Welcome to the IT Pro Partner centralized documentation site.
"},{"location":"#projects","title":"Projects","text":"Project Description Repo ITPP Infrastructure Server inventory, DNS, architecture Repo ITPP Standards Documentation standards & templates Repo TransitPin White-label transportation portal Repo HomeLab Home lab infrastructure automation Repo Scripts Operations and automation scripts Repo FleetTracker360 GPS fleet tracking platform Repo Shark Game Shark Attack Fantasy League Repo VerdictTank Product review and validation platform Repo Apex Track Track event management Repo BoxPilot Logistics operations platform Repo OSINT Tool OSINT people search & skip tracing Repo LaunchCheck Startup validation SaaS Repo"},{"location":"#about","title":"About","text":"This site is auto-generated by mkdocs-material from source repositories hosted on Gitea. Rebuilt nightly via Gitea Actions.
"},{"location":"apex-track/","title":"apex-track","text":"Owner: Germaine | Status: PLANNED Last Updated: 2026-08-09
Apex Track is a track event and racing experience management platform. Designed for track day organizers, racing clubs, and motorsport venues to manage event scheduling, participant registration, timing and scoring, and live results publishing.
"},{"location":"apex-track/#tech-stack","title":"Tech Stack","text":"git clone https://git.itpropartner.com/ippadmin/apex-track.git\ncd apex-track\n# Project in early planning phase \u2014 implementation to follow\nOwner: Germaine | Status: PLANNED Last Updated: 2026-08-09
BoxPilot is a logistics operations platform for freight, shipping, and delivery management. Designed to streamline dispatch, route optimization, carrier management, and shipment tracking for logistics operations.
"},{"location":"boxpilot/#tech-stack","title":"Tech Stack","text":"git clone https://git.itpropartner.com/ippadmin/boxpilot.git\ncd boxpilot\n# Project in early planning phase \u2014 implementation to follow\nSelf-hosted GPS tracking using Traccar (open source) with live dashboard, ETA predictions, vehicle telemetry, and Sho'Nuff integration.
"},{"location":"fleettracker360/#architecture","title":"Architecture","text":"iPhone (Traccar Client) \u2192 Traccar Server (Docker) \u2192 HERE Maps API (traffic)\nOBD2 dongles \u2192 \u2192 Sho'Nuff (ETAs, alerts)\nGarrison's iPhone \u2192 \u2192 Live Dashboard (ops portal)\nfleettracker/\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 README.md <- This file\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 server/ <- Docker compose, Traccar config\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 dashboard/ <- Frontend HTML/CSS/JS\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 api/ <- Scripts for Sho'Nuff integration\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 ideas/ <- Feature ideas, mockups, research\n/login.html \u2014 dark navy theme, animated grid backgroundfilter.enable=true (Kalman smoothing)filter.accuracy=30 (reject cell tower triangulation >30m)filter.distance=5 (ignore micro-jitter <5m)geolocation.enable=true (road snapping via Nominatim)motion: auto-detect transport mode (walking/cycling/driving/flying)gpsQuality: tag fix accuracy (excellent/good/fair/poor)Proxmox, QNAP, and home network management. Last updated: 2026-08-09
"},{"location":"homelab/#hosts","title":"Hosts","text":"Host IP Role Version vm-host-01 10.1.1.100 Proxmox \u2014 docker-host-01, adguard-home PVE 8.4.1 (kernel 6.8.12-10-pve) vm-host-02 10.1.1.110 Proxmox \u2014 cleared for GPU PVE 8.4.1 (kernel 6.8.12-10-pve) QNAP TS-1635 10.1.1.40 Shared storage, 4 pools Firmware 5.2.7 docker-host-01 10.1.1.14 Docker services (13 containers) VM 105 on vm-host-01 MikroTik router 10.1.1.1 Gateway, WireGuard/L2TP endpoint \u2014"},{"location":"homelab/#connectivity","title":"Connectivity","text":"Tunnel Type Status Notes Core \u2194 MikroTik WireGuard (wg0) \u2705 Up Core's wg0, port 51821 Core \u2194 MikroTik L2TP \u2705 Up SSH:shonuff@192.168.88.1 MikroTik \u2192 LAN Route \u2705 Up 10.1.0.0/24 reachable from Core"},{"location":"homelab/#ssh-access","title":"SSH Access","text":"homelab (ed25519) at /root/.ssh/homelab/share/CACHEDEV4_DATA CACHEDEV5_DATA 14.9T 31% (4.6T) /share/CACHEDEV5_DATA CACHEDEV6_DATA 15.9T 38% (6.1T) /share/CACHEDEV6_DATA CACHEDEV7_DATA 1.0T 4% (40.8G) /share/CACHEDEV7_DATA, ISO export NFS exports on Proxmox hosts (as of Aug 9): - qnap-nfs-backups \u2014 10.1.1.40:/ISO \u2192 /mnt/pve/qnap-nfs-backups (1TB) - qnap-nfs-iso \u2014 10.1.1.40:/ISO \u2192 /mnt/pve/qnap-nfs-iso (1TB) - \u26a0\ufe0f qnap-nfs (VM migration storage) mount point /mnt/pve/qnap-nfs does not exist on vm-host-01
CLEARED \u2014 no VMs. Ready for GPU installation.
"},{"location":"homelab/#dns","title":"DNS","text":"10.1.1.14http://10.1.1.14:8080/login.html53dns1.itpropartner.com)10.1.1.10) \u2014 VM stopped, secondary DNS unavailableDo not use http://10.1.1.14:80 for AdGuard administration; that port serves NGINX Proxy Manager.
state-2026-08-09.md \u2014 current state snapshotstate-2026-07-21.md \u2014 previous state (pre-August audit)state-2026-07-21.md) \u2014 VM inventory, service listing, and migration state capturedLast Updated: July 17, 2026 Maintainer: Sho'Nuff
"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/#server-inventory","title":"Server Inventory","text":""},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/#core-server","title":"Core Server","text":"All providers use direct API keys. GPT-5.5 quality survives through admin-ai \u2192 OpenRouter, then degrades through DeepSeek \u2192 Gemini \u2192 Grok.
# Model Provider Gateway Primary GPT-5.5 admin-ai Self-hosted LiteLLM (app1) Fallback 1 GPT-5.5 OpenRouter openrouter.ai Fallback 2 DeepSeek v4 Pro DeepSeek api.deepseek.com Fallback 3 Gemini 3.5 Flash Google generativelanguage.googleapis.com Fallback 4 Grok 4.5 xAI api.x.aiCredits (Jul 17): DeepSeek $58, OpenRouter ~$30 remaining, OpenAI/xAI/Google on pay-as-you-go Health check: Daily 8 AM cron (model-usage-check)
itpropartner.com uses SiteGround nameservers exclusively. A Cloudflare zone exists (0dc20632\u2026) but is NOT authoritative \u2014 records created there silently fail. All *.itpropartner.com changes must be manual through SiteGround panel.
core.itpropartner.com \u2192 static files\nsign.core.itpropartner.com \u2192 localhost:3000 (DocuSeal)\nops.itpropartner.com \u2192 127.0.0.1:8090 + static\nuptimekuma.itpropartner.com \u2192 127.0.0.1:3001 (Uptime Kuma)\ngps.fleettracker360.com \u2192 app2:8082 (Traccar)\nmy.itpropartner.com \u2192 static files\nportal.debtrecoveryexperts.com \u2192 static files\nvault.iamgmb.com \u2192 localhost:8080 (Vaultwarden)\nsign.iamgmb.com \u2192 127.0.0.1:8090\nshark.iamgmb.com \u2192 static + :8083\nai.itpropartner.com \u2192 :3000 (Open WebUI)\nn8n.itpropartner.com \u2192 :5678 (n8n)\nadmin-ai.itpropartner.com \u2192 :4000 (LiteLLM)\napp1.itpropartner.com \u2192 static response\nhudu.itpropartner.com \u2192 Hudu internal\ngps.fleettracker360.com \u2192 :8082 (Traccar)\nunms.forefrontwireless.com \u2192 UNMS Nginx\nunifi.itpropartner.com \u2192 :8443 (UniFi)\nitpp-infra (deployed to all servers)ippadmin (sudo privileges)ssh -i /root/.ssh/itpp-infra root@152.53.192.33UFW is enabled on all servers. Standard rules: - Core: 22, 80, 443, 3000, 3001, 3002, 8080, 8082, 8090, 8443, 9090 - app1: 22, 80, 443, 3000, 5678, 8899, 8900, 8901, 8902, 8903 - app2: 22, 80, 443, 3000, 8080, 8082, 8089, 8443, 8843, 3478, 10001, 5000:5150 - app3: 22, 80, 443, 8443
"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/#ssl","title":"SSL","text":"All SSL certificates issued via Let's Encrypt through Caddy. All certs auto-renew. No manual management needed.
"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/#notes","title":"Notes","text":"itpropartner.com uses SiteGround nameservers. Cloudflare zone is NOT authoritative. Always verify with dig NS domain.com before creating records./root/.my.cnf on app3, accessible via 127.0.0.1:3306./home/clp/htdocs/app/data/db.sq3 \u2014 users live here, not in MySQL./opt/awscli-venv/bin/aws or source /opt/awscli-venv/bin/activate \u2014 aws bare fails in cron context (PATH doesn't include venv bin). Documented in server-provisioning-standard v1.3.0.aws: command not found, wrong file paths, S3 permission issues) won't surface otherwise./root/projects/itpp-infrastructureTechnitium DNS was deployed on app2. During the Caddyfile rewrite to add dns1.itpropartner.com, two existing services were dropped:
reverse_proxy localhost:80 failed because UNMS nginx exposes port 443 (via host 8444), not port 80. Fixed by proxying via HTTPS with tls_insecure_skip_verify.reverse_proxy 127.0.0.1:3001.docker ps output BEFORE rewriting Caddyfilecurl -sk after Caddy reload{\n default_bind 152.53.39.202\n auto_https disable_redirects\n}\ndns1.itpropartner.com:443 \u2192 127.0.0.1:5380\ngps.fleettracker360.com:443 \u2192 localhost:8082\nfleettracker360.com:443 \u2192 localhost:8082\nunms.forefrontwireless.com:443 \u2192 https://localhost:8444 (tls_insecure_skip_verify)\nunifi.itpropartner.com:443 \u2192 https://localhost:8443 (tls_insecure_skip_verify)\nhudu.itpropartner.com:443 \u2192 localhost:3000\ngit.itpropartner.com:443 \u2192 127.0.0.1:3001\nTrigger: $46 additional unexpected spend on top of $155.76/3-day burn. Root cause: Unlimited LiteLLM key + GPT-5.6 Terra as default gateway model with no enforced budget, session-size, or model-allowlist guardrails.
"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/cost-control-rollout-2026-07-24/#changes-deployed","title":"Changes Deployed","text":""},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/cost-control-rollout-2026-07-24/#1-litellm-new-constrained-team-key","title":"1. LiteLLM \u2014 New constrained team + key","text":"hermes-normal-ops: $3.33 rolling daily cap + $100 rolling 30-day cap, 30 RPM, 250K TPM, max 3 parallel requests.hermes-normal-ops-daily-capped (...I3gQ): Hard $3.33/day, model-restricted to approved list only.claude-sonnet-5, deepseek-v4-pro, deepseek-v4-flash, glm-5.2, MiniMax-M3, qwen3.7-plus.sk-...itzA: blocked (blocked=t in DB).claude-sonnet-5 (admin-ai/LiteLLM proxy).deepseek-v4-pro \u2192 deepseek-v4-flash (admin-ai only).deepseek-v4-pro, fallback deepseek-v4-flash.blocked = t.admin-ai at https://admin-ai.itpropartner.com/v1/.Generated: 2026-07-23 Sanitized: 2026-07-23 (plaintext secrets replaced with storage references) Scope: All SSH keys, API tokens, service credentials, device keys, and passwords across the infrastructure \u26a0\ufe0f SENSITIVE: All credential values live in the listed storage locations. See Hudu for API keys (layout 49).
"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/key-inventory/#1-ssh-keys","title":"1. SSH Keys","text":"Key Name File Type Fingerprint (SHA256) Purpose Deployed To itpp-infra/root/.ssh/itpp-infra ED25519 Jxh0bbT9dUV3q1DYYB3hHyhy/1TDj7Q8U4xrVmB38uQ Universal server admin key All servers (Core, app1, app2, app3, wphost02, app1-bu, home router) wisp_rsa /root/.ssh/wisp_rsa ED25519 MxQw1oh90NibSgN2mDbKP+07/jE4FEUEBbFAzuk5DcI WISP MikroTik CCR router SSH Home CCR router (10.77.0.2 via WireGuard) germaine-personal /root/.ssh/germaine-personal ED25519 dDbLH+bdPFcGU0mm1DpGa43ec0nUZ88YnpCi4p63y3I Germaine's personal key (from his machines) Germaine's devices \u2192 Core homelab /root/.ssh/homelab ED25519 c1nts4wR9EU06/O/k895Pb2tGZublgnGWG6NoQrK/qs Homelab Proxmox/QNAP access vm-host-01, vm-host-02, QNAP NAS siteground.key /root/.ssh/siteground.key RSA (encrypted) N/A (RSA, encrypted) SiteGround SFTP backup (port 18765) SiteGround shared hosting authorized_keys /root/.ssh/authorized_keys \u2014 \u2014 Who can SSH into Core Core (this server)"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/key-inventory/#ssh-key-details","title":"SSH Key Details","text":"itpp-infra.pub: ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAII4dxTH11aJkBqCY8lXl1kTfZ8yXWhTcthHnt1MtAuIE itpp-infra\nwisp_rsa.pub: ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIDnI4UwwPL8gJvtP/Jr7qiw0Qj/bQBwi2+f03p730xvn wisp-backup\ngermaine-personal.pub: ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAID2H/2VMn8i7YSUUpcag6yXiI6nB3T99h7JIOs5/+73r germaine@itppartner\nhomelab.pub: ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIHT+727Cti4cZ2x6CiYDeDKZ9BhvCJCzTHlO9vMInHie homelab-itpp\nStorage: Hudu (Vaultwarden asset) + /root/.hermes/.env (netcup CCP section)
itpp-infra key, password auth disabled app1 152.53.36.131 netcup RS 4000 Via root or ippadmin+sudo Root password in Vaultwarden app2 152.53.39.202 netcup RS 4000 Via root or ippadmin+sudo Root password in Vaultwarden app3 152.53.241.111 netcup RS 4000 Via root or ippadmin+sudo Root password in Vaultwarden app1-bu 5.161.114.8 Hetzner CPX11 itpp-infra SSH key Warm standby, offline by default"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/key-inventory/#admin-account-all-servers","title":"Admin Account (all servers)","text":"ippadminitpp-infra)Storage: All in ~/.hermes/.env + Hudu API assets (layout 49)
/root/.hermes/scripts/.hetzner_token + /root/.hermes/.env \u2705 Verified Jul 22 Cloudflare DNS [165] ~/.hermes/.env \u2192 CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN \u2705 Active (verified by health check) Wasabi S3 [176] /root/.aws/credentials \u2705 Active netcup API [166] ~/.hermes/.env \u2192 NETCUP_API_KEY \u2705 Active netcup CCP [167] ~/.hermes/.env \u2192 NETCUP_CUSTOMER_NUMBER + NETCUP_CCP_PASSWORD \u2705 Active Gitea (OLD/DEAD) \u2014 \u26a0\ufe0f EXPIRED \u2014 still in homelab + itpp-infrastructure remotes \u274c INVALID (verified Jul 23) Gitea (ACTIVE) \u2014 All other repos + gitea-backup.sh \u2014 ippadmin \u2705 Active (verified Jul 23)"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/key-inventory/#4-ai-provider-api-keys","title":"4. AI Provider API Keys","text":"All stored in /root/.hermes/.env and Hudu API assets (layout 49).
Storage: All in ~/.hermes/.env + Hudu API assets (layout 49)
~/.hermes/.env \u2192 TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN \u2705 Active Twilio (Live) [184] Twilio Live ~/.hermes/.env \u2192 TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID + TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN \u2705 Active Twilio (Test) [185] Twilio Test ~/.hermes/.env \u2192 TWILIO_TEST_ACCOUNT_SID + TWILIO_TEST_AUTH_TOKEN \u2705 Active Twilio API Key [186] Twilio API Key ~/.hermes/.env \u2192 TWILIO_API_KEY_SID + TWILIO_API_KEY_SECRET \u2705 Active ElevenLabs [148] ~/.hermes/config.yaml (auxiliary vision / TTS) \u2705 Active Email SMTP/IMAP \u2014 /root/.config/himalaya/shonuff.pass \u2705 Active Email account \u2014 shonuff@germainebrown.com \u2014 MXroute via mail.germainebrown.com:2525 (SMTP) / :993 (IMAP) \u2705 Active"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/key-inventory/#6-voip-ringlogix","title":"6. VoIP / RingLogix","text":"Storage: ~/.hermes/.env + Hudu API assets
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~/.hermes/.env \u2192 SYNCROMSP_API_TOKEN + SYNCROMSP_API_KEY \u2705 Active Bitdefender GZ [172] ~/.hermes/.env \u2192 BITDEFENDER_API_KEY \u2705 Active VirusTotal [171] ~/.hermes/.env \u2192 VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY \u2705 Active UISP/UNMS [173] ~/.hermes/.env \u2192 UISP_API_KEY \u2705 Active"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/key-inventory/#8-search-data-apis","title":"8. Search & Data APIs","text":"Service Hudu Asset Storage Status Firecrawl [164] ~/.hermes/.env \u2192 FIRECRAWL_API_KEY \u2705 Active Exa AI Search [163] ~/.hermes/.env \u2192 EXA_API_KEY \u2705 Active"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/key-inventory/#9-database-credentials","title":"9. Database Credentials","text":"Database Host User Password Location Purpose MySQL (apex track) 127.0.0.1:33060 (SSH tunnel from wphost02) apextrackexperience_1781549652 wp-config.php on wphost02 Apex Track Experience WordPress MySQL (CloudPanel) app3:3306 root /root/.my.cnf on app3 (also in Vaultwarden) CloudPanel WordPress hosting LiteLLM Postgres app1 (Docker) (in docker-compose) /root/docker/litellm/docker-compose.yml on app1 LiteLLM operational DB"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/key-inventory/#10-docker-services","title":"10. Docker Services","text":"Service URL Credential Location Storage Vaultwarden vault.itpropartner.com / vault.iamgmb.com Admin Token \u2192 /root/docker/vaultwarden/.env on Core Docker env file DRE Portal portal.debtrecoveryexperts.com Basic Auth (htpasswd) /etc/caddy/dre-passwd SearXNG (internal, no public endpoint) (none) \u2014 DocuSeal sign.core.itpropartner.com / sign.iamgmb.com (none / app-managed) \u2014 Uptime Kuma uptimekuma.itpropartner.com (app-managed) \u2014 Open WebUI admin-ai.itpropartner.com admin@itpropartner.com (password: ask Sho'Nuff) Not in .env Mealie recipe.iamgmb.com G@germainebrown.com (password \u2192 Vaultwarden) Vaultwarden Ops Portal ops.itpropartner.com ippadmin (password \u2192 ~/.hermes/.env) ~/.hermes/.env"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/key-inventory/#11-vpn-network-keys","title":"11. VPN & Network Keys","text":""},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/key-inventory/#wireguard-core","title":"WireGuard (Core)","text":"Item Value Interface wg0 Core Private Key \u2192 /etc/wireguard/wg0.conf on Core Core IP 10.77.0.1/24 Listen Port 51821 Home Peer Public Key 1fPwdGQ20CxlZCQZQV134olDcE91hfp78yNDeaKJZzg= Home Peer Endpoint 76.195.7.60:13231 Routed Networks 10.1.0.0/16, 10.2.0.0/16, 172.16.1.0/24, 172.18.18.0/24"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/key-inventory/#tailscale","title":"Tailscale","text":"Node IP Type Status core 100.71.155.7 Linux \u2705 Online app1 100.90.186.109 Linux \u2705 Online app2 100.117.164.66 Linux \u2705 Online app3 100.72.15.12 Linux \u2705 Online app1-bu 100.112.23.21 Linux \u26a0\ufe0f Offline (7d) iphone-15-pro-max 100.106.231.86 iOS \u2705 Online ipp-g-lap 100.120.64.120 macOS \u2705 Online m4-mac-mini 100.116.232.65 macOS \u2705 Online"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/key-inventory/#12-unifi-udm-pro-device-keys","title":"12. UniFi / UDM Pro Device Keys","text":"Site Key Location Type Status Grand Lake Club UniFi Network Controller \u2192 Settings \u2192 API Local Network API Key \u2705 Stored, pending direct verification Liberty Tire UniFi Network Controller \u2192 Settings \u2192 API Local Network API Key \u2705 Stored, pending direct verification"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/key-inventory/#13-unknown-not-found","title":"13. Unknown / Not Found","text":"The following credentials are known to exist but were not found in the standard locations:
Item Notes Open WebUI admin password Recovery manual says \"in .env or ask Sho'Nuff\" \u2014 NOT in current .env. Must ask Germaine. Hudu API key In skill docs (hudu-management) \u2014 used programmatically, not in .env. Traccar/FleetTracker360 admin Not in .env. May be Docker env or app-managed. Twenty CRM credentials Docker on Core, env at /root/docker/twenty/.env (not read). WordPress site DB passwords Various sites, typically in wp-config.php on wphost02 or app3. app1-bu root password Hetzner CPX11 \u2014 accessed via itpp-infra SSH key only. ComfyUI / Z4 GPU server allocated for TripFlow \u2014 credentials not yet documented. Home MikroTik admin SSH via admin@10.77.0.2 with wisp_rsa key. RouterOS password in router config (not extracted)."},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/key-inventory/#14-key-rotation-audit-notes","title":"14. Key Rotation & Audit Notes","text":"If Core is lost, you need these to rebuild (in order): 1. /root/.ssh/itpp-infra \u2014 SSH to all servers 2. /root/.hermes/.env \u2014 All API keys and secrets 3. /root/.aws/credentials \u2014 S3 access for backups 4. /root/.hermes/config.yaml \u2014 Full Hermes config 5. /root/.config/himalaya/shonuff.pass \u2014 Email access
All API keys are documented as Hudu assets. List them via:
GET https://hudu.itpropartner.com/api/v1/companies/1/assets?page=1&per_page=25\nasset_layout_id == 49 to see all API keys with their Hudu asset IDs and storage locations."},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/model-chain/","title":"AI Model Chain \u2014 IT Pro Partner","text":"Updated: July 24, 2026
"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/model-chain/#active-fallback-chain","title":"Active Fallback Chain","text":"Tier Model Provider Notes Primaryclaude-sonnet-5 admin-ai Conductor via LiteLLM ($3.33/day cap) Fallback 1 (F1) deepseek-v4-pro deepseek Direct DeepSeek API Fallback 2 (F2) gpt-5.6-terra admin-ai Demoted from Primary via LiteLLM ($3.33/day cap) Fallback 3 (F3) grok-4.5 (grok-2-1212) xai Direct xAI API Fallback 4 (F4) gemini-3.6-flash google Direct Google API"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/model-chain/#admin-ai-virtual-key","title":"Admin-AI Virtual Key","text":"0237186aaff1ed90295c00d73103103900d4bd07252ec1806af8a4358e45d37aclaude-sonnet-5, gpt-5.6-terra, deepseek-v4-pro, deepseek-v4-flash, glm-5.2, MiniMax-M3, qwen3.7-plus~/.hermes/.env)/root/projects/ops-portal/README.md + CHANGELOG.md/root/projects/backup-restore/README.md + CHANGELOG.mdMaster index of all internal and client projects.
Added: July 21, 2026 Version: 2.1.0
"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/super-search-cf-bypass/#extraction-chain","title":"Extraction Chain","text":"Tier Provider What it handles Fallback Trigger 1 Trafilatura Normal sites Error OR CF challenge detected 2 Browserless Chrome CF-protected sites Chrome render + Trafilatura 3 Firecrawl Everything else API-based extraction"},{"location":"itpp-infrastructure/super-search-cf-bypass/#cf-detection","title":"CF Detection","text":"Nine detection markers for caught challenge pages (from Hound's code + additional): - cf-turnstile, challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile - cf_chl_opt, __cf_chl - cf-browser-verification, challenge-platform, cf-mitigated - \"Checking your browser\", \"Just a moment\"
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Static HTML + vanilla JS over React/Vue: 11-page dashboard with no SPA routing. Auth via localStorage JWT. Zero build step, zero dependencies beyond ops.css.
JWT over session cookies: Cross-page auth without server-side session state. Token survives page navigations and ops-portal restarts (persistent JWT_SECRET in .env).
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Canonical documentation standards, templates, and CI workflows for all IT Pro Partner repositories. Use this repo as a Gitea template when creating new projects, or copy individual templates as needed.
"},{"location":"itpp-standards/#whats-inside","title":"What's Inside","text":"templates/ \u2014 README, CHANGELOG, DESIGN.md, and MkDocs config templates for new projectstemplates/gitea-ci/ \u2014 Reusable Gitea Actions workflows (docs lint, link check, spell check).markdownlint.json \u2014 Standard Markdown linting rules for all ITPP repos.gitignore \u2014 Canonical .gitignore for Python, Node.js, secrets, and build artifacts# Option 1: Use as Gitea template\n# In Gitea UI: New Repository \u2192 From Template: itpp-standards\n\n# Option 2: Copy templates into existing repo\ngit clone https://git.itpropartner.com/ippadmin/<your-repo>.git\ncp /path/to/itpp-standards/templates/repo-readme.md <your-repo>/README.md\ncp /path/to/itpp-standards/templates/repo-changelog.md <your-repo>/CHANGELOG.md\ncp /path/to/itpp-standards/.gitignore <your-repo>/\ncp /path/to/itpp-standards/templates/gitea-ci/docs-check.yml <your-repo>/.gitea/workflows/\nOwner: Germaine | Status: PLANNED Last Updated: 2026-08-09 Tagline: Validate your idea before you build it.
LaunchCheck is a startup validation SaaS built for pre-revenue founders who need to understand their competitive landscape before writing code. It delivers competitive landscape reports, pricing comparisons, feature benchmarking, OSINT dossiers on key competitors, and investor-ready summary PDFs \u2014 powered by the Super Search v2 engine that drives IntelSight, IT Pro Partner's enterprise-grade intelligence platform.
"},{"location":"launchcheck/#whats-inside","title":"What's Inside","text":"docs/ \u2014 Product documentation and researchcompetitive-analysis.md \u2014 Full competitive landscape for IntelSight (enterprise CI) and LaunchCheck (startup validation)launchcheck-business-proposal.md \u2014 Business proposal with market analysis, revenue model, GTM strategy, and financial projectionsgit clone https://git.itpropartner.com/ippadmin/launchcheck.git\ncd launchcheck\n# Review docs/ for product spec and competitive analysis\nLast Updated: July 2026 Products Analyzed: IntelSight (enterprise competitive intelligence) + LaunchCheck (startup validation) Shared Platform: Super Search v2 + Premium APIs + LLM Synthesis
"},{"location":"launchcheck/competitive-analysis/#table-of-contents","title":"Table of Contents","text":"IntelSight and LaunchCheck operate in two distinct but overlapping markets: enterprise competitive intelligence ($1.46B by 2030, ~20% CAGR per Mordor Intelligence) and startup validation (a fragmented, emerging market with no clear leader). Both products share the same infrastructure backbone \u2014 Super Search v2, premium APIs (Crunchbase, Hunter.io), and LLM synthesis via deepseek-v4-pro \u2014 giving them structural cost advantages that no single competitor can match.
Key finding: IntelSight competes against incumbents charging 5\u201320\u00d7 more (Crayon $20K\u2013$40K/yr, Klue $20K\u2013$40K/yr) while offering uniquely deep OSINT enrichment and LLM-generated strategic content (SWOT reports, battle cards, war room dashboards) they don't. LaunchCheck has no direct competitor in the $49/mo \"investor-ready validation report\" niche \u2014 the market is dominated by either enterprise platforms (PitchBook $12K+/yr, CB Insights $60K+/yr) or shallow AI-opinion tools ($5\u2013$129 one-off) that lack source-linked evidence.
The platform moat: Both products benefit from shared infrastructure, enabling a founder-to-enterprise funnel no competitor can replicate. A founder who validates with LaunchCheck today becomes a natural IntelSight customer when their company reaches $2M+ revenue.
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This is an emerging, fragmented market with no clear category leader. The rise of \"vibe coding\" (shipping MVPs over a weekend) has made validation more urgent \u2014 43% of startups fail from poor product-market fit (CB Insights). Current options fall into three buckets:
Type Examples Price Range Core Limitation AI-Opinion Tools ValidatorAI, VenturusAI, ChatGPT Free \u2013 $49/mo LLM training data only; no live sources; can't verify claims Demand/Pain Evidence PainMap, WorthBuild, Trend Seeker $5 \u2013 $199 one-off Only answers \"is there pain?\" \u2014 doesn't grade business viability Enterprise Platforms PitchBook, CB Insights, Crunchbase $588 \u2013 $70K+/yr Built for investors, not founders; no validation framework; no deliverablesLaunchCheck's position: The only tool combining live-sourced evidence with a structured validation framework and investor-ready deliverables at a founder-accessible price ($49/mo).
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Dimension Crayon IntelSight Pricing ~$15K\u2013$100K+/yr (quote-based) $2,388\u2013$17,988/yr (transparent) Tiers Essentials ($15K\u2013$25K), Professional ($25K\u2013$60K), Enterprise ($60K+) Pro ($199/mo), Growth ($499/mo), Enterprise ($1,499+/mo) Core Capability Competitor monitoring + battle cards + win/loss SEO monitoring + review sentiment + Crunchbase + OSINT + battle cards + SWOT + war room Battle Cards Dynamic, automated LLM-generated, source-linked OSINT/Enrichment Web monitoring, social media 7-provider search + Hunter.io + Crunchbase + CourtListener + OpenCorporates AI Features AI classification, Win Story Insights deepseek-v4-pro synthesis across all data sources CRM Integration Salesforce, HubSpot Planned (API-first architecture) Target Enterprise CI programs Mid-market ops directors, marketing VPs, strategy teamsCrayon Strengths: - Market leader with G2 leader status and 3,000+ customers - Mature win/loss analysis module - Deep Salesforce/HubSpot integrations - Strong brand and analyst recognition (Forrester, Gartner)
Crayon Weaknesses: - Prohibitively expensive for mid-market ($15K minimum ACV) - No transparent pricing \u2014 all custom quotes, long sales cycles - No OSINT enrichment beyond web/social monitoring - No Crunchbase or Hunter.io integration - Battle cards require significant manual curation; AI features lag behind agentic competitors - Multi-year contracts with 90-day auto-renewal clauses - No multi-tenant architecture (single organization only)
Why IntelSight Wins Against Crayon: - 5\u201310\u00d7 price advantage with transparent, predictable pricing - OSINT depth no CI platform matches (7 search providers + CourtListener + OpenCorporates) - LLM-generated strategic content (SWOT reports, war room dashboards) that Crayon requires manual creation for - Multi-tenant architecture for agencies and consultancies \u2014 Crayon is single-org only - No long-term lock-in \u2014 monthly billing with no multi-year contracts
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Dimension Klue IntelSight Pricing ~$20K\u2013$40K+/yr (quote-based; no public pricing) $2,388\u2013$17,988/yr (transparent) Core Capability CI + Win-Loss analysis, Compete Agent (agentic AI) Full-spectrum CI + OSINT + strategic deliverables Battle Cards Industry-leading (9.5/10 G2); 10 auto-generated content categories LLM-generated from multi-source intelligence Win/Loss Full module (AI interviewer, expert interviews, transcript analysis) Not yet available (roadmap) OSINT/Enrichment Web monitoring, Gong/Teams call analysis, internal docs 7-provider search + Hunter.io + Crunchbase + CourtListener + OpenCorporates CRM Integration Salesforce, Slack, Gong, Microsoft 365, Teams Planned (API-first) Target Mid-market to enterprise B2B with dedicated CI/PMM teams Mid-market ops, strategy, marketing \u2014 no dedicated CI headcount requiredKlue Strengths: - Compete Agent (launched July 2025) \u2014 the strongest agentic AI in CI, with deal-specific coaching - Win-Loss module is best-in-class; acquired DoubleCheck Research, Goldpan.ai, Ignition - 250,000+ users across 1,000+ competitive programs - Blue-chip customers: Adobe, Shopify, Zendesk, Atlassian, Salesforce, Cisco, Dell, HubSpot - G2 leader in 4 categories; Forrester Strong Performer - Strong community (Compete Network)
Klue Weaknesses: - No public pricing \u2014 all terms require demo and custom quote - Requires dedicated CI/PMM professional \u2014 not self-serve; heavy platform management burden - No OSINT depth \u2014 web monitoring only; no Crunchbase, Hunter.io, CourtListener - Navigation difficulties when densely populated with data - Annual contracts only with 90-day auto-renewal - No free trial or free tier - No multi-tenant architecture - Win/Loss module is a separate product, not included in base CI
Why IntelSight Wins Against Klue: - 8\u201316\u00d7 cheaper with fully transparent pricing - No dedicated CI headcount required \u2014 IntelSight is designed for ops directors and strategy teams who can't justify a full-time CI role - OSINT breadth Klue cannot touch (public records, corporate registries, court documents) - Hunter.io email discovery \u2014 Klue has no equivalent - Multi-tenant for agencies holding multiple client competitive landscapes - Strategic deliverables (SWOT, war room) that go beyond Klue's sales-focused battle cards
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Dimension SEMrush + Kompyte IntelSight Pricing SEMrush: $117\u2013$456/mo; Kompyte: from $300/yr $199\u2013$1,499+/mo Core Capability SEO, PPC, content marketing + basic CI via Kompyte Purpose-built CI + OSINT + strategic intelligence Competitive Intel SEO competitive analysis (keywords, backlinks, traffic); Kompyte adds battle cards and web monitoring Full CI spectrum: SEO + reviews + Crunchbase + OSINT + LLM synthesis Battle Cards Yes (via Kompyte), CRM-integrated LLM-generated, source-linked OSINT/Enrichment None beyond web monitoring Full OSINT stack: 7 providers + Crunchbase + Hunter.io Target Digital marketers, SEO agencies CI and strategy professionalsSEMrush + Kompyte Strengths: - Best-in-class SEO data (43 trillion backlinks, 25 billion keywords) - Public company with massive scale (108,000+ paying customers) - Kompyte adds affordable CI ($300/yr starting) with CRM-integrated battle cards - Strong G2 ratings (4.5/5, 2,200+ reviews for SEMrush) - AI features advancing rapidly (Copilot, content generation)
SEMrush + Kompyte Weaknesses: - CI is an add-on, not the core product \u2014 CI features are fragmented across .Trends, Kompyte, and Market Explorer - No Crunchbase integration for funding/market data - No OSINT enrichment beyond digital presence - Kompyte is a small side business for Semrush ($10M acquisition vs $376M annual revenue) - Kompyte missing strategy/product/market intelligence use cases (per Contify analysis) - No review sentiment analysis - No SWOT reports or war room dashboards
Why IntelSight Wins Against SEMrush + Kompyte: - Purpose-built CI vs. SEO tool with CI bolted on - OSINT depth \u2014 SEMrush knows digital marketing, IntelSight knows company intelligence (funding, reviews, legal, corporate structure) - Unified platform \u2014 single dashboard vs. fragmented SEMrush + Kompyte experience - Crunchbase integration \u2014 critical funding/market context SEMrush lacks - SWOT + War Room \u2014 strategic deliverables SEMrush doesn't produce
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Dimension SimilarWeb IntelSight Pricing Starter $149/mo, Professional $399/mo, Enterprise ~$16K+/yr Pro $199/mo, Growth $499/mo, Enterprise $1,499+/mo Core Capability Website traffic estimation + digital competitive analysis Full-spectrum CI + OSINT + strategic intelligence CI Depth Traffic sources, audience demographics, engagement metrics SEO + reviews + funding + OSINT + email discovery + LLM synthesis Battle Cards No Yes (LLM-generated) OSINT/Enrichment No Full stack Target Marketing teams, investors, media buyers CI and strategy professionalsSimilarWeb Strengths: - Unmatched traffic estimation \u2014 no competitor matches their traffic data depth - Multiple product lines (Web, Sales, App, Shopper Intelligence) - Public company with institutional credibility - Strong for investor due diligence
SimilarWeb Weaknesses: - One-dimensional \u2014 traffic data only; no funding, reviews, OSINT, email discovery - No battle cards or sales enablement features - No SWOT or strategic deliverables - Enterprise pricing opaque and expensive ($16K+/yr) - Free tier extremely limited (5 results, 1 month data)
Why IntelSight Wins Against SimilarWeb: - Multi-dimensional intelligence \u2014 traffic is one of many signals IntelSight synthesizes - Actionable deliverables (battle cards, SWOT, war room) vs. raw traffic data - Crunchbase + Hunter.io integration for company/funding intelligence - LLM synthesis turns raw data into strategic insight
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Dimension Owler IntelSight Pricing Community (Free), Pro ($39/mo annual), Enterprise (custom) $199\u2013$1,499+/mo Core Capability Company news aggregation + basic competitive insights Full-spectrum CI + OSINT + strategic intelligence CI Depth News alerts, company profiles, competitor graph 7-provider search + SEO + reviews + Crunchbase + OSINT + email + LLM Battle Cards No Yes OSINT/Enrichment Basic company data Full OSINT stackOwler Strengths: - Free tier with real value \u2014 good for basic company monitoring - Simple, accessible UX - Meltwater's media intelligence ecosystem - AI-powered outreach suggestions (New Owler AI)
Owler Weaknesses: - Very shallow CI \u2014 mostly news aggregation; no SEO, reviews, funding, OSINT depth - No battle cards, SWOT reports, or war room dashboards - Limited free tier features; Pro at $39/mo still very basic - UI criticized as difficult to use - Limitations on number of tracked accounts
Why IntelSight Wins Against Owler: - Owler is fundamentally a different product category \u2014 news alerts vs. comprehensive CI - IntelSight does everything Owler does plus 10\u00d7 more depth - Owler's Pro tier at $39/mo validates that the market wants affordable CI but can't get depth at that price \u2014 IntelSight occupies the sweet spot between Owler's shallowness and Crayon/Klue's enterprise pricing
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IntelSight sits in the uncontested middle: $199\u2013$1,499/mo for depth that rivals the enterprise platforms plus unique capabilities (OSINT, Crunchbase, Hunter.io) none of them offer. The multi-tenant architecture opens an additional market (agencies, consultancies) that incumbents structurally cannot serve.
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Dimension Preuve AI LaunchCheck Pricing Free (Reality Check) / $29/mo (Full Report) $49/mo Method 10 AI agents across 50+ live sources Super Search v2 (7 providers) + Crunchbase + Hunter.io + LLM synthesis Source-Linked \u2705 Yes \u2014 every claim linked to source \u2705 Yes \u2014 all intelligence source-linked Competitor Mapping \u2705 With pricing \u2705 With pricing + feature benchmarking Market Sizing \u2705 \u2705 Demand/Pain Signals \u2705 (Reddit, HN, LinkedIn, etc.) \u2705 (7-provider search) OSINT Depth \u26a0\ufe0f Web sources only \u2705 Web + CourtListener + OpenCorporates + Crunchbase Investor-Ready PDF Report format, not investor-specific \u2705 Purpose-built investor-ready summary PDF Feature Benchmarking \u26a0\ufe0f Basic \u2705 Structured comparison tables Pricing Comparisons \u2705 \u2705 Blind Spot Detection \u2705 (3 pivot directions) \u2705 Founder Contact Discovery \u274c \u2705 Via Hunter.ioPreuve AI Strengths: - Excellent source-linking \u2014 every claim verifiable - 50+ live data sources per scan - Free tier available - Strong methodology (pain + demand + market size + competitors + blind spots)
Preuve AI Weaknesses: - One-person operation (founder-built, disclosed on their blog) - No Crunchbase or OSINT depth (CourtListener, OpenCorporates) - No email/contact discovery for competitor founders - Report format, not investor-ready deck - No multi-product strategy (validation only, no enterprise upsell path)
Why LaunchCheck Wins Against Preuve AI: - OSINT depth \u2014 CourtListener, OpenCorporates, and Crunchbase integration provide evidence Preuve can't access - Hunter.io integration \u2014 discover competitor founders' contact info - Investor-ready PDFs \u2014 formatted for pitch decks, not just research reports - Platform ecosystem \u2014 LaunchCheck users graduate to IntelSight (founder-to-enterprise funnel) - Crunchbase data \u2014 funding history, investor networks, market signals
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Dimension DimeADozen LaunchCheck Pricing Free (basic) / $129+ per report $49/mo (unlimited reports) Method AI analysis + sourced web data Multi-source search + Crunchbase + Hunter.io + LLM Source-Linked \u2705 Yes (web search) \u2705 Yes Report Format Long-form document Structured validation + investor-ready PDF OSINT \u274c \u2705 Subscription Model \u274c One-off reports \u2705 Monthly unlimitedDimeADozen Weaknesses: - Per-report pricing ($129+) \u2014 expensive if validating multiple ideas - No OSINT or structured company data - Document format, not investor deliverables - No Crunchbase or Hunter.io
Why LaunchCheck Wins: - $49/mo unlimited vs. $129+/report \u2014 3\u00d7 cheaper if validating even one idea per month - Subscription model matches founder behavior (iterate and re-validate) - Investor-ready deliverables built for the fundraising journey - OSINT + Crunchbase depth
"},{"location":"launchcheck/competitive-analysis/#3-validatorai-venturusai-ai-opinion-tools","title":"3. ValidatorAI & VenturusAI \u2014 AI-Opinion Tools","text":"ValidatorAI: Free / $49 | VenturusAI: Free / paid tiers
These tools represent the \"AI opinion\" category \u2014 they run your idea through an LLM and return analysis based on training data only. No live sources, no verification.
Their Weaknesses (shared): - No live data \u2014 output is LLM training data, not real market evidence - Can't verify claims \u2014 may hallucinate competitors or market sizes - No Crunchbase, OSINT, or structured data - \"Confident but wrong\" problem \u2014 sounds authoritative but unverifiable
Why LaunchCheck Wins: - Every claim source-linked \u2014 founders can verify, investors trust - Real-time data from 7 search providers + premium APIs - Evidence over opinion \u2014 the fundamental differentiator
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What it does: Database of 4M+ companies with funding rounds, investors, news.
Why it's NOT a LaunchCheck competitor: - Research tool, not validation tool \u2014 you see data, you don't get analysis - No competitive landscape snapshots \u2014 you build them manually - No pricing comparisons or feature benchmarking - No OSINT dossiers - No investor-ready PDFs \u2014 raw data exports, not formatted deliverables - No validation framework \u2014 no grading, no go/no-go verdict
However: Crunchbase's free tier provides basic company lookups that some founders use for DIY research. LaunchCheck integrates Crunchbase data into a structured validation \u2014 making the data actionable rather than raw.
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What it does: Deep private market data for VCs, PE firms, investment banks.
Why it's NOT a LaunchCheck competitor: - 100\u20131,400\u00d7 more expensive \u2014 irrelevant to solo founders - No validation framework - Built for deal sourcing, not startup validation - No OSINT or competitive analysis features
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What it does: Technology market intelligence, startup scoring, industry analysis.
Why it's NOT a LaunchCheck competitor: - 1,200\u00d7 more expensive \u2014 enterprise-only - No founder-facing validation product - Built for corporate strategy and VC, not pre-revenue founders
"},{"location":"launchcheck/competitive-analysis/#launchcheck-comparison-table","title":"LaunchCheck Comparison Table","text":"Feature LaunchCheck Preuve AI DimeADozen ValidatorAI Crunchbase Pro PitchBook Pricing $49/mo Free / $29/mo Free / $129+/report Free / $49 $49/mo ($588/yr) $12K\u2013$70K+/yr Subscription \u2705 Unlimited reports \u2705 Monthly \u274c Per-report \u2705 Monthly \u2705 Annual \u2705 Annual Live Data Sources \u2705 7+ providers \u2705 50+ web sources \u2705 Web search \u274c AI training data only \u2705 Database \u2705 Database Source-Linked Claims \u2705 \u2705 \u2705 \u274c N/A (raw data) N/A (raw data) Competitive Landscape \u2705 With pricing + feature benchmarking \u2705 With pricing \u2705 \u26a0\ufe0f May hallucinate \u274c Manual only \u2705 Manual only OSINT Enrichment \u2705 CourtListener + OpenCorporates \u274c \u274c \u274c \u274c \u274c Crunchbase Integration \u2705 \u274c \u274c \u274c \u2705 (native) \u274c Hunter.io Email Discovery \u2705 \u274c \u274c \u274c \u274c \u274c Investor-Ready PDF \u2705 Purpose-built \u26a0\ufe0f Report format \u26a0\ufe0f Long document \u274c \u274c \u274c Feature Benchmarking \u2705 \u26a0\ufe0f Basic \u274c \u274c \u274c \u274c Validation Score \u2705 \u2705 \u2705 \u2705 \u274c \u274c Blind Spot Detection \u2705 \u2705 \u274c \u274c \u274c \u274c Free Tier \u26a0\ufe0f Planned \u2705 \u2705 \u2705 \u2705 Limited \u274c Trial only Path to Enterprise \u2705 IntelSight upsell \u274c \u274c \u274c N/A N/A"},{"location":"launchcheck/competitive-analysis/#launchcheck-competitive-positioning","title":"LaunchCheck Competitive Positioning","text":"LaunchCheck is the only tool that combines:
The market is bifurcated between tools that are cheap but unverifiable (ValidatorAI, VenturusAI, ChatGPT) and tools that are data-rich but built for investors, not founders (PitchBook, CB Insights, Crunchbase). LaunchCheck bridges this gap: evidence-grade validation at founder prices.
"},{"location":"launchcheck/competitive-analysis/#our-unfair-advantages","title":"Our Unfair Advantages","text":""},{"location":"launchcheck/competitive-analysis/#1-llm-synthesis-across-multi-source-intelligence","title":"1. LLM Synthesis Across Multi-Source Intelligence","text":"What it is: deepseek-v4-pro synthesizes intelligence from 7 search providers + Crunchbase + Hunter.io + CourtListener + OpenCorporates into structured deliverables (SWOT reports, battle cards, war room dashboards, validation reports).
Why competitors can't match it: - Crayon/Klue: AI is limited to classification and summarization of web monitoring data. They don't have multi-provider search architecture or OSINT integration. - SEMrush: AI is SEO-focused (content generation, keyword analysis). No general-purpose intelligence synthesis. - Preuve AI/DimeADozen: Use LLM for analysis but lack our data breadth (no Crunchbase, no OSINT, no Hunter.io). - Owler: Basic AI for outreach personalization, not intelligence synthesis.
The moat: LLM synthesis is only as good as the data fed into it. Our 7-provider search architecture + premium APIs creates a data moat that's expensive and time-consuming to replicate.
"},{"location":"launchcheck/competitive-analysis/#2-osint-depth-no-ci-platform-matches","title":"2. OSINT Depth No CI Platform Matches","text":"Our OSINT stack: - SearXNG \u2014 Metasearch across dozens of engines - Exa \u2014 Semantic web search with domain filtering - OpenCorporates \u2014 Global company registry data (200M+ companies) - CourtListener \u2014 US court records and legal filings - DuckDuckGo \u2014 Privacy-preserving web search - Wikipedia \u2014 Structured encyclopedic data - Firecrawl \u2014 Deep web page extraction
Why it matters: - CourtListener reveals lawsuits, IP disputes, regulatory actions \u2014 competitive signals no CI platform captures - OpenCorporates reveals corporate structure, subsidiaries, shell companies \u2014 illuminates competitor org charts - This is the kind of intelligence that traditionally required expensive boutique research firms ($500\u2013$2,000/report)
"},{"location":"launchcheck/competitive-analysis/#3-lower-cost-structure-the-infrastructure-advantage","title":"3. Lower Cost Structure \u2014 The Infrastructure Advantage","text":"Our monthly infrastructure costs:
Component Monthly Cost Super Search v2 (7 providers) Self-hosted (netcup VPS) Crunchbase API $49/mo Hunter.io API $34/mo deepseek-v4-pro (LLM) Usage-based API Netcup VPS hosting ~$30\u2013$50/mo Total infrastructure ~$150\u2013$200/moCompetitor cost structures (estimated): - Crayon/Klue: $81M+ funding, 200\u2013500+ employees, massive sales orgs \u2014 must charge $20K+/yr to sustain - SEMrush: Public company, 1,300+ employees, massive marketing spend - PitchBook/CB Insights: Large analyst teams, expensive data licensing, enterprise sales
Our advantage: 1\u20132 person operation with automated intelligence gathering can serve hundreds of customers at 10\u201320\u00d7 lower price points while maintaining healthy margins.
"},{"location":"launchcheck/competitive-analysis/#4-the-founder-to-enterprise-funnel","title":"4. The Founder-to-Enterprise Funnel","text":"No competitor has this:
LaunchCheck ($49/mo) \u2192 Solo founder validates idea\n \u2193\nFounder builds company, reaches $2M+ revenue\n \u2193\nIntelSight (Pro $199/mo) \u2192 Now needs competitive intelligence\n \u2193\nCompany grows, needs more \u2192 IntelSight Growth ($499/mo)\n \u2193\nScales to enterprise \u2192 IntelSight Enterprise ($1,499+/mo)\nThe math: - A LaunchCheck user today could become a $18K+/yr IntelSight Enterprise customer in 3\u20135 years - Zero customer acquisition cost for the upsell \u2014 they're already in the platform - Competitors: Crayon/Klue acquire enterprise customers through expensive outbound sales ($1,000\u2013$3,000 CAC). PitchBook/CB Insights have no founder product at all.
This is a structural advantage. No competitor has a product for pre-revenue founders AND enterprise strategy teams. The shared infrastructure makes serving both segments economically viable.
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Why competitors can't: - Crayon, Klue, SimilarWeb, Owler \u2014 all single-organization - SEMrush \u2014 has agency features but not for CI specifically - PitchBook, CB Insights \u2014 single-org licensing with strict seat enforcement
Market opportunity: The 25,000+ US management consultancies and 14,000+ digital agencies need competitive intelligence for their clients. Multi-tenant IntelSight opens a market incumbents structurally cannot address.
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Our transparent pricing ($199, $499, $1,499/mo) removes friction, builds trust, and captures the mid-market that incumbents underserve.
"},{"location":"launchcheck/competitive-analysis/#why-customers-choose-us","title":"Why Customers Choose Us","text":""},{"location":"launchcheck/competitive-analysis/#for-intelsight-vs-enterprise-ci-platforms","title":"For IntelSight vs. Enterprise CI Platforms","text":"Decision Factor Why IntelSight Budget \"I need CI depth but can't justify $20K+/yr for Crayon or Klue. IntelSight at $199\u2013$499/mo fits my ops budget without board approval.\" No CI Team \"I run strategy/ops for a 50-person company. I don't have a dedicated CI person. IntelSight gives me intelligence without a platform manager.\" OSINT Depth \"I need to know about competitor lawsuits, corporate structure, and public records \u2014 not just their website changes. IntelSight finds things Crayon misses.\" Multi-Client \"I'm a consultant with 8 clients. I need one platform to manage all their competitive landscapes. Crayon would charge me 8\u00d7.\" Deliverables \"I need SWOT reports and war room dashboards for quarterly board meetings. IntelSight generates them; Crayon gives me raw alerts.\" No Lock-In \"I want monthly billing and the ability to cancel. Crayon and Klue require annual contracts.\""},{"location":"launchcheck/competitive-analysis/#for-launchcheck-vs-validation-tools","title":"For LaunchCheck vs. Validation Tools","text":"Decision Factor Why LaunchCheck Evidence Over Opinion \"I need to show my co-founder real data, not AI guesses. LaunchCheck links every claim to its source.\" Investor-Ready \"I'm pitching in two weeks and need a professional competitive landscape to include in my deck. LaunchCheck generates the PDF I need.\" Affordable Iteration \"I'm testing 3 ideas this month. At $49/mo unlimited, I can validate all of them. DimeADozen would cost me $387.\" OSINT Intel \"I want to know if my competitors have legal troubles or hidden corporate structures. No other validation tool shows me that.\" Path Forward \"I'm validating now, but when my company grows I'll need real CI. LaunchCheck's IntelSight integration means I won't outgrow the platform.\" Contact Discovery \"I need to reach competitor founders for customer discovery interviews. Hunter.io integration finds their emails.\""},{"location":"launchcheck/competitive-analysis/#threat-assessment-risk-mitigation","title":"Threat Assessment & Risk Mitigation","text":""},{"location":"launchcheck/competitive-analysis/#threat-1-incumbents-add-osintapi-integrations","title":"Threat 1: Incumbents Add OSINT/API Integrations","text":"Risk: Crayon or Klue partner with Crunchbase, add CourtListener, or build multi-provider search.
Likelihood: Low\u2013Medium. These companies are focused on sales enablement and CRM integration depth, not intelligence breadth. Their product roadmaps center on win/loss, deal coaching, and conversation intelligence \u2014 not OSINT.
Mitigation: - Move fast to establish OSINT depth as a brand differentiator - Build proprietary intelligence models (competitor scoring algorithms) that improve with data volume - Lock in Crunchbase/Hunter.io integrations as platform features before incumbents notice
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Likelihood: Medium. Kompyte's roadmap shows they're moving toward broader CI, and SEMrush has the resources to build. However, SEMrush's DNA is digital marketing, not corporate intelligence.
Mitigation: - Double down on what SEMrush can't do: OSINT, Crunchbase, court records, email discovery - Position IntelSight as \"intelligence for strategy teams\" vs. \"CI for marketers\" - Maintain pricing advantage (SEMrush Advanced + Kompyte is already $5,468+/yr)
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Likelihood: Low for PitchBook (institutional DNA, $618M ARR from 10,600 accounts \u2014 they optimize for whales). Medium for Crunchbase (already has Pro at $49/mo, could add validation features).
Mitigation: - Crunchbase Pro is a data tool, not a validation tool \u2014 we integrate them, we don't compete - Build proprietary validation methodology (scoring algorithms, report formats) that raw data access can't replicate - Establish brand as \"the validation platform\" before Crunchbase enters
"},{"location":"launchcheck/competitive-analysis/#threat-4-free-ai-tools-improve","title":"Threat 4: Free AI Tools Improve","text":"Risk: ChatGPT/Claude with web search become good enough for DIY validation.
Likelihood: Medium-High. AI models are rapidly improving and adding search capabilities.
Mitigation: - Source-linking is our moat \u2014 even with search, raw LLM outputs aren't verifiable without structured sourcing - Investor-ready formatting \u2014 raw AI chat can't produce pitch-ready PDFs - Structured methodology \u2014 our validation framework provides consistency that ad-hoc AI queries can't - OSINT depth \u2014 CourtListener and OpenCorporates aren't indexed by general web search
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Pricing is current as of July 2026 and subject to change. All competitive assessments are based on publicly available information and do not reflect proprietary knowledge of competitor roadmaps or internal strategies.
Document maintained by: IntelSight / LaunchCheck Strategy Team Next review: January 2027
"},{"location":"launchcheck/launchcheck-business-proposal/","title":"LaunchCheck \u2014 Business Proposal","text":"Prepared for: Germaine Brown & Advisory Team Product: LaunchCheck (launchcheck.io) \u2014 \"Validate your idea before you build it\" Company: IT Pro Partner (established MSP) Date: July 25, 2026 Classification: Confidential \u2014 Advisory Team Only
"},{"location":"launchcheck/launchcheck-business-proposal/#table-of-contents","title":"Table of Contents","text":"LaunchCheck is a startup validation SaaS built for pre-revenue founders who need to understand their competitive landscape before they write a single line of code. Priced at $49/month, it delivers competitive landscape reports, pricing comparisons, feature benchmarking, OSINT dossiers on key competitors, and investor-ready summary PDFs \u2014 all powered by the same Super Search v2 engine that drives IntelSight, IT Pro Partner's enterprise-grade intelligence platform.
The core insight: 42% of startups fail because there is no market need (CB Insights). The overwhelming majority of those failures are preventable with structured competitive intelligence early in the ideation phase. Yet existing validation tools are either too shallow (single-page AI summaries), too expensive (enterprise platforms starting at $199+/month), or too manual (founders Googling competitors one at a time). LaunchCheck sits in the whitespace: professional-grade competitive intelligence at a price a pre-revenue founder can afford.
Why now: The US saw a record 5.5 million new business applications in 2023, Y Combinator processed 96,000+ applications for roughly 620 spots in 2025 (0.7% acceptance rate), and the global SaaS market is $322 billion growing at 19.3% CAGR. More people are starting companies than ever before \u2014 and more of them are failing for reasons that structured competitive intelligence could prevent.
The unit economics are compelling. At $49/month, LaunchCheck is profitable on Day 1 customer 1. The Super Search v2 infrastructure already exists and is amortized across IntelSight. The remaining build is a React frontend, a FastAPI wrapper, Stripe integration, and a Postgres schema \u2014 roughly 80% of the engine is already operational on app1. At 1,000 customers, LaunchCheck generates $588,000 ARR with near-zero incremental infrastructure cost.
The strategic value extends beyond direct revenue. LaunchCheck is the top of a deliberate funnel: founders who validate with LaunchCheck and then raise funding or achieve product-market fit naturally graduate to IntelSight Pro ($199/mo), Growth ($499/mo), or Enterprise ($1,499+/mo). The customer acquisition cost for IntelSight's higher tiers drops dramatically when the lead arrives pre-qualified through LaunchCheck.
"},{"location":"launchcheck/launchcheck-business-proposal/#2-elevator-pitch","title":"2. Elevator Pitch","text":"For founders sitting on an idea they can't stop thinking about: LaunchCheck tells you who your competitors are, what they charge, what features they have that you don't, and whether there's room for you \u2014 in a single report you can take to investors. $49. One month. Know before you build.
You wouldn't open a restaurant without knowing what's on the next block. Don't build a startup without knowing your competitive landscape. LaunchCheck gives you the intelligence that used to cost thousands \u2014 for $49/month. Cancel anytime, but most founders keep it until they close their first round.
"},{"location":"launchcheck/launchcheck-business-proposal/#3-problem-statement","title":"3. Problem Statement","text":""},{"location":"launchcheck/launchcheck-business-proposal/#31-the-founder-pain-point","title":"3.1 The Founder Pain Point","text":"Every founder faces the same moment of terror: \"What if someone's already built this?\" Right now, the answer to that question comes through one of three paths, all broken:
Method What Founders Do Why It Fails Google manually Search \"[idea] competitor\" and skim 20 tabs Incomplete, unstructured, takes days, misses pricing/feature gaps Free AI validators Paste idea into ValidatorAI or ChatGPT Shallow, hallucinates market data, no verifiable sources, zero investor credibility Enterprise tools Try Crunchbase, CB Insights, PitchBook $99\u2013$25,000/year, built for funded companies and VCs, absurd overkill for pre-revenueThe result: founders either build blind (and join the 42% who fail from \"no market need\") or waste 2\u20133 weeks doing manual competitive research they could have outsourced for $49.
"},{"location":"launchcheck/launchcheck-business-proposal/#32-the-numbers-that-make-this-urgent","title":"3.2 The Numbers That Make This Urgent","text":"Definition: Every person globally who starts a business and needs competitive intelligence.
TAM Estimate: 3\u20135 million serious, tech-savvy founders annually who could benefit from structured competitive validation. At $49/month (annualized $588/year), that's a $1.7\u2013$2.9 billion annual market if every founder paid for one month of validation.
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SAM Estimate: 1.0\u20132.0 million founders annually. At $588/year average revenue (accounting for churn), this represents a $588M\u2013$1.18B SAM.
"},{"location":"launchcheck/launchcheck-business-proposal/#43-serviceable-obtainable-market-som","title":"4.3 Serviceable Obtainable Market (SOM)","text":"Definition: The portion of SAM LaunchCheck can realistically capture in years 1\u20133 through community-driven growth and Product Hunt.
Benchmarks from comparable products:
Comparable Early Traction Notes IdeaProof 68,342+ founders since launch Credit-based model, free tier drives growth ValidatorAI Hundreds of thousands of validation sessions Free, single-page AI summary ValidateMySaaS Steady niche growth $19\u2013$29/mo, competitor-focused Trend Seeker Growing community, $9.99/mo Demand-based, different angleLaunchCheck Year 1 SOM: If LaunchCheck captures 0.05%\u20130.1% of the SAM in Year 1: - Conservative: 500\u20131,000 paying customers by Month 12 - Optimistic: 1,500\u20132,500 paying customers with Product Hunt tailwinds
At $49/month ($588/year annualized), Year 1 ARR exit: - Conservative: $294K\u2013$588K ARR - Base case: $588K\u2013$1.18M ARR - Optimistic: $882K\u2013$1.47M ARR
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LaunchCheck is built on the Super Search v2 MCP server already operational on app1 \u2014 the same infrastructure powering IntelSight ($199\u2013$1,499/mo). The core differentiator: this is not an AI hallucinating about your market. It's 7 search providers feeding an LLM synthesis engine producing structured, verifiable competitive intelligence.
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This lead gen engine converts 3\u20138% to paid (industry benchmark for freemium SaaS). At 10,000 free snapshots/month, that's 300\u2013800 new trials.
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The IT Pro Partner credibility backstop. LaunchCheck is not a random startup built by a solo founder in a weekend. It's a product of IT Pro Partner, an established managed services provider with real revenue, existing infrastructure, and a track record. This matters when founders share reports with investors \u2014 the logo and company backing convey legitimacy.
Same engine as IntelSight ($199\u2013$1,499/mo). Enterprise-grade search infrastructure at indie pricing. LaunchCheck customers are running the same search pipeline that powers competitive intelligence for funded companies.
OSINT dossiers. No other validation tool offers deep competitor dossiers (founder background, funding history, employee signals, technology stack). This is normally a $500+ consulting engagement. LaunchCheck includes one per month.
The upgrade path creates a compounding advantage. Every LaunchCheck customer who upgrades to IntelSight makes the IntelSight product better (more data, more search patterns, better synthesis). The funnel is self-reinforcing.
Single tier, simple pricing. No credit systems, no \"you've run out of reports,\" no confusing feature matrices. One price, everything included. Founders are exhausted by pricing page dark patterns.
Phase 1: Soft Launch (Weeks 1\u20132) - Deploy to a small waitlist of 50\u2013100 founders (recruited from IT Pro Partner network, Germaine's contacts) - Gather testimonials, fix bugs, refine the PDF output - Identify \"magic moments\" \u2014 what do users do right before they convert?
Phase 2: Product Hunt Launch (Week 3) - Title: \"LaunchCheck: Know your competition before you write a line of code\" - Tagline: Validate your startup idea with real competitive intelligence. - Maker comment: Personal story about watching founders build things nobody wanted. LaunchCheck is the tool you wish you had before spending 6 months on the wrong idea. - Target: Top 5 of the day (requires 300+ upvotes). Product Hunt's top products average 1,079 upvotes. Top 5 typically requires 400\u2013600 upvotes with an engaged community. - Expected outcomes: - 500\u20132,000 signups during launch week (26.5% of PH launches attract 500\u20131,000 users) - 5\u201310% conversion to paid = 25\u2013200 new customers in Week 1 - Press coverage: Product Hunt feature \u2192 tech blogs pick up \u2192 founder Twitter amplification
Phase 3: Community Flywheel (Weeks 4\u201312) - YC community: Free competitive landscape snapshots posted in YC forums, Bookface, and founder Slack groups. \"Applied to YC? Here's a competitive landscape for your space. DM me your one-liner and I'll run it through LaunchCheck.\" - Indie Hackers: Guest posts on Indie Hackers: \"I analyzed 100 startup ideas on LaunchCheck. Here's what founders consistently get wrong about their competition.\" Native content performs 10x better than ads on IH. - r/startups, r/SaaS, r/Entrepreneur: Answer \"how do I validate my idea?\" threads with specific, helpful responses. Include a LaunchCheck reference only when genuinely relevant. - Techstars applicant networks: Identical playbook to YC. 300,000+ accelerator applicants annually is a captive audience with a hard deadline and high motivation.
Phase 4: Content + SEO (Months 3\u201312) - \"Validate your startup\" landing page (launchcheck.io): Free competitive snapshot for lead generation. SEO-optimized for \"validate startup idea,\" \"competitor analysis for startups,\" \"startup competitive landscape.\" - Blog content: \"How to research competitors before building,\" \"The competition slide investors actually want,\" \"What Y Combinator looks for in market analysis.\" - Founder spotlights: Interview LaunchCheck users who validated, pivoted, or killed an idea based on competitive intelligence. Real stories outperform marketing copy.
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Channel Cost Expected Volume (Year 1) Conversion Rate Product Hunt launch $0 (organic) 500\u20132,000 signups 5\u201310% to paid Free lead gen landing page $0 (SEO) 5,000\u201320,000 snapshots/mo by M12 3\u20138% to trial Community posts (YC, IH, Reddit) $0 (time) 200\u2013500 visitors/post 2\u20135% to trial Word of mouth / viral sharing $0 Compounding 1\u20133% referral rate Founder Twitter/X (#buildinpublic) $0 (content) Steady inbound 2\u20134% to trial"},{"location":"launchcheck/launchcheck-business-proposal/#83-viral-loops","title":"8.3 Viral Loops","text":"LaunchCheck will have higher churn than typical B2B SaaS (which averages 3\u20137% monthly). Reasons:
Projected churn rates:
Month Monthly Churn Rate Cumulative Retention 1 25% 75% 2 20% 60% 3 15% 51% 4 12% 45% 5 12% 40% 6 10% 36%At these rates, average customer lifetime is ~4.2 months, LTV = ~$206. This is acceptable because: - Gross margin is 94% (near-zero marginal cost) - CAC is near-zero (community-driven, no ad spend) - LTV:CAC ratio is effectively infinite (or at minimum >10:1)
The upgrade path to IntelSight dramatically increases effective LTV. A LaunchCheck customer who upgrades to IntelSight Pro at $199/month for 12+ months has an LTV of $2,500+.
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These are profitable outcomes that require no IntelSight dependency. The upgrade path is upside, not the core thesis.
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Build Component Estimated Cost React frontend $8,000\u2013$12,000 (one senior dev, 3\u20134 weeks) FastAPI wrapper $4,000\u2013$6,000 (one dev, 1\u20132 weeks) Stripe integration $2,000\u2013$3,000 PostgreSQL + schema $1,000\u2013$2,000 PDF generation $2,000\u2013$3,000 Auth (Clerk/Auth0) $1,000\u2013$2,000 Design + branding $3,000\u2013$5,000 Total Build $21,000\u2013$33,000Breakeven on build cost: At 50 customers, Monthly 1 (~$2,450 MRR), the build cost is recovered in 9\u201314 months. At 200 customers (Month 4 base case), the build cost is recovered in 2\u20133 months.
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LaunchCheck ($49/mo)\n \u2502\n \u251c\u2500\u2500 Founder validates, builds, raises funding \u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u25ba IntelSight Pro ($199/mo)\n \u2502 \u2022 Multi-user dashboard\n \u2502 \u2022 100 searches/month\n \u2502 \u2022 Competitor monitoring alerts\n \u2502\n \u251c\u2500\u2500 Founder grows, hires team \u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u25ba IntelSight Growth ($499/mo)\n \u2502 \u2022 Team seats\n \u2502 \u2022 Custom report scheduling\n \u2502 \u2022 API access\n \u2502\n \u2514\u2500\u2500 Founder's company scales, needs enterprise \u2500\u2500\u25ba IntelSight Enterprise ($1,499+/mo)\n \u2022 Dedicated analyst\n \u2022 White-label reports\n \u2022 SSO / compliance\nThe upgrade path effectively doubles ARR per LaunchCheck cohort when factored over 24 months.
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This proposal was prepared with publicly available market data and reflects the best available information as of July 2026. Revenue projections are forward-looking estimates and actual results may vary. All competitive pricing was verified against public pricing pages as of the date of this document.
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TransitPin is a real-time student transportation tracking SaaS built for the private contractor market \u2014 the companies school districts hire to move students. It replaces paper route sheets, manual parent texts, and clipboards with a live GPS platform: driver PWA, parent ETA portal, bell-schedule intelligence, and an admin dashboard for owners.
Built from a direct client engagement with Village Express Transportation (Savannah, GA).
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Next step: Wrap the driver PWA with Capacitor to produce real iOS/Android apps with native background geolocation permissions (CLLocationManager on iOS, FusedLocationProviderClient on Android). The existing HTML/JS frontend stays \u2014 Capacitor wraps it with native APIs.
Requirements: - Capacitor CLI + native iOS/Android project scaffolding - cordova-plugin-background-geolocation or Capacitor's built-in geolocation plugin with background mode - App store deployment for iOS (Apple Developer account needed) - Play Store or direct APK for Android
Estimated effort: 1-2 days for Capacitor setup + background plugin integration. App store submission adds 1-2 weeks for review.
No rewrite needed \u2014 the web code stays; Capacitor adds the native shell.
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Status: PRE-LAUNCH (rebranded from SharkTank) Owner: Germaine Brown Built by: Sho'Nuff (Hermes Agent) Pipeline Verdict: 3/3 Unanimous Conditional Go (Aug 7, 2026)
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