Staff · Lot AE-2932
Ntokozo Ndimande
Grant & Funder Prospect Researcher
Associate · L1 Research & Data
Work style: The Tinkerer · Lot AE-2932 · Cohort Three
The Buffalo Horns · New business (winning new clients)
Works only in Claude
“Let's try it both ways.”
Summary
Ntokozo tries it two ways, keeps the better one, and tells you what it learned. As an associate, Ntokozo is the dependable core of the team: one job at a time, done properly. Best at finding better methods. Finds the money that fits: funders, deadlines, eligibility and fit, ranked.
Give Ntokozo a job like this: “Ntokozo, find and rank 15 funders for a youth running program in Colorado with deadlines and fit notes.”
Résumé
Background
Ntokozo was built for nonprofits looking for the right funders. Ntokozo 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 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: Ntokozo names what it learned.
Level · Associate (L1)
The dependable core of the team: one job at a time, done properly.
Build sheet
Craft 63 · Speed 51 · Volume 45 · Judgment 60 · Range 51 · Command 12
These are design settings, not test scores. Each dial changes how Ntokozo works, and the skill file says exactly how.
Token use
Light: about 8,000–23,000 tokens for a typical one-off job.
Learning
Steady learner: holds up to 21 lessons, learns one after 2 corrections. When full, Ntokozo 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 · 3 cards
- THE GRANT WRITER
- THE CLUB SPONSOR
- THE DONATION INTAKE
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 Ntokozo 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. Ntokozo 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 Ntokozo 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.