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+# Weekly Founder Review — 2026-08-08 (prep note)
+
+> Prepared per `OperatingRhythm.md` § Weekly review (~15 min, agent-prepared, founder-consumed).
+
+## Read these (in order)
+
+1. The newest daily brief in `briefs/`
+2. `SuccessMilestones.md`
+
+## The one question: did anything move a milestone?
+
+**No.** No milestone status changed this window.
+
+- S1 "in progress"
+- S2 "started"
+- S3–S12 open
+
+## RISK-005 watch
+
+**State: escalate.** RISK-005 escalates: activity occurred without milestone movement for two consecutive review cycles.
+
+## Pending founder action
+
+- No founder action needed this week.