Expert Research

Find real people who have already done the thing the user wants to do, then design a focused interview to extract what they wish they'd known. Mirrors how Tim Ferriss researched The 4-Hour Workweek itself — by talking to dozens of authors, athletes, entrepreneurs, and outliers to find the patterns hidden behind the public story. Use when the user says "I don't know how to start," "I wish I knew someone who'd done this," "find me people who," "who has done X," "I need to learn from someone real," "I want a mentor," or any time the answer is buried in someone's experience rather than in research. Builds a target list of 5-15 people, ranks them by reach difficulty, and produ…