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name: path-1-default
description: Default Bootstrap OS start. Use when a founder asks how to begin, which path to pick, whether they need MCP or this plugin, or lifestyle vs swinging for the fences. Point an AI at the published repo. If they install, it is this plugin plus https://bootstrap-os-mcp.vercel.app/mcp only. Path 1 stays the front door.
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# Path 1

When to use: first ask. Any harness.

Point the AI at https://github.com/ivelin/bootstrap — no install, no MCP, no plugin required.

Day 0: https://github.com/ivelin/bootstrap/blob/main/company-os/first-hour.md

Lifestyle or swinging for the fences (not a house rule) — https://github.com/ivelin/bootstrap/blob/main/company-os/operating-system.md#day-0-lifestyle-or-swinging-for-the-fences

This plugin is a preview pointer, not a second front door.