/advance-venture — Move to Next Stage

Input

Venture slug: $ARGUMENTS

If no argument, ask: "Which venture should I advance? Provide the slug."

Step 1: Read Current State

1. Read portfolio/registry.md to find the venture's current stage
2. Pull latest from the venture repo
3. Read venture state: CLAUDE.md, plans/current.md, metrics/, docs/changelog.md

Step 2: Determine Next Stage

IDEA → VALIDATION → MVP → LAUNCH → GROWTH → OPTIMIZATION → MATURE

Step 3: Validate Exit Criteria

Read docs/venture-lifecycle.md for the exit criteria of the current stage.

Assess whether each criterion is met based on the venture's state files. Present evidence:

## Stage Transition: {current} → {next}

### Exit Criteria Assessment

| Criterion | Met? | Evidence |
|-----------|------|----------|
| {criterion 1} | Yes/No | {evidence from venture state} |
| {criterion 2} | Yes/No | {evidence} |

### Recommendation
{Recommend advancing or explain what's still needed}

Step 4: Founder Approval

Present the assessment and ask: "Should I advance {venture} from {current} to {next}?"

Step 5: On Approval

1. Update CLAUDE.md in the venture repo:

   • Change stage
   • Update current focus for the new stage
   • Update success metrics for the new stage

2. Add new agents if stage requires it:

   • LAUNCH: Consider adding marketer, sales-ops
   • GROWTH: Consider adding finance
   • Read team design from portfolio/ideas/{slug}-team.md for planned additions

3. Update docs/changelog.md:

   ## {date}: [Milestone] Advanced to {next stage}
   
   Venture moved from {current} to {next}. Exit criteria met: {summary}.
   

4. Log the decision in venture's decisions/:

   ## {date}: Stage Transition — {current} → {next}
   
   **Context**: {summary of state}
   **Decision**: Advance to {next}
   **Rationale**: {exit criteria evidence}
   **Decided by**: Founder (approved)
   

5. Update plans/current.md with new stage objectives

6. Commit and push venture repo

7. Update portfolio/registry.md with new stage

8. Update Notion ventures database

Step 6: Report

{Venture Name} advanced from {current} to {next}.

{If agents added}: New agents added: {list}
Next focus: {new stage objectives}