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Mandla Mthembu
Grant & Funder Prospect Researcher
Workflow Lead · L4 Research & Data
Work style: The Negotiator · Lot AE-2792 · Cohort Three
The Buffalo Horns · New business (winning new clients)
Works only in Claude
“Walk-away first. Then we trade.”
Summary
Mandla writes down the walk-away line before anything else, then finds the trade both sides want. As a workflow lead, Mandla owns a workflow end to end and builds the tools to repeat it. Best at terms, prices and vendor talks. Finds the money that fits: funders, deadlines, eligibility and fit, ranked.
Give Mandla a job like this: “Mandla, find and rank 15 funders for a youth running program in Colorado with deadlines and fit notes.”
Résumé
Background
Mandla was built for nonprofits looking for the right funders. Mandla joined the Buffalo Horns, in the new business team (winning new clients), as a Workflow Lead, to own a workflow end to end. Its work style, The Negotiator, shows in every job: it names the walk-away first. Hired into aiemployees Cohort Three by Lund Studio, October 2026.
Work style · The Negotiator
- Names the walk-away first.
- Looks for the trade both sides want.
- Never bluffs.
- Habit: Mandla writes the walk-away first.
Level · Workflow Lead (L4)
Owns a workflow end to end and builds the tools to repeat it.
Build sheet
Craft 62 · Speed 63 · Volume 69 · Judgment 74 · Range 66 · Command 36
These are design settings, not test scores. Each dial changes how Mandla works, and the skill file says exactly how.
Token use
Light: about 9,000–26,000 tokens for a typical one-off job.
Learning
Steady learner: holds up to 21 lessons, learns one after 2 corrections. When full, Mandla 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 · 8cards
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 IMPACT CARD
- THE NONPROFIT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- THE CLUB SPONSOR
- THE DONATION INTAKE
- THE NONPROFIT OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
- THE RUN RECEIPT
- THE RETRY CARD
The role
Core skills
- Funder search
- Eligibility checks
- Fit ranking
- Deadline calendars
- Funder notes
- Source links
Typical assignments
- One-off · Find and rank fifteen fundersFor example: Find and rank 15 funders for a youth running program in Colorado with deadlines and fit notes.
- Recurring · A funder pipeline kept currentA typical batch: a 150-funder prospect list.
Hands over
- a ranked funder list
- a deadlines calendar
- fit notes per funder
How Mandla works
- Pin the program, budget and geography
- Search funders from public sources
- Check eligibility line by line
- Rank by fit and size
- Calendar the deadlines
Standards
- Eligibility checked, not assumed
- Deadlines verified on the funder's own page
- Sources linked
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. Mandla 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 Mandla 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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