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METHODOLOGY · THE VERIFICATION PROTOCOL

The research is done by machine. Every finding is signed by a human.

Anyone can generate confident text. The difference is what happens next: sourcing, checking, and a named person who puts their name on what's true before it reaches your report. Here's exactly how that works.

THE PROTOCOL

Four gates every claim passes before you see it.

GATE 01
Structured research

A large, systematic pass across your market, reviews, pricing, and competitors — captured with its sources, not summarized away.

GATE 02
Source check

Each claim is traced back to a checkable source. If it can't be traced, it doesn't get promoted to “verified” — it gets flagged.

GATE 03
Human sign-off

A named analyst reads the findings, resolves conflicts, and signs the report. Their name is on it — accountability, not anonymity.

GATE 04
Tagged delivery

Every line in your report carries a tag so you always know its confidence: what you said, what we confirmed, what we inferred.

THE TAG SYSTEM

Three tags. Every claim gets exactly one.

Most reports blur what's proven with what's guessed. Ours won't let a claim hide. You can weigh every line because you can see where it came from.

◦ Client-stated

What you told us, recorded as your claim — not our conclusion. We never quietly upgrade your word into a proven fact.

e.g. "We close about 1 in 3 bids."
✓ Verified [S-04]

Confirmed against a named, checkable source. The source reference sits right next to the claim so you can open it yourself.

e.g. "4.2★ across 180 public reviews. [S-04]"
~ AI-inferred

A pattern the research suggests but we couldn't fully confirm. Flagged as inference so you weigh it as a lead, not a fact.

e.g. "Likely under-charging vs. regional peers."
WHAT BACKS IT

The parts you can check before you spend a dollar.

Named human sign-off

No anonymous "AI report." A real analyst signs each Excavation and stands behind the findings.

E&O policy

Errors-and-omissions coverage in place — the same standard you’d expect from any firm handing you advice.

Data-security one-pager

How your documents are handled, stored, and destroyed — written in plain language, available on request.

Note: the Index and the Excavation are brand and demand diagnostics. They are not a valuation, appraisal, quality-of-earnings analysis, or legal, tax, or investment advice, and produce no estimate of what your business is worth.

Check the method. Then take the score.

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