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+name: venture loop
+# The venture loop, stage by stage: the same card and beats as venture.yml's tick, walked as one step per stage so the
+# whole loop is a workflow Havre's /open (https://havre.yolopreneur.lol/open/, Workflows → Import) shows as a chain of
+# nodes. Each step runs `venture.py stage <card> <at>`: it advances the card once if it stands at <at>, else does
+# nothing, so one run carries a new card from scout to launch, and a re-run picks up wherever the card stands.
+# Off until TIME_VENTURE=on, like venture.yml; the two share every secret and variable.
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      card:
+        description: "The venture card to advance (an issue number), or `new` to open today's card first"
+        type: string
+        default: new
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  issues: write
+  pages: write
+  statuses: write
+concurrency:
+  group: venture
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+env:
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  VENICE_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.VENICE_API_KEY }}
+  ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
+  TIME_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TIME_TOKEN }}
+  TIME_RUN_IMAGE: node:22-bookworm
+  CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN }}
+  CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID }}
+  TIME_DAILY_USD: ${{ vars.TIME_DAILY_USD }}
+  TIME_MONTHLY_USD: ${{ vars.TIME_MONTHLY_USD }}
+  TIME_VENTURE_DOMAIN: ${{ vars.TIME_VENTURE_DOMAIN }}
+  TIME_VENTURE_AI_MODEL: ${{ vars.TIME_VENTURE_AI_MODEL }}
+  TIME_VENTURE: ${{ vars.TIME_VENTURE }}
+  TIME_VENTURE_PITCH: ${{ vars.TIME_VENTURE_PITCH }}
+  TIME_VENTURE_BOARD: ${{ vars.TIME_VENTURE_BOARD }}
+  TIME_VENTURE_CHAIR: ${{ vars.TIME_VENTURE_CHAIR }}
+  TIME_VENTURE_JUDGE: ${{ vars.TIME_VENTURE_JUDGE }}
+  TIME_VENTURE_ESCALATE: ${{ vars.TIME_VENTURE_ESCALATE }}
+  TIME_VENTURE_PAGES_DOMAIN: ${{ vars.TIME_VENTURE_PAGES_DOMAIN }}
+  TIME_TRUSTED: ${{ vars.TIME_TRUSTED }}
+  TIME_CAP_SLACK: ${{ vars.TIME_CAP_SLACK }}
+  TIME_ANTHROPIC_API: ${{ vars.TIME_ANTHROPIC_API }}
+  TIME_VENTURE_MEASURE_DAYS: ${{ vars.TIME_VENTURE_MEASURE_DAYS }}
+  TIME_WORKER: ${{ vars.TIME_VENTURE_WORKER || 'claude:sonnet' }}
+  TIME_WORKER_STEPS: ${{ vars.TIME_WORKER_STEPS }}
+  TIME_WORKER_MAX_TOKENS: ${{ vars.TIME_WORKER_MAX_TOKENS }}
+jobs:
+  loop:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: .github/time
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: chromium, for the checks
+        run: command -v chromium || (apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq --no-install-recommends chromium >/dev/null)
+      - name: the card
+        run: |
+          card="${{ inputs.card }}"
+          if [ "$card" = new ] || [ -z "$card" ]; then card=$(python3 .github/time/venture.py stage new | tail -1); fi
+          echo "card=$card" >> "$GITHUB_ENV" && echo "venture card #$card"
+      - name: scout (trending repos)
+        run: python3 .github/time/venture.py stage "$card" new
+      - name: research and pick (the lead), or pitches (the board)
+        run: python3 .github/time/venture.py stage "$card" scouted
+      - name: board vote (a batch, or no lead)
+        run: python3 .github/time/venture.py stage "$card" pitched
+      - name: plan (launch plan, signal issue, LAUNCH.md)
+        run: python3 .github/time/venture.py stage "$card" picked
+      - name: build (the worker, on the Pages branch)
+        run: python3 .github/time/venture.py stage "$card" planned
+      - name: check, fix or polish, judge; launch when it passes
+        run: |
+          for round in 1 2 3 4 5; do
+            python3 .github/time/venture.py stage "$card" built | tee /tmp/round.txt
+            grep -q "built -> built" /tmp/round.txt || break
+          done
+      - name: launch a venture held for its batch
+        run: python3 .github/time/venture.py stage "$card" ready
+      - name: measure (7 days on: signups against the plan's lines)
+        run: python3 .github/time/venture.py stage "$card" launched