Research Vault

Deep research briefs, slide decks, and podcasts generated by Rook and Gambit. Each entry links to all available formats.

July 06, 2026 · 1 sources · Medium-High confidence

Dave Blundin: Talent Density, Speed & the Founder's Mindset

Dave Blundin discusses the critical importance of talent density, speed, and trust in founding teams for high-velocity environments.

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July 3, 2026 · 1 sources · Medium-High confidence

Claude Science: An AI Workbench for Scientists

Anthropic launched Claude Science, an AI workbench integrating 60+ curated scientific skills, automated compute management, and reproducible artifact generation.

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June 29, 2026 · 1 sources · Medium-High confidence

Slow down to speed up: AI and software engineering

Gergely Orosz keynote on AI adoption cautionary tales, token maxing, and the quality crisis in software engineering — with talk-ready quotes and stories.

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June 28, 2026 · 1 sources · Medium confidence

Cory Doctorow on the AI Bubble: Reverse Centaurs & the I Love Lucy Analogy

Cory Doctorow argues the AI industry is a $1.4 trillion bubble built on growth narratives, not utility. His reverse centaur framework and I Love Lucy analogy are powerful tools for AI talks.

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June 28, 2026 · 1 sources · Medium confidence

Hermes Setup Tutorial: Key Insights for Power Users

Matthew Berman's Hermes tutorial analyzed for power users: self-healing skills, task automation, model routing, plugins, and memory workflows.

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June 28, 2026 · 1 sources · Medium confidence

The Fourth Decade of Panic: Software Engineering Careers in the Age of AI

Scott Hanselman (VP/GitHub) argues AI is the fourth decade of panic. Covers preceptorship model, 'oneshotted Minecraft' story, Tiny Tool Town, and career advice for engineers.

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June 28, 2026 · 1 sources · Medium confidence

Local AI Infrastructure for Digital Sovereignty

Alex Finn argues that government restrictions on frontier models and rising hardware costs make local AI a strategic necessity, covering hardware tiers, software stack (Tailscale + Hermes), and always-on use cases.

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June 25, 2026 · 1 sources · Medium confidence

Hermes Agent Update — Feature Analysis

Analysis of 8 major Hermes Agent updates through the lens of Steve's Telegram-native vault pipeline workflow, with actionable adoption recommendations.

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June 25, 2026 · 1 sources · Medium confidence

AI Skills Cheat Codes — Workflow Analysis

Analysis of 9 free AI coding skills/plugins through the lens of Steve's Hermes+OpenClaw Provenance Labs workflow, with actionable recommendations for pipeline integration.

YouTubeObsidianAI SkillsHermesWorkflow Analysis
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June 22, 2026 · 1 sources · Medium-High confidence

Top 8 Microsoft Teams New Features – Summer 2026

AI training session resource covering 8 new Teams features for staff and faculty — PPT Live refresh, flexible panes, shared notes, efficiency mode, chat organization, new webinar UI, 10K attendees, and private presenter chat.

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June 22, 2026 · 1 sources · Medium-High confidence

I Tested GLM 5.2 vs Opus 4.8 vs GPT 5.5

Head-to-head comparison of three leading AI models on real-world agentic coding tasks — browser game development, landing page creation, and DeepSWE Bench performance analysis.

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June 22, 2026 · 1 sources · Medium-High confidence

Six AI Coding Workflows: Stop Treating AI Like a Slot Machine

Eric Michaud presents six structured prompts for getting consistent results from AI coding agents: Interview Me, Implementation Spec, Parallel Sub-Agents, Verification, Save Context, and the Automation Ladder.

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June 22, 2026 · 1 sources · Medium-High confidence

Ponytail: The Claude Code Plugin That Cuts 94% of Code Through Strategic Laziness

Ponytail is a Claude Code plugin (48K+ GitHub stars) that enforces YAGNI as a disciplined six-rung ladder, cutting ~54% of AI-generated code while maintaining 100% safety on adversarial security tests.

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June 21, 2026 · 3 sources · High confidence

GLM 5.2 in Claude Code: Setup Tutorial

Complete setup tutorial for GLM 5.2 in Claude Code: 5x cheaper than Opus, per-project model switching, VS Code integration, and 80/20 decision framework.

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June 21, 2026 · 2 sources · High confidence

Copilot Notebooks Full Tutorial 2026

Complete walkthrough of Copilot Notebooks for workforce training: grounded AI on your files, audio overviews, study tools, content generation, and team sharing.

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June 19, 2026 · 6 sources · High confidence

Copilot Cowork Is GA: Here's What Actually Changed

Hands-on walkthrough of Copilot Cowork GA: Copilot Credits, Skills/Plugins/MCP, enterprise security, and when Cowork beats M365 Copilot or Anthropic Cowork. Health system implications included.

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June 19, 2026 · 10 sources · Medium-High confidence

Your Company Doesn't Need an AI Strategy — It Needs an AI Learning System

Why health systems should reframe AI from vendor strategy to institutional learning system. Based on Satya Nadella's token capital framework and The AI Daily Brief episode.

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May 26, 2026 · 10 sources · High confidence

Process Provenance in AI: Defending Academic Authenticity in Hybrid Human-AI Scientific Writing

How process provenance — cryptographically verifiable records of a document's analytical trajectory — defends academic authenticity in the age of hybrid human-AI writing, powered by Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern and Condrey's Witnessd framework.

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May 24, 2026 · 10 sources · High confidence

Assessment of AutoResearchClaw: Autonomous Research Pipeline for Workforce Development Intelligence

Deep-research evaluation of AutoResearchClaw v0.5.0 — the multi-agent autonomous research pipeline — its competitive landscape, and recommendation for adoption within the Grambow Scholarly OS.

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May 24, 2026 · 17 sources · High confidence

Process Provenance Research Gap Assessment

Assesses the research gap for a 'Process Provenance' standard documenting AI-augmented scientific ideation. Examines Karpathy's LLM Wiki as a viable implementation pathway for a Science Flight Recorder, against the backdrop of NIH NOT-OD-25-132 and the Genesis Mission Executive Order.

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May 22, 2026 · 13 sources · Medium-High confidence

Triangle Region Workforce Intelligence Portals & Data Sources

Survey of labor-market data portals, job-posting feeds, and workforce analytics sources for the Raleigh–Durham Triangle region.

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May 22, 2026 · 9 sources · Medium-High confidence

Synthetic Data for Workflow Utility in Clinical Trials

Literature gap analysis for JCTS special issue — synthetic data as PHI-avoiding substrate for pre-data-lock pipeline validation.

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May 20, 2026 · 7 sources · Medium-High confidence

Briya–Luminate Collaboration Opportunities

Rapid research brief for tomorrow's meeting with Brian Creighton — partnership model, Briya's U.S. growth strategy, Luminate's RWD/RWE differentiators.

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May 20, 2026 · 5 sources · High confidence

Clinical Leader Venue Assessment

Publication strategy for the From Evidence to Impact RWE series — audience analysis, editorial landscape, pitch guidance.

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