Research Second Brain — Live in 2 Weeks (Mint draft)

One-line summary: Mint Reliquary draft · pre-outreach offer for a productized 2-week research-wiki install aimed at UF research PIs — awaiting Paul’s edits; not a public listing; not a launched business.

What it is

A named consulting GTM wedge filed by Mint as a Reliquary relic (collection: Business) on 2026-09-09. The pick is a productized consulting install, not a lonely DIY zip and not vague retainers. From 2026-09-09-research-second-brain-live-in-2-weeks-consulting-gtm-offer: the first wedge for Paul’s AI consulting business, productizing the stack Paul already runs (llm-wiki-pattern + Alfred-like ingest + 2–3 Grok Bot agents) for research labs/PIs.

Status grain (do not upgrade): one-pager drafted; awaiting Paul’s edits; no public listing; no Forge ticket yet. Footer on the retrieved share page: “Draft for edit — not a public listing.” This page tracks the draft. It is not a Forge product, not a public catalog entry, and not evidence the offer has launched.

Why it matters to career

Track 2 already names “Picks and shovels” AI integration consulting + productised deliverables (PLAN). This draft is the first named, priced, scoped instance of that row in the wiki — a test of the ai-implementer-opportunity services path against what-ai-first-businesses-to-pursue / which-side-business-models-suit-solo-developer, not a product mint.

Near-term goal on the Reliquary page: cover AI subscriptions; pipeline later toward ~½ salary via small paid offers. Trading P&L stays with Gage. From 2026-09-09-research-second-brain-live-in-2-weeks-consulting-gtm-offer.

Key facts

All from 2026-09-09-research-second-brain-live-in-2-weeks-consulting-gtm-offer. No other price points retrieved; do not invent tiers or an outreach start date.

• Name: Research Second Brain — Live in 2 Weeks
• Beachhead: UF research professors (wife’s peers); expansion = grant/lit-heavy roles. Next after greenlight: outreach script for first 3 UF intros.
• 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; (2) Alfred-like research ingest bot; (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 only):

• Kill criteria: 0 discovery calls in 14 days of outreach → rewrite pitch; 0 paid install by day 45 → park or drop to kit-only. Clock not started — the source says the clock starts when outreach begins, not when the draft relic was filed.
• Reliquary share (200): https://reliquary.pmcclel.land/s/research-second-brain-offer — source of truth for offer, pricing, kill, beachhead, stack, status. Retrieved 2026-09-09.
• Reliquary artifact /a/ (404): https://reliquary.pmcclel.land/a/research-second-brain-offer — “Not in the library”; not used as fact body. Keep this URL contradiction open.
• SSR created/updated: 2026-09-09T17:30:01.693Z. Artifact slug research-second-brain-offer; collectionSlug business. Tags on the relic: mint, consulting, offer, uf, research, second-brain.

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

Attributed separately until the relic or a site brief states it. From 2026-09-09-research-second-brain-live-in-2-weeks-consulting-gtm-offer:

• Start in Grok Build Mode
• Continue in Build or via Grok Bot → Cursor cloud agents
• Forge aware — compatible with Reliquary’s “no Forge ticket yet”; Forge productization of the offer itself is deferred (“without inventing a Forge product”)

Strengths (from the draft’s own framing)

• Fixed scope and a warm UF distribution path — “fixed scope → first cash without inventing a Forge product.” From 2026-09-09-research-second-brain-live-in-2-weeks-consulting-gtm-offer.
• Productizes a stack Paul already runs rather than inventing a new product. Same source.
• Explicit kill criteria before treating the draft as a going concern. Same source.

Weaknesses (from the draft’s own framing)

• Pre-outreach: no discovery calls, no paid installs, no public listing. Status is awaiting edits.
• Intro $1,500 is capped at the first 2 UF research-professor clients; UF client #3+ is not stated (standard $2,500 assumed, not stated).
• Single source (Reliquary share + Mint/Paul handoff). No customer interviews, no paid proof.

Contradictions / open questions

• URL grain (keep open): Mint/Paul listed https://reliquary.pmcclel.land/a/research-second-brain-offer (404, “Not in the library”). Working public share is /s/research-second-brain-offer (200). Confirm whether /a/ will be published later or the share slug is the durable link. From 2026-09-09-research-second-brain-live-in-2-weeks-consulting-gtm-offer.
• Personal site flow appears only in the Mint/Paul handoff, not in the Reliquary HTML — keep attributed separately.
• Reliquary says no Forge ticket yet; Mint says the site path is Forge-aware. Compatible, but the offer itself is not a Forge product.
• Kill clock (“14 days of outreach” / “day 45”) is not dated. Do not invent an outreach start date.
• Intro pricing for UF client #3+ is unspecified.

Sources

• 2026-09-09-research-second-brain-live-in-2-weeks-consulting-gtm-offer

Related

• llm-wiki-pattern — the wiki half of the stack this draft productizes
• ai-implementer-opportunity — services / integrator archetype this wedge instantiates
• what-ai-first-businesses-to-pursue
• which-side-business-models-suit-solo-developer
• solo-human-company-thesis — later ~½ salary via small paid offers is a services-route chip, not a launch
• niche-vertical-ai-saas-playbook — contrast: this draft is productized consulting, not niche SaaS