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  "name": "ProposalCraft",
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  "category": "Productivity",
  "run_id": "run-jabbawocky-proposalcraft-v2-2026-08-07",
  "run_at": "2026-08-07T11:15:00Z",
  "editor": "Hlido Editor",
  "editorial_method": "public-surface-tier-1+editorial-narrative-v2",
  "methodology_version": "2026.05",
  "methodology_url": "/methodology/public-surface-tier-1/",
  "score": 68,
  "tier": "FADING",
  "laddoo_score": 68,
  "confidence": "low-medium",
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    "headline": "An MCP server that drafts client proposals in your own voice, learned from ones that already won — tightly scoped, local-only, and honest that it is a launch-day project.",
    "body": "ProposalCraft is an MCP server for freelancers and agencies: paste a client brief into Claude and it drafts a send-ready proposal — structured, scoped and priced — in the voice learned from proposals that previously won you work. The scoping is its strength. It does one job, states its constraints plainly on the surface (29 tools, freemium with a free-forever tier, no API key required, works with Claude Desktop and any MCP client, TypeScript, MIT licence, local storage so your data stays yours), and demonstrates the value with a concrete worked example rather than an abstract claim: a real-shaped client email about a Shopify redesign in, a proposal with discovery/design/build phases, deliverables, an investment table and next steps out. Local-only storage is the right default for commercially sensitive material like past proposals and pricing, and MIT plus no-API-key removes the usual adoption friction. Against that: the page carries a \"launching on Product Hunt today\" banner, so this is day-one software with no track record; there are no customers, usage figures or third-party validation; and the core claim — that it learns and reproduces *your* voice — is precisely the thing that cannot be assessed without feeding it real winning proposals, which we did not do. Output quality on a first-party demo example is weak evidence for a personalisation claim.",
    "voice": "Hlido Editor",
    "as_of": "2026-08-07",
    "editor_signature_pending": true
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  "tier_rationale": "FADING (68) — well-scoped, sensibly defaulted (local storage, MIT, no API key) and demonstrated with a concrete worked example rather than an abstraction. Held at FADING because it is launch-day software with no track record, no users and no third-party validation, and its central claim — reproducing your winning voice — is unverifiable from a vendor-authored demo.",
  "what_it_does_well": [
    "Tightly scoped to one job — brief in, send-ready proposal out — with no feature sprawl",
    "Local storage by default: past proposals and pricing never leave the machine",
    "No API key required, MIT licensed, free-forever tier — minimal adoption friction",
    "Concrete worked example (real-shaped brief → structured proposal with phases, deliverables, investment table)",
    "29 MCP tools; works with Claude Desktop and any MCP client",
    "States its constraints openly on the landing page rather than burying them"
  ],
  "what_it_fails_at": [
    "Launch-day project (Product Hunt banner live) — no track record whatsoever",
    "No customers, usage figures, or third-party validation",
    "The core personalisation claim is unverifiable from a vendor-authored demo",
    "Proposal quality depends entirely on the corpus of past proposals a user supplies — unaddressed on the surface",
    "Freemium boundary is not specified: what the free-forever tier excludes is unclear",
    "Not tested by us with real winning proposals, which is the only meaningful test"
  ],
  "best_for": [
    "Freelancers and small agencies who write similar proposals repeatedly",
    "Claude Desktop users who want drafting inside their existing workflow",
    "Anyone unwilling to upload commercially sensitive pricing to a cloud service"
  ],
  "not_recommended_for": [
    "Teams needing collaborative review, approvals or version control on proposals",
    "Buyers who require a track record before trusting client-facing output",
    "Users without a body of past proposals for it to learn from"
  ],
  "red_flags": [],
  "compared_to": [],
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      "source": "https://jabbawocky.github.io/proposalcraft/",
      "tested_at": "2026-08-07",
      "verified": true
    },
    {
      "claim": "29 tools, TypeScript, MIT licence, no API key required",
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      "verified": true
    },
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      "claim": "Local storage — user data stays on the machine",
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      "verified": true
    },
    {
      "claim": "Freemium with a free-forever tier",
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      "tested_at": "2026-08-07",
      "verified": false
    },
    {
      "claim": "Launching on Product Hunt on the day of review — no track record",
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    }
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    "has_api": false,
    "has_cli": false,
    "has_mcp": true,
    "has_webhook": false,
    "has_sdk": false,
    "behavioral_testable": true,
    "agent_integration_path": "MCP-native: 29 tools invoked from Claude Desktop or any MCP client, with no separate UI. The agent does the drafting inside the user's existing assistant.",
    "agent_friendly_score": 8
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      "required": true,
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    {
      "id": "primary_value_prop",
      "pass": true,
      "required": true,
      "evidence": "'Win more clients. Write fewer proposals.'",
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    },
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      "id": "cta_present",
      "pass": true,
      "required": true,
      "evidence": "'Install free' / 'Get started free'",
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    },
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      "pass": true,
      "required": false,
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    },
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      "id": "evidence_or_demo",
      "pass": true,
      "required": false,
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  "_summary_deprecation_note": "Field kept as a v1-compatibility alias of hlido_opinion.headline. New consumers should read hlido_opinion.{headline,body,voice,as_of} for the canonical Hlido-owned opinion.",
  "staleness_after": "2026-11-07",
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  "next_review_due_at": "2026-11-07",
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    "cop_signatory": null,
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    "source": "backlog-clear-2026-08-07"
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      "pass": true,
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    "basis": "Derived from Hlido-held evidence only (engine checklist + editorial text); quotes are verbatim from the scorecard; not vendor-supplied; re-derived daily. Verify current prices on the vendor's pricing page.",
    "derived_at": "2026-08-21"
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