Platform Dependencies
Features this venture requires from the platform.
Platform Dependencies
| Feature ID | Feature | Why | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUTH-001 | User registration | Developer and venture accounts — this is what Stackmates itself provides | Service |
| USER-001 | User profiles | Developer identity, org membership, role-based access | Service |
| AI-002 | Conversational AI | Stack configuration guidance and onboarding automation | Service |
| MKTG-001 | Marketing automation | Developer acquisition and trial-to-paid conversion sequences | Service |
Context
- Platform feature matrix — Full capability register
- Software platform — The shared infrastructure this venture builds and operates
- Verifiable intent protocol — Settlement layer for cross-venture coordination
- First principles — Unit economics for shared infrastructure
- Critical path — What must be true before revenue
- Smart contracts — Intelligent hyperlinks between ventures
- Standards — Naming and structural patterns shared across all ventures
- AI orchestration — Shared intelligence layer built on top of shared infrastructure
- Business artifacts — The deliverables each venture builds on top of the stack
- Navigation first principles — Judgement compounding through consistent patterns
- Scoreboard reality — How shared infrastructure health is measured
- Science principles — First principles behind shared infrastructure economics
- Software protocols — The protocol architecture Stackmates implements
- Agency — The capability compound through repeated use of shared infrastructure
- Behavioural biases — What makes builders adopt shared infra vs rebuild their own
- Marketing automation — Developer acquisition and trial-to-paid pipeline
- Consulting AI model — The advisory layer built on top of shared infrastructure
- Matrix thinking — How to map shared infrastructure capabilities against venture requirements across dimensions
- Journey priorities — What determines where shared infrastructure investment compounds fastest
- Systems thinking — The reasoning framework behind shared infrastructure economics
- Smart contracts — The protocol architecture Stackmates implements and hosts
- Purpose — Why this venture exists and what shared infrastructure must prove
Questions
What is the minimum shared infrastructure that makes a second venture meaningfully cheaper than the first to build?
- Which shared feature — auth, payments, or data — generates the highest composition signal across dependent ventures?
- If a venture could bypass Stackmates and build its own auth, at what scale does that become rational vs irrational?
- At what venture count does the platform economics cross from cost center to profit center?