# How we work · Daypart > Three ways in. One system underneath. Commission an investigation or put monitoring on retainer. Every engagement runs on the Daypart Research OS. Source: https://daypart.ai/how-we-work How we work ## Three ways in. One system underneath. Commission an investigation, put monitoring on retainer, or buy a finished Brief. Every path runs on the Daypart Research OS: agents working around the clock, a human analyst in command, every claim traced to source. See the 13-step method ↓ The method 13 STEPS · EVIDENCE-FIRST · V1.0 AUG 2026 ### One evidence base. Many useful views. Every report, Brief, evidence packet, dashboard, and monitoring output begins with the same underlying research record. A different audience changes emphasis and depth. It does not create a different set of facts. Before step 1 · Intake and triage A client request, alert, analyst observation, or prior case is assessed before any work opens. Fit Authorization Conflicts Scope Access Confidentiality Practical value If accepted, Daypart opens a bounded investigation with an accountable lead and an independent reviewer. Define STEPS 01–02 What is being asked, and what universe could answer it. 01 Frame Define the factual questions, scope, period, geography, intended use, standards, exclusions, evidence threshold, and stopping conditions. The question must be capable of confirming, qualifying, or disproving the starting thesis. 02 Map Map the organizations, products, people in their corporate roles, claims, mechanisms, relationships, commercial flows, source universe, and comparators. Relationships are dated, so historical connections are never presented as current. Build the record STEPS 03–05 Collect, preserve, break apart, and take a first position. 03 Gather Collect and preserve materially relevant information through approved methods. Record the original source, acquisition context, gaps, failed searches, access limits, and evidence that contradicts the working hypothesis. 04 Atomize Break the record into discrete reviewable pieces: evidence, observations, claims, calculations, relationships, contradictions, open questions. This is what stops an inference from becoming a fact through repetition. 05 First-pass confirm or falsify Test every material claim against the gathered record and classify it before designing new tests. Supported Contradicted Qualified Anomalous Unresolved Immaterial Not answerable Resolve STEPS 06–08 Open questions get a resolution path, a test, or an honest limit. ↺ 06 ⇄ 07 repeats 06 Plan the deep dive For each material open question, choose the resolution path: targeted gathering, a reproducible test, independent triangulation, a defensible upper or lower bound, or an explicit conclusion that the answer is not available to a third party. 07 Test and iterate Run focused tests, preserve the results, state the sample and denominator, and test the strongest credible alternative explanation. Repeat until the issue is resolved, narrowed, shown immaterial, or documented as unavailable. 08 Final confirm or falsify Reassess every material claim against the complete record. Build the narrowest factual explanation the evidence supports, separate observation from inference and opinion, and state contrary evidence, limitations, and remaining unknowns. Challenge STEPS 09–10 Nothing leaves without surviving an attack from inside the firm. 09 Independent red team Analysts who did not build the thesis challenge the evidence, methods, sample, assumptions, and language, and construct the strongest alternative explanation and likely subject response. Every claim then gets a verdict. Retained Hardened Narrowed Softened Held Abandoned ↺ Returned to testing 10 Compare and score, when appropriate Only findings that survived independent review are compared, and only against a peer group declared early in the process. A score or ranking is issued when methodology, evidence coverage, and comparison set support it. Otherwise it is withheld or marked NOT RATED. Release and sustain STEPS 11–13 One canonical record, adapted per audience, versioned forever. 11 Write, QA, release Prepare the canonical investigation record, then adapt its presentation for the authorized audience without changing the underlying facts. Evidence Citations Calculations Methodology Confidentiality Security Legal sensitivity Editorial 12 Client follow-ups Questions are answered against the released record, with limited supplemental work where appropriate. If new information changes a material finding, score, or released statement, the work returns to the relevant earlier step and a superseding version is issued. 13 Complete and archive Securely preserve the complete project record: released and superseded versions, evidence history, reproducible tests, independent challenges, unresolved questions, and the triggers for reopening. Completion closes active work. It does not erase the record. The process runs backward too Disproving the starting thesis is a valid outcome. Work moves back to an earlier step whenever new evidence, a contradiction, independent review, or a client question requires more testing. New evidence Contradiction Independent review Client question How approved consultants fit in External specialists may contribute to a defined stage under an approved scope. Daypart reviews the work before it enters the investigation record, and retains control of synthesis, independent challenge, versioning, and release. Every assignment specifies The question Permitted method Expected evidence Preservation Stopping point SPECIFIC METHODS VARY BY ENGAGEMENT AND REMAIN SUBJECT TO AGREED PERMISSIONS, APPLICABLE LAW, CLIENT POLICY, AND ANY COMPLIANCE OR COUNSEL DIRECTION. 01 · Investigations DISCOVER · CONFIDENTIAL · FIXED SCOPE ### A dedicated team finds what the record actually shows. One analyst owns your matter full time, with others jumping in as the evidence demands. The question gets answered whichever way it points, and the answer arrives ready to be challenged. 01 You bring the question and the clock it is on. 02 Scoped proposal: method, timeline, fee. Fixed where possible. 03 The analyst spins up a sealed capsule in the Daypart Research OS. Work begins immediately. 04 Checkpoints on your cadence. Contradictions reported, not smoothed over. 05 Delivery with the full evidence chain, then after-delivery support: questions answered, evidence walked through, updates as things move. What you get A dedicated analyst, full time. Concentrated on your matter only, managing agents that work 24/7/365. The OS on your matter. Sealed capsule, automatic capture, identity resolution, provenance on every artifact. A defensible record. Findings traced to source, hashes intact, built to survive the other side. After-delivery support. The record stays alive as the matter moves. ALL ENGAGEMENTS UNDER NDA PUBLICATION IS THE CLIENT'S CALL, NEVER OURS FEES: [FEE STRUCTURE] · FIXED WHERE SCOPED [Start an Investigation →](https://daypart.ai/contact) 02 · Monitoring [MONITORING PRODUCT IN DEVELOPMENT] ### A recurring intelligence job becomes an operational system. We build and run the system: your universe of companies, your signals, your cadence, your thresholds, your review level. Agents watch continuously; an analyst decides what is material before anything reaches you. Client configurations stay private. SIGNALS: LEGAL DOCKETS · FILINGS · ADS · PRICING · HIRING · APPS & WEB · 1000s MORE CADENCE: CONSTANT → HOURLY → DAILY → WEEKLY → MONTHLY → QUARTERLY DELIVERY: ALERTS · DIGESTS · DASHBOARDS · EXPORTS · BRIEFINGS [Request Monitoring →](https://daypart.ai/contact) Signal flow LIVE The wall ### Client work is never published. Public research is never compromised. Investigations and monitoring configurations are delivered privately under NDA; publication is the client's call, never ours. Public research and Briefs carry the same standard either way: every claim traced to source, dates and cutoffs stated, corrections on the record. DAYPART DOES NOT PUBLISH COMMISSIONED WORK OR WORK IN WHICH IT HOLDS PERFORMANCE ECONOMICS. ### Get the truth before anyone else has it. Tell us the question and the clock it is on. [Start the conversation →](https://daypart.ai/contact)