Ship Lean redesign lab

Four directions before we touch production.

Source system: ink, paper, Build orange, Signal green, cyan as info, JetBrains Mono, hard borders, receipts, terminal strips, file cards, stamps, and proof objects.

01 Field Manual Canon Closest to Claude Design

Paper-first, mono headline, proof stack above the fold.

02 Ink Desk Most premium / dramatic

Dark workspace with orange action tape and paper proof cards.

03 Receipt Index Best for SEO/AEO hub

Turns the homepage into a navigable operating index.

04 Clean Hybrid Safest migration

Keeps current clarity, swaps in real Ship Lean primitives.

Field Manual Canon

Use this if we want the website to look like the brand board.

FIELD MANUAL · NO. 07 UPDATED · 2026.05.01

AI systems for one-person businesses.

I build, run, and publish the systems. You can steal the useful parts.

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250+ operators 8+ vault assets weekly drops

chris@shiplean ~/systems

$ ls systems/

content-os.md one-lane.md idea-funnel.md

$ ship weekly-drop

ok system ready. steal it.

SYSTEM_07.MD · UPDATED 05.01 The Content OS

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Ink Desk

Use this if the brand should feel darker, sharper, and more premium.

BUILDING IN PUBLIC

Proof becomes pages.
Pages become leverage.

For Marcus: the solo builder with real product work, messy build logs, and no distribution system yet.

01 capture proof repo / demo / workflow

02 route the asset tool / article / vault

03 ship with receipts approve / publish / reuse

FIELD MANUAL

Receipt Index

Use this if the homepage is becoming a living SEO/AEO router.

SHIP LEAN / INDEX

Start with the constraint. Grab the system.

UPDATED WEEKLY

01 Free Tools

Calculators and planners that expose the workflow worth building.

02 Workflows

Copy the route, then adapt the stack.

03 Video Vault

Repos, prompts, and assets from the videos.

04 Work With Me

For builders ready to turn proof into distribution architecture.

Clean Hybrid

Use this if we want the lowest-risk migration from the current site.

SHIP LEAN FOR SOLO BUILDERS

Build proof.
Ship the system.

A cleaner version of the current homepage, but with real Ship Lean primitives replacing the old SaaS palette.

GET SATURDAY'S SYSTEM OPEN THE VAULT

TOOL Automation Priority Audit open

WORKFLOW Build Log to Newsletter shipped

VAULT Prompt Pack 001 new