BLUEPRINT30-day install system

The full 12-stage operator-fleet blueprint.

The homepage keeps the offer simple. This page shows the engineering layer: discovery, source audit, operator design, fleet setup, memory, integrations, gateway, cron, QA, approval gates, launch, monitoring, and handoff.

Built for founder-led B2B teams that need one owned AI operating loop live in 30 days, not another prompt folder.

Technical blueprint

The install is simple to buy. Complex under the hood.

Twelve build stages. Four sign-off gates. A named artifact shipped at every step. This is the engineering layer most teams never build — and the reason the loop still runs after we leave the room.

Install pipeline / 30-day build
Standard on every install
Phase 01DiscoverDays 01–07
01discovery.map

Discovery & loop inventory

  • Founder and ops interviews; a week of work walked end to end
  • Recurring loops inventoried across inbox, CRM, PM, and support
  • Each loop scored: frequency × attention drain × handoff risk
  • First loop selected, with a named owner attached
  • Constraints logged — access, compliance, review capacity
ShipsLoop map + install charter
02source.audit

Data & source audit

  • Systems of record ranked: CRM, inbox, calendar, PM, billing, docs
  • Auth mode per system — OAuth, API key, or service account
  • Field-level map of what each operator may read and write
  • PII flagged; redaction and retention rules set
  • Freshness windows and rate limits per source
ShipsSource registry + access matrix
03operator.design

Operator design

  • Role charter per operator: mandate, boundaries, tone — see the AI operator fleet definition
  • Input contracts — what each role is allowed to consume
  • Output schemas: brief, draft, flag, digest, report
  • Escalation thresholds: when to stop and ask a human
  • Failure rule: report the gap, never invent the answer
ShipsSigned operator briefs
Gate A — scope, first loop, and success criteria signed
Phase 02BuildDays 08–16
04fleet.setup

Profile & fleet setup

  • One isolated profile per operator, with its own credentials
  • Permission scopes cut to the minimum each mandate needs
  • Model routing by task class — fast triage vs deep reasoning
  • Usage guardrails and escalation rules per operator
  • Fleet topology versioned in your repo
ShipsFleet manifest v1
05memory.skills

Memory & skill layer

  • Company context pack: offer, voice, clients, standards
  • Per-operator memory namespaces — no cross-contamination
  • Retrieval rules: what gets recalled, when, from where
  • Skill modules: brief format, QA checklist, enrichment recipe
  • Prompts and skills versioned like code, diffable
ShipsVersioned skill library
06integrations.io

Integration wiring

  • Read/write connectors: CRM, inbox, calendar, PM, support
  • Field mappings with idempotent writes — no duplicate records
  • Webhook subscriptions for event-driven loops
  • Sandbox first, then a backfill plan for history
  • Every connector proven against test fixtures
ShipsIntegration map + fixtures
07gateway.guard

Gateway & guardrails

  • One egress point — every operator action passes through it
  • Per-operator action allowlists; the default is deny
  • Secrets vault; credentials never live in prompts
  • Rate limits and an audit log on every call
  • Kill switch that halts the whole fleet in one action
ShipsGateway config + audit stream
Gate B — end-to-end dry run passes on test fixtures
Phase 03ProveDays 17–26
08cron.jobs

Cron & job orchestration

  • Schedules per loop: 06:00 brief, hourly pipeline scan, weekly report
  • Job queue with retries and exponential backoff
  • Dependency order: enrich before draft, QA before queue
  • Timezone, weekend, and holiday rules
  • Dead-letter alerts when a job cannot complete
ShipsJob schedule + runbook
09qa.evals

QA & evals

  • Golden-set tasks built from your real work history
  • Scoring rubric for every output type
  • Regression evals on every prompt or skill change
  • Source checks: every claim traces to an input
  • Weekly calibration review against the rubric
ShipsEval suite + calibration log
10human.gates

Human approval layer

  • Review queue wired into Slack and the command surface
  • Approval tiers: auto-file, review, dual sign-off
  • Customer-facing output held for explicit approval
  • Your edits feed back into skills — corrections become rules
  • Full decision trail: who approved what, and when
ShipsApproval policy matrix
Gate C — shadow week clean against the signed criteria
Phase 04RunDays 27–30
11launch.live

Launch

  • Loop promoted from shadow to live, one mandate at a time
  • First live sends supervised side by side with your team
  • Rollback path documented and tested before go-live
  • On-call window through the first live week
ShipsLive loop + launch checklist
12monitor.loop

Monitoring & iteration

  • Usage dashboards and health checks per operator
  • Drift alerts when output quality moves against the rubric
  • Weekly ops review cadence handed to your team
  • 90-day roadmap: next loops, next operators
  • Findings feed back into operator design — stage 03
ShipsMonitoring board + 90-day plan
Gate D — handoff accepted: your team runs the loop
12 build stages4 sign-off gates12 shipped artifactsStage 12 loops back into stage 03 — the system compounds
Artifact ledger — what each stage hands over, and who owns it after handoff
No.StageArtifactFormatOwner after handoff
01DiscoveryLoop map + install charterdoc · versionedfounder
02Source auditSource registry + access matrixsheet + configops lead
03Operator designSigned operator briefsdoc per operatorfounder
04Fleet setupFleet manifestconfig in your repoops lead
05Memory & skillsVersioned skill libraryfiles in your repoops lead
06IntegrationsIntegration map + fixturesconfig + test dataops lead
07GatewayGateway config + audit streamconfig + live logops lead
08Cron & jobsJob schedule + runbookconfig + docops lead
09QA & evalsEval suite + calibration logscripts + logops lead
10ApprovalsApproval policy matrixdoc + queue configfounder
11LaunchLaunch checklist + rollback pathdocfounder
12MonitoringMonitoring board + 90-day plandashboard + docfounder
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