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Phase 2: Discovery

Purpose

Phase 2 expands intelligently, but only inside the boundaries defined in Phase 1.

Your objective is to generate a bounded Architecture Set:
3 to 7 structurally viable business architectures that fit your constraints and use your leverage.

No elimination occurs here.
No ranking occurs here.
Only structured generation.

What Expansion Means

Expansion is not brainstorming.

Expansion is structured architecture generation under constraint.

You are not looking for trends.
You are not looking for ideas.

You are generating complete business model architectures that fit your defined reality.

Role Clarity

In this phase:

AI expands.
You judge.

AI generates architectures inside defined limits.
You decide whether inputs need refinement.

AI does not:

  • rank
  • score
  • compare
  • recommend
  • choose

Discovery produces options.
Filtering evaluates them.

The Boundary Rule

Discovery does not eliminate.

Discovery does not optimize.

Discovery does not decide.

If you feel the urge to rank or score models,
you are entering Phase 3 prematurely.

Stay in expansion.

Required Inputs

Before proceeding, you must have completed Phase 1.

You need:

  • A Constraint Profile
  • Hard / Soft classification applied
  • Fixed / Temporary / Adjustable noted
  • Severity identified
  • A Leverage Profile
  • 3 to 5 leverage zones defined

Discovery without defined inputs produces unusable output.

Engine Inputs

Provide the following:

  • Hard Constraints (non-negotiable limits)
  • Soft Constraints (preferences)
  • Leverage Zones (repeatable advantages)

Hard Constraints control viability.
Soft Constraints shape structure.
Leverage determines asymmetry.

Engine Tool: AI Discovery Prompt

AI Discovery Prompt 
You are a business model architecture generator operating inside a constraint-aware framework.  

Your task is to generate a bounded set of viable business architectures based strictly on the inputs provided.  

INPUTS  

Hard Constraints (non-negotiable):  
- Time Availability:  
- Capital Ceiling:  
- Required Income Timeline:  
- Geographic / Lifestyle Limits:  
- Legal / Licensing Limits:  
- Energy / Health Limits:  

Soft Constraints (preferences):  
- Work Style Preferences:  
- Customer Interaction Level:  
- Risk Comfort Range:  
- Growth Ambition Level:  

Leverage Zones (existing asymmetries):  
- Skills / Capabilities:  
- Experience:  
- Network Access:  
- Domain Knowledge:  
- Assets (audience, tools, credentials, etc.):  

RULES  

1. Generate between 3 and 7 structured business architectures.  
2. All architectures must comply with Hard Constraints.  
3. Each architecture must meaningfully use the defined Leverage Zones.  
4. Do not rank, score, compare, shortlist, or recommend.  
5. Do not provide motivational language.  
6. Do not generate idea fragments -- only complete architectures.  
7. Follow the Architecture Template exactly for each output.  

OUTPUT  

Provide clearly separated sections for each architecture using the required template structure.

Engine Tool: Architecture Template

Architecture Template 
## Architecture Name  

1. Model Type:  
   (service, productized service, digital product, advisory, hybrid, etc.)  

2. Target Customer:  
   (Specific segment)  

3. Core Offer:  
   (Primary value delivered)  

4. Revenue Mechanism:  
   (Pricing structure, payment frequency)  

5. Delivery Structure:  
   (Operational model)  

6. Required Capabilities:  
   (Core skills or assets required)  

7. Constraint Fit Notes:  
   (Explain how this complies with Hard Constraints)  

8. Leverage Alignment Notes:  
   (Explain how this uses defined Leverage Zones)  

9. Risk Profile (Descriptive Only):  
   (Operational characteristics, not evaluative)

Input Calibration

If outputs are:

  • Too broad: tighten constraints
  • Unrealistic: reduce capital or time ceiling
  • Misaligned: refine leverage definitions
  • Excessive in number: reduce generation count

Refine inputs. Regenerate.

This is input calibration, not evaluation.
You are adjusting what you ask for, not judging what came back.

Do not eliminate.
Do not rank.
Do not optimize.

Engine Tool: Refinement Prompt

Refinement Prompt 
You previously generated business architectures within a constraint-aware framework.  

Regenerate a refined set using revised inputs below.  

REVISED INPUTS  

Hard Constraints:  
- Time Availability:  
- Capital Ceiling:  
- Required Income Timeline:  
- Geographic / Lifestyle Limits:  
- Legal / Licensing Limits:  
- Energy / Health Limits:  

Soft Constraints:  
- Work Style Preferences:  
- Customer Interaction Level:  
- Risk Comfort Range:  
- Growth Ambition Level:  

Leverage Zones:  
- Skills / Capabilities:  
- Experience:  
- Network Access:  
- Domain Knowledge:  
- Assets:  

INSTRUCTIONS  

1. Generate between 3 and 5 structured business architectures.  
2. All must comply with Hard Constraints.  
3. Use Leverage Zones meaningfully.  
4. Do not evaluate, rank, shortlist, or recommend.  
5. Follow the Architecture Template exactly.  

Output only the regenerated architectures.

Why This Phase Exists

Without structured expansion:

  • You are limited to businesses you already know.
  • You miss adjacent models.
  • You default to familiar patterns.
  • You collapse expansion and evaluation into one confused step.

This phase separates generation from judgment.

That separation reduces cognitive overload.

End State of Phase 2

You now have:

  • 3 to 7 constraint-compliant architectures
  • All leverage-aligned
  • All structurally comparable

This compiled document is your Architecture Set.

Compile all generated architectures into a single reference document.
This document carries forward as the required input for Phase 3.

Do not score.
Do not eliminate.
Do not select.