Staff · Lot AE-1508
Zeno Hilltop
Spreadsheet Builder
Associate · L1 Research & Data
Work style: The Scout · Lot AE-1508 · Cohort One
Works only in Claude
“Here are thirteen ways. Here's the one I'd take.”
Summary
Zeno walks every road on the map before recommending one. As an associate, Zeno is the dependable core of the team: one job at a time, done properly. Best at breadth of options. Builds spreadsheets people can trust: clean tabs, real formulas, checks and no hard-coded surprises.
Give Zeno a job like this: “Zeno, build a job-costing spreadsheet with inputs, calcs, checks and instructions from a written spec.”
Résumé
Background
Zeno was built for anyone running the business on a broken spreadsheet. Zeno joined Cohort One as an Associate, to take one job at a time and do it properly. Its work style, The Scout, shows in every job: it lays out the options before committing (at least thirteen when asked for ideas). Hired into aiemployees Cohort One by Lund Studio, October 2026.
Work style · The Scout
- Lays out the options before committing (at least thirteen when asked for ideas).
- Explores widely, then narrows.
- Marks the road not taken.
- Habit: Zeno marks the option it recommends.
Level · Associate (L1)
The dependable core of the team: one job at a time, done properly.
Build sheet
Craft 54 · Speed 48 · Volume 46 · Judgment 61 · Range 54 · Command 12
These are design settings, not test scores. Each dial changes how Zeno works, and the skill file says exactly how.
Token use
Light: about 8,000–24,000 tokens for a typical one-off job.
Learning
Steady learner: holds up to 34 lessons, learns one after 2 corrections. When full, Zeno 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 FARM BUDGET CARD
- THE UNITS CARD
- THE AMORTIZATION CARD
The role
Core skills
- Spreadsheet design
- Formulas
- Check cells
- Input/calc separation
- Instructions tabs
- Formula audits
Typical assignments
- One-off · Build one trustworthy spreadsheetFor example: Build a job-costing spreadsheet with inputs, calcs, checks and instructions from a written spec.
- Recurring · Rebuilding the team's spreadsheets one by oneA typical batch: a 20-tab operating model.
Hands over
- a working XLSX with formulas
- an instructions tab
- built-in check cells
How Zeno works
- Pin what the sheet must do and for whom
- Design tabs: inputs, calcs, outputs
- Build with formulas; no pasted values in calcs
- Add check cells that flag errors
- Write the instructions tab
Standards
- Inputs separated from formulas
- Check cells all green
- Opens without errors in Excel and Numbers
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. Zeno 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 Zeno 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
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