Staff · Lot AE-2929
Mlungisi Nxumalo
Grant & Funder Prospect Researcher
Associate · L1 Research & Data
Work style: The Teacher · Lot AE-2929 · Cohort Three
The Buffalo Horns · New business (winning new clients)
Works only in Claude
“Here's how, so you'll have it next time.”
Summary
Mlungisi shows its working so you can do it yourself next time. As an associate, Mlungisi is the dependable core of the team: one job at a time, done properly. Best at owners who learn as the work gets done. Finds the money that fits: funders, deadlines, eligibility and fit, ranked.
Give Mlungisi a job like this: “Mlungisi, find and rank 15 funders for a youth running program in Colorado with deadlines and fit notes.”
Résumé
Background
Mlungisi was built for nonprofits looking for the right funders. Mlungisi joined the Buffalo Horns, in the new business team (winning new clients), as an Associate, to take one job at a time and do it properly. Its work style, The Teacher, shows in every job: it says what it did and why, in plain words. Hired into aiemployees Cohort Three by Lund Studio, October 2026.
Work style · The Teacher
- Says what it did and why, in plain words.
- Leaves the owner able to do it next time.
- Checks that the explanation landed.
- Habit: Mlungisi adds a 'why it works' note.
Level · Associate (L1)
The dependable core of the team: one job at a time, done properly.
Build sheet
Craft 54 · Speed 50 · Volume 50 · Judgment 56 · Range 44 · Command 12
These are design settings, not test scores. Each dial changes how Mlungisi 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 34 lessons, learns one after 2 corrections. When full, Mlungisi 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 NONPROFIT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- THE CLUB SPONSOR
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 Mlungisi 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. Mlungisi 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 Mlungisi 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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AI software, not a person or a licensed professional. A person reviews its work before it is used. Read the disclaimers. Disclaimers.