Build the narrative spine

Investors buy a story about an inevitable future you own.

First time here? Paste the Context Pack first so the AI understands your project - open it from the header above.

Prompt Capsule

Build my pitch narrative. I will describe the company below. Produce the story spine: the shift in the world that creates the opening (why now); the acute problem in a concrete scene; our insight others miss; the product as the insight embodied; evidence it works (traction, however early - framed honestly); why we win (moat logic, even nascent); and the future if we succeed. One paragraph per beat, spoken-word style, 3 minutes total read aloud.

COMPANY: [describe here]

Paste into EmergentFull Build: complete implementation prompt with explicit requirements

Quick is short. Full Build is recommended for most steps. Strict forces real logic when the AI keeps faking output.

Actual change check

Expected after this step

A 7-beat spoken narrative under 3 minutes with honest evidence.

Should NOT happen

An existing feature broke
A button only logs to console
Data disappears after refresh
Errors fail silently with no visible state

This is what should exist before you continue. If reality does not match, do not move on.

Your notes for this step

Track what changed, failed, or needs follow-up. Notes export with the flow.

Pass the Verify Gate to complete this step

Verify before continuing

Do not move on until every check is true. The complete button stays locked until then.

The why-now shift opens the storyThe problem is a scene, not a statEvidence framing is honest to stage

Do not continue if…

! Opening with the team instead of the tension
! Top-down TAM slides with no bottoms-up math
! Dodging traction questions instead of framing stage honestly
! An ask with no use-of-funds logic

If the AI messes this up

Use this when:

- it only made visual forms or placeholder UI
- buttons do nothing or only log to console
- data is not persisted - state disappears on refresh
- something that worked before is now broken

Use this when the AI fakes progress or breaks the feature. It forces a real fix.

The story opens with team and product instead of tension. Reorder: world-shift, problem scene, insight, product, proof, moat, future - and cut anything that breaks the arc.