softDev23 AIOS

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The AI OS that red-teams its own work.

Your AI does the work. A separate reviewer, on a different model, finds what it missed, before you ship.

council-verdict.md
KILL confidence: high

I fed it a deliberately overconfident plan to stress test it. It refused to rubber-stamp it.

Deep Researcher
2/10
A “fact” in your research does not exist. The plan rests on it.
First-Principles
2/10
The math cannot close. You need 500 buyers. You have 40.
Solo-Dev Realist
2/10
Six features before one validated dollar is a death march.

Core is a set of files, your rules, your skills, and a documented loop, that you run in any AI tool. It is free.

Core is free. Join now for early access, the newsletter, and a founders discount on the Pro packs when they land. No spam.

From the same studio: two iOS apps and two free web tools. This site and page were built with the system itself. See them →

The problem

Most AI agrees with you.

You ask for a gut check and get a cheerleader. “Looks great.” “A few minor things.” That is not a second opinion, it is a yes-man with an API key. The blind spots you cannot see stay invisible, right up until they cost you.

A real run

Watch it kill a plan, step by step.

An actual run on a deliberately overconfident plan I wrote to stress test the system, the kind a yes-man AI waves through. First the plan, then the verdict it handed back, one score per critic. Nothing here is touched up.

test-plan.md
Goal

Hit $10,000 in monthly recurring revenue within 30 days of launching a tool that organizes your screenshots automatically.

Where I am

An email list of 40. A brand new account under 100 followers. No paying users yet.

The plan

Build all six premium features before launch. Charge $20 a month, no free tier. Post once on launch day and let it spread. Reinvest into ads to reach $50,000 MRR by month three.

Why this will work

“70 percent of users convert to paid in the first week.” With a few thousand launch-day visitors, the math clears $10,000 easily.

The Council’s verdict
KILL confidence: high

The revenue case rests on a number that does not exist. Rebuild around one free feature and proof before any target.

Contrarian
2/10
The audience does not exist yet, so “a few thousand launch-day visitors” is a fantasy.
Expansionist
4/10
The one real upside, auto-tagging as a free tool people share, is buried under five features nobody asked for.
First-Principles
2/10
The math cannot close. $10k at $20/mo needs about 500 paying users. You have 40 subscribers.
Deep Researcher
2/10
The “70 percent convert in week one” stat is fabricated. Real free-to-paid is 2 to 5 percent. The whole plan rests on it.
The Audience
3/10
A stranger will not pay $20/mo for an unknown tool with no trial, no reviews, and no free way in.
The Guardian
5/10
No rule broken, but presenting an invented number as “industry data” is the integrity flag to fix.
Solo-Dev Realist
2/10
Six premium features before a single validated dollar is a death march for one person.
Single most important change

Ship only the auto-tagging, as a free tier. Get 100 real users, then ask them to pay.

Cheapest safest next test

Put up a one-page waitlist. See if 50 people sign up before you build anything.

That whole run took about three minutes. Get early access and point it at your own work.
How it works

One side builds. A separate side tries to break it.

01

Point it at a task

Your plan, your code, your next decision. You bring the work; the system gives it structure.

02

Your agents do the work

On a documented loop you can repeat, so your results stop depending on how you happened to prompt that day.

03

The Council red-teams it

A separate pass, on a different model, that has to find what is wrong before anything ships. It never grades its own work.

What’s inside

Everything that makes it yours. All of it free in Core.

Not a chatbot and not a prompt pack. A system that remembers you, does the work, and checks itself before you ship.

// memory

It remembers who you are

Your role, your preferences, your rules, and your projects live in one file the AI reads first, every session. Stop re-explaining yourself and stop getting generic answers. It already knows how you work.

// the council

A critic that argues back

Adversarial review on a different model, told to disagree and never allowed to rubber-stamp.

// skills

Teach it once, reuse forever

Turn a one-off prompt into a repeatable skill the system runs the same way every time.

// the loop

A real process, not vibes

A documented loop that makes good output repeatable instead of lucky.

// your files

Your context, no lock-in

Everything lives in plain files you own and travels across whatever AI tool you use.

// history

It keeps a memory of the work

Dated logs and handoffs mean nothing gets lost between sessions. Pick up exactly where you left off, even weeks later, without re-reading everything to remember what you decided and why.

What you run through it

Not just a critic. A place to do the work.

The Council is the safety net. The system is where the work happens, with the same loop and the same second opinion on everything you ship.

// seo

SEO that is not guesswork

Turn keyword research into a real content plan, then let the Council kill the weak angles before you spend a week writing them.

// writing

Blog posts with the fluff removed

Draft an article from your own notes, then have a critic flag every soft claim and filler line before you hit publish.

// decisions

Plans, pressure-tested

Stress-test a launch, a price, or a roadmap before you commit months to it. It did exactly that to my real launch plan, and that story is in the first newsletter.

// code

Review that finds the bug

Hand it a change and a reviewer that is told to break it, not to tell you it looks good.

Built with the system

Not a demo. It already ships.

This site and this page were built with softDev23 AIOS. And the loops that became the system came out of actually shipping products, not from theory.

Built with it: softdev23.com, this landing page, a blog gaining search traffic, two iOS apps, and two free web tools.
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Mana iOS

Beat the doomscroll like a game. Earn your way past a distracting app with a quick task instead of getting locked out.

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Habitual iOS

A habit tracker disguised as an RPG journey. Miss a day and you keep your progress, no streak anxiety.

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Pluck Web

A free dopamine menu builder. Your go-to list of good-for-you things, saved to your phone in two minutes.

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Brain Dump Web

A free ADHD brain dump tool. Empty your head fast, no sorting, no guilt, then come back to it later.

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What you get

Start free. After setup, you never face a blank page again.

Core
Freeyours to keep
  • The vault, the process, and the Council
  • One complete working setup, yours to keep
  • Works across your AI tools, no lock-in
  • Files you own. If I disappear tomorrow, nothing breaks.
Pro packs
Comingfounders discount for the list
  • Add-on packs that extend Core: more workflows, skills, and agents
  • Drop-in ready setups for the AI tools you already use
  • Buy only the packs you want, no subscription required
  • Join the list and lock in a founders discount when they land
Questions

The short version.

What exactly is softDev23 AIOS? +

A system, not a chatbot. A structured way to run your AI with a built-in reviewer that pushes back, so your work gets stress-tested before you ship it.

Is it really free? +

Core is free and it is a set of files you own. There is no trial timer and no card required. Paid add-on packs come later for people who want more workflows, skills, and tool setups, but Core stays yours.

What is “the Council”? +

A built-in review step. One side does the work, then a separate side, on a different model, is told to tear it apart and is never allowed to rubber-stamp. It is how you catch the flaw before your users do.

Does it cost extra to run? +

It runs on the AI tools you already pay for. There is no separate subscription from me to use Core.

Which AI tools does it work with? +

It is built on plain files, so it travels across your AI tools rather than locking you into one. If a tool can read your files, it can run the system.

Do I need to be highly technical? +

If you are comfortable in a text editor, you are fine. The setup is documented step by step.

When does it ship? +

Core is in early access now. Join the list to get in. Pro comes after Core has real users who shape what it should be.

Will you spam me? +

No. You will only hear from me when there is something real to say.

Early access

Get an AI that tells you when you are wrong.

Founders on the list get a discount on the Pro packs when they land. No spam, only real updates.

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