Research Second Brain — Live in 2 Weeks (consulting GTM offer, Mint draft)

Generated by Grok Bot research on 2026-09-09. Reliquary share page retrieved; /a/ artifact URL 404. Treat as raw material — review before promoting into the career wiki. Vault filing only — do not graduate sparks or start products.

Filer (Alfred): /clipping-file → /clipping-promote → /ingest-pending. Prefer existing context vault/projects/career (SCOPE: freelance/consulting; PLAN Track 2: productised AI integration consulting). Related wiki: llm-wiki-pattern, ai-implementer-opportunity, open questions what-ai-first-businesses-to-pursue / which-side-business-models-suit-solo-developer. Do not mint a Forge product or encyclopedia source.

Summary

Mint filed a draft · pre-outreach Reliquary relic (collection: Business) for Paul’s first AI consulting wedge: a productized install, not vague retainers — “Research Second Brain — Live in 2 Weeks” for research labs/PIs. Beachhead is UF research professors (wife’s peers), then grant/lit-heavy roles. Stack is the pattern Paul already runs: Karpathy-style llm wiki + Alfred-like research ingest + 2–3 Grok Bot agents. Standard install $2,500; intro $1,500 for first 2 UF PIs; optional light retain $500/mo; DIY kit $99. Kill: 0 discovery calls in 14 days of outreach → rewrite pitch; 0 paid install by day 45 → park or kit-only. Status: awaiting Paul’s edits; no public listing; no Forge ticket; next after greenlight = outreach script for first 3 UF intros. Separate Mint/Paul note: personal consulting site starts in Grok Build Mode, continues via Build or Grok Bot → Cursor cloud agents (Forge aware).

Findings

Offer / GTM bet (Reliquary)

• Name: Research Second Brain — Live in 2 Weeks
• Pick: Productized consulting install (not a lonely DIY zip / not vague retainers). First wedge for Paul’s AI consulting business.
• Near-term goal (Reliquary): cover AI subscriptions; pipeline later toward ~½ salary via small paid offers. Trading P&L stays with Gage.
• Why this angle: Paul already runs brain vault + Alfred; warm UF distribution; scaffolding for future AI consulting; fixed scope → first cash without inventing a Forge product.
• Problem framed: grant/lit/lab ops stuck in email/Drive/sticky notes; ChatGPT chats don’t stick — no durable wiki, ingest habit, or agents on the queue.
• Who: research professors / PIs (UF first); anyone heavy on grants, literature, lab/project ops. Not a fit: one-off ChatGPT tip sessions.
• Included (2 weeks, fixed scope):
  1. Karpathy-style llm wiki — living second brain for projects, grants, papers
  2. Research ingest bot — Alfred-like pipeline into the wiki
  3. 2–3 Grok Bot agents — research / queue / light ops
  4. Setup one-pager + handoff
  5. Scaffolding for later AI consulting
• Out of scope: custom model training, Feathr/work IT, full lab automation, writing their papers.
• Timeline: Week 1 — map mess → wiki skeleton + ingest; Week 2 — agents live, dry-run, handoff.
• How to start: 20-min fit call (one active grant or lit review) → go/no-go → kickoff within a week of yes.

Pricing (Reliquary table)

No other price points retrieved. Do not invent tiers.

Kill criteria (Reliquary)

• 0 discovery calls in 14 days of outreach → rewrite pitch
• 0 paid install by day 45 → park or drop to kit-only

Beachhead UF PIs

• Primary beachhead: UF research professors (wife’s peers)
• Expansion: grant/lit-heavy roles
• Next after greenlight: outreach script for first 3 UF intros
• Intro pricing reserved for first 2 UF research-professor clients

Stack pattern (productizing what Paul already runs)

• Karpathy-style llm wiki second brain
• Alfred-like research ingest into the wiki
• 2–3 Grok Bot agents wired to client workflows
• Explicit Reliquary claim: Paul already runs the pattern (brain vault + Alfred); this offer productizes it for clients

Personal consulting website build flow (Mint/Paul — not on Reliquary page)

• Start in Grok Build Mode
• Continue in Build or via Grok Bot → Cursor cloud agents
• Forge aware (Reliquary status: no Forge ticket yet for this offer)

Reliquary / status

• Share page (retrieved 200): https://reliquary.pmcclel.land/s/research-second-brain-offer
• Artifact slug: research-second-brain-offer; collectionSlug business / title Business; tags: mint, consulting, offer, uf, research, second-brain
• Meta description: “Productized AI install for research PIs: wiki + ingest bot + Grok agents. First consulting wedge; UF beachhead.”
• Created/updated (SSR): 2026-09-09T17:30:01.693Z
• Footer: Filed by Mint · 2026-09-09 · Collection: Business · Draft for edit — not a public listing
• Status bullets: one-pager drafted; awaiting Paul’s edits; no public listing; no Forge ticket yet
• Canonical /a/ URL from Mint message returned 404 at fetch time (see Provenance)

Contradictions / open questions

• URL grain: Mint/Paul listed relic as https://reliquary.pmcclel.land/a/research-second-brain-offer, but that path is Not in the library (404). Working public share is /s/research-second-brain-offer. Confirm whether /a/ will be published later or the share slug is the durable link.
• Personal site flow appears only in the Mint/Paul handoff, not in the Reliquary HTML — keep attributed separately until the relic or a site brief states it.
• Reliquary says no Forge ticket yet; Mint says site path is Forge-aware — compatible, but Forge productization of the offer itself is explicitly deferred (“without inventing a Forge product”).
• Kill clock start (“14 days of outreach” / “day 45”) is not dated on the page — clock starts when outreach begins, not when the draft relic was filed.
• Intro $1,500 is capped at first 2 UF clients; unclear what happens for UF client #3+ (standard $2,500 assumed, not stated).

Provenance

Not used: encyclopedia; stock buy/sell; invented pricing or dates.