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Paid research brief loop

Runs a primary-source-first research process with explicit scope, uncertainty, QA, and human delivery approval.

Setup capital
Under $100
Monthly cost
$0–100
Setup time
3–6 hours
Weekly effort
5–10 hours
First dollar
Under 7 days
Sales burden
Marketplace/async

User-selected scenario, not an expected outcome.

Every consequential external action pauses for explicit human approval.

Autonomy by business phase

Current level 3/5. Potential level 4/5 in 1–3 months.

1

Validate

AI-assisted

AI clarifies the question; the human approves scope.

2

Build

AI-assisted

AI gathers and organizes permitted sources.

3

Acquire customers

Human-led

The human accepts work and agrees terms.

4

Deliver

AI-executed with approval

AI drafts; a human verifies and approves delivery.

5

Collect and operate

Human-led

The human handles revisions, invoicing, and client records.

AI responsibilities

  • Gather sources
  • Extract claims
  • Synthesize with uncertainty
  • Prepare revisions

Human responsibilities

  • Approve scope
  • Verify citations
  • Approve delivery
  • Handle contracts, invoices, and sensitive material

Approval gates

Approval applies to the exact action once. It is not blanket permission.

Explicit approval

Contract

Approve scope, price, terms, and revision limit.

Acquire customers
Explicit approval

Use client data

Approve every client-provided data source and its permitted use.

Build
Explicit approval

Publish

Approve the exact brief before sending or publishing.

Deliver
Explicit approval

Invoice

The human reviews and sends the invoice.

Collect and operate
Runnable loop

Copy the complete asset

SETUP: Record the approved research question, audience, decision it supports, exclusions, source hierarchy, deadline, word limit, confidentiality rules, price, and revision limit. The human must approve scope and terms before work begins.

EACH CYCLE: (1) Break the question into answerable claims. (2) Gather current primary sources first and save URL, publisher, publication date, access date, and the exact claim supported. (3) Mark conflicts, gaps, and uncertainty; never fabricate access or quotes. (4) Draft a concise brief with executive answer, evidence, implications, limitations, and citations. (5) Run citation, boundary, completeness, and confidentiality checks. (6) Wait for human approval before client delivery or publication. (7) Record requested revisions against the agreed limit and update the source log. (8) The human sends all deliverables and invoices.

STOP if essential sources are unavailable, evidence remains materially contradictory, scope/budget/deadline is exceeded, or the work requires regulated advice. ESCALATE confidential data, legal/medical/financial conclusions, and material scope changes.

SETUP
1. Approved question and decision
2. Source hierarchy
3. Scope, deadline, and revision limit
4. Confidentiality rules

RECURRING CYCLE
1. Decompose claims
2. Gather and log sources
3. Synthesize uncertainty
4. Draft brief
5. Run QA
6. Wait for delivery approval
7. Record revision

STATE TRACKING
1. Claim
2. Source/date
3. Evidence strength
4. Conflict
5. Draft version
6. QA status
7. Approval
8. Revision count

APPROVAL POINTS
1. Contract — Explicit approval: Approve scope, price, terms, and revision limit.
2. Use client data — Explicit approval: Approve every client-provided data source and its permitted use.
3. Publish — Explicit approval: Approve the exact brief before sending or publishing.
4. Invoice — Explicit approval: The human reviews and sends the invoice.

STOP CONDITIONS
1. Essential sources unavailable
2. Unresolved material conflict
3. Scope, budget, or deadline exceeded

ESCALATION RULES
1. Escalate regulated conclusions
2. Escalate confidential data and scope changes

Evidence record

Projected scenarios never appear here as observed outcomes.

Evidence stateDraft

Research loop has not completed recorded client or sandbox runs.

Experiment count0 recorded

No model test date recorded

Supported modelOpenAI GPT-5

Catalog baseline; exact version must be recorded at first test

Stop and escalate

  • Critical sources are unavailable
  • Scope exceeds the agreed limit
  • Contradictory evidence cannot be resolved
  • Budget or deadline is exceeded
  • Legal, medical, investment, or other regulated conclusions
  • Confidential data
  • Material scope change

Known failure modes

  • Citing summaries instead of primary sources
  • False certainty
  • Citation drift
  • Unbounded revisions

Prerequisites and changelog

An analyst or consultant selling compact, source-backed research deliverables. · Turn an approved question into a rigorous client brief with a controlled revision cycle.

Before you start

  • Written client scope
  • Source-access policy
  • Delivery template and revision limit
  • Research
  • Synthesis
  • Citation checking
  • Client communication

Changelog

  • 1.0.0 · 2026-07-12 — Initial launch workflow.