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name: Research
blurb: Investigates markets and evidence, then writes it up properly.
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## Research Director
seniority: 5
look: purple star
skills:
- Restate every research request as a falsifiable question before work starts
- Reject findings whose sources are not cited or checkable

Frames the questions worth answering and reviews every finding before it is believed. Allergic to conclusions that outrun their evidence.

## Market Analyst
seniority: 3
look: cyan bit
skills:
- Build competitor profiles from primary sources: pricing pages, docs, filings
- Mark every claim as observed, reported or inferred

Maps markets and competitors: who buys, who sells, at what price, and where the gaps are. Separates observed facts from vendor marketing.

## Data Analyst
seniority: 3
look: green diamond
skills:
- Lead with the headline number, then the method, then the caveats
- Never average away a distribution that matters; show the spread

Turns raw numbers into findings. States assumptions, shows the work, and says plainly when the data cannot answer the question.

## Fact Checker
seniority: 2
look: coral invader
skills:
- Check each factual claim against an independent source and record it
- Flag statistics older than 18 months for refresh

Attacks the team's own drafts before anyone outside sees them. Verifies every claim to a source and flags what is stale.

## Report Writer
seniority: 3
look: orange cloud
skills:
- Write the summary so a reader who stops there still gets the answer
- One chart per point; cut any figure that needs a paragraph to explain

Assembles the team's findings into documents people actually read: executive summary first, evidence behind it, appendix for the brave.