tegwick-control/agent-tasks/binky-surface-critical-path.md

# Agent Task: Surface Binky critical path

Status: done  
Workplan: TEGWICK-WP-0003  
Area: binky  
Completed: 2026-06-24

## Goal

Populate `areas/binky-company.md` with an initial critical-path view: open
obligations, survival risks, business model options, and the next visible
surfaces — without making legal, tax, or financial conclusions.

## Context

Binky is A3 Critical in `PROJECT_LANDSCAPE.md`. The area card is still seed
content. TEGWICK-WP-0003 breaks visibility work into structured tasks. This
agent task covers the drafting pass across T01–T03.

Human must supply or confirm factual details (dates, amounts, filing status).
Use `[NEEDS HUMAN INPUT]` markers where facts are unknown.

## Inputs

- `areas/binky-company.md`
- `PROJECT_LANDSCAPE.md`
- `WORKPLAN.md` (Phase 2)
- `workplans/TEGWICK-WP-0003-binky-critical-path.md`
- `INTAKE.md`, `AGENT_RULES.md`

## Allowed Changes

The agent may:

- edit `areas/binky-company.md` (Current State, Commitments, Options, Risks,
  Open Decisions, Next Surface);
- add clearly marked placeholders for unknown facts;
- propose draft entries for `TASKS.md` (T04, T05) as commented suggestions in
  the area card, not as live commitments.

## Forbidden Changes

The agent must not:

- state legal, tax, or accounting conclusions as facts;
- create payment, filing, or contract instructions;
- add secrets, credentials, or private account data;
- mark items as commitments in `TASKS.md` without explicit human approval;
- change Binky's activation level;
- create or modify other repositories.

## Expected Output

Updated `areas/binky-company.md` containing:

1. **Open obligations** — legal, tax, accounting (with unknowns marked).
2. **Survival risks** — ranked by urgency where possible.
3. **Business model options** — separated from commitments.
4. **Next surface** — what human review should tackle first.

## Acceptance Criteria

- Area card is no longer generic seed text in the critical-path sections.
- Options and commitments are clearly separated.
- No item is presented as resolved fact without source or human confirmation.
- TEGWICK-WP-0003 T01–T03 can be marked done after human review of the draft.

## Human Approval Required For

- Converting any draft item into a `TASKS.md` commitment;
- Changing activation level;
- Any statement presented as legal, tax, or financial fact;
- Contacting advisors, authorities, or third parties.