Classify the ask into one or two of: positioning (niche, differentiation, who we serve), pricing (rates, value pricing, negotiation), selling (calls, proposals, objections), clients (qualification, management, feedback, firing), operations (staffing, contracts, process, time), shape (solo vs hire, productize, retainers, exit).
Check the fast routes below. On a match, Read those exact files (2–4 max) and skip to step 5.
No fast-route match: pick 1–2 sets from the set map, Read each set's README.md (every README has a File | Framework | Use-it-when index table), choose 2–4 framework files.
Read the chosen files.
Apply, don't summarize. Execute each file's Agent integration rules against the user's actual situation. Give a concrete recommendation or a worked diagnosis, not a book report.
Name the frameworks used in one line at the end (Applied: market-sizing-tests, pricing-geode).

Hard limits: ≤4 framework files per pass. If the ask spans more, answer the sharpest slice and offer the next slice. Never dump file contents at the user — apply them.

Fast routes (situation → exact files)

Situation	Files
Choose/validate a niche or positioning	`business-of-expertise/vertical-vs-horizontal-positioning.md`, `business-of-expertise/market-sizing-tests.md`, `business-of-expertise/six-positioning-principles.md`
Afraid to niche / narrowing keeps stalling	`business-of-expertise/four-positioning-blockers.md`, `business-of-expertise/courage-vs-opportunity-spectrum.md`, `company-of-one/polarize-on-purpose.md`
What to charge / raise prices	`pocket-full-of-do/cost-price-value-ladder.md`, `brutally-honest/value-based-pricing-geode.md`, `business-of-expertise/pricing-maturity-levels.md`
Underpricing myself / imposter pricing	`business-of-expertise/confidence-or-opportunity.md`, `pocket-full-of-do/think-like-gucci.md`, `pocket-full-of-do/raise-until-no.md`
Writing a proposal / quote	`brutally-honest/proposal-anatomy.md`, `pocket-full-of-do/three-option-pricing.md`, `creative-strategy/scenario-analysis-selling.md`
"We can't afford it" / fee negotiation	`pocket-full-of-do/know-budget-objection.md`, `pocket-full-of-do/anchor-high-bracket-wide.md`, `brutally-honest/aggravation-factor-pricing.md`
Sales/discovery call prep	`pocket-full-of-do/diagnose-before-prescribing.md`, `pocket-full-of-do/sell-through-curiosity.md`, `brutally-honest/prospect-qualifying-questions.md`
Vet a new prospect / red flags	`brutally-honest/scored-client-qualification.md`, `brutally-honest/client-red-flags-and-green-flags.md`, `creative-strategy/know-when-to-say-no.md`
Productize / subscription offer design	`built-to-sell/teachable-valuable-repeatable-filter.md`, `built-to-sell/recurring-revenue-ladder.md`, `business-of-expertise/productize-the-pattern-library.md`
Retainer on the table	`brutally-honest/retainer-reality-check.md`, `built-to-sell/recurring-revenue-ladder.md`, `built-to-sell/charge-upfront-cash-cycle.md`
Hire or stay solo	`company-of-one/question-growth-first.md`, `business-of-expertise/underbuild-capacity-rule.md`, `brutally-honest/solopreneur-first-hire.md`
Overloaded / demand spike	`company-of-one/upper-bound-goals.md`, `company-of-one/raise-prices-not-headcount.md`, `built-to-sell/say-no-to-custom-work.md`
Reading or writing a brief	`creative-strategy/eleven-question-brief-audit.md`, `creative-strategy/four-foundations-of-a-brief.md`, `brutally-honest/creative-brief-discipline.md`
Presenting work / feedback hell	`creative-strategy/setup-before-reveal.md`, `creative-strategy/works-not-likes-feedback.md`, `brutally-honest/rasci-guided-approvals.md`
Scope creep / client dictates process	`business-of-expertise/direct-the-relationship.md`, `brutally-honest/plain-english-contract.md`, `company-of-one/word-as-contract.md`
Fire a client / fix the roster	`pocket-full-of-do/fire-unaffordable-clients.md`, `brutally-honest/client-red-flags-and-green-flags.md`, `built-to-sell/client-concentration-cap.md`
Treated as order-taker, not strategist	`business-of-expertise/implementation-drift-audit.md`, `business-of-expertise/two-rooms-one-entrance.md`, `creative-strategy/translate-tactical-requests.md`
No leads / marketing the studio	`business-of-expertise/demonstrate-expertise-six-channels.md`, `pocket-full-of-do/out-teach-the-competition.md`, `brutally-honest/relationship-curation-cadence.md`
Case studies / portfolio strategy	`brutally-honest/metrics-driven-case-studies.md`, `pocket-full-of-do/sell-your-thinking.md`, `creative-strategy/clients-rent-ideas-buy-you.md`
Launch a new offer lean	`company-of-one/smallest-version-now.md`, `company-of-one/sell-service-before-product.md`, `company-of-one/minimum-viable-profit.md`
Kill or continue a struggling offer	`company-of-one/quit-or-persevere-test.md`, `built-to-sell/switch-year-dip-and-proof-period.md`
Owner-independence / sell the studio someday	`built-to-sell/options-strategy-over-exit-strategy.md`, `built-to-sell/owner-independence-test.md`, `built-to-sell/instruction-manual-test.md`
Income target / how much is enough	`company-of-one/enough-number.md`, `company-of-one/life-first-business-design.md`, `business-of-expertise/hobby-job-enterprise-test.md`
Client work meltdown / mistake recovery	`company-of-one/own-the-mistake-protocol.md`, `pocket-full-of-do/underpromise-overdeliver.md`

Set map (second-stage routing — Read the set README, pick from its index)

Set	Route here when the ask is about
`business-of-expertise/`	positioning, niching, pricing power, saying no, thought leadership, expertise signals
`pocket-full-of-do/`	value pricing, sales conversations, objections, personal brand, teaching content
`brutally-honest/`	studio ops — proposals, contracts, rates, staffing, qualification, approvals, pipeline
`built-to-sell/`	productizing, owner-independence, recurring revenue, cash flow, valuation, exit
`company-of-one/`	staying small, growth skepticism, enough-ness, lean launches, retention, solo systems
`creative-strategy/`	briefs, business objectives behind design, pitching, presenting, feedback, target research

Guards

Blend lenses when routing is ambiguous: one positioning/pricing set (expertise/do) + one operational set (brutally-honest/built-to-sell) usually beats two of the same kind.
Growth-direction conflicts are real: Built to Sell optimizes for a sellable firm; Company of One optimizes for staying deliberately small. When both apply, surface the tension and ask which end-state the user wants — don't silently pick one.
Financial/legal frameworks are thinking tools, not advice — say so when the stakes are real money or contracts.
These are book distillations: attribute ("per Baker's market-sizing tests…") so the user knows the source.

designbiz

/designbiz — Design Business Frameworks Dispatcher

Procedure