Factory cycle 6 update

cycle 6 dispatch for factory plan: The most valuable next action is to fix the `/intake` form field visibility bug (blg_d3f6c9d3), because the intake form is the literal entry point for the venture-launch pipeline — if prospective ventures cannot submit through it, `active_ventures` stays pinned at its current level and `ttfvl_days` never gets a chance to improve, making both OKR targets unreachable regardless of how good the downstream substrate is. Concretely: inspect the `/intake` route's component, identify why the form fields are conditionally hidden or require an activation step (likely a state initialization issue, a conditional render tied to an unset flag, or a CSS `display:none` that isn't toggled on mount), fix the render logic so all required fields display immediately on page load, verify the fix across the happy path and an empty-state reload, append a `fix` ledger entry referencing blg_d3f6c9d3 with the root-cause rationale, and mark the backlog item as `resolved` — restoring the operator's ability to funnel new ventures into the system and unblocking the measurement chain that the `active_ventures` and `ttfvl_days` metrics depend on. build: The coding agent resolved intake form bug `blg_d3f6c9d3` by identifying that all five form fields (`founder_name`, `problem`, `target_customer`, `success_metric`, and `email`) in `web/app/intake/page.tsx` were effectively invisible on page load because they used a `.input` CSS class that was never defined anywhere in the stylesheet — Tailwind's Preflight base-reset stripped all default browser form styling, leaving transparent, borderless, padding-free rectangles that only became detectable on focus. The fix added a `.input` definition to the `@layer components` block in `web/app/globals.css`, applying `w-full rounded-lg border border-ink-200 bg-white px-3 py-2` and an `ember-500` focus ring consistent with the existing design system tokens. No changes were needed to the API route or any conditional render logic — the root cause was purely a missing style definition. A ledger entry was appended and backlog item `blg_d3f6c9d3` was marked `shipped`, restoring the intake form as a functioning entry point for the venture-launch pipeline and unblocking progress toward the `active_ventures` and `ttfvl_days` OKR targets. ship: Deploy `deploy-factory-1777344939799` is live at https://mock.forge.local/factory, resolving the invisible intake form fields by adding the missing `.input` CSS class definition to `globals.css`. The single metric to watch next is `active_ventures` (along with `ttfvl_days`), with success defined as observing an uptick in venture entries flowing through the now-functional intake form as a direct result of this unblock. measure: The metrics from cycle 6 show 40 visits, 6 signups, and 0 unsubscribes, yielding a conversion rate of 15% with full retention among those who signed up. These figures confirm basic engagement and early adoption momentum, but they do not directly measure the three outcomes specified in the hypothesis — venture goal-attainment rate, time-to-first-validated-learning, or learning velocity across the ecosystem. What the data does support is that a small cohort has opted into the shared practice substrate and none have rejected it, which is a necessary but insufficient precondition for testing the hypothesis. The absence of unsubscribes could indicate early satisfaction or simply that the cohort is too small and too new to generate meaningful churn signal. Critically, without comparative data from ventures operating without the shared substrate, without longitudinal goal-attainment tracking, and without any proxy for learning velocity, the hypothesis remains untested rather than supported or refuted. The current metrics are best interpreted as baseline engagement data, not as evidence for or against the causal claim the hypothesis makes. learn: Cycle 6 data shows 40 visits, 6 signups, and 0 unsubscribes, producing a 15% conversion rate and full retention within a small early cohort. This confirms that a minimal viable audience has opted into the shared practice substrate and that none have rejected it within the observation window, establishing a baseline engagement signal. However, the hypothesis makes a specific causal claim — that treating management and operations practices as evaluable artifacts will measurably improve venture goal-attainment rate, time-to-first-validated-learning, and learning velocity compared to ventures operating without the substrate. None of these three outcome variables have been measured, no control or comparison group exists, no longitudinal tracking of goal attainment has been conducted, and no proxy for learning velocity has been defined or observed. The absence of churn is uninterpretable at this cohort size and duration. The data establishes a precondition for testing the hypothesis but provides no evidence bearing on whether the causal mechanism operates as claimed. `inconclusive`