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# nerissa-self-audit · 9-Lens Startup Self-Audit A field-tested framework for auditing your own startup honestly. Built from real cases where founders (and AI) repeatedly fell into the trap of analyzing competitors while never applying the same rigor to themselves. Every lens corresponds to a documented failure pattern this skill prevents. ## When to Trigger **✅ Trigger when**: - User explicitly says: "audit our current state", "self-audit", "我们到底是什么", "诊断我们自己", "review our positioning", "where are we really" - You detect a gap between user's stated vision and operational reality (e.g. landing copy says one thing, customer pipeline says another) - Before any major strategic decision (pivot, fundraise, large hire, vertical lock-in) - When the user says "we should do X" but you suspect the underlying problem hasn't been diagnosed **❌ Do NOT trigger for**: - Single-feature decisions (use decision-lens for those) - Competitor research (use a competitive-research skill for those) - Casual brainstorming without commitment to act on findings - Execution tasks (writing code, drafting emails, filing tickets) ## Core Principle > **Apply to yourself the same scrutiny you apply to competitors.** Most teams happily run rigorous SWOT / Porter / JTBD on competitors but never on themselves. This skill closes that gap. The 9 lenses are tools you probably already know individually — the discipline is using them together, on yourself, with the same honesty you'd use to analyze a competit