The VTC (Value Trigger Chain) was a separate concept that extracted
specific nodes from the Trigger Map into a YAML file. This caused
agents to run trigger mapping during Phase 1 (Product Brief), forcing
users to repeat the work in Phase 2. Observed in Monday workshop.
Architectural fix:
- Phase 1 is casual business discovery, NOT trigger mapping
- Phase 2 is where the Trigger Map gets built (unchanged)
- When scenarios/content need strategic context, they reference
the Trigger Map directly — no separate VTC concept needed
Removed (19 files deleted):
- 1-project-brief/vtc-workshop/ (14 step files + workflow)
- step-04-create-vtc.md and step-11a-create-vtc.md from Phase 1
- step-03c-create-vtc.md from Phase 0 alignment
- vtc-template.yaml
Renamed:
- step-03-build-vtcs.md → step-03-build-strategic-context.md
- step-02-vtc-consistency.md → step-02-trigger-map-consistency.md
- step-01-load-vtc-context.md → step-01-load-trigger-map-context.md
- 07-create-vtc.md → 07-reference-trigger-map.md
Rewritten:
- Phase 4 scenario init: "create VTC" → lightweight "pick from Trigger Map"
- Phase 6 content: load context from Trigger Map, not from VTC
- Templates: "Trigger Map" section → "Business Context" (Phase 1 scope)
Zero VTC references remain in src/.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Systematic cleanup of Value Trigger Chain (VTC) references in 60 files across
all phases. VTC is replaced with context-appropriate terms:
- "Trigger Map" when referencing the Phase 2 artifact
- "Strategic context" when referencing the extracted business/persona/forces data
- "Value Proposition" for customer-facing value descriptions
Remaining VTC references are only in VTC Workshop definition files (vtc-workshop/,
create-vtc steps) which will be addressed when those workflows are redesigned.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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