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Choose Fast Start or Deep Discovery

Pick the discovery depth that matches how much evidence and owner review the operation needs before Project Unlock.

Choose Fast Start or Deep Discovery

SwarmCraft has two discovery routes. They use different inputs but converge at the same Project Unlock and create the same result: one project and its initial board.

Choose Fast Start when a focused intake can establish the boundary

Fast Start is the browser route for a focused workflow you can describe now. Its guided conversation establishes the current product, workflow, users, pain, integrations, constraints, design context, product shape, runtime, and stack preference.

Use it when:

  • one workflow and owner are already clear
  • the replacement will keep the existing system of record in place
  • the important integrations and constraints fit in a concise confirmed handoff
  • speed matters more than repository-led investigation

Start Fast.

Choose Deep Discovery when compression would hide risk

Deep Discovery runs in VS Code and uses sources, owner interviews, or both to review nine structured documents before any upload.

Use it when:

  • important knowledge is distributed or contradictory
  • exceptions, controls, records, or responsibilities are not yet settled
  • a recommendation-led process is needed because no requirements repository exists and the owner would benefit from correcting a proposed direction and early prototype
  • the operation may own bounded records and migration or continuity needs careful reasoning
  • the owner wants to preview the exact package before authorizing server processing

Explore Deep Discovery.

Do not choose by price or status

Deep Discovery is not a premium tier and Fast Start is not a teaser. Both use the currently displayed Project Unlock price, offers, credits, referrals, and eligibility rules. Deep Discovery is currently in a limited account-enabled rollout, so the extension and API remain authoritative for whether an account can start.

Choose the least discovery depth that can establish a trustworthy boundary. If you start Fast and discover that the focused intake cannot resolve the actors, records, rules, or migration decision, stop before unlock and move the investigation into Deep Discovery.

See How SwarmCraft works for what happens after the two discovery routes converge.