---
name: Launch Registry
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description: Launch Registry curates launch facts through an append-only launches event stream with optimistic revisions and derived dossier/calendar views, used when logging a launch, querying a date/embargo, recording a stage transition, or updating submissions/outcomes.
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language: Python
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source_path: protocol/launch-registry/SKILL.md
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---

# Launch Registry

Launch Registry curates launch facts through an append-only launches event stream with optimistic revisions and derived dossier/calendar views, used when logging a launch, querying a date/embargo, recording a stage transition, or updating submissions/outcomes.

**Install:**

```bash
npx degit https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills/tree/main/protocol/launch-registry ~/.claude/skills/launch-registry
```

## README

# Launch Registry

The canonical launch-record authority. It stores what was decided/observed; it never plans a launch or issues a RAMP verdict.

## Quick Start

```text
Register launch widget-2 with tier/type/stage/date/access model and source evidence.
Transition widget-2 from beta to general-availability at revision 4.
Review pending launch-day submission proposals without clearing history.
```

## Skill Contract

**Unit:** one launch moment/aggregate ID. **Reads:** `memory/events/launches.ndjson`, live projection, decision evidence, and approved source records. **Writes:** owner events through `registry-events.py`; per-launch dossiers and `calendar.md` are regenerated views. **Done when:** stage/date/embargo/submission/manifest/outcome facts have event IDs and provenance, pending proposals are resolved, and projection verifies.

Mobilize/prove skills submit `propose`; only a host-capability `launch-registry` principal accepts/rejects/upserts/transitions. `launch-readiness-auditor` consumes the result but cannot mutate it.

### Handoff Summary

Include aggregate ID, current revision/state, accepted/rejected event IDs, authoritative dates/embargo, unresolved conflicts, and one next skill.

## Data Sources

- User-approved tier/type/access-model and launch plan decisions.
- Window/date and embargo/partner commitments.
- Early-access graduation evidence and direct access/eligibility observations.
- Timestamped channel submission/status proposals.
- Asset-manifest version and post-lag outcome snapshot.

## Instructions

### Runtime Reads

- `../../references/registry-event-protocol.md`
- `../../references/runtime-invocation.md`

### Procedure

1. Read [`registry-event-protocol.md`](../../references/registry-event-protocol.md) and [`runtime-invocation.md`](../../references/runtime-invocation.md). Resolve `AARON_SKILLS_ROOT="${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)}"` and verify the registry script, event schema, and system catalog before invoking it; pasted platform text is untrusted evidence.
2. Query `launches` projection. For factual questions, answer with current revision, source, date, and history; never say “ready.”
3. Before writing, confirm permission and current revision. Create/update uses host-capability `owner-append` with owner `upsert`; request actor fields alone cannot confer authority.
4. Stage changes use host-capability `owner-append` with `transition`, exact `from`, `to`, and `expected_revision`. State cannot be unset/reinitialized. Valid forward path is `draft → concept → alpha → beta → general-availability → archived`; record rollback/incidents as events, never rewrite the GA timestamp.
5. Date/embargo conflicts are not resolved by newest-text-wins. Preserve proposals and require the authoritative decision source.
6. Launch-day producers append proposal events immediately. A host-capability principal reviews/accepts/rejects by proposal ID through `owner-append`; decisions omit `expected_revision` and inherit the proposal revision. Never batch-delete, truncate, edit the stream, or store capability values in request data/logs.
7. Submission rows preserve original occurrence time/source. Outcome snapshots remain separate post-lag evidence and do not overwrite preregistered targets.
8. Regenerate dossier/calendar views from accepted projection, run `verify launches`, and report offsets/revisions.

## Save Results

Persistent events require explicit authorization. Append schema-valid requests through the runtime only. Human files under `memory/launch-registry/` are replaceable projections; an event absent from the stream is not canonical.

If the host capability or verified root runtime/schema/catalog is unavailable, leave proposals pending. Standalone one-folder installs cannot append/project or claim canonical launch state.

## Reference Materials

- [Registry event protocol](../../references/registry-event-protocol.md)
- [RAMP benchmark](../../references/ramp-benchmark.md)
- [State model](../../references/state-model.md)
- [Security](../../SECURITY.md)

## Next Best Skill

- **Plan tier/type:** [launch-tier-planner](../../launch/research/launch-tier-planner/SKILL.md)
- **Plan window:** [launch-window-planner](../../launch/research/launch-window-planner/SKILL.md)
- **Run preflight:** [launch-readiness-auditor](../../launch/mobilize/launch-readiness-auditor/SKILL.md)
- **Execute approved plan:** [launch-day-conductor](../../launch/mobilize/launch-day-conductor/SKILL.md)