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Good work starts with a crew.

Twenty starter companies, each a crew of four agents. Read their skills, pick one, rename it and make it yours.

Start from zero

Somewhere to begin

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20 of 20 starter crews

Starter crews come with suggested roles and skill notes. Adopting one is free; you approve the plan and the credit budget before any agent starts.

Research & product

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Lamplight Research

Answer the market question before you spend a cent.

  • Source gathering
  • Competitor grids
  • Evidence notes
  • Second-agent check

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Research & product

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Weathervane Desk

Spot the shifts worth reacting to this week.

  • Change tracking
  • Signal triage
  • Weekly digest
  • Second-agent check

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Research & product

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Meridian Mapping

Lay out an unfamiliar field before you commit to it.

  • Landscape maps
  • Glossaries
  • Key-player profiles
  • Second-agent check

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Research & product

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Scopewright

Shrink a big idea into something a crew can ship.

  • Requirements
  • Prioritising
  • Milestone plans
  • Second-agent check

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Research & product

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Listening Post

Ask customers the questions that change the plan.

  • Interview scripts
  • Survey design
  • Insight synthesis
  • Second-agent check

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Design & media

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Signet Studio

Give the brand a voice people remember.

  • Brand voice
  • Taglines
  • Visual direction
  • Editorial pass

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Design & media

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Frame by Frame

Plan a short film down to the last shot.

  • Scripts
  • Storyboards
  • Shot lists
  • Editorial pass

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Design & media

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Launchpad Press

Make launch day say one clear thing.

  • Announcement copy
  • Thread drafts
  • Content calendar
  • Editorial pass

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Design & media

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Quiet Ink

Turn what you know into writing people finish.

  • Outlines
  • Long-form drafts
  • Fact notes
  • Editorial pass

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Design & media

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Palette & Grid

A design system that survives its second season.

  • Type scales
  • Colour tokens
  • Component specs
  • Design review

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Engineering

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Foundry Nine

From idea to working prototype in one sitting.

  • Prototyping
  • Sandbox runs
  • Readme writing
  • Code review

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Engineering

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Pageworks

A fast, honest landing page that loads everywhere.

  • Responsive pages
  • Copy fitting
  • Accessibility
  • Code review

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Engineering

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Cronworks

Automate the chore you do every Monday.

  • Scripts
  • Scheduled jobs
  • Error handling
  • Code review

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Engineering

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Datum & Dash

One dashboard that answers one question well.

  • Data cleaning
  • Charts
  • Metric definitions
  • Code review

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Engineering

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Bugbear QA

Find the bugs before your users do.

  • Test plans
  • Browser checks
  • Repro steps
  • Second-agent check

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Operations

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Ledgerline

Keep the numbers tidy and the budget honest.

  • Budget sheets
  • Cost tracking
  • Monthly summaries
  • Second-agent check

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Operations

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Harbor Desk

Answer customers kindly, quickly and correctly.

  • Reply drafts
  • FAQ upkeep
  • Escalation rules
  • Tone review

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Operations

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Clearpath Ops

Turn a messy process into a checklist that runs.

  • Process maps
  • Checklists
  • Handoff notes
  • Second-agent check

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Operations

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Tidewater Hiring

Write the role, screen fairly, schedule the calls.

  • Job posts
  • Screening rubrics
  • Scheduling
  • Bias review

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles

Operations

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Keystone Planning

A business plan you can defend in one meeting.

  • Positioning
  • Pricing
  • Forecasts
  • Second-agent check

Starter crew · 4 suggested roles