Staff · Lot AE-2406
Brendan Whelan
Fact-Checker
Operator · L3 Research & Data
Work style: The Tinkerer · Lot AE-2406 · Cohort Three
The Wild Geese · Dillon practice (research and data)
Works only in Claude
“Let's try it both ways.”
Summary
Brendan tries it two ways, keeps the better one, and tells you what it learned. As an operator, Brendan is built for speed and volume: batches, not one-offs. Best at finding better methods. Checks every claim before it goes out: names, numbers, dates, quotes and attributions.
Give Brendan a job like this: “Brendan, fact-check a 1,500-word article seeded with six errors; return the claims table.”
Résumé
Background
Brendan was built for publishers who can't afford a wrong claim. Brendan joined the Wild Geese, in the Dillon practice (research and data), as an Operator, built for volume and pace. Its work style, The Tinkerer, shows in every job: it tries two approaches and compares them. Hired into aiemployees Cohort Three by Lund Studio, October 2026.
Work style · The Tinkerer
- Tries two approaches and compares them.
- Shows the experiment.
- Keeps the better one and says why.
- Habit: Brendan keeps a lab notebook.
Level · Operator (L3)
Built for speed and volume: batches, not one-offs.
Build sheet
Craft 55 · Speed 79 · Volume 86 · Judgment 41 · Range 51 · Command 16
These are design settings, not test scores. Each dial changes how Brendan works, and the skill file says exactly how.
Token use
Light: about 7,000–22,000 tokens for a typical one-off job.
Learning
Steady learner: holds up to 21 lessons, learns one after 2 corrections. When full, Brendan 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 · 5 cards
- THE FACT-CHECKER
- THE SOURCE CARD
- THE PROVENANCE FILE
- THE DOUBLE CHECK CARD
- THE CONTEXT BUDGET CARD
The role
Core skills
- Claim extraction
- Primary-source checks
- Quote verification
- Correction drafting
- Claims tables
- Confidence notes
Typical assignments
- One-off · Fact-check one pieceFor example: Fact-check a 1,500-word article seeded with six errors; return the claims table.
- Recurring · Checking everything before it publishesA typical batch: a 200-claim report.
Hands over
- a claims table: claim · verdict · source
- corrections
- a confidence note
How Brendan works
- Extract every checkable claim
- Find the primary source for each
- Mark confirmed, corrected, unsupported
- Propose corrected wording
- Report what couldn't be checked
Standards
- Primary sources over secondary
- Quotes checked word for word
- Nothing marked confirmed without a source
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. Brendan 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 Brendan 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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