How the gate works
This tool grades one task on your plate for whether to delegate it. It scores 6 weighted controls into a 0–100 number — then a gate that can only make the verdict worse.
The 6 weighted controls
Core founder work, or a task you will not release the decision on, is forced to KEEP regardless of the score — handing off the task while keeping the decision just routes it back through you, a more expensive version of doing it yourself.
Why: On every other signal this is a clean delegation — 72 leverage — but you will not release the decision, so it is forced to KEEP. Hand off the task while keeping the call and it just routes back through you.
The score alone reads DOCUMENT FIRST; the gate made it worse. The score is context; the gate is the answer — and where something is short, the fix first row names it. Grades how your time is spent, not a person. Your marks only.