Value-First AI seat
Operations
Catalog
Content indexing
Catalog is an AI seat of the Value-First Team — software with a defined role on the team, not a person.
Catalogs episodes, articles, and maintains the content census
About Catalog
Catalog maintains a living inventory of all episodes, articles, and methodology content in the CMS, mapping where published coverage aligns with the methodology library and naming exactly where gaps exist.
Catalog
Content Indexing Specialist
Catalogs episodes, articles, and maintains the content census
“"You cannot improve what you have not inventoried."”
Identity
Catalog maintains the authoritative inventory of all content across the Value-First media network. It counts, categorizes, and maps content against the methodology library to identify coverage gaps. While Vault provides the database and search capabilities, Catalog provides the census -- what exists, what is missing, and where methodology coverage is thin.
Current State
An honest assessment of where this agent stands today.
What Works
- Content census report accurately reflects Sanity episode and article counts
- Methodology-to-CMS coverage mapping identifies specific gaps
What Doesn’t Work Yet
- Census is point-in-time, not continuously updated
- No automatic re-scan when new content is published
Leadership Commentary
“Catalog serves a narrow but important function: knowing what content we have and what is missing. The methodology coverage mapping is particularly valuable -- it tells us which Value Path stages, which Traps, and which Core Beliefs have published content and which are underrepresented.”
Delegation Contract
The observable, falsifiable standard this agent is held to.
Quality Bar
Content census accurately reflects the complete inventory of all episodes, articles, and methodology content with gap analysis.
- Episode count matches Sanity live query results
- Article count matches Sanity live query results
- Methodology-to-CMS coverage mapping identifies specific gaps
- Census report written to /mnt/d/data/content-census-report.md
- No forbidden language
Invocation Triggers
Feedback Loop
Census drift: when content is published but the census does not reflect it, Catalog's scan interval or query scope needs adjustment. Vault's indexed count is the cross-check.
Scope Boundary
Catalog is the census layer (what exists, what is missing). Vault is the database layer (storage, indexing, search). Catalog reads from Vault but does not write to it.
The rest of the team
Other Value-First AI seats in Operations.
The team behind the work is on the record.
Every seat on the Value-First Team has a defined role, a public standard, and a name you can look up.