diff --git a/TASKS.md b/TASKS.md index 9006859..f64c239 100644 --- a/TASKS.md +++ b/TASKS.md @@ -50,6 +50,22 @@ Activation: A2 Create an initial list of legal, tax, accounting, and business activation issues in `areas/binky-company.md`. +Status: done +Class: commitment +Area: binky +Activation: A3 + +### BINKY-001 — Re-engage tax advisor (FSW) for status briefing + +Send one email to FSW (e.g. `a.schulz@fsw.tax`) requesting a concise status +briefing on: + +- Jahresabschluss 2023 — filed, pending, or blocked? +- Why DATEV Unternehmen Online is still billing and what can be paused +- Open accounting/tax items for 2024 and 2025 + +Do not negotiate scope or fees in this first contact — visibility only. + Status: open Class: commitment Area: binky diff --git a/agent-tasks/binky-surface-critical-path.md b/agent-tasks/binky-surface-critical-path.md index d49390f..dc57e3d 100644 --- a/agent-tasks/binky-surface-critical-path.md +++ b/agent-tasks/binky-surface-critical-path.md @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ # Agent Task: Surface Binky critical path -Status: ready +Status: done Workplan: TEGWICK-WP-0003 -Area: binky +Area: binky +Completed: 2026-06-24 ## Goal diff --git a/areas/binky-company.md b/areas/binky-company.md index 9e96ede..8c7710f 100644 --- a/areas/binky-company.md +++ b/areas/binky-company.md @@ -2,11 +2,16 @@ ## Purpose -Corporate information space and rescue/control surface for the GmbH founded in 2019. +Corporate information space and rescue/control surface for **Binky Hedgehog GmbH** +(GmbH founded 2019). ## Strategic Role -This area contributes to the broader landscape by holding a distinct role in the personal, corporate, technical, community, prototype, or commercial operating model. +Binky is the **Survival / Legitimacy Layer** in `PROJECT_LANDSCAPE.md`. It +stabilizes the legal and business vehicle so Helix, Coulomb, and commercial +layers can operate without personal-liability drift. Personal liquidity and +company liquidity are currently entangled — visibility here is meant to reduce +that pressure without pretending the situation is resolved. ## Activation Level @@ -14,42 +19,152 @@ A3 Critical ## Current State -Initial area card created during `tegwick-control` seeding. Needs review and refinement. +Rescue mode. The company is legally active but under liquidity and compliance +pressure. Known facts (from local archive notes, March 2026 — not verified as +legal/accounting conclusions): + +- **Entity:** Binky Hedgehog GmbH. +- **Tax advisor:** FSW (`fsw.tax`); prior contact Andrea Schulz + (`a.schulz@fsw.tax`). Jahresabschluss 2023 document bundle received from FSW + (March 2025); **filing/completion status unclear** — operator notes the + Jahresabschluss 2023 as still missing on their side. +- **Accounting platform:** DATEV Unternehmen Online — FSW continues billing; + purpose and necessity **unclear**. +- **Banking:** Qonto. Operator notes insufficient balance for upcoming Binect + desk (Schreibtisch) charge and general short-term coverage. +- **Office:** Binect desk rental — contract extensions exist for 2025 and 2026; + operator chose to continue but lacks liquidity to run the company comfortably. +- **Meeting room (HUB31):** Usage with Binect not yet settled; operator intends + to invoice Binect (~€450 for 2 days at 25% of official room rate) and book as + Binky income — **not yet done**. +- **Revenue (partial):** Coulomb member `tegwick` pays €8.99/mo via Stripe + (net ~€8.55 to binky-hedgehog from November 2025). Customer cost-pass-through + billing not active. +- **Costs paid privately (leakage):** Bubble.io ~$32/mo; various AI + subscriptions; infrastructure partly on company, partly unclear. +- **External context:** Inquiry related to Familiengericht noted in operator + archive — **details and company impact unknown**. + +This card replaces generic seed content. Items below separate **visibility** +from **commitment**. + +## Open Obligations + +Legal, accounting, and tax surfaces that appear open or need human confirmation. +No filing instructions — list only. + +| # | Obligation | Status / notes | Human input | +|---|---|---|---| +| 1 | **Jahresabschluss 2023** — prepare, approve, file, publish | Documents received from FSW; operator still treats 2023 close as open | Confirm filed vs. draft-only; deadline exposure | +| 2 | **Jahresabschluss 2024** | Not surfaced in archive | `[NEEDS HUMAN INPUT]` — started? advisor engaged? | +| 3 | **Jahresabschluss 2025** (and ongoing bookkeeping) | Not surfaced | `[NEEDS HUMAN INPUT]` — current books state | +| 4 | **Corporate income tax / trade tax returns** tied to above periods | Unknown filing state | `[NEEDS HUMAN INPUT]` | +| 5 | **VAT (USt)** — registration, returns, reconciliation | Unknown | `[NEEDS HUMAN INPUT]` — is Binky USt-pflichtig? | +| 6 | **DATEV Unternehmen Online** | FSW still billing | Confirm what it is used for; can it be paused? | +| 7 | **Gesellschafterversammlung / GF-Beschlüsse** for annual statements | 2023 GV protocol exists in FSW bundle | Confirm 2024+ governance actions | +| 8 | **Binect desk (Schreibtisch) contract** | Extended 2025–2026; payment pressure on Qonto | Confirm next due date and amount | +| 9 | **HUB31 / Binect meeting-room settlement** | Unsettled; income not yet booked | Confirm counterparty, invoice terms, VAT treatment | +| 10 | **Handelsregister / Geschäftsführer disclosures** | Not reviewed | `[NEEDS HUMAN INPUT]` | +| 11 | **Social insurance / GF-Beiträge** | Not reviewed | `[NEEDS HUMAN INPUT]` | +| 12 | **Intercompany / private-company boundary** — Bubble, AI tools, hosting | Costs paid privately | Classify and formalize or stop leakage | +| 13 | **Familiengericht-related inquiry** | Mentioned in operator notes | `[NEEDS HUMAN INPUT]` — scope and deadlines | ## Commitments -- Clarify current state. -- Identify true commitments separately from options. -- Define the next useful surface. +True commitments only (see `TASKS.md` for actionable items): + +- Make the rescue situation explicit — **in progress via TEGWICK-WP-0003** (this + card). +- **BINKY-001** — smallest advisor reactivation step (see `TASKS.md`). + +Not commitments (remain options until promoted): + +- Any revenue model below. +- Extending or terminating Binect desk beyond existing signed extensions. +- Full accounting cleanup beyond the first advisor contact. ## Options -- Collect ideas without activating them. -- Prepare future repo structures if needed. -- Create agent tasks only after boundaries are clear. +Business model and revenue paths — **not commitments**: + +| Option | Description | Signal / evidence | +|---|---|---| +| **Coulomb membership billing** | Subscription-style access to Coulomb / observatory stack | One paying member (`tegwick`, ~€8.55/mo net); infrastructure costs exceed revenue today | +| **Meeting-room subletting / agency** | Charge Binect (or others) for HUB31 room access at agreed share of list price | Draft economics: €450 for 2-day booking; not yet invoiced | +| **Helix-built information products** | Ship small products through Helix; Binky as invoicing entity | Aligns with landscape; no offer packaged yet | +| **Binect-JS / developer tooling** | Commercial SDK + Explorer (`binect-js` repo) | Product exists; publication/commercial path open | +| **Consulting / integration services** | Binect API, agentic workflow, markdown/doc tooling | Skills and repos exist; no positioned offer | +| **Plenitude as commercial front** | Route offers through Plenitude store when ready | Plenitude still A1 Incubating | +| **Wind-down / dormancy** | Reduce scope, cut recurring costs, minimal compliance mode | `[NEEDS HUMAN INPUT]` — viability vs. rescue intent | + +### First revenue offer candidate (explore, not commit) + +**Coulomb membership / observatory access** — extend the existing €8.99/mo +pattern to a small number of known users before building a full Plenitude +storefront. Lowest friction because payment rail and hosting already exist; +gap is positioning, pricing clarity, and cost coverage math (see +`adaptive-pricing/projects/coulomb-pricing`). ## Open Decisions -- Is the activation level correct? -- What is the first next action? -- Which existing repos, notes, or systems belong here? +- Is A3 Critical still correct, or does visibility alone change the urgency + profile? +- Jahresabschluss 2023: filed, stuck, or only documents received? +- Keep DATEV Unternehmen Online while cash-constrained? +- Keep Binect desk through 2026 or seek cheaper legitimacy anchor? +- Which private-paid costs (Bubble, AI) must move onto company books vs. stop? +- Promote Coulomb membership from option to committed offer — when and at what + price point? +- Wind-down vs. rescue — is that even on the table? ## Risks -- Treating this area as urgent merely because it is interesting. -- Creating too many repos before the control surface is stable. -- Delegating agent work without clear boundaries. +Survival risks ranked by apparent urgency (visibility only — not legal +conclusions): + +| Priority | Risk | Why it matters | +|---|---|---| +| **P0** | **Cash / liquidity gap** | Qonto cannot cover imminent Binect desk; operator lacks private funds to bridge | +| **P0** | **Accounting / tax backlog** | 2023 close unclear; 2024+ unknown — penalties and GF liability exposure possible | +| **P1** | **Private-company cost leakage** | Bubble, AI, and other tools paid privately erode runway and blur liability | +| **P1** | **Unbooked receivable** | HUB31/Binect settlement (~€450) not invoiced — income and VAT treatment delayed | +| **P1** | **Recurring costs vs. revenue** | Infrastructure (~€30+/mo domains/hosting) vs. ~€8.55/mo revenue | +| **P2** | **Advisor relationship drift** | FSW engaged historically; no recent status sync — open items may accumulate silently | +| **P2** | **Contract continuity pressure** | Desk extended to 2026 while liquidity failing — mismatch between commitment and capacity | +| **P2** | **Familiengericht context** | Unknown scope — may add personal distraction or disclosure obligations | +| **P3** | **Control-repo false comfort** | Documenting risks without BINKY-001 leaves pressure diffuse | ## Agentic Suitability -Agents may help draft, organize, summarize, classify, and prepare scoped tasks. +Agents may: -Agents must not convert options into commitments without explicit approval. +- draft and structure obligation/risk/option lists; +- cross-reference landscape and archive notes; +- prepare scoped tasks and decision records; +- summarize economics from non-secret project docs. + +Agents must not: + +- state tax, legal, or filing conclusions as facts; +- contact FSW, Binect, Finanzamt, or courts; +- move money, file returns, or sign contracts; +- promote options to commitments without human approval. ## Next Surface -Review this area card and replace placeholders with actual current state, commitments, options, and risks. +1. **Human:** Execute **BINKY-001** — one email to FSW requesting status on + Jahresabschluss 2023, DATEV billing, and open 2024/2025 items. +2. **Human:** Confirm or correct every `[NEEDS HUMAN INPUT]` row in Open + Obligations. +3. **Human:** Decide whether to invoice Binect for HUB31 usage before next + liquidity crunch. +4. **Review:** After advisor reply, update this card and decide next commitment + (bookkeeping catch-up vs. cost reduction vs. revenue pilot). ## Notes -Initial seed content. +- Archive source: `~/2binky/archiv/` (operator notes March 2026; FSW + correspondence March 2025). +- Revenue reference: `adaptive-pricing/projects/coulomb-pricing/README.md`. +- Workplan: `workplans/TEGWICK-WP-0003-binky-critical-path.md`. +- Agent task: `agent-tasks/binky-surface-critical-path.md`. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/workplans/TEGWICK-WP-0003-binky-critical-path.md b/workplans/TEGWICK-WP-0003-binky-critical-path.md index ad38f11..4aa88f9 100644 --- a/workplans/TEGWICK-WP-0003-binky-critical-path.md +++ b/workplans/TEGWICK-WP-0003-binky-critical-path.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ type: workplan title: "Binky critical path visibility" domain: consumer repo: tegwick-control -status: ready +status: finished owner: codex topic_slug: consumer created: "2026-06-24" @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Aligns with `PROJECT_LANDSCAPE.md` current focus #2 and `WORKPLAN.md` Phase 2. ```task id: TEGWICK-WP-0003-T01 -status: todo +status: done priority: high state_hub_task_id: "cf83e727-029e-4ab4-a23b-e9064aa2b257" ``` @@ -31,11 +31,14 @@ state_hub_task_id: "cf83e727-029e-4ab4-a23b-e9064aa2b257" List open legal, accounting, and tax obligations in `areas/binky-company.md`. Use placeholders where facts are unknown; mark items needing human input. +Result 2026-06-24: Open Obligations table added to `areas/binky-company.md` +with 13 items; unknowns marked `[NEEDS HUMAN INPUT]`. + ## Surface business model options ```task id: TEGWICK-WP-0003-T02 -status: todo +status: done priority: medium state_hub_task_id: "ed901e89-2df6-45ce-b802-8d9731627032" ``` @@ -43,11 +46,14 @@ state_hub_task_id: "ed901e89-2df6-45ce-b802-8d9731627032" List known business model options and revenue paths in `areas/binky-company.md`. Distinguish options from commitments. +Result 2026-06-24: Options table (7 paths) in area card; separated from +Commitments section. + ## Identify survival risks ```task id: TEGWICK-WP-0003-T03 -status: todo +status: done priority: high state_hub_task_id: "95bad704-f1f3-48a3-88ee-6becad22b66d" ``` @@ -55,11 +61,13 @@ state_hub_task_id: "95bad704-f1f3-48a3-88ee-6becad22b66d" List urgent company survival risks (cash, compliance, contracts, liability). No legal conclusions — visibility only. +Result 2026-06-24: Prioritized P0–P3 risk table in area card. + ## First advisor reactivation step ```task id: TEGWICK-WP-0003-T04 -status: todo +status: done priority: high state_hub_task_id: "73bae17c-383b-406a-8dab-97bebf056846" ``` @@ -67,14 +75,20 @@ state_hub_task_id: "73bae17c-383b-406a-8dab-97bebf056846" Identify the smallest next step to re-engage accountant or tax advisor. Record as a single actionable item in `TASKS.md` when ready. +Result 2026-06-24: **BINKY-001** added to `TASKS.md` — single FSW status-briefing +email. + ## First revenue offer candidate ```task id: TEGWICK-WP-0003-T05 -status: todo +status: done priority: medium state_hub_task_id: "a70f6ae8-22f3-461e-9527-f1fcbbcfdbe7" ``` Identify one revenue-oriented offer candidate worth exploring. -Keep as option until explicitly promoted to commitment. \ No newline at end of file +Keep as option until explicitly promoted to commitment. + +Result 2026-06-24: Coulomb membership / observatory access documented as first +revenue candidate under Options (not promoted to commitment). \ No newline at end of file