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An MVP, or minimum viable product, is the smallest version that your users can actually work with. It is not a cheap version of the full solution. It is a test, built to answer the questions that decide whether the rest is worth building.

1. Pick the riskiest assumption. Here: will independent journalists use it to solve "drafts rely heavily on a narrow source set"?
2. Build only what tests it. One team, one use case, a few core modules. People do the rest by hand for now.
3. Run a paid pilot. Agree the acceptance criteria, input limits and reviewer responsibilities before starting.
4. Measure, then decide. Track unanswered reporting questions; reviewer correction minutes; buyer acceptance and repeat purchase. Then expand, change course or stop, with evidence instead of opinions.

MVP scope for this solution. Costed pilot: One organization, one defined input format and one representative pilot batch using authorized interview notes and research records. Professional judgment, physical inspections, live external actions and production certification remain outside this prototype. Start with one buyer organization and a bounded set of representative inputs. Implement the first two modules: map source contributions; flag missing perspectives. Support the third task through an assisted review queue: draft reporting questions. Handle the remaining required functions manually until validated. Include input upload, source references, user correction, a reviewer approval step and export of editor-reviewed source coverage report. Authentication, account isolation, deletion controls and basic operational logging are included. Specialized production certification, live write integrations and broader rollout are not included unless explicitly stated.

After the MVP. After paying customers repeatedly accept editor-reviewed source coverage report, automate link proposed outputs to original source records; capture reviewer corrections and approval; export a versioned editor-reviewed source coverage report. Add one tested read integration, reusable customer configuration and scheduled repeat delivery. Increase supported formats or teams only when evaluation cases and reviewer capacity cover the new scope. One organization, one defined input format and one representative pilot batch using authorized interview notes and research records. Professional judgment, physical inspections, live external actions and production certification remain outside this prototype.

What the build depends on. Evidence coordinates, versioned rules, reviewer decisions and a representative reference set. Measure misses as well as confirmed findings before scaling. Obtain representative authorized inputs, an agreed review rubric and a buyer-side owner. Specific scope: One organization, one defined input format and one representative pilot batch using authorized interview notes and research records. Professional judgment, physical inspections, live external actions and production certification remain outside this prototype.

Pricing to test

Test USD 500-2,000 for a defined audit sample and report. Offer recurring review priced by reviewed items and specialist hours. Software-only access can follow a reliable reviewed service. All prices require validation. For this buyer, package the first sale around prepare a sample editor-reviewed source coverage report from a small authorized set of authorized interview notes and research records and the defined editor-reviewed source coverage report. Record actual review effort before offering a recurring allowance. The commercial pilot fee is distinct from the platform development budget.

Message to test

Transparent coverage gaps without forced equivalence. Demonstrate the result with prepare a sample editor-reviewed source coverage report from a small authorized set of authorized interview notes and research records for independent journalists. Use a concrete before-and-after example without promising unmeasured savings.

Where to find buyers

Author associations and specialist editorial networks

Lead magnet

Prepare a sample editor-reviewed source coverage report from a small authorized set of authorized interview notes and research records

The first 30 days

1. Week 1: interview five prospective buyers from independent journalists and inspect how they handle drafts rely heavily on a narrow source set.
2. Week 2: prepare prepare a sample editor-reviewed source coverage report from a small authorized set of authorized interview notes and research records using authorized or synthetic material.
3. Week 3: share the demonstration through author associations and specialist editorial networks and seek one bounded paid pilot.
4. Week 4: measure unanswered reporting questions; reviewer correction minutes; buyer acceptance and repeat purchase, review delivery effort and ask for a repeat purchase. This is a validation schedule, not a promise that the full product can be built in thirty days.

Paid pilot

Agree the acceptance criteria, input limits and reviewer responsibilities before starting. Run prepare a sample editor-reviewed source coverage report from a small authorized set of authorized interview notes and research records and deliver editor-reviewed source coverage report. Compare unanswered reporting questions; reviewer correction minutes; buyer acceptance and repeat purchase with the buyer's current process on comparable cases; include corrections, missed issues and reviewer time. Seek payment and repeat use. Stop or revise the scope if data access, accuracy or unit economics fail.

Success metrics

Unanswered reporting questions; reviewer correction minutes; buyer acceptance and repeat purchase

Retention and expansion

Build repeat use around editor-reviewed source coverage report. Save approved configurations and review decisions with permission, revisit unresolved exceptions and show progress on unanswered reporting questions; reviewer correction minutes; buyer acceptance and repeat purchase. Offer a recurring volume allowance after repeat demand; expand to adjacent tasks only when the buyer asks and delivery quality remains acceptable.

Why clients would pick it

A domain-specific review rubric and rights-cleared examples of confirmed defects, false alarms and reviewer reasoning. For this concept, accumulate permissioned examples and reviewer corrections around transparent coverage gaps without forced equivalence. The durable asset is reliable task-specific execution and trusted customer configuration, not access to a general-purpose AI model.

Alternatives and positioning

Manual reviewers, checklists, generic scanning tools and specialist audit services. Position this concept around transparent coverage gaps without forced equivalence. Compare it against the customer's current process on the same representative task. This is proposed differentiation; no exhaustive competitor study or uniqueness claim has been established.

Main delivery costs

Document or media processing, model evaluation, expert review, false-positive handling, rechecks and customer-specific rubric calibration. Initial validation additionally budgets for representative sample preparation, interviews with independent journalists, and buyer-side review of editor-reviewed source coverage report. Track model usage, storage, reviewer minutes, exception handling and customer support per accepted deliverable.