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+# SCOPE
+
+## Current Reality
+
+`whynot-control` is the control repository for organizing prototype exploration and early market-signal capture.
+
+It currently serves as a place to:
+
+- collect prototype ideas;
+- define intake and triage;
+- hold prototype cards;
+- record signals and feedback;
+- prepare closed beta concepts;
+- define promotion criteria;
+- prevent experiments from becoming unmanaged obligations.
+
+## In Scope
+
+- Prototype idea capture.
+- Prototype classification.
+- Early user feedback notes.
+- Market-signal tracking.
+- Closed beta planning.
+- Experiment records.
+- Promotion recommendations.
+- Agent-assisted drafting and analysis.
+
+## Out of Scope
+
+- Production implementation.
+- Long-term product maintenance.
+- Payment processing.
+- Legal investment documentation.
+- Public launch operations.
+- Binding financial, legal, or tax conclusions.
+
+## Adjacent Areas
+
+- `helix`: implementation and intent-to-product production path.
+- `coulomb`: idea and knowledge exploration product surface.
+- `sloppers`: community and discussion hub.
+- `plenitude`: commercial store and offer hub.
+- `binky`: company vehicle and business/legal control.
+- `tegwick`: personal operating control.
+
+## Scope Guardrail
+
+`whynot-control` explores and validates. It does not absorb all product development.