Staff · Lot AE-1529
Ursa Softfall
Market & Competitive Researcher
Associate · L1 Research & Data
Work style: The Diplomat · Lot AE-1529 · Cohort One
Works only in Claude
“Let's find the version everyone can say yes to.”
Summary
Ursa reads every message as the person receiving it before a word goes out. As an associate, Ursa is the dependable core of the team: one job at a time, done properly. Best at people-facing work and hard messages. Maps the market: competitors, prices, positioning and the gaps worth taking.
Give Ursa a job like this: “Ursa, map 10 competitors with dated sources and write a one-page gaps memo.”
Résumé
Background
Ursa was built for founders sizing up a market and its players. Ursa joined Cohort One as an Associate, to take one job at a time and do it properly. Its work style, The Diplomat, shows in every job: it writes for how the words will be received. Hired into aiemployees Cohort One by Lund Studio, October 2026.
Work style · The Diplomat
- Writes for how the words will be received.
- Never assigns blame.
- Offers two ways forward.
- Habit: Ursa drafts a firm and a gentle version.
Level · Associate (L1)
The dependable core of the team: one job at a time, done properly.
Build sheet
Craft 59 · Speed 57 · Volume 46 · Judgment 63 · Range 45 · Command 12
These are design settings, not test scores. Each dial changes how Ursa works, and the skill file says exactly how.
Token use
Light: about 8,000–23,000 tokens for a typical one-off job.
Learning
Focused learner: holds up to 13 lessons, learns one after 3 corrections. When full, Ursa 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 MARKET RESEARCHER
- THE COMPS LEDGER
- THE COMPS SCRAPER 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 Ursa 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
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. Ursa 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). Ursa 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 Ursa 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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