COO Operations Prover MCP Connector for Claude
A+An operations plan said 'we will scale' without modeling arrival rates. It claims 'economies of scale' without a single cost data point. It writes SLAs that say 'best effort.' That is not operations — that is hope. This tool forces five COO-level operational axes: capacity modeling, failure isolation, cost leverage, process discipline, and accountability mechanisms.
The Problem
Ask an LLM to design an operational plan. It will say 'we will scale as needed.' It will claim 'economies of scale' without showing cost at a single data point. It will accept 'case-by-case' exception handling as a process. And it will write SLAs that say 'best effort' — which means nothing.
Every LLM commits five operational reasoning failures:
- Capacity Blindness — says 'we will scale' without modeling arrival rate vs service rate.
- Contagion Risk — designs without bulkheads; one shard failure cascades everywhere.
- Cost Delusion — claims 'economies of scale' without proof at 3 data points.
- Process Chaos — accepts snowflake exceptions that destroy operational leverage.
- Accountability Theater — writes SLAs without automated penalties.
How It Works
The COO Operations Prover forces the LLM to fill 5 reflection fields and commit to 5 Decision Pivots before concluding any operational plan is execution-ready.
The 5 Operational Axes
| Axis | Pivot | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity Design | Modeled | Arrival rate, service rate, utilization, queue behavior. |
| Failure Isolation | Contained | Bulkheads, blast radius limits, circuit breakers. |
| Cost Leverage | Decreasing | Per-unit cost at 3 scale points with mechanism. |
| Process Discipline | Standard | Exception rate below 5%, SOPs, runbooks. |
| Accountability | Enforced | SLA target, error budget, automated penalties. |
The Verdict Matrix
Axis 1 fails → CAPACITY_BLIND
Axis 2 fails → CONTAGION_RISK
Axis 3 fails → COST_DELUSIONAL
Axis 4 fails → PROCESS_CHAOTIC
Axis 5 fails → ACCOUNTABILITY_THEATER
All pass → OPERATIONS_PROVEN
Why It Works
Tool calls are obligations. The LLM cannot say 'we will scale' — it must model the arrival rate vs service rate. It cannot claim 'economies of scale' — it must show cost at 3 data points. It cannot write 'best effort' SLAs — it must define the error budget and automated penalty. Every rejection names the exact operational axis that failed.
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