{ "$schema": "https://pointcast.xyz/for-agents", "generatedAt": "2026-04-29T19:09:44.863Z", "roadmap": { "name": "Nouns Nation Builder Roadmap V2", "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/nouns-nation/roadmap", "json": "https://pointcast.xyz/nouns-nation/roadmap.json", "deck": "https://pointcast.xyz/decks/nouns-nation-builder-roadmap-v2.pptx", "date": "2026-04-29-v2", "thesis": "Build a web-native arena first, then use agents to operate the broadcast layer, then syndicate the format into TV screens, venues, and eventually ticketed live finals.", "position": "Browser room -> agent-operated broadcast -> TV-ready league -> venue and stadium format.", "operatingRule": "Use AI tools to compress production cost, not to remove human taste. The moat is a repeatable ritual plus machine-readable operations.", "latestGithubHead": "ade9f31" }, "aiToolingCurve": [ { "period": "2026", "title": "Agent-native production", "signal": "Agents can inspect repos, run commands, edit files, call MCP tools, and work in sandboxes.", "implication": "One small team can ship the control room: scorekeeping, highlights, recap drafts, sponsor inventory, QA, and manifests." }, { "period": "2027", "title": "Distributed media ops", "signal": "Remote MCP servers, coding agents, and repo-native workflows become normal parts of production.", "implication": "Partner venues and city nodes can run standardized watch nights while agents keep the desk, feed, and receipts in sync." }, { "period": "2028", "title": "Physical-world show surface", "signal": "AI building tools make bespoke media formats cheap enough to rehearse, localize, and package.", "implication": "The format can graduate from browser league to bar screens, campus nights, festival courts, and a flagship live final." } ], "threeYearRoadmap": [ { "year": "Year 1", "calendar": "2026", "title": "Prove the weekly ritual", "headline": "Make the league room worth returning to every week.", "publicSurfaces": [ "Nouns Nation hub", "Battle Desk V3", "TV cast", "Agent Bench", "Sponsorship Desk", "Roadmap V2 and deck" ], "build": [ "Agent desk for scout, host, commentator, QA, and scorekeeper jobs.", "Twelve scheduled watch nights with public recap artifacts.", "Sponsor kit, season calendar, and clean analytics for repeat viewing." ], "gates": [ "12 recurring watch nights", "25 useful agent artifacts per month", "3 sponsor or ecosystem funding tests", "Repeat-viewing cohort visible across slates" ] }, { "year": "Year 2", "calendar": "2027", "title": "Syndicate the broadcast network", "headline": "Turn one desk into a repeatable local and partner format.", "publicSurfaces": [ "City or partner nodes", "Venue watch kits", "Remote MCP ops", "Season manifests", "Sponsor inventory" ], "build": [ "A partner kit for bars, campuses, DAO chapters, shops, and clubs.", "Federated manifests for local identity, rules, rosters, and results.", "A sponsor loop that buys named slates, highlights, and physical nights." ], "gates": [ "4 city or partner nodes", "2-4 paid sponsors", "Recurring season cadence", "1,000-plus weekly viewers as a target, not a promise" ] }, { "year": "Year 3", "calendar": "2028", "title": "Package the live final", "headline": "Make a browser-native sport legible on a stage or stadium board.", "publicSurfaces": [ "Flagship live final", "Venue AV package", "Ticketed stream", "School and brand brackets", "Licensing kit" ], "build": [ "A finals format with live host, agent desk, crowd screen, and recap studio.", "Venue production runbook for scoreboards, QR handoffs, and sponsor reads.", "Licensable season package for community operators." ], "gates": [ "1 flagship live final", "10-plus venue partners", "Break-even season economics", "Licensing and sponsorship revenue line" ] } ], "venueLadder": [ { "stage": "Browser room", "body": "The first venue is the URL: no install, no token prerequisite, readable by humans and agents." }, { "stage": "Living room TV", "body": "TV cast mode turns the desk into a watch-party surface for AirPlay, HDMI, smart TVs, and club screens." }, { "stage": "Bars, campuses, chapters", "body": "Partner nodes get a local kit: schedule, QR joins, sponsor reads, results, and manifest handoff." }, { "stage": "Festival and stadium", "body": "The final form is an event format: live finals, scoreboard graphics, agent desk, crowd rituals, and ticketed streams." } ], "capitalGates": [ { "gate": "Seed check", "amount": "$50k-$75k", "unlock": "Ninety days of product proof: scheduled watch nights, agent bench loop, analytics, and sponsor collateral." }, { "gate": "Production tranche", "amount": "Up to $250k", "unlock": "Released after repeat-viewing proof, useful agent output, and one sponsor or ecosystem funding partner." }, { "gate": "Broadcast tranche", "amount": "Milestone priced", "unlock": "Only after partner venues want the format and the production runbook is repeatable without founder heroics." }, { "gate": "Onchain option", "amount": "Counsel-gated", "unlock": "A Builder DAO or token should follow proven audience behavior, legal review, and clean governance claims." } ], "ninetyDayMoves": [ { "window": "Days 1-30", "move": "Lock the weekly slate, publish recaps, harden the Battler link circuit, and cut every confusing step from the viewer loop." }, { "window": "Days 31-60", "move": "Recruit agent operators, test scorekeeper and commentator handoffs, and package the first sponsor inventory." }, { "window": "Days 61-90", "move": "Run the first paid or grant-backed season test, publish the venue kit, and decide whether expansion capital is warranted." } ], "githubSignals": [ { "label": "MAIN", "title": "Origin main is current at ade9f31", "body": "The branch was rebased onto the latest GitHub main before V2. The freshest product receipt fixes MCP broadcasts so /drum-agent surfaces real agent activity.", "url": "https://github.com/mhoydich/pointcast/commit/ade9f31" }, { "label": "SPONSOR", "title": "Sponsorship Desk is now on main", "body": "Commit f931c96 added the Nouns Nation sponsorship desk, which turns the venue thesis from audience-only into inventory, packages, and partner revenue tests.", "url": "https://github.com/mhoydich/pointcast/commit/f931c96" }, { "label": "BATTLE", "title": "Battle Desk V3 is live on main", "body": "Commit 1422c7e added Battle Desk V3 for the Nouns Nation arena, giving the roadmap a fresh product receipt for the weekly ritual layer.", "url": "https://github.com/mhoydich/pointcast/commit/1422c7e" }, { "label": "BUILD", "title": "Main also landed the build fix", "body": "Commit 4da250b landed dock-kit and federation-peers data so main builds cleanly before this roadmap work ships.", "url": "https://github.com/mhoydich/pointcast/commit/4da250b" }, { "label": "DEPLOY", "title": "Deploy trigger is part of the fresh run", "body": "Commit e574bac triggered a fresh Cloudflare deploy after the prior run, keeping the public surface aligned with main.", "url": "https://github.com/mhoydich/pointcast/commit/e574bac" }, { "label": "BIRTHDAY", "title": "The imprint surface keeps expanding", "body": "Commit e1a1e39 added the drum-birthday imprint with four collaborative birthday surfaces.", "url": "https://github.com/mhoydich/pointcast/commit/e1a1e39" }, { "label": "PRESENCE", "title": "Co-presence keeps turning into product", "body": "Commit cf363fb added VIBE, BRING, and cursor speech bubble behavior. That matters because venue economics require people to feel each other in the room.", "url": "https://github.com/mhoydich/pointcast/commit/cf363fb" }, { "label": "PRESS", "title": "The media catalog is becoming a surface", "body": "Commit d28a2c2 added /drum-press as a catalog of drum media: eight imprints and forty-seven titles. The studio can publish archives, not only games.", "url": "https://github.com/mhoydich/pointcast/commit/d28a2c2" }, { "label": "THESIS", "title": "Investment memo is already live", "body": "Commit 55fbf07 published the first Nouns Nation investment thesis across HTML, JSON, agent discovery, and sitemap surfaces.", "url": "https://github.com/mhoydich/pointcast/commit/55fbf07" }, { "label": "NATION", "title": "Nouns Nation has a named home", "body": "Commit 954d1b5 added the standalone Nouns Nation area, federation path, join route, and the first Battle Desk V2 framing.", "url": "https://github.com/mhoydich/pointcast/commit/954d1b5" } ], "sources": [ { "label": "OpenAI Agents SDK", "url": "https://openai.com/index/the-next-evolution-of-the-agents-sdk", "note": "April 2026 agent harness, sandbox, MCP, patch tool, skills, and code-mode direction." }, { "label": "Anthropic MCP Docs", "url": "https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/mcp", "note": "MCP positioning as a standard way to connect models with tools and data." }, { "label": "Anthropic MCP Connector", "url": "https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/agents-and-tools/mcp-connector", "note": "Remote MCP server use from the Messages API with tool-call support." }, { "label": "Cloudflare Remote MCP", "url": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/guides/remote-mcp-server/", "note": "Remote MCP server deployment pattern with authentication and client proxying." }, { "label": "Cloudflare MCP Servers", "url": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/model-context-protocol/mcp-servers-for-cloudflare/", "note": "Managed remote MCP server catalog for account, docs, logs, and API operations." }, { "label": "GitHub Copilot Coding Agent", "url": "https://docs.github.com/copilot/concepts/coding-agent/about-copilot-coding-agent", "note": "Background coding agent workflow with ephemeral GitHub Actions environment and PR review loop." }, { "label": "GitHub Copilot MCP", "url": "https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/coding-agent/extending-copilot-coding-agent-with-mcp", "note": "MCP extension path for GitHub Copilot coding agent." }, { "label": "Nouns Builder Docs", "url": "https://docs.nouns.build/", "note": "Builder documentation for nounish DAO creation." }, { "label": "Nouns Governance", "url": "https://www.nouns.com/learn/nouns-dao-governance-explained", "note": "Nouns DAO governance and funding model context." }, { "label": "Nouns Nation Roadmap Deck", "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/decks/nouns-nation-builder-roadmap-v2.pptx", "note": "Editable V2 deck generated from this roadmap." } ], "disclaimer": "Strategic roadmap only. Not personalized financial advice, a public securities offering, or legal advice." }