š WEEKLY COMP #6: THE RESEARCHER š
šļø PRIZE: FREE SEAT IN THE LYCEUM šļø Pick your cohort. Technical, Business, or Creator. Your call. ---- šŗšø Quick note first. This post is going up Today because we took Memorial Day off yesterday. To keep things fair, you've got until Sunday May 31st at 12:00 PM EST to submit. Same week of build time, just shifted. ---- š THE CHALLENGE Build a folder-based AI researcher for a specific topic or industry. You pick the domain. This week's deliverable is one researcher folder that someone could drop into a Claude project and use as their personal research partner for whatever domain you've built it for. ---- šÆ PICK YOUR DOMAIN The domain is yours. Pick something specific. Pick something you'd actually use. A few sparks to get you thinking: - š¦ M&A activity in one industry (fintech, healthcare, defense) - āļø Court cases in one area of law (employment, IP, immigration) - 𧬠Scientific research on one health condition or treatment - šļø Real estate market dynamics in one city or asset class - š„ Competitive intelligence for one product category - š Historical research on one period, place, or movement - š Academic literature in one specific subfield - š Regulatory developments in one sector - š° Journalism research on one beat (climate tech, AI policy, biotech funding) The more specific, the better. "Research assistant" is too broad. "M&A research analyst for early-stage fintech deals in the US and Europe" is right. ---- šļø THE METHODOLOGY If this is your first comp, welcome. Here's what you need to know: This week (and every week) you're learning interpretable context methodology. Folders as architecture. Each file does one job well. Your researcher is a folder with five things: - š identity.md (who the researcher is, what domain they cover) - š rules.md (how they research) - š¬ examples.md (what good looks like) - š reference/ (frameworks, source lists, key concepts) - š README.md (how to use it)