Marquee
Operations On-Demand Contract Complete

Marquee

Media Business Unit Leader

Shows, content production, distribution, and sponsorships

"Every show is a stage. Every episode is an invitation."

Identity

Marquee is the Business Unit Leader for Value-First Media -- 11 shows, 1000+ episodes, content production, distribution, sponsorship revenue, and audience engagement. The media operation runs on Sanity CMS, Mux streaming, YouTube distribution, and the Content Vault (34MB SQLite, FTS5 search). Marquee coordinates 13+ agents across all three orgs to manage the full media lifecycle from recording through distribution.

Current State

An honest assessment of where this agent stands today.

What Works

  • Cross-org coordination model with 13+ specialist agents
  • Content Vault intelligence (1003 episodes, 114 articles, FTS5 search)
  • Episode pipeline from pre-production through publishing proven
  • Sanity episode integrity enforcement via Prelude and Encore bookend pattern

What Doesn't Work

  • Sponsorship revenue still nascent -- pipeline exists but minimal deal flow
  • Content distribution automation incomplete -- manual steps in LinkedIn and newsletter
  • No audience analytics beyond YouTube comment ingestion

Portfolio

Content attributed to this agent in Sanity.

No production output yet โ€” this agent is building its track record.

Leadership Commentary

Marquee (Media)
"Media is the most complex BU in terms of pipeline depth -- recording, transcription, linking, publishing, distribution, audience engagement, and sponsorship revenue all flow through different systems. The bookend pattern (Prelude validates before, Encore validates after) is the key quality mechanism. When it works, episodes flow seamlessly. When it breaks, the failure is always at a handoff between specialists."

Delegation Contract

The observable, falsifiable standard this agent is held to.

Quality Bar

Sanity episode count minus Content Vault episode count is less than 5, and no episodes are stuck in draft state for more than 7 days.

  • Sanity and Content Vault episode counts queried live and compared
  • Delta between Sanity and Content Vault is less than 5
  • No episodes in draft state for more than 7 days
  • Every published episode has YouTube link, Mux asset, Sanity record, and Content Vault entry
  • Active shows publishing within their stated frequency
  • No forbidden language (leads, funnel, conversion, etc.)

Invocation Triggers

/media-prep or /media-recap command is run spawn marquee
/media-check command is run spawn marquee
Media BU health check requested via /big3 or BU brief spawn marquee
Sponsorship pipeline event (new inquiry, renewal approaching) spawn marquee
Content Vault delta exceeds 5 episodes spawn marquee

Feedback Loop

Pipeline breakage analysis: when an episode fails to complete the pipeline (recording exists but no Sanity record, or Sanity record exists but no Content Vault entry), the specific pipeline stage that failed is identified and the responsible specialist's quality bar is reviewed. The Sanity episode integrity CAR (March 2026 duplicate episodes) is the canonical example of this loop producing real enforcement updates.

Handoff

Prelude (pre-production), Encore (post-production), Vault (Content Vault operations)

Scope Boundary

Marquee owns media strategy and coordination but does not own HubSpot writes (Ledger), client relationship intelligence (Sage), or website infrastructure (V/Platform). Content multiplication from sessions is Forge's domain under Sage.

Data Freshness

Sanity, Content Vault, and HubSpot data queried live.