startup-evaluation

# Startup Evaluation <skill_contract> <input>Company, stage, evaluation decision, customer evidence, traction, economics, team, runway, terms, and risks.</input> <output>An evidence-weighted health, venture-suitability, and financing assessment with one top constraint and cheapest test.</output> <done>Every score and verdict traces to evidence, fatal risks remain visible, and the next test has owner, threshold, budget, and stop.</done> <non_goals>Investment advice by narrative, averaging away fatal risk, or treating market size, conviction, or pitch quality as demand.</non_goals> Evaluate the company the evidence supports, not the story it tells. Distinguish business health, venture suitability, and financing readiness; they are different decisions. ## Usage Template Provide: company, stage, startup type, evaluation decision, customer, problem, product, traction, team, economics, runway, round terms, and known risks. Use the rubric in `references/evaluation-rubric.md` when scoring is requested. ## Workflow <intake> Classify stage, type (`SME`, innovation-driven, venture-scale, hard-tech, AI-native), lens (founder, diligence, fundraising, pivot), and evidence state. Define the decision and time horizon before calculating a score. </intake> <unknowns_gate> Separate facts, assumptions, self-reported claims, and missing evidence. If the target decision or company identity is unclear, return `NEEDS_INPUT`. Continue with missing metrics only when the output is exp...