How It All Connects

Trace how a single thought becomes strategy through every Foundry surface

Foundry's power is not in any single feature, it's in how objects move through the system and accumulate context as they go. A raw thought captured in 10 seconds can become a scored opportunity, a funded project, a logged decision, a reusable asset, and a lesson in your weekly review.

This module traces that full path so you can see how every surface relates to every other.

You're on a call and hear something interesting. You press Cmd+Shift+K (global capture shortcut) and type: "Competitor just dropped their enterprise tier — opportunity to position as the affordable alternative."

What happens:

• A new Idea is created at RAW status


• It appears in your Vault (the idea library)


• It appears in Today as a stale capture if you don't process it within 7 days


• The Recommendations engine starts watching: if you tag it and the tag appears on 3+ other ideas, it will suggest RECURRING_THEME

A few days later, your triage queue has 6 items. You open Triage and start scoring.

For your competitor idea, you score all 16 criteria. The system computes a weighted score of 72/100 and suggests EXPLORE_ACTIVELY. You agree and assign that outcome.

What happens:

• The idea moves from RAW → IN_TRIAGE → CLASSIFIED


• An OpportunityScore record is created with all 16 scores


• The outcome label (EXPLORE_ACTIVELY) is attached


• If you have the Pro plan, you could have clicked AI Score to get AI-suggested scores first, then adjusted

The scored opportunity sits in your vault. During your next weekly review, you see it in the "High-potential ideas" section. You decide to act on it.

You go to Decisions → New Decision and log: "Decided to reposition product as the affordable enterprise alternative." You fill in reasoning, alternatives considered, assumptions, and what would prove you wrong. You set a revisit date 30 days out.

Then you go to Projects and create a new project: "Enterprise Repositioning." You link it to the decision. You set the energy type to COMPOUNDING.

What happens:

• A DecisionLog record is created with full context


• The decision appears in Today when its revisit date arrives


• A new Project is created (capacity-checked against your Focus limit)


• A LinkRelation connects the decision to the project


• The project appears on the Focus page with energy classification


• The project appears on the Architecture diagram

You start working on the repositioning. You promise your advisor: "I'll send you the revised positioning doc by Thursday." You log this as a Commitment linked to the project.

As you work, you write journal entries on the project detail page: progress notes, blockers, small wins. These feed the project's health score.

What happens:

• The Commitment appears on Today and the Commitments page


• It's filterable by person (your advisor) before your next call


• Journal entries increase the project's health score


• The Focus page shows this project's sub-projects (if any) with purple connector lines


• Any linked projects show in yellow on the Focus card

During the repositioning work, you develop a pricing comparison framework that's genuinely reusable. You go back to the original idea in the Vault and click Convert to Asset.

You set the asset type to BUSINESS_FRAMEWORK, mark it as reusable, and link it to the project.

What happens:

• The idea status changes to CONVERTED


• A new Asset record is created in the Vault


• The asset is linked to the source idea and the project


• The Recommendations engine may suggest this asset for other projects via CONVERT_TO_ASSET recommendations

Sunday. You open Weekly Review and go through the 5-step ritual:

1. Commitments — your advisor commitment is done, you check it off
2. Reflect — you write a short reflection on the week
3. Clear Queue — you park 2 stale captures
4. Wins & Learnings — you log the pricing framework as a win, save it as a learning asset
5. Intentions — you set 3 intentions for next week

If you're on Pro, you click AI Summary and get: "Strong week. Top win: pricing framework created. Biggest risk: no customer validation on the new positioning yet. Suggested focus: schedule 3 customer calls before committing further."

What happens:

• A WeeklyFocusSnapshot is saved


• Your intentions appear on Today for the next 7 days


• The learning asset goes to the Vault


• The AI summary (if used) gives you a strategic second opinion


• The Focus page's "This Week's Focus" section updates

30 days later. The decision revisit appears on Today: "Revisit: Reposition as affordable enterprise alternative."

You open the decision. You read your original reasoning, assumptions, and what-would-prove-wrong conditions. You look at the evidence from 30 days of execution.

You record the verdict: VALIDATED — the repositioning is working, early customer feedback is positive.

What happens:

• The decision status changes to VALIDATED


• The revisit is cleared from Today


• The decision remains in your permanent log as a reference


• If you'd chosen PROVED_WRONG, you'd create a new decision (the replacement) and mark this one SUPERSEDED, with a REPLACES relationship linking them

Every object in Foundry can connect to others:

The Architecture Diagram visualizes project-to-project relationships as a network. Yellow curved lines are cross-project links. Purple lines are parent-child hierarchies.

When you're unsure how two things relate, create a Relationship. When you revisit it later, the link will remind you why you connected them.