# Mac Mini Tonight Setup Plan

**Produced:** 08/18/2026 09:35 PM CDT

Use this order if you want the cleanest first-night launch.

## 1. Create the three workspaces

- `royal/`
- `j_and_j/`
- optional `owner_exec_optional/`

If time gets tight, stand up `royal/` first and `j_and_j/` second.

## 2. Lock the routing habit immediately

Require these prefixes from day one:

- `ROYAL:`
- `J&J:`
- `CROSS:`

Do not rely on the business name appearing somewhere in the middle of a sentence.

## 3. Fill the minimum live config

Before connecting live data, edit:

- `USER.md`
- `TOOLS.md`
- `MEMORY.md`
- `configs/source-map.md`
- `configs/report-catalog.md`

Do that in both `royal/` and `j_and_j/`.

## 4. Connect only the first useful sources

Best first-night source priority:

1. inbox or message path
2. receivables / accounting export
3. backlog / install board / task queue
4. inventory export for Royal

Do not try to connect everything in one night.

## 5. Keep outbound actions conservative

For night one:

- drafts are fine
- summaries are fine
- logging is fine
- autonomous sending should stay limited
- quotes, invoices, pricing, legal, payroll, vendor commitments, and money promises should still require approval

## 6. Turn on quality gates from day one

Before anything leaves the machine:

- verify the business is correct
- verify recipients are correct
- verify the source is current enough
- verify any material assumptions are stated
- run the red-team pass
- verify the artifact or send actually completed

## 7. Best first workflows

### Royal

1. receivables exceptions
2. inventory sell-through watchlist
3. inbox / lead monitoring

### J&J

1. inbox / message monitoring
2. job or install backlog summary
3. receivables or collections exceptions

## 8. Do not go live on cross-business rollups first

Get Royal and J&J stable separately.

Only then use `owner_exec_optional/` for:

- owner summaries
- comparisons
- cross-business rollups

## 9. Definition of a successful first night

- both business workspaces exist
- routing prefixes are enforced
- live sources are mapped
- at least one report or summary path is working in each business
- outbound approval rules are still conservative
- no Royal content appears in J&J and no J&J content appears in Royal