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Do-nothing vs act fork

Margin-defence fork - relabel only vs restructure the mix

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Pattern

Strategic Fork

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Example brief

A strategy crossroads on chargeability: origin 'Current delivery mix' (undifferentiated hours under price pressure). Path A Relabel only [non-recommended] - commodity mass stays exposed, the asset layer is never built, quality-of-chargeability keeps declining. Path B Restructure [recommended] - the mix shifts to assets & IP, assets compound, chargeability quality holds. Thesis: the cost of inertia is the case for acting now - keep the gauge, change what flows through it.

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Brief path

curl -X POST https://api.slideforge.dev/v1/render/auto \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sf_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "brief": "A strategy crossroads on chargeability: origin 'Current delivery mix' (undifferentiated hours under price pressure). Pat" }'

Structured intent (this template)

{
  "pattern": "strategic_fork",
  "title": "Relabel only, and the exposed base stays exposed",
  "subtitle": "The cost of inertia is the case for acting now",
  "origin": {
    "label": "Current delivery mix",
    "detail": "Undifferentiated hours under price pressure"
  },
  "branches": [
    {
      "label": "Relabel only",
      "summary": "Rename the offer; keep the model",
      "points": [
        "Commodity mass stays exposed",
        "Asset layer never built",
        "Quality-of-chargeability declines"
      ],
      "emphasis": "normal"
    },
    {
      "label": "Restructure",
      "summary": "Shift the mix toward assets & IP",
      "points": [
        "Mix shifts to assets & IP",
        "Assets compound over time",
        "Chargeability quality holds"
      ],
      "emphasis": "primary"
    }
  ],
  "recommendation": {
    "label": "Recommended"
  },
  "thesis": "Keep the gauge. Change what flows through it."
}

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