🎮 The Next Input — Issue #029

The AI That Writes Your Launch Debrief

Aaron Bost
August 11, 2025

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⚡ The Briefing — 60 sec

Sam Altman addresses bumpy GPT-5 rollout, brings 4o back A launch with more potholes than a country backroad — and a surprise comeback from 4o.
AI is printing billionaires Some people are making fortunes so fast they’re still figuring out what yacht to buy.
China opens world’s first robot mall No humans on the shop floor, just bots running the whole show.

🛠️ The Playbook — AI-Powered Launch Debrief Bot

Mission Transform raw, chaotic launch feedback into a clean, board-ready debrief in under an hour.
Difficulty Intermediate | Build time 60 min
ROI Cuts post-launch review time by ≈ 6 h/project and ensures action items don’t vanish in the noise.

Step	Action
1	Trigger – Drop raw launch feedback (emails, Slack threads, survey dumps) into a dedicated Google Drive folder.
2	Parser – Google Apps Script extracts `{source, date, sentiment, topic}` into JSON.
3	Router – If `sentiment = negative` → GPT-4o → propose fixes; if `sentiment = positive` → GPT-5 → flag repeatable wins.
4	Formatter – Assemble findings into a “Launch Debrief” template sorted by priority and impact.
5	Destination – Save to Notion `/Projects/{LaunchName}/Debriefs`.
6	Notification – Post a one-page summary to #launch-review with top three actions.
7	Fail-safe – If parsing breaks, auto-tag owner for manual triage.

Pro tip: Tag every item as “quick win” or “long haul” before it hits the debrief — makes resourcing decisions instant.

🎯 The Arsenal — Tools & Prompts

Asset	What it does	Link
GPT-5 API	Distills and summarises positive launch takeaways.	https://platform.openai.com
GPT-4o API	Generates targeted remediation plans for negative feedback.	https://platform.openai.com
Notion API	Stores debriefs and tracks follow-up tasks.	https://developers.notion.com

Prompt · Launch Debrief Extractor

You are a product operations lead. Given raw launch feedback, tag each item with sentiment (positive/negative/neutral), extract the main topic, and produce one actionable recommendation. Output in markdown table format.

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Automate your next launch review and walk into the meeting with the answers already in hand.

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