{
  "research_lock": "2026-09-08",
  "scope": "Seven first attempts from 7 September 2026; shared machine; Ultra delegation enabled. Processed tokens include cached input.",
  "runs": [
    {
      "key": "low",
      "label": "Astra Low",
      "app": "Clearshift",
      "time": "37:37",
      "elapsed_seconds": 2257,
      "input_tokens": 14762966,
      "cached_input_tokens": 14513792,
      "output_tokens": 51515,
      "processed_tokens": 14814481,
      "cached_share": 98.3,
      "reddit": 8,
      "x": 0,
      "canvas_elements": 161,
      "what": "Tracks missed cleaning tasks through correction and recheck.",
      "avatar": "Commercial cleaning owners managing recurring office sites.",
      "moat": "Client-specific standards and a history of fixes that worked.",
      "proved": "A correction had to be rechecked before the job could close. The closed state survived a refresh.",
      "gap": "No X evidence. More elapsed time and processed tokens than Medium.",
      "takeaway": "Use this as a reminder that Low can still produce a complete workflow. Lower effort does not guarantee a smaller total job."
    },
    {
      "key": "medium",
      "label": "Astra Medium",
      "app": "Scopewell",
      "time": "30:41",
      "elapsed_seconds": 1841,
      "input_tokens": 10191178,
      "cached_input_tokens": 9986304,
      "output_tokens": 42208,
      "processed_tokens": 10233386,
      "cached_share": 98.0,
      "reddit": 6,
      "x": 0,
      "canvas_elements": 133,
      "what": "Prices extra cleaning work and records client acceptance.",
      "avatar": "Commercial cleaning owners with written service agreements.",
      "moat": "Accurate scope records and estimates improved by actual jobs.",
      "proved": "Changing labor from 45 to 60 minutes changed the monthly proposal from $164 to $212. A simulated acceptance and the new amount survived refresh.",
      "gap": "No X evidence. The lightest canvas by element count.",
      "takeaway": "My starting pick for this brief. It delivered a checked workflow and a useful plan in the shortest observed time."
    },
    {
      "key": "high",
      "label": "Astra High",
      "app": "Fieldwork",
      "time": "41:21",
      "elapsed_seconds": 2481,
      "input_tokens": 14271242,
      "cached_input_tokens": 14002304,
      "output_tokens": 57356,
      "processed_tokens": 14328598,
      "cached_share": 98.1,
      "reddit": 7,
      "x": 1,
      "canvas_elements": 186,
      "what": "Reassigns visits when a cleaning crew cannot work.",
      "avatar": "Residential cleaning owners juggling crews and appointments.",
      "moat": "Company-specific constraints and outcomes that improve scheduling.",
      "proved": "An impossible two-hour job inside a one-hour window was rejected. Valid reassignment saved correctly and left four other visits untouched.",
      "gap": "Travel used a fixed allowance, not live route optimization.",
      "takeaway": "A useful next setting to test when your job has interacting constraints. The value here came from the behavior it handled."
    },
    {
      "key": "xhigh",
      "label": "Astra Extra High",
      "app": "Scopekeep",
      "time": "45:14",
      "elapsed_seconds": 2714,
      "input_tokens": 12218538,
      "cached_input_tokens": 11954176,
      "output_tokens": 67656,
      "processed_tokens": 12286194,
      "cached_share": 97.8,
      "reddit": 6,
      "x": 1,
      "canvas_elements": 155,
      "what": "Takes remodeling extras from approval into billing.",
      "avatar": "Small remodeling owners losing track of chargeable extras.",
      "moat": "Tailored scope checks informed by what got approved, billed and paid.",
      "proved": "A new labor rate flowed through a $530 total, approval and a ready-to-bill row. Revision 1 survived refresh.",
      "gap": "More elapsed time than High. Its X counterexample was participant-read; the producer could not independently reopen it.",
      "takeaway": "Read counterevidence before buying the business idea. An existing Grok plus open-source accounting workaround challenged the proposed product."
    },
    {
      "key": "max",
      "label": "Astra Max",
      "app": "Fieldnote",
      "time": "46:10",
      "elapsed_seconds": 2770,
      "input_tokens": 10477167,
      "cached_input_tokens": 10217856,
      "output_tokens": 70237,
      "processed_tokens": 10547404,
      "cached_share": 97.5,
      "reddit": 7,
      "x": 0,
      "canvas_elements": 155,
      "what": "Keeps an extra job\u2019s scope, price and approval in one record.",
      "avatar": "Residential remodeler owners with teams of 2\u201310 people.",
      "moat": "An adopted job-site routine, assisted setup and bookkeeper referrals.",
      "proved": "Labor of $275.25 plus materials of $84.75 became exactly $360. The simulated approval persisted.",
      "gap": "Longest run. A native export download was not independently verified.",
      "takeaway": "Useful depth showed up in exact cents, approval state and revision rules. These are better checks than counting UI polish."
    },
    {
      "key": "sol",
      "label": "Sol High",
      "app": "RelayOps",
      "time": "32:49",
      "elapsed_seconds": 1969,
      "input_tokens": 6644349,
      "cached_input_tokens": 6475776,
      "output_tokens": 54220,
      "processed_tokens": 6698569,
      "cached_share": 97.5,
      "reddit": 6,
      "x": 2,
      "canvas_elements": 215,
      "what": "Plans recovery when delays disrupt a service route.",
      "avatar": "Owner-dispatchers of recurring service firms with 2\u201320 staff.",
      "moat": "Recovery outcomes, maintained rules and accountable support.",
      "proved": "Step progression and a resolved state persisted.",
      "gap": "Selecting Split with Crew 1 did not change the next summary: it still showed a different plan and fixed outcome numbers.",
      "takeaway": "Keep Sol in your comparison, then test whether choices actually change results. Low processed usage does not compensate for a broken decision path."
    },
    {
      "key": "ultra",
      "label": "Astra Ultra",
      "app": "Accord",
      "time": "42:10",
      "elapsed_seconds": 2530,
      "input_tokens": 21634407,
      "cached_input_tokens": 21056640,
      "output_tokens": 95961,
      "processed_tokens": 21730368,
      "cached_share": 97.3,
      "reddit": 7,
      "x": 2,
      "canvas_elements": 240,
      "what": "Records and agrees remodeling additions before work starts.",
      "avatar": "Small residential remodeling owners handling frequent extras.",
      "moat": "Trade-specific setup and a proven routine, improved by real outcomes.",
      "proved": "A newly created custom $200 change required an approval note. Its title, scope, total and approval persisted.",
      "gap": "Three child agents added 7.12M processed tokens. This is a separate delegation-enabled condition.",
      "takeaway": "Use delegation when independent research or checking lanes have real value. Here it produced deeper competitor workflow research, not a dramatically different product."
    }
  ]
}