTED without T3
- Compute gap ledger (desired vs current)
- Run destruction protocol
- Enforce decision rules
- Set readiness gates
- Issue execution queue
- Pre-mortem
- Red-team competitor response
- Constraint inversion
- Evidence concentration analysis
- Kill condition audit
True when:
- Problem ≥ RESEARCHED
- Segment ≥ RESEARCHED
- No critical blockers
True when:
- Problem = SUPPORTED
- Segment = SUPPORTED
- Unit Economics = SUPPORTED
- Gap Definer requires Strategist output
- Strategist cannot override decisions
- execution/queue/ is the only communication channel
- Downstream systems run only after readiness
strategy/
hypotheses.md
gap-analysis.md
execution/
queue/
.claude/
agents/
strategist.md
gap-definer.md
skills/
stg-*
gap-*
Path Writer
hypotheses.md (1--7) strategist hypotheses.md (8--9) gap-definer gap-analysis.md gap-definer execution/queue both
This is not a strategy generator.
It is a validation system.
It exists to:
- eliminate weak strategies
- surface real uncertainty
- force evidence-based decisions
- produce actionable targeting intelligence
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