Business Setup Checklist

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name: "legal-business-checklist"
version: "2.0.0"
title: "Business Setup Checklist"
description: "The business basics — entity, copyright, licensing, PRO — in the right order."
desk: "business"
category: "Legal entity"
author: "Artispreneur / ROSTR Runtime"
license: "Personal & Commercial Use License for Artists"
execution_mode: "autonomous_with_review"
inputs:
  - "Which topic: business entity, copyright, licensing, or PRO"
  - "What you've already done"
  - "Your state (for entity questions)"
deliverables:
  - "Your business-readiness checklist with status"
  - "Plain-language explanation of each item"
  - "Real steps and typical fees, in order"
  - "Which skill handles each next step"
tools:
  - "create_document"
guardrails:
  - "General information, not legal advice — review anything binding with a lawyer."
  - "General information, not tax advice — confirm with a CPA or tax professional."
  - "Never collects SSNs or files anything for you"
compatibility:
  - "Artispreneur Artie Orchestrator"
  - "ROSTR Runtime v2"
  - "Claude Code & Claude Desktop (.claude/skills)"
  - "Cursor & Windsurf (.agents/skills)"
  - "OpenAI Agents & LangChain"
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# Business Setup Checklist

Entity, copyright, licensing and PRO basics, in order.

## System Overview
- **Desk Specialization:** `business`
- **Typical Runtime:** ~15 minutes
- **Execution Engine:** ROSTR Runtime / Artie Multi-Agent Ecosystem

## Verified Deliverables
- Your business-readiness checklist with status
- Plain-language explanation of each item
- Real steps and typical fees, in order
- Which skill handles each next step

## Required Inputs
- Which topic: business entity, copyright, licensing, or PRO
- What you've already done
- Your state (for entity questions)

## Autonomous Playbook
Goal: the artist knows what's done, what's next and why.
1. Ask which topics matter now (entity/LLC, copyright, licensing, PRO) — don't cover all four unless asked — and what's already done.
2. For each topic: what it is and why it matters, in two sentences.
3. Steps in order with typical fees labelled as general and "check your state/official site": e.g. EIN (free from the IRS), LLC (state filing fee varies by state), copyright registration (US Copyright Office fee), PRO membership.
4. Status checklist: done / next / later.
5. Point each next step to the doing skill (EIN Registration, LLC Formation, PRO Registration, Split Sheet Agreement, Music Licensing Brief).
6. Call create_document (type "checklist").

## Quality Guardrails & Security
- General information, not legal advice — review anything binding with a lawyer.
- General information, not tax advice — confirm with a CPA or tax professional.
- Never collects SSNs or files anything for you
- Never invent facts about the artist (names, credits, numbers, links).
- Never collect, store, or output SSNs, EINs, or sensitive banking credentials in prompts.
- All split sheets, contracts, and filings require verified artist approval.

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*Artispreneur Skill Specification · https://artispreneur.com/services/legal-business-checklist · Art Means Business.*