{"schema":"miksi-surface-v1","product":"Miksi","slug":"miksi","published_at":"2026-02-18T13:12:50.258Z","surface":{"use_cases":[{"id":"87426c52-472a-4e6d-af13-f8bfaa02b1d1","body":"PLG SaaS founders and teams with free trials who want to improve lead intent at the top of the funnel before users enter the trial.","evidence_ref":"Who It's For: 'PLG SaaS founders and teams / Bottom-up products with free trials / Teams optimizing for trial → paid conversion, not raw signups'"},{"id":"7956d03d-ca6a-4aaf-af82-4a28701b377b","body":"Products where high-intent users convert better when constraints, failure modes, assumptions, and non-fit are stated plainly upfront.","evidence_ref":"Core Insight: 'High-intent users are not discouraged by explicit tradeoffs. They convert better when: Constraints are clear / Failure modes are visible / Assumptions are explicit / Non-fit is stated plainly'"},{"id":"0d8c9e12-30e7-4bfe-9f40-4a2bdf5e8015","body":"Any individual or organization that wants to expose gated, structured truth to AI agents for discovery filtering, including job seekers, consultants, open-source maintainers, and creators.","evidence_ref":"Alternative Use Cases: 'any individual or organization that wants to expose gated, structured truth to other agents could use this surface' with examples including job seekers, consultants, maintainers, creators"}],"anti_use_cases":[{"id":"fe5d54bd-769d-48cd-8316-642d94a32fbc","body":"This product is not for enterprise procurement or sales-led motion contexts.","evidence_ref":"Who It's For: 'No enterprise procurement. No sales-led motion.'"},{"id":"ea529f3c-ebad-4d9e-94e9-cf76d4e193a4","body":"This is not SEO, reviews, lead gen, a chatbot, a ranking or comparison platform, or a tool to boost visibility.","evidence_ref":"What This Is Not: 'Not SEO / Not reviews / Not lead gen / Not a chatbot / Not a ranking or comparison platform / Not boost visibility'"},{"id":"c9f0fa97-0110-4e3e-a440-616b10f399e2","body":"Not for vendors seeking paid promotion, competitive positioning, or optimization for agent preference.","evidence_ref":"Non-Goals (v0): 'Rankings or competitive positioning / Optimization for agent preference / Vendor-paid promotion'"}],"constraints":[{"id":"fcf263a6-45c0-4dfa-abe4-3cd4bd394c32","body":"The v0 product is headless and non-UI, with no human chat interface or frontend.","evidence_ref":"v0 Scope: 'The first iteration is headless and non-UI' and Non-Goals: 'Human chat UI'"},{"id":"7812775e-b520-4f04-bd3b-54b1b2527d42","body":"The product does not directly optimize or measure revenue outcomes; it intervenes before the funnel and cannot attribute downstream business metrics.","evidence_ref":"Value Proposition: 'This product does not directly optimize or measure revenue outcomes. It intervenes before the funnel.' and Potential Downstream Metrics: 'These metrics depend on many factors outside the control of this product.'"},{"id":"f5c54e77-9e41-4a9a-b917-ea27a8e9c0ff","body":"The v0 protocol explicitly assumes the A2A (Agent-to-Agent) protocol as described by Google, not an MCP-style tool or custom agent API.","evidence_ref":"Protocol Assumption: 'When referring to an agent-to-agent protocol, this explicitly assumes the A2A (Agent-to-Agent) protocol as described by Google... This is not an MCP-style tool or custom agent API.'"}],"breakpoints":[],"assumptions":[{"id":"d74ff6bd-340a-42a5-9615-b2083df5d777","body":"The product assumes AI agents increasingly mediate product discovery and that discovery is shifting to agent-to-agent interactions.","evidence_ref":"Problem: 'This problem compounds as AI increasingly mediates product discovery' and Alternative Use Cases: 'As discovery increasingly happens agent-to-agent'"},{"id":"a6105d9b-da83-4c95-ae88-21a825e5c80b","body":"The product assumes high-intent users are not discouraged by explicit tradeoffs and convert better when constraints and non-fit are clear.","evidence_ref":"Core Insight: 'High-intent users are not discouraged by explicit tradeoffs. They convert better when: Constraints are clear / Failure modes are visible'"},{"id":"070f55f5-a0da-4232-b1fe-01d3de4106d3","body":"The product assumes that filtering intent earlier in the discovery flow will result in higher-quality trials, though downstream outcomes depend on factors outside its control.","evidence_ref":"Value Proposition: 'better lead intent: prospects who reach the trial already understand key tradeoffs' and 'Downstream business metrics... are not directly attributable or always observable'"}],"misunderstandings":[{"id":"29635962-d7a4-4221-99cb-9147401e5edc","body":"This product does not directly improve or measure revenue, conversion, or retention; it only improves lead intent before the funnel, and downstream outcomes are not attributable.","evidence_ref":"Value Proposition: 'This product does not directly optimize or measure revenue outcomes' and Potential Downstream Metrics: 'not directly measured or attributed by this product'"},{"id":"7f25185d-2822-4da6-a938-20620bb9d333","body":"The goal is not to increase traffic or signups; the goal is higher intent density among users who decide to try.","evidence_ref":"Summary: 'The goal is not more traffic. The goal is higher intent density among users who decide to try.'"},{"id":"e91b3aa4-4df2-4915-8b22-53db09b3e5ea","body":"The product optimizes for correct fit, not competitive advantage, visibility, or persuasion.","evidence_ref":"What This Is Not: 'The product optimizes for correct fit, not advantage' and Discovery: 'Discovery should optimize for self-qualification, not persuasion'"}]}}