community-launch-readinesslisted

# Community Launch Readiness Version 1.0 · 2026-08-09. A 5-question readiness check for launching a local engineering-leadership meetup — built directly from Engineering Leaders Community's own new-city playbook, the actual operating doc used to launch Brno, Bratislava and Kraków. Not theory: the real checklist. ## When to use - Someone is considering starting a local meetup/chapter and wants a go/no-go read, not just encouragement - Before a launch date goes on a calendar — this catches the two gaps (speaker network, local operator) that most often stall a new-city launch - Comparing a new city's readiness against an established one's numbers (don't — see below) ## How to call it ``` claude mcp add -t http elc-toolkit https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp ``` Call `assess_community_launch_readiness` with true/false answers on 5 dimensions: a real local speaker network (2-3 speakers who'll promote it, not just show up), a promo-channel plan (3+ channels), a named local operator (not run remotely), a realistic first-event target (40-50, not 100+), and a small paid-promotion budget set aside. Returns a verdict — ready / close-fix-the-gaps / not-yet — plus the specific open gaps and which one to close first. Real signal from running this in three cities: speakers are the actual distribution channel in a new city (no existing Slack/Luma/LinkedIn network to lean on yet) — if speakers won't promote, the room does not fill regardless of how good the channel plan looks on pape