Pilot & PoC Kit
A pilot is a purchase of a decision — name the decider, the verdict and the date before you name the features.
What it is
The evaluation that ends in a signature or a clean no, never in a polite silence. Qualifies whether the pilot is a real decision or a parking space, writes three to five measurable criteria with baselines and an agreed measurement method, fences the scope against free consulting, and fixes the conversion price before the work starts so success is not punished. For founders, sellers and service firms whose deals pass through a trial.
What you receive
a paid pilot built to produce a decision instead of a drift — signed success criteria with their baselines and measurement method, the scope fence and its change process, the timeline with its decision date booked at kickoff, the mid-point checkpoint that catches failure while it is cheap, conversion terms fixed before the work starts, and the clean walk-away that keeps the account
Delivered as a single, complete .md skill file — open it, paste it into any capable chat model, and work. No installation, no account with anyone but us.
Supported models
- Claude (Opus/Sonnet)
- ChatGPT (GPT-4o/5)
- Gemini
- any capable chat model
People reach for it when
- “how to structure a paid pilot that converts to a contract”
- “proof of concept success criteria template b2b”
- “customer wants a free 90 day trial should I agree”
- “pilot finished and the client has gone quiet”
- “how to stop a pilot turning into free consulting”
Record
lineage: first-party house build
gates passed: demand-evidence · function-fit · beats-the-blank-page
status: IN THE COLLECTION
Sale-time bench runs and the fix-or-refund log attach to this record when the payment room opens.
In the collection. The sale room is being fitted; this work goes on sale when it opens.
Join the house — be written to when sales openBack to the collectionLicense
Free-shelf works ship under the DolceDrago House License — use the outputs freely, personal or commercial; the work file itself stays with the house.