MOD-012 · Intake & AdvisoryPlanned

Max Advisor Side-Agent

The Max Advisor Side-Agent gives the founder a read-only, source-bound, brutally honest advisor that reviews evidence, explains status, challenges assumptions, detects risk, blocks overclaims, recommends next action, and escalates to human experts when AI cannot decide.

  • Advise from evidence, not vibes.
  • Separate current truth, assumptions, missing evidence, risks, and recommendation.
  • Review lane contracts, builder summaries, checker verdicts, and QA evidence.
  • Detect unsupported claims and downgrade wording.
  • Review gate cards for clarity before founder action without approving the gate.
  • Request a current-state recheck when proof is stale or unknown.
  • Never execute commands, write files, merge PRs, deploy, or approve gates.
  • Never act as Terminal-0, Builder, Checker, or founder.
  • Never be the only checker for work Max advised on.
  • Never treat chat, worker confidence, screenshot, demo, or roadmap as proof.

Build phases

This module is delivered in disciplined phases. Each phase is proof-gated before the next begins — the light shows the intended flow, not completion.

  1. Max role constitution
  2. Source-bound answer protocol
  3. Lane & evidence review templates
  4. Founder gate review support
  5. Claim blocker review
  6. Disagreement protocol
  7. Low-hand advisory mode
  8. Human expert escalation
  9. Founder control panel integration

MOD-012 is a design roadmap. Pre-launch · Proof-gated · Not commercially available. Roadmap accepted does not equal product built. Internal proof does not equal outside proof.