# Taste & Intelligence Pipeline

## The Product
**Taste Board:** https://curiousendeavor.com/taste/
- 3 tabs: Inspiration / Radar / Agencies
- Reads from Notion Inspiration Library (DB: `2ff330c2-8646-81f0-bbd9-ec474393d7a5`)
- ~420 entries with visual analysis, tags, strategic notes

## How It Serves CE

### For Client Work
- Before any strategy project → search the library for relevant patterns
- Walk into meetings with references that prove CE knows what's happening
- "We've been tracking this trend for 3 months" — backed by dated entries

### For Business Development
- Taste board is a public-facing tool at curiousendeavor.com/taste/
- Shows prospects CE has eyes on the industry, not just executes briefs
- Each entry has strategic insight, not just "nice logo"

### For Assaf
- #radar channel = daily feed of what's worth seeing
- No filler, no "quiet day" — only substance
- Connects signals to active projects and client opportunities

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## Daily Pipeline (Automated)

```
9:00 AM Lisbon → Julia's cron fires
    ↓
Julia scans 6 sources (Brand New, It's Nice That, The Brand Identity, Dezeen, BFRND, Eye on Design)
    ↓
Finds notable work → posts to #radar with title, source, why-it-matters, tags
    ↓
Writes signals to /strategic-intelligence/signals/YYYY-MM-DD.md
    ↓
Best find → auto-added to Notion Inspiration Library
    ↓
Notion API → appears on curiousendeavor.com/taste/ (Radar tab)
```

## Manual Pipeline (Assaf drops a link)

```
Assaf drops URL in #visual-input
    ↓
Kitt picks it up → spawns Jessica
    ↓
Jessica: screenshots, visual analysis, strategic notes, tags
    ↓
Creates Notion entry in Inspiration Library with cover image
    ↓
Appears on taste board (Inspiration tab)
    ↓
Kitt confirms in #visual-input with summary
```

## Weekly Synthesis (Monday — TODO: not yet automated)

```
Monday 9:00 AM → Julia reviews week's signals
    ↓
Identifies patterns (need 3+ unrelated sources)
    ↓
Documents in /strategic-intelligence/patterns/
    ↓
Flags anything relevant to active projects → posts to #radar
    ↓
Kitt routes project-relevant insights to project channels
```

## Where to See Everything

| What | Where |
|------|-------|
| Daily signals | #radar (Discord) |
| Full taste board | curiousendeavor.com/taste/ |
| Notion library | Inspiration Library DB |
| Signal archive | /strategic-intelligence/signals/ |
| Pattern library | /strategic-intelligence/patterns/ |
| Source list | TREND-RADAR.md |

## Quality Rules
- No filler posts. If nothing found, say nothing.
- Max 5 signals/day. Only genuinely interesting work.
- Every signal must have a "why it matters for CE" angle.
- Weekly synthesis catches patterns that daily scans miss.