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SeedAngels Platform Help

SeedAngels (seedangels.ai) is an AI business-planning tool that turns your inputs into a synced business plan, pitch deck, and financial forecast (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) formatted for banks and investors, plus a set of free analyzers and generators (Startup Idea Validator, Pitch Deck Analyzer, Business Plan Analyzer, Lean Canvas, Business Model Canvas, Startup Valuation Tool, Dilution Calculator). Its differentiator in a crowded cluster of AI plan generators: the AI is deliberately constrained on the numbers — financial statements are built from your assumptions rather than invented — and the deck and plan share one data source, so changing an assumption updates both and you never get a deck-vs-plan mismatch. It's UI-only, no API; EUR-priced with a generous free tier and a one-time Complete Pack.

Step 1 — Gather context

If references/learnings.md exists, read it first for accumulated platform knowledge.

Ask only what you can't infer from the user's prompt:

1. Where are you? (a) about to generate a plan/deck/forecast in SeedAngels, (b) staring at an Analyzer score (Pitch Deck / Business Plan) unsure what to fix, (c) deciding free vs the one-time Complete Pack or how many AI tokens you need, (d) running a free tool (Idea Validator, Lean Canvas, valuation/dilution calculator), (e) asking whether it has an API/export/integration.
2. What stage is the idea? (just an idea, have a rough plan, prepping for a bank loan or investor round) — this decides whether the free tier is enough or the Complete Pack's analyses matter.
3. What have you got so far — a hunch, an AI score, a landing page, a waitlist, or someone offered to pay? (Frames whether SeedAngels output is the right next step or a demand test is.)

Skip-ahead rule: if the user's prompt already contains enough context, skip to Step 2.

Step 2 — Route or answer directly

SeedAngels is one AI planning tool. Much of what a founder needs is tool-agnostic — route it:

| The user's real question | Route to | |---|---| | Should I trust this plan/verdict? How do I actually validate? Comparing plan/validator tools | /sales-idea-validation | | Build the smoke-test / fake-door landing page the demand test runs on | /sales-funnel | | Grow a pre-launch waitlist and capture signups | /sales-audience-growth | | Reddit-based real-demand signal to cross-check the plan's assumptions | /sales-trendseeker |

When routing, give the exact command: "This is a validation-method question — run: /sales-idea-validation {the user's original question}"

Answer directly only for SeedAngels-specific mechanics (the synced deck+plan model, the Analyzers' criteria/themes, the free tools, AI-token costs, free vs Complete Pack gates, "does it have an API").

Step 3 — SeedAngels platform reference

Read references/platform-guide.md for the full reference — the synced deck+plan data model, the free tools (Idea Validator's 9 dimensions, Pitch Deck Analyzer's 34 criteria / 8 themes, Business Plan Analyzer's 30 criteria, Lean Canvas / BMC, valuation & dilution calculators), the Complete Pack's gated analyses, AI-token economics, pricing, the (absent) automation surface, and how to get data out.

Answer using only the relevant section — don't dump the whole guide.

Step 4 — Actionable guidance

• A fundable plan is a document, not validated demand. A polished, bank-ready plan + deck + forecast feels like proof, but it's generated from your assumptions — no stranger has paid. Keep the structured parts (market/competition analysis, personas, GTM) to sharpen the pitch and satisfy a lender; take the actual go/no-go from a real behavior test. Route that test to /sales-funnel + /sales-audience-growth.
• Lean into what makes SeedAngels different: the numbers are yours, not the AI's. Unlike most plan generators (which invent TAM/SAM/SOM and 3-year financials), SeedAngels generates the statements from assumptions you enter. That's its strength — so the output is only as good as your inputs. Enter defensible assumptions (real pricing, realistic conversion, honest costs); the P&L / balance sheet / cash flow will be internally consistent but still only as credible as those numbers.
• Use the synced deck+plan on purpose. Because the pitch deck and business plan share one data source, change an assumption once and both documents update — this eliminates the classic "the deck says €2M ARR, the plan says €1.4M" discrepancy investors catch. Do your number-changing in the source, not by hand-editing exports.
• Mine the free Analyzers before paying. The Pitch Deck Analyzer (34 criteria across 8 themes, scored) and Business Plan Analyzer (30 criteria mirroring SeedAngels' own build structure) are free and critique an existing deck/plan — run them to get a prioritized fix list even if you built the deck elsewhere. The Startup Idea Validator (first run free) gives a 9-dimension read (problem, pain severity, personas, SAM, competitors, differentiation, cost structure, breakeven, go/no-go) — treat its verdict as directional, not demand.
• Budget AI tokens; choose free vs Complete Pack by what you actually need. The free tier covers the Lean Canvas, forecast input, interactive reports, and the synced deck+plan. The one-time Complete Pack (a single purchase, not a recurring subscription) unlocks market/competition analysis, client-persona analysis, cash-flow analysis, valuation/financing, and exports, and includes a batch of AI tokens; extra tokens are cheap per-unit and are spent on generating expenses, revenue streams, and plan summaries. If you only need a lean canvas and to model numbers, the free tier may be enough; pay when you need the deeper analyses or the export/PDF.
• There's no API — point automation at the demand test, not the plan. SeedAngels is UI-only (no public API, webhooks, Zapier/Make, or MCP); output leaves as a PDF (export is Complete-Pack gated). Don't plan an integration around it — if you need the output elsewhere, export the PDF and copy the statements by hand. Whenever someone asks how to automate, sync, or export the plan/ forecast, make the redirect explicit: a generated plan is not validated demand, so the highest-value pipeline lives on the demand side — landing-page analytics, waitlist capture, and pre-sale checkout events (those expose real APIs and produce actual evidence), not the SeedAngels report.
• Present all pricing/token costs as best-effort and tell the user to confirm at seedangels.ai — it's a small, fast-moving indie tool and pricing is EUR-denominated.

If you discover a gotcha, workaround, or tip not covered in references/learnings.md, append it there.

Gotchas

Best-effort from research (2026-07) — SeedAngels is a small indie tool; verify tiers, AI-token costs, and the Analyzer criteria at seedangels.ai.

• A bank-/investor-ready plan is not demand. The plan, deck, and forecast are generated from your inputs; a fundable-looking document is neither validated demand nor a loan approval. Always follow with a real-behavior test (smoke test / pre-sale).
• "AI constrained on the numbers" ≠ the numbers are correct. SeedAngels avoids hallucinating financials by building them from your assumptions — but garbage assumptions in, internally-consistent garbage out. The forecast's credibility rests entirely on the assumptions you enter, not on the AI.
• Export is gated. The free tier lets you build and view the synced deck+plan and interactive reports, but exporting (and the deeper analyses) require the one-time Complete Pack. Don't promise someone a downloadable PDF on the free tier.
• AI tokens are a separate meter. The Complete Pack includes a batch of AI tokens; generating expenses, revenue streams, and plan summaries spends tokens, and extra tokens are bought per-unit. Iterating heavily can burn through the included batch.
• EUR-priced, bank-standard framing. Pricing is in euros and the plan's "banking standards compliance" is oriented to European lenders; a US SBA package may need different structure — verify against your lender's requirements.
• The free Idea Validator is one run. Your first idea validation is free; additional validations in the app consume tokens. It's an AI opinion (9 dimensions), not demand.
• No API, webhooks, Zapier, or MCP. UI-only; the only export is PDF (Complete-Pack gated). Don't build automation on it.

Related skills

• /sales-idea-validation — the tool-agnostic validate-before-building method and the full business-plan / idea-validator comparison (start here to decide whether to trust any generated plan)
• /sales-funnel — build the smoke-test / fake-door landing page the real demand test runs on
• /sales-audience-growth — grow a pre-launch waitlist and capture signups once you're testing demand
• /sales-trendseeker — Reddit-based real-demand signal to cross-check the plan's market assumptions
• /sales-do — Not sure which skill to use? The router matches any sales objective to the right skill. Install: npx skills add sales-skills/sales --skill sales-do -a claude-code

Examples

Example 1: "SeedAngels gave me a full plan, deck, and forecast — am I ready to raise?"

User says: "I built a bank-ready business plan, pitch deck, and 3-statement forecast in SeedAngels. Am I ready to go to investors?" Skill does: Reframes the deliverables as generated documents (built from the founder's own assumptions), not validated demand — keeps the structured parts (market/competition analysis, personas, GTM) to sharpen the pitch and satisfy a lender, but prescribes the real test: a smoke-test landing page with a pre-committed conversion threshold, then a pre-sale, routing the build to /sales-funnel and signups to /sales-audience-growth. Notes SeedAngels' edge (numbers from your assumptions, synced deck+plan) means the forecast is only as credible as the inputs. Result: The founder pressure-tests real demand and their assumptions before betting a raise on a polished document.

Example 2 (pricing/tokens): "Do I need the Complete Pack, or is the free tier enough?"

User says: "I just want a Lean Canvas and to model my numbers. Do I have to pay for SeedAngels, and what are the AI tokens for?" Skill does: Answers from the plan gates — the free tier covers the Lean Canvas, forecast input, interactive reports, and the synced deck+plan, so modeling numbers is free; the one-time Complete Pack is only needed for market/competition and persona/cash-flow analyses, valuation/financing, and export. Explains AI tokens are a separate meter spent on generating expenses, revenue streams, and plan summaries (the Pack includes a batch; extras are cheap per-unit). Marks pricing best-effort — confirm at seedangels.ai. Result: The user stays on the free tier for now and only upgrades when they need exports or the deeper analyses.

Example 3 (automation): "Can I pull my SeedAngels forecast into my model via API?"

User says: "I want to sync my SeedAngels financials into my own spreadsheet/model automatically — is there an API or webhook?" Skill does: States plainly that SeedAngels is UI-only — no public API, no webhooks, no Zapier/Make, no MCP; output leaves as a PDF (export is Complete-Pack gated). Offers the realistic path: export the PDF and copy the statements by hand, and — since a plan isn't demand anyway — point any real pipeline at the demand side (landing-page analytics, waitlist, pre-sale events), which do have APIs and produce evidence. Result: The user stops trying to integrate a UI-only tool and puts automation where it pays off.

Troubleshooting

The plan/forecast looks polished but I don't trust it

Symptom: A clean, bank-ready plan and 3-statement forecast the founder senses is too optimistic. Cause: SeedAngels builds the statements from your assumptions — it won't hallucinate numbers, but it also won't correct unrealistic inputs (pricing, conversion, costs), so an over-optimistic assumption flows straight through to a consistent-but-wrong forecast. Solution: Re-enter defensible assumptions (real pricing, honest conversion and churn, realistic costs), re-check the synced deck and plan agree, and validate the underlying demand with a smoke test / pre-sale before relying on the numbers. Cross-check market assumptions with /sales-trendseeker.

My Pitch Deck / Business Plan Analyzer score is low — what do I fix first?

Symptom: The free Analyzer returned a low score with lots of feedback. Cause: The Pitch Deck Analyzer scores 34 criteria across 8 themes and the Business Plan Analyzer 30 criteria mirroring SeedAngels' build structure — the feedback is a long prioritized list, not a single fix. Solution: Work the themes/criteria with the lowest scores first (usually problem clarity, market/traction, and the financial ask), regenerate, and re-run the free Analyzer to confirm the score moved — the Analyzers are free and re-runnable, so iterate before paying for the Complete Pack.

I can't export / download my plan

Symptom: The deck/plan built fine but there's no download. Cause: Export is gated behind the one-time Complete Pack — the free tier lets you build and view the synced deck+plan and interactive reports, but not export them. Solution: If you need a downloadable PDF, buy the Complete Pack (it also unlocks the deeper analyses and includes AI tokens); if you only need to model numbers on-screen, the free tier is enough. Confirm current gating at seedangels.ai.