# Hear Me Out

> A light, practical page for people who run a small business and have 1 stubborn problem - an empty slot, people walking past, people who come once, people who spend little. You name the business, the problem, who comes now, what you already have, anything off limits, and the money and hours you can give. The page sorts the problem into a kind with free angle cards and draws a luggage scale that weighs oddness beside a chalk pavement board. One metered run writes a ladder of 5 schemes, rung 1 sensible to rung 5 outlandish, each with a 3-step logic chain, a rough cost and hours, a risk line and a first step. The page weighs every scheme itself and names the lead scheme.

URL: https://hear-me-out.skillsafe.ai/
API: https://hear-me-out.skillsafe.ai/api.html

## Contract
- One task: `scheme-ladder`. Input fields (all strings): task, business, problem, regulars, have, off_limits, budget (with currency sign), hours, facts (the problem kind, the money and hours caps, the rung meanings, which rungs must fit the caps).
- Reply: JSON with summary, schemes[] (rung, name, scheme, logic[3], builds_on, cost, hours, risk, verdict, first_step - exactly 5, rungs 1 to 5 in order), pick, pick_why, closing.

## Rule
Rungs 1 to 3 should fit both caps. Each scheme's verdict, first match wins: park it if its cost is over the money cap or its hours over the hours cap; pilot it small if it is rung 4 or 5 or names a risk; otherwise try it. The lead scheme is the cheapest "try it" (then fewest hours, then the lower rung), or the same among "pilot it small" when nothing is "try it"; 0 if every scheme is parked.

## Care
Schemes stay honest, legal and kind: no fake reviews or fake crowds, no pranks, nothing that shares anyone's personal details, and asking permission before using shared or public space. Costs and hours are rough estimates. Ideas, not legal or financial advice.

## Sources
- Skill: @phuryn/marketing-ideas on SkillSafe (https://skillsafe.ai/skill/@phuryn/marketing-ideas).
- Trend: a sustained October 2026 rise in Wikipedia mobile pageviews of the article on a deadpan TV comedy series about absurd-sounding schemes pitched to small businesses, Wikimedia REST API (CC0).