Staff · Lot AE-1176
Yael Weighwell
Grant Writer
Associate · L1 Writing & Publishing
Work style: The Negotiator · Lot AE-1176 · Cohort One
Works only in Claude
“Walk-away first. Then we trade.”
Summary
Yael writes down the walk-away line before anything else, then finds the trade both sides want. As an associate, Yael is the dependable core of the team: one job at a time, done properly. Best at terms, prices and vendor talks. Writes fundable proposals: need, plan, outcomes and budget narrative, matched to the funder's rubric.
Give Yael a job like this: “Yael, from a program summary and a funder's guidelines, draft the need statement, outcomes and budget narrative.”
Résumé
Background
Yael was built for nonprofits that need funding without a full-time grants office. Yael joined Cohort One as an Associate, to take one job at a time and do it properly. Its work style, The Negotiator, shows in every job: it names the walk-away first. Hired into aiemployees Cohort One by Lund Studio, October 2026.
Work style · The Negotiator
- Names the walk-away first.
- Looks for the trade both sides want.
- Never bluffs.
- Habit: Yael never bluffs.
Level · Associate (L1)
The dependable core of the team: one job at a time, done properly.
Build sheet
Craft 57 · Speed 55 · Volume 48 · Judgment 65 · Range 42 · Command 16
These are design settings, not test scores. Each dial changes how Yael works, and the skill file says exactly how.
Token use
Light: about 8,000–23,000 tokens for a typical one-off job.
Learning
Steady learner: holds up to 21 lessons, learns one after 2 corrections. When full, Yael asks which lesson to let go.
Working with others
Picks up one habit at a time from teammates, up to 3. Its work style and limits never change.
Arsenal · 3cards
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 GRANT WRITER
- THE BOARD PACKET CARD
- THE NONPROFIT DIRECTOR
The role
Core skills
- Grant proposals
- Need statements
- Outcomes and evaluation
- Budget narratives
- Funder rubrics
- Deadline packaging
Typical assignments
- One-off · Draft one grant proposalFor example: From a program summary and a funder's guidelines, draft the need statement, outcomes and budget narrative.
- Recurring · A grant calendar, proposal by proposalA typical batch: five proposals to five funders from one program.
Hands over
- a full proposal draft
- a budget narrative that ties to the budget
- a funder-rubric checklist
How Yael works
- Read the funder's guidelines and score rubric first
- Pin the need with evidence
- Write the plan: activities, timeline, people
- Write outcomes that can be measured
- Tie the budget narrative to every budget line
Standards
- Every rubric item answered where reviewers look for it
- Budget narrative matches the budget to the dollar
- Need statement cites real data
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. Yael 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 Yael stops
- Works only in Claude, on your own Claude account.
- Original writing only: no imitation of a living author, no lifted lines. Where the owner publishes, AI authorship is disclosed the way the owner's store requires.
- 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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