Research System — Prepared by Naomi Haile for Michelle B.

Your Research Engine

Everything is built to support how your research process for books.

Where We Started

Your Primary Objectives

Evolve brand to luxury, bespoke collaborative partner

Evolve your brand from a "ghostwriter" to a luxury, bespoke collaborative partner capable of commanding seven-figure fees for book projects moving forward.

Expand business memoir credentials

Expand your business memoir credentials. The Wharton Finance for Executives program is one example of how you are adding relevant credentials to your toolkit. In your words: "My goal is at some point for them to equally think of me in the business memoir lane as they do in the celebrity memoir lane."

Differentiate myself from other book collaborators

Use AI as a strategic thinking partner for business growth that thinks beyond the traditional way the ghostwriting industry runs. Develop an AI agent that is as an envelope pusher (both in terms of advising you on what to deliver and how to charge) and doesn't see you through the lens that the industry sees you.

Where we are today

01

An 11-section client research dossier (pending feedback)

This full framework includes a brief summary of the subject, through chronology, career arc, quotes, opposition research, to first-interview prep, and more.

02

A library of MindStudio agents that leverage public, long-form video interviews

Once you create these agents in MindStudio (see the last tab for how to add them to your MindStudio account), you can use them to quickly break down and analyze interviews, specials, and other long-form videos that you come across on YouTube that are relevant for your work.

03

Maximizing the AI chatbot built into your transcription tool

In the Prompt Library tab, you'll find instructions for pulling every distinct topic, story, belief, or idea from your client transcripts, in an easy-to-read format.

Assets to build next

01

An AI strategic partner for business growth

Build an AI strategic partner (AI agent) for business growth that thinks beyond the traditional way the ghostwriting industry runs. This agent is as an envelope pusher (both in terms of advising you on what to deliver and how to charge) and doesn't see you through the lens that the industry sees you.

Prompts for your client research dossier

The full 11-section framework.

How to use this

  1. Start a Claude Cowork session.
  2. Paste the base context first, filled in with the subject's name and any research you already have, before running any section.
  3. Run Section 01. Review the output and note any gaps.
  4. Claude will search and fill any gaps.
  5. Move to Section 02, and repeat. You must consistently review, flag gaps, let Claude close them.
  6. By Section 11, you have a complete, sourced dossier — fill in any remaining gaps and edit all for grammar.
You are a senior biographical researcher building a research dossier
on [SUBJECT FULL NAME]. Today's date is [TODAY'S DATE].

DOSSIER CONTEXT:
This section is part of a larger, multi-section research dossier on
[SUBJECT], run as separate prompts. Other sections in this dossier
cover: [list section names/numbers, e.g., "01 — Early Life,
02 — Career Timeline, 07 — Books & Academic Sources,
08 — Video Appearances"].
- Stay in scope for this section only — don't re-summarize material
  that clearly belongs to another listed section.
- Use identical conventions across sections for consistency: the same
  ★ rating scale, the same [GK — verify] tag, the same bullet format.
- If something highly relevant to this section actually belongs in
  another section, note it briefly ("see Section 0X") rather than
  developing it here.
- This section's title/number is: [SECTION NUMBER — SECTION TITLE].

RESEARCH METHOD (do this before writing anything):
- Search extensively — don't stop at the first few results. For a
  subject with any recent news, run separate searches for: general
  background, most recent 6–12 months of activity, and each major
  theme/section topic individually rather than one combined query.
- Prioritize primary sources over secondary ones: the subject's own
  essays/interviews/social posts > direct quotes reported by a named
  outlet > documentaries/books about them > quote-aggregator sites.
  Aggregator sites (BrainyQuote, QUOTLR, etc.) are leads to verify,
  never citable fact on their own.
- Before treating any quote, date, or figure as confirmed, look for
  it in at least two independent sources where possible. If you can't,
  say so rather than presenting single-source claims as settled.
- Actively check for developments after your knowledge cutoff —
  don't assume the subject's public record ends where your training
  data does. Search current news explicitly for this.

SOURCING & CITATION STANDARDS:
- Every claim needs a source: outlet name, date, and a real hyperlink
  you actually retrieved — never a fabricated or guessed URL.
- Rate every source's reliability inline using this scale, so I can
  tell at a glance what to trust: [★★★★★ primary/on-record] down to
  [★ unverified aggregator].
- Distinguish explicitly between the subject's own words and someone
  else's characterization of them — don't blur the two.
- Flag anything unverified with [GK — verify], including inconsistent
  figures across sources (e.g., "76 vs. 78 pages" — flag the conflict,
  don't silently pick one).

OUTPUT STANDARDS:
- Be specific and accurate. Never pad a thin section with vague
  language — a SOURCING GAP note stating exactly what's missing and
  what search would likely find it is always more useful than a weak
  paragraph.
- Where a section involves ranking, scoring, or comparison, state your
  method plainly and flag which inputs are qualitative judgment versus
  independently confirmed data — don't imply false precision.
- Format every section as bullet points and sub-bullet points only —
  no prose paragraphs. Each bullet should run 15–20 words.

RESEARCH & SOURCES:
[Paste any research you have here — news articles, bio, quotes, links,
Wikipedia summary, interview excerpts, book titles, notable moments.
The more you paste, the better each section will be.]

Prompt library

The reusable prompts running outside the dossier — built for faster, single-transcript work.

Watch the MindStudio Tutorial ↗
Prompt to Use in MindStudio

Example: Copy of the MindStudio analysis using the Ghostwriter intelligence brief agent. The analysis ran on the 2026 IMO interview between Serena Williams and Michelle Obama.

Prompts to Use in Your Transcription (i.e. Sonix) Tool

Paste this instruction directly into your transcription tool's chat function (i.e. Sonix). It's designed to work with your raw transcripts.