Center of Excellence Reconnaissance. A reusable template for turning a fuzzy
interest in a niche research/industry domain into a structured talent & ecosystem landscape.
Every panel below is mapped to a field in dashboard.schema.json
and to a step of the method. Placeholders in {{double braces}} are slots an
agent fills. A fully worked instance is at /additive-manufacturing.json.
domain.name · domain.industryContext · domain.focusAreas[] · domain.geographicFocus · domain.timeHorizon · domain.researchObjectives[]
Past/present paradigms in play, and how they are changing. The direction of change is the signal to look for in talent.
paradigmShifts[] { from, to, talentSignal }
Knowledge domains and concrete practitioner skills one would exemplify on a résumé in this field.
coreCompetencies[] · requiredSkills[] { skill, type }
Companies defining the field, in three tiers. Cover academia, industry, and individual enthusiast/creator/community projects.
{{company}} — CEO {{ceo}} — {{url}}
industry.establishedAdopters[] { company, url, logo, ceo }
{{company}} — niche {{niche}}, traction {{tractionIndicator}}, edge {{competitiveEdge}}
industry.primeMovers[] { company, niche, tractionIndicator, competitiveEdge, ceo, url, logo }
{{company}} — key innovation {{keyInnovation}}
industry.disruptors[] { company, keyInnovation, ceo, url, logo }
Institutions defining the field (geo-located, the central map) plus standards bodies / consortia.
centersOfExcellence[] { institution, kind, geo, departmentUrl } · industryOrganizations[] { name, url }
Action-criteria aggregated from real résumés and job postings; recurrence across postings = weight.
roleResponsibilities[]
Established, outstanding contributors (Professors, Founders, PIs, Inventors) with a truncated background timeline.
keyPlayers[] { name, currentAffiliation, focusAreas[], timeline, links }
The long tail: citation chains, research-group members, early startup employees, YouTubers, OSS devs, podcast guests.
otherPlayers[] { name, organization, focusAreas[], source, links }
Emerging talent on the network fringes (interns, undergrads, grads, content creators, hackers, makers). Ranked by Creative Enthusiasm · Grit · Precociousness.
potentialHires[] { name, institution, category, degreeExperience, keyIndicators[], rankSignals, links }
White papers, primers, landscape articles, docs — indexed by canonical URL.
usefulLinks[] { title, url }
Standing sourcing rule (the while-loops): every entity sourced must be indexable (stable key) → rankable (carries its evidence) → presentable (resolved hyperlinks + panel fields). Data layer: institutions → department site; players → LinkedIn + personal site + company.