FUNDING-0.1 / FUNDING

The Kickstarter Funding Benchmark

How much missing funding judgment can each workflow supply from one request?

RELEASE FUNDING-0.121 JUL 2026MODELED

STATUS: Modeled · no controlled runs
INPUT: One prompt
PRIMARY: Operational judgment
OUTCOME PACK: Kickstarter Funding ↗

01 / ONE PROMPT

Use the request a person would actually make.

USER INTENT
“Get my product funded on Kickstarter.”

Get my product funded on Kickstarter./goal Get my product funded on Kickstarter.$possible Get my product funded on Kickstarter.

02 / STARTING POINT

Each workflow starts with the same subject.

SAME STARTING POINT

A rough product idea. No feasibility model, campaign assets, audience system, or funding operation exists yet.

03 / OPERATIONAL JUDGMENT

What did each workflow know to add?

Scores credit visible evidence only. They do not measure artifact quality.

Operational judgment supplied by Direct, /goal, and $possible
Missing expertise	Direct	/goal	$possible
Infers omitted operational scope	PARTIALCampaign presentation`campaign-page/ · pitch-copy.md`	PARTIALFeasibility + launch package`feasibility.md · reward-tiers.md · launch-plan.md`	EXPLICITFeasibility through payout`campaign/feasibility/product-evidence.md · campaign/economics/costs.csv · campaign/audience/prelaunch.md · campaign/operations/decision-loop.md · campaign/receipts/payout-ledger.csv`
Separates evidence from assumptions	NONENo visible artifact	PARTIALFeasibility document only`feasibility.md`	EXPLICITProduct evidence + claims register`campaign/feasibility/product-evidence.md · campaign/claims-register.md`
Surfaces risk and safeguards	NONENo visible artifact	PARTIALFeasibility only`feasibility.md`	EXPLICITRisk + claim controls`campaign/risk-register.md · campaign/claims-register.md`
Defines acceptance or decision gates	NONENo visible artifact	PARTIALTests, no visible gate`tests/`	EXPLICITGo / no-go receipt`campaign/receipts/go-no-go.md`
Creates durable operating state	NONENo visible artifact	NONENo visible artifact	EXPLICITMetrics, zero state, payout ledger`campaign/measurement/metrics.md · campaign/operations/zero-state.json · campaign/receipts/payout-ledger.csv`
Preserves review and completion evidence	NONENo visible artifact	PARTIALGeneric result record`RESULT.md`	EXPLICITRender, go / no-go, outcome receipts`campaign/media/render-receipt.md · campaign/receipts/go-no-go.md · campaign/outcome-receipt.md`

04 / ARTIFACTS AND TIME

Artifacts and time support the comparison.

01121 artifacts

Direct3
AGENT RUNTIME 19 minHUMAN COORDINATION 1 min
Creates a campaign-shaped presentation.
/goal8
AGENT RUNTIME 54 minHUMAN COORDINATION 2 min
Adds a target, plan, and launch package.
$possible21
AGENT RUNTIME 4 hr 12 minHUMAN COORDINATION 3 min
Compiles the complete funding operation.

Direct3 ARTIFACTS

campaign-page/
pitch-copy.md
hero-image.png

/goal8 ARTIFACTS

GOAL.md
feasibility.md
campaign-page/
reward-tiers.md
film-script.md
launch-plan.md
tests/
RESULT.md

$possible21 ARTIFACTS

campaign/feasibility/product-evidence.md
campaign/economics/costs.csv
campaign/economics/funding-goal.md
campaign/risk-register.md
campaign/offer/audience.md
campaign/rewards/tiers.md
campaign/claims-register.md
campaign/page/index.html
campaign/storyboard.md
campaign/media/campaign-film.mp4
campaign/media/render-receipt.md
campaign/audience/prelaunch.md
campaign/calendar/campaign.md
campaign/drafts/social.md
campaign/drafts/email.md
campaign/measurement/metrics.md
campaign/operations/decision-loop.md
campaign/operations/zero-state.json
campaign/receipts/go-no-go.md
campaign/receipts/payout-ledger.csv
campaign/outcome-receipt.md

05 / WHY THE GAP EXISTS

Possible starts with a reviewed outcome map.

Direct and /goal infer the missing work. $possible compiles it from the matching pack.

Inspect the Kickstarter Funding outcome pack →

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