# Mode: project — Portfolio Project Evaluation

**URL:** {project-url}
**Legitimacy:** {High Confidence | Proceed with Caution | Suspicious}

Scoring matrix with 6 dimensions (1–5):

| Dimension | Weight | 5 = ... | 1 = ... |
|-----------|------|---------|---------|
| Signal for target roles | 25% | Directly demonstrates JD skill | Not related |
| Uniqueness | 20% | Nobody has done this | Very common |
| Demo ability | 20% | Live demo in 2 min | Code only, not visual |
| Metrics potential | 15% | Clear metrics (latency, cost, accuracy) | No metrics possible |
| Time to MVP | 10% | 1 week | 3+ months |
| STAR story potential | 10% | Rich story with trade-offs | Implementation only |

## "Interview Pack" Requirements

For each approved project:
1. **One-pager**: product + architecture + metrics + evaluation plan
2. **Demo**: live URL or 2 min recorded walkthrough
3. **Postmortem**: what worked, what didn’t, mitigations

## 80/20 Plan

- Week 1 → MVP with core metric
- Week 2 → polish + interview pack

## Verdicts

- **BUILD** → plan with weekly milestones
- **SKIP** → why and what to do instead
- **PIVOT TO [alternative]** → more impactful variant
