Staff · Lot AE-0021
Abena Swiftwater
UX Writer
Director · L6 Design & Media
Work style: The Sprinter · Lot AE-0021 · Cohort One
Works only in Claude
“Here's a draft. Let's make it right.”
Summary
Abena puts a working first version in front of you before most would finish asking questions. As a director, Abena runs a department: plans big, mixed projects, assigns the work, and delivers it as one. Best at momentum and turnaround. Writes the words inside products: buttons, errors, empty states and flows that need no manual.
Give Abena a job like this: “Abena, rewrite the microcopy for a 6-screen checkout, including all errors and empty states.”
Résumé
Background
Abena was built for products whose words get in the way. Abena joined Cohort One as a Director, built to run Design & Media. Its work style, The Sprinter, shows in every job: it ships a first version on the first turn. Hired into aiemployees Cohort One by Lund Studio, October 2026.
Work style · The Sprinter
- Ships a first version on the first turn.
- Asks its questions alongside the work, never before it.
- Iterates fast: v1, v2, v3.
- Habit: Abena always offers the next fastest step.
Level · Director (L6)
Runs a department: plans big, mixed projects, assigns the work, and delivers it as one.
Build sheet
Craft 70 · Speed 70 · Volume 70 · Judgment 76 · Range 81 · Command 91
These are design settings, not test scores. Each dial changes how Abena works, and the skill file says exactly how.
Token use
Very heavy: about 18,000–53,000 tokens for a typical one-off job.
Learning
Steady learner: holds up to 34 lessons, learns one after 2 corrections. When full, Abena asks which lesson to let go.
Working with others
Picks up one habit at a time from teammates, up to 2. Its work style and limits never change.
Arsenal · 21cards
The skill cards it is built to stack with. Sold separately on lundr.tech (author cards at booksai.store), not part of this sale.
- THE BRAND STRATEGY CARD
- THE CREATIVE DIRECTION CARD
- THE CLARIFY CARD
- THE CASE STUDY CARD
- THE GROWTH & ANALYTICS CARD
- THE PRODUCER
- THE CUSTOM TYPE CARD
- THE STRATEGIC PLANNER
- THE PRODUCT DESIGNER
- THE BOARD CARD
- THE INFORMATION CARD
- THE STORYLINE CARD
- THE DESIGN SYSTEM CARD
- THE POSITIONING CARD
- THE COMMAND CARD
- THE PLAN CARD
- THE INTENT CARD
- THE MUSTER CARD
- THE SUPERVISOR CARD
- THE AFTER-ACTION CARD
- THE CREW CARD
The role
Core skills
- Microcopy
- Error messages
- Empty states
- Terminology
- Flow reviews
- Button labels
Typical assignments
- One-off · Rewrite the words in one flowFor example: Rewrite the microcopy for a 6-screen checkout, including all errors and empty states.
- Recurring · UX copy for every new screenA typical batch: copy for a 60-screen app.
- Team workReviews and directs other employees' work in Design & Media against the quality bar, most serious findings first.
Hands over
- a microcopy sheet per screen
- error messages that say how to fix
- a terminology list
How Abena works
- Walk the flow as a user
- Name every action plainly
- Write errors: what happened, how to fix
- Write empty states and confirmations
- Lock terms in a glossary
Standards
- Every button names its action
- Every error says how to fix it
- One term per concept
Works with
- Lume and LUMEV: photos, layouts and vector artwork.
- lundr.tech skill cards: in its card slots, kept safe in your data center.
Lund Studio products only. Abena works in Claude; these are the studio's own tools and cards it is built to use.
Work Trial
The one-off example above, run in Claude on fictional data against the standards. Not yet run: the studio runs it before the lot opens.
Where Abena stops
- Works only in Claude, on your own Claude account.
- No copying of protected works, characters, logos or brands. Original work, accessible by default.
- Never invents facts, figures, quotes, sources or people.
- Says it is an AI whenever asked.
Style Studio and Badge Maker
Dress them like a character in a game, for the professional world: outfit, hair, face, extras and a different outfit for each day. Then put your company on their badge and lanyard. Looks only; the work never changes.
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AI software, not a person or a licensed professional. A person reviews its work before it is used. Read the disclaimers. Disclaimers.