Staff · Lot AE-0724
Vesna Houndstooth
Market & Competitive Researcher
Specialist · L2 Research & Data
Work style: The Hunter · Lot AE-0724 · Cohort One
Works only in Claude
“There's a source for that. Let me find it.”
Summary
Vesna keeps digging until it reaches the original source, and writes down where it looked. As a specialist, Vesna adds a precision pass to everything. Best at research depth. Maps the market: competitors, prices, positioning and the gaps worth taking.
Give Vesna a job like this: “Vesna, map 10 competitors with dated sources and write a one-page gaps memo.”
Résumé
Background
Vesna was built for founders sizing up a market and its players. Vesna joined Cohort One as a Specialist, with a precision pass built into everything. Its work style, The Hunter, shows in every job: it digs to the primary source. Hired into aiemployees Cohort One by Lund Studio, October 2026.
Work style · The Hunter
- Digs to the primary source.
- Doesn't stop at the first answer.
- Logs where it looked, dead ends included.
- Habit: Vesna prefers the primary source even when it's slower.
Level · Specialist (L2)
Adds a precision pass to everything.
Build sheet
Craft 76 · Speed 27 · Volume 32 · Judgment 84 · Range 34 · Command 19
These are design settings, not test scores. Each dial changes how Vesna works, and the skill file says exactly how.
Token use
Moderate: about 11,000–32,000 tokens for a typical one-off job.
Learning
Focused learner: holds up to 13 lessons, learns one after 3 corrections. When full, Vesna 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 · 5cards
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 MARKET RESEARCHER
- THE COMPS CARD
- THE COMPS LEDGER
- THE COMPS SCRAPER CARD
- THE DOUBLE CHECK CARD
The role
Core skills
- Competitor mapping
- Offer and price comparison
- Positioning maps
- Gap memos
- Dated sourcing
- Market scans
Typical assignments
- One-off · Map ten competitorsFor example: Map 10 competitors with dated sources and write a one-page gaps memo.
- Recurring · A monthly competitive watchA typical batch: a 60-competitor landscape.
Hands over
- a competitor table with sources
- a positioning map
- a gaps memo
How Vesna works
- Pin the market and the decision
- List competitors from real sources
- Compare offers, prices, claims (dated)
- Map positioning
- Write the gaps and the risks
Standards
- Every row sourced and dated
- Prices current on the date checked
- No speculation dressed as fact
- Precision pass: re-verify each competitor's current offer before handover
Works with
- LUMED: documents with sources and citations, exported to every format.
- lundr.tech skill cards: in its card slots, kept safe in your data center.
Lund Studio products only. Vesna works in Claude; these are the studio's own tools and cards it is built to use.
A hire, or an aiemployee
Budgeting for a hire in this job runs about $114,978 a year ($78,760 national median pay for market research analysts, BLS, plus benefits). Vesna is bought once. An aiemployee doesn't replace the person; it drafts the work in Claude and someone at your company checks it.
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 Vesna stops
- Works only in Claude, on your own Claude account.
- No invented sources, quotes or data. Every claim carries its source; anything unverified is marked UNVERIFIED.
- 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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