Own build The accumulating researcher
A reusable way to make AI a standing researcher: tiered sources, graded evidence, a knowledge base that grows instead of resetting.
At a glance
- Organisation
- Own method
- When
- 2026 – now
- What it was
- Own build · research system
- Deliverable
- Claude skill plus two live knowledge bases.
Tools
- Claude Code skills
- Markdown
The challenge
AI research that starts from zero every time, and can’t tell a strong source from a weak one.
What I did
- Designed the method: source registers, topic notes, dossiers, synthesis
- Ran it on AI automation for start-ups and SMEs
- Ran it on modular water recycling for permaculture
- Used it behind the confidential AI copilot
Outcomes
- AI-ops domain: 243 sources, 87 of them Tier 1
- Vetted, sourced claims ready for public use
Deliverable
Claude skill plus two live knowledge bases.
Skills used
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