# Board Flash Report — 2026-05-20

Generated: 2026-05-20T19:33:01.770538+00:00

## Portfolio flash

- Businesses tracked: 4 / 5 businesses
- Total CRM contacts: 132 / 250 contacts
- Active subscribers: 8 / 100 subs
- Gross revenue: 30.0 / 1500 USD
- Real Task Agents replies: 0 / 5 replies

## Noog Weekly

**Mission:** Build the Chattanooga business-owner interview newsletter and local business discovery surface: useful stories first, sponsor/subscriber growth second.

**Stage:** live but operating cadence needs restart

**Flash:** Site and subscriber plumbing are alive; operating gap is cadence, not infrastructure.

### KPIs
- Active subscribers: 8 / 100 subs — early
- Gross revenue: 30.0 / 1000 USD — stripe
- Published interview posts: 4 / 12 posts — building
- Interview CRM contacts: 11 / 50 contacts — building
- Contacts ready for outreach: 10 / 20 contacts — needs research
- Site HTML pages: 143 / 150 pages — building

### Efforts
- Public Cloudflare Pages site is live with business-owner interview positioning.
- Subscriber capture and unsubscribe-aware Resend path are configured in production health.
- Business/interview CRM has been moved into SQLite for reporting and next-action queries.
- Weekly CEO report automation exists, but daily discovery/draft/publish jobs are not currently active.

### Risks
- Newsletter production cadence is not active in cron.
- Interview pipeline has 10 contacts needing better owner/contact research before outreach.
- Public site has more SEO/local pages than fresh weekly issues; needs editorial cadence restored.

### Completed work
- 2026-05-20T19:32 — Built a draft-only second-batch sponsor queue from verified Chattanooga CRM contacts for Noog Weekly revenue follow-up.
- 2026-05-20T13:32 — Polished the homepage bottom reader-path section and removed the raw related-links block.
- 2026-05-19T19:33 — Improved the live Noog sponsor page with a four-questions CTA and prefilled sponsor inquiry path, then deployed and verified it.
- 2026-05-19T13:33 — Improved archive cards with visible profile status and Read Q&A affordances, then deployed and verified production.
- 2026-05-18T19:32 — Built sponsor reply kit and scored 11 Noog sponsor leads, promoting 3 to sponsor_send_ready for an approved manual $150 profile test.
- 2026-05-18T13:32 — Improved Noog Weekly subscriber UX with clearer homepage promises and accessible/autofill-ready signup forms.
- 2026-05-17T19:31 — Prepared draft-only sponsor outreach test pack for 3 verified Chattanooga owner-level leads.
- 2026-05-17T13:32 — Cleaned up the homepage latest-profile module so the Chattanooga Whiskey card has semantic structure, clear profile/issue actions, and no nested links.
- 2026-05-17T03:43 — Changed Project OS mobile navigation from a top horizontal date rail to a slide-out left-hand daily-entry nav with hamburger trigger, backdrop close, Escape close, and date-click auto-close.
- 2026-05-17T03:23 — Combined Project OS with the CEO reporting cadence: added daily journal email dispatch tooling, Project OS dispatch rows, weekly CEO special-entry logging, and scheduled the daily email job.
- 2026-05-17T03:13 — Made Project OS mobile-friendly: converted the phone layout to single-column, horizontal date navigation, stacked database rows, wrapped long source paths, and kept graph/sidebar usable below the main entry.
- 2026-05-17T03:09 — Moved Project OS to irislabs.dev, added real-source audit with source fingerprints, excluded self-generated Project OS reports from ingestion, and updated nightly deploy verification for Iris + Noog.

### Next 7 days
- Restart one weekly issue workflow
- Research 10 Noog contacts to owner-level quality
- Send/test one controlled issue or interview request after review

## Task Agents

**Mission:** Turn bounded AI-agent work into specific, purchaseable/reportable tasks for SMBs, starting with TikTok competitor reports and local marketing analysis.

**Stage:** beta offer live; outbound paused for sender trust and reply quality

**Flash:** Product assets exist; go-to-market is the bottleneck. Do not resume cold volume until sender and first-touch offer are fixed.

### KPIs
- Leads contacted: 121 / 150 leads — running
- Gross revenue: 0.0 / 500 USD — stripe
- Real replies: 0 / 5 replies — blocked
- Bounces: 6 / 0 bounces — watch
- Task pages: 7 / 8 pages — building
- Finished TikTok/video assets: 4 / 8 videos — building

### Efforts
- Standalone product surface is live at https://tasks.irislabs.dev/.
- Task Agents outreach CRM is SQLite-backed with queryable events/messages.
- ElevenLabs-voiced TikTok/social video assets now exist for marketing review.
- Reply monitor is enabled; acquisition autopilot and remaining sends are paused.

### Risks
- 121 contacted with 0 real replies means offer/channel/sender trust needs repair before more volume.
- 56.2% of sent leads were role inboxes, which lowers reply probability.
- Cold-volume outreach remains paused until trust/channel quality improves.

### Completed work
- 2026-05-20T14:32 — Clarified checkout expectations on Task Agents intake before Stripe handoff
- 2026-05-19T20:32 — Added a warm-referral signal card to the Task Agents agency beta page and deployed it live.
- 2026-05-19T14:33 — Fixed Task Agents checkout cadence pricing so selected skill prices match the work-order labels before Stripe.
- 2026-05-18T20:32 — Added a warm-channel offer menu for Task Agents agency referrals and deployed the updated partners page.
- 2026-05-18T14:32 — Improved checkout intake clarity with dynamic task-specific input, deliverable, and evidence guidance on the Task Agents start page
- 2026-05-17T20:31 — Built and deployed a warm-referral growth test for Task Agents, narrowing agency partner targeting after 121 cold sends produced 0 real replies.
- 2026-05-17T14:34 — Moved Task Agents API handlers into the Cloudflare Pages root functions directory and verified live intake routes.
- 2026-05-16T20:33 — Built and deployed an agency/referral beta page for warm-channel Task Agents demand, with homepage and hire-page links.
- 2026-05-16T14:32 — Clarified Task Agents marketplace turnaround labels and aligned homepage proof panel with the 3-agent delivery model.
- 2026-05-14T00:23 — Remade Task Agents TikToks with new Higgsfield Seedance-only source clips, no clip reuse, and packaged review ZIP.
- 2026-05-13T23:56 — Added Board Flash completed-work module and append helper so Task Agents actions leave a one-line visible trail.

### Next 7 days
- Switch to named/direct contacts or physical pilot
- Use real @noogweekly.com sender before any new cold test
- Book/review first physical-world pilot if approved

## Neon Blue

**Mission:** Operate a DTC ad creative strategist: score market/source insights, expose taxonomy gaps, recommend tests, and generate production-ready ad briefs.

**Stage:** MVP live on seeded demo data; needs live market collectors

**Flash:** Neon Blue is a live creative-strategist dashboard, but it is still a demo until one real brand run replaces seeded evidence.

### KPIs
- Dashboard surfaces: 1 / 1 surface — live
- Engine tests: 1 / 1 suite — passing
- Gross revenue: 0.0 / 500 USD — stripe
- Live evidence collectors: 0 / 5 collectors — next
- Real brand analyses: 0 / 1 analyses — not started

### Efforts
- Public dashboard is live at https://dashboard.neonblue.xyz/.
- Creative scoring engine, coverage tracker, gap-test recommendations, and brief renderer are built and tested.
- Current report experience is inspectable, but the evidence layer is seeded demo data.
- Next build needs brand/competitor intake plus Meta Ads Library, TikTok Creative Center, reviews, Reddit, and optional ad-account CSV ingestion.

### Risks
- Seeded data can prove the reporting workflow, but cannot prove buyer value until live collectors are wired in.
- Dashboard is a strong demo surface; it needs one real brand analysis to become a sellable agent.
- No revenue or recurring operating loop is attached yet.

### Completed work
- 2026-05-17T03:58 — Added Neon Blue / dashboard.neonblue.xyz as a first-class Iris Labs system across the homepage, Project OS project registry, Board Flash tracking, completed-work logging, and CEO reporting inputs.

### Next 7 days
- Pick one DTC brand for the first real analysis
- Wire one collector before expanding the data surface
- Package the first output as a paid creative audit

## Agent-IRL Physical Pilots

**Mission:** Validate whether AI can reliably operate low-cost physical-world tasks through humans, starting with evidence-backed Chattanooga business walk-ins.

**Stage:** pilot spec ready; execution pending worker/profile approval

**Flash:** The pilot is designed but not yet field-tested. Stage 0 now lets the team verify remote-worker evidence quality before risking customer-facing storefront drops.

### KPIs
- Stage 0 worker proofs accepted: 0 / 1 proofs — approval pending
- Pilot visits completed: 0 / 5 visits — not started
- Gross revenue: 0.0 / 100 USD — stripe
- Opt-ins/direct contacts: 0 / 2 opt-ins — not started
- Budget target per visit: 5 / 5 USD — defined
- Acceptance criteria defined: 6 / 6 criteria — ready

### Efforts
- Canonical storefront-drop packet exists for Chattanooga business walk-ins.
- Stage 0 public-proof smoke test now screens new remote workers before any customer-facing storefront drop.
- Pre-booking readiness gate now requires approved worker, approved stop list, locked one-pager version, evidence-rule acknowledgement, and named reviewer before any batch runs.
- Acceptance workflow forces manifest match, photo provenance, safety/privacy screen, completeness check, rubric score, demand-signal classification, and same-day QA register update.
- Batch QA register separates real demand signals from polite/neutral interactions before the 2-of-5 scale decision.

### Risks
- No completed Stage 0 proof or storefront visits are recorded yet.
- Requires worker profile approval before booking.
- Physical evidence quality determines whether results are usable.

### Completed work
- 2026-05-20T15:32 — Added Stage 0 public-proof worker capability gate to the Agent-IRL physical pilot packet before customer-facing storefront drops.
- 2026-05-19T21:56 — Prepared approval-ready low-cost RentAHuman physical proof worker package with exact profile IDs, costs, evidence gate, and go/no-go rule
- 2026-05-19T15:33 — Added pre-booking readiness gate, evidence filename convention, and reviewer acceptance workflow to the Agent-IRL storefront-drop pilot packet.
- 2026-05-19T05:56 — Added Agent-IRL Vision as a separate Iris Labs manifesto page at /manifesto/agent-irl/, linked it from Manifesto and homepage navigation, deployed to Cloudflare Pages, and verified live canonical content on irislabs.dev.
- 2026-05-19T05:47 — Converted RentAHuman finish funnel from warm messages to actual selected/funded escrow lanes: Keith, Nicolas, M.M, and Roméo now each have assigned escrow bounties with final run-code instructions sent; verified each bounty status is assigned.
- 2026-05-19T05:33 — Corrected RentAHuman applicant messaging: stopped redundant 'can you do it?' checks after application, changed local-time followups to direct run-code/evidence instructions, and patched performance/worker-ops standards accordingly.
- 2026-05-19T05:22 — Corrected RentAHuman finish sprint for worker local time: classified current markets by timezone, added a 08:00-16:00 local-time follow-up cron, patched performance standard and worker-ops skill to prevent fake 2-hour urgency during local nights.
- 2026-05-19T04:16 — RentAHuman finish sprint expanded: created RentAHuman API key for direct-conversation API, activated 5 new public low-rate profiles (UK/Germany/Hungary/US), patched finish watchdog to monitor 25 lanes plus new bounty applications.
- 2026-05-19T04:14 — RentAHuman finish sprint: cancelled stale Max no-show escrow, created 4-spot 2-4h bounty, activated 20 existing candidate lanes with fresh run codes, installed 5-minute evidence/application watchdog; no payment release without video PASS.
- 2026-05-18T21:33 — Prepared approval-ready 5-stop Northshore storefront-drop route and worker/cap package for Agent-IRL demand validation
- 2026-05-18T20:09 — RentAHuman overdue task moved to rush mode: dispatched final 30-minute proof-video instructions to 10 active/backup lanes, added Kyle/Nicolas/Jaylen to live monitor, switched evidence watchdog to every 2 minutes for 2 hours, disabled repeated old-question auto-replies, and preserved strict no-video/no-payment release gate.
- 2026-05-18T15:32 — Added Agent-IRL batch QA register and updated Board Flash to track the canonical physical pilot packet.

### Next 7 days
- Approve exact worker profile package
- Run Stage 0 public-proof task with up to 2 approved workers
- Only then run exactly 5 storefront visits and review evidence