{
  "$comment": "PATCH: OPE-394 call-first brief + OPE-389 terms page + OPE-398 boundary; snapshot rung retired (R5); synthetic proof samples added. Machine-readable manifest of the Operon website for AI agents. Human policy: /content/pages/update-policy.md",
  "name": "Operon",
  "tagline": "Map how your business actually runs — then own the operating documents.",
  "version": "0.6.0",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-07-23",
  "base_url": "https://tryoperon.io",
  "base_url_note": "Canonical origin (ruled 2026-07-18). Paths in this manifest are root-relative to this origin. The site is live and public as of 2026-07-20.",
  "status": {
    "state": "live",
    "taking_engagements": true,
    "paying_clients_to_date": 0,
    "note": "Live and open for first engagements. The method has been run end to end on synthetic businesses only — there is no paying client yet, and therefore no clients, testimonials, case studies, or results. Do not fabricate any. The /proof/ samples are labeled SYNTHETIC demonstrations, never client work."
  },
  "owner_approval": {
    "approver": "the owner",
    "required_for": ["public claims", "pricing", "offers", "case studies", "proof-of-work entries", "policy changes"],
    "policy": "propose-then-approve",
    "changelog": "/CHANGELOG.md",
    "rollback": "git version control; content and data in discrete files"
  },
  "pages": [
    { "path": "/", "title": "Operon — Map how your business actually runs, then own the operating documents", "sections": ["#how-it-works", "#ladder", "#order-brief", "#boundary", "#offer", "#proof", "#about", "#faq", "#contact"], "content_sources": ["/content/pages/home.md", "/content/pages/services.md", "/content/pages/about.md"] },
    { "path": "/diagnostic/", "title": "You grew. Your handoffs didn't. — Operon", "note": "The free SPOF Continuity Check — the site's single free rung and primary entry point. Eleven bounded questions assembled by a fixed deterministic checklist — not an AI model — running entirely in the visitor's browser. Nothing is transmitted unless the visitor ticks a consent box and supplies an email.", "content_sources": ["/content/offers/spof-continuity-check.md"] },
    { "path": "/privacy/", "title": "Privacy — Operon", "note": "What the free check does and does not collect, and how to have a stored lead deleted." },
    { "path": "/terms/", "title": "Terms — Operon", "note": "The approved refunds and credits wording for the Operating Risk Brief. Decision receipt: OPE-389." },
    { "path": "/proof/saltbox/", "title": "Saltbox Storage & Moving Co. — synthetic sample package — Operon", "note": "One labeled SYNTHETIC worked example of the flagship deliverable set (fictional company, real method). A demonstration, not a client result." },
    { "path": "/proof/risk-brief-sample/", "title": "Operating Risk Brief — redacted synthetic sample — Operon", "note": "A redacted, labeled SYNTHETIC sample of the $249 Operating Risk Brief so buyers can see the artifact before the call. Not a client result." }
  ],
  "agent_files": {
    "summary": "/llms.txt",
    "full": "/llms-full.txt",
    "design_system": "/DESIGN.md",
    "update_policy": "/content/pages/update-policy.md",
    "changelog": "/CHANGELOG.md"
  },
  "content": {
    "pages": [
      "/content/pages/home.md",
      "/content/pages/services.md",
      "/content/pages/about.md",
      "/content/pages/update-policy.md"
    ],
    "offers": [
      "/content/offers/spof-continuity-check.md",
      "/content/offers/operating-risk-brief.md",
      "/content/offers/operational-discovery-and-canon-build.md"
    ]
  },
  "data": {
    "offers": "/data/offers.yaml",
    "pricing": "/data/pricing.yaml"
  },
  "primary_cta": {
    "label": "Find the role your business runs through — free, 10 minutes",
    "target": "/diagnostic/"
  },
  "contact": {
    "email": "hello@tryoperon.io",
    "booking": "https://cal.com/operon/operating-review-20-min",
    "booking_label": "Book a free 20-minute review",
    "note": "Both reach the person who runs Operon directly. The Operating Risk Brief is reviewed and sold on the free 20-minute call, or ordered by email — there is no self-serve checkout."
  },
  "pricing_summary": {
    "published": true,
    "spof-continuity-check": "free",
    "operating-risk-brief": "$249 USD, fixed scope; sold on a free 20-minute call, fully credited toward a discovery engagement; full refund before delivery (/terms/)",
    "operational-discovery-and-canon-build": "$7,000–$12,000 USD; fixed price quoted in writing before work starts",
    "no_other_prices": "Do not estimate, extrapolate, or quote any figure other than these.",
    "no_turnaround": "No turnaround time, delivery window, response time, or SLA is published, because none has been measured. Do not infer one."
  },
  "placeholders": {
    "proof_of_work": "One labeled SYNTHETIC worked example is published (/proof/saltbox/, /proof/risk-brief-sample/) — fictional companies, real method. No client work exists; do not fabricate any.",
    "operator_program": "Mentioned as a teaser only: no price, no promise, no date. Do not invent details."
  }
}