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Vision & Strategy

Why CMMD exists. What we believe. Strategic frame.

Why CMMD exists, what we believe, what we’re optimizing for. The durable artifacts that survive every roadmap revision.

PageWhat it covers
The 30-Second RuleThe single product principle that overrides everything
Product Principles (pending)The 5–7 beliefs that shape every decision
Sidekick Product Principles (pending — see .claude/rules/sidekick-product-principles.md)The AI-specific design philosophy
North Star Metrics (pending — see Adoption Pulse dashboard)The handful of numbers we actually optimize for
Mission & Manifesto (pending — see docs/mission.md)Founder narrative, the “why now”

CMMD is an operating system for attention — one focused place for life and work, with a sidekick that’s yours, that connects, clarifies, and acts.

  1. One screen beats fifteen. Tool sprawl is the productivity tax of the 2020s.
  2. AI must be yours. Generic copilots are commodity. Personalised memory + actions are not — see App — Sidekick.
  3. Attention > features. The product wins by giving time back, not by having more buttons.
  4. Calm interfaces. No notification spam, no productivity guilt, no “9 unread.”
  5. Privacy is product. Workspace data is sacred. Models on private data must be local-capable — see Privacy & Data Handling and ADR-0005 Apex.
  6. EOS-aware, not EOS-prescribed. Support 90.io-style operating cadence without forcing it — see App — Strategy & Goals.
  7. Built like we mean it. Type-safe, tested, measurable, observable — see Engineering Principles.
LayerWhere we play
For whoFounders, operators, small teams (3–15) running real businesses — see GTM → Positioning
AgainstTool fragmentation — Notion + Slack + Linear + Calendar + CRM + Accounting
WedgeSidekick that’s yours, in every app, with full context — see Sidekick Routing Pipeline
MoatPersonalised memory + actions, learned over time, hard to migrate away
Don’t playPure consumer, single-feature apps, enterprise platform commitments