Help test Citadel 1.1: 10 first-time users + 1 benchmark reviewer

[SethGammon]

Help test Citadel 1.1: 10 first-time users + 1 benchmark reviewer

Citadel's engineering checks are green, but that is not the same as proving the product is useful to somebody who did not build it. Before calling 1.1 complete, I am looking for:

• one independent reviewer to select a frozen benchmark scenario before any trial begins;
• ten first-time Citadel users to try install -> setup -> route -> verified handoff;
• at least five of those users who are willing to try a second real task 24 hours to 14 days later.

Failures count and will remain in the cohort. This is product-proof work, not a request for testimonials.

Safety and privacy

Use a disposable or non-sensitive Git repository. Do not post prompts, repository names, paths, command output, logs, email addresses, employer/client details, or task content. The trial records only timing, pass/fail booleans, a four-field dashboard comprehension score, and a random opaque participant ID.

Try the release-candidate branch

Clone the exact candidate:

git clone --branch codex/citadel-1-1-product-proof --single-branch https://github.com/SethGammon/Citadel.git Citadel-1.1-trial

From the root of your disposable target repository, run one installer:

# OpenAI Codex
node /path/to/Citadel-1.1-trial/scripts/install.js --runtime codex --add-marketplace

# Claude Code
node /path/to/Citadel-1.1-trial/scripts/install.js --runtime claude --install --scope local

Start a fresh session if the runtime requests it, then follow the complete, privacy-minimal protocol:

https://github.com/SethGammon/Citadel/blob/codex/citadel-1-1-product-proof/docs/PRODUCT_PROOF_TRIAL.md

The release-candidate work is in PR #181:

#181

Volunteer

Reply with either benchmark reviewer or first-time tester. The benchmark reviewer goes first. Once the scenario-selection comment is posted, I will reply here that participant runs can begin.

Thank you for helping distinguish a green repository from a genuinely usable product.