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Research reports

Outputs of overnight and ad-hoc research runs. Each card opens its own dashboard.

Jun 02, 2026
Short-Form Content Strategy for the AI / Claude Code Niche (TikTok + Reels, 2026)
Keep one face video a day, add a second post that is a screen-recording "build with me" clip in Chris's own voice 2 to 3 times a week (not a fully automated listicle), aim the whole feed 60% at Claude Code depth and 40%…
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May 30, 2026
Claude Code Stack Upgrade (MCPs, Prompting, Agents/Skills/Workflows, Web-Build Tooling)
Highest-leverage stack upgrades for a solo operator: add automatic prompt caching to the Railway harness (one line, cuts every per-client API call), wire the Windows safety + brand hooks, install Context7 for stale-docs,…
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May 29, 2026
Selling & Positioning a Done-For-You AI Automation Service
Fifteen comparable solo and small AI-automation operators were torn down for how they actually sell, and the result points to a position nobody in the set fully occupies: a transparently-priced, productized, genuinely-op…
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May 28, 2026
AI Agency / Done-For-You Agent Stack Landscape
Operators profiled: 18 (2 lead exemplars + 16 across 8 categories)
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May 28, 2026
Automated AI Side-Business Landscape
Across 10 profiled categories, the niche email newsletter (Beehiiv) has the strongest documented operator evidence and the only business model that builds a fully owned asset with passive income layers active on day one.…
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May 28, 2026
Membership / Subscription Model
Operators profiled: 8 (Jay Clouse, Tiago Forte, Pat Flynn, AI Foundations, Nate Herk, Lenny Rachitsky, Justin Welsh, Ness Labs)
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May 26, 2026
AI Workflow Case Study Library
A library of documented real-world examples of knowledge workers using single-LLM AI workflows in their jobs. Each case follows a locked schema (workflow, prompt structure, outcome, source mix, verification tier) and ser…
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May 26, 2026
Competitor + Audience Pain-Point Research
The first overnight research run. Mapped the non-technical knowledge-worker AI education landscape (20 competitors profiled with positioning, pricing, lead magnets, product structure) and pulled 235 verbatim pain-point q…
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May 26, 2026
Course Platform Decision
A consolidated read of the 8 per-platform files and the comparison matrix, framed as three paths Chris can take. No final pick — the goal is to surface the options cleanly so Chris makes the call.
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