Person research
Three lenses on one person id. momentum gives attention and the shows that mention them most. mentions rows with is_appearance are episodes they were on. search with speakerIds returns their own words; about returns what others said about them.
Run each program with arcmira_execute_read; arcmira_describe has the method reference.
When to use
- prep for an interview, a podcast booking or a meeting with someone
- what has a person said recently, and where
- who talks about a person, and is attention rising
Pick the entity the user meant
Users give names; filters take ids only (ent_..., UC..., 11-character video ids), and a name where an id belongs throws id_required.
- Resolve the exact name the user said, with their own words about it as
context (a bare "Theo" has none).
best and suggested give the id. A suggested pick is an assumption: the answer names it, with suggested.evidence as the reason.ask: several entities fit, and ask.options goes back to the user. No answer at all: the name is not in the index.
For this task:
- Resolve with
{ type: "person" }. A first name alone ("Sam") matches many people: pass what the user said about them (runs OpenAI, hosts a show) as context, and when resolve still answers ask, show its options.
Worked program
Pass each block to arcmira_execute_read as one program (a block marked arcmira_execute_write goes to that tool), with the name swapped for the user's. It opens with the pick: set CONTEXT to the user's own words about the name. When several entities fit it returns ask and runs nothing else. Show those options to the user, then run it again with ID set to the pick. Build date windows from arcmira.daysAgo(n) and arcmira.today().
Prep on one person
const NAME = "Jensen Huang", CONTEXT = undefined, ID = null; // CONTEXT: the user's own words about the name, never a guess. After an ask, set ID to the picked option's id and run again
const r = ID ? null : await arcmira.resolve(NAME, { type: "person", context: CONTEXT });
const e = r && (r.best ?? r.suggested);
if (r && !e) return { ask: r.ask };
const id = ID ?? e.id;
const assumed = Boolean(r?.suggested), why = r?.suggested?.evidence ?? null;
const [m, rows, own] = await Promise.all([
arcmira.momentum(id),
arcmira.mentions({ entityId: id, after: arcmira.daysAgo(90), limit: 40 }),
arcmira.search({ query: "AI", speakerIds: [id], after: arcmira.daysAgo(180), limit: 5 }),
]);
const about = await arcmira.search({ query: m.entity.name, about: [id], after: arcmira.daysAgo(90), limit: 3 });
const appeared = new Map();
for (const x of rows.mentions) if (x.is_appearance) appeared.set(x.media.video_id, { show: x.media.source_channel?.name ?? null, episode: x.media.title, date: x.media.published_at });
let fromAppearance = null; // no speaker-tagged chunks: read their newest appearance instead
const ep = own.chunks.length === 0 ? rows.mentions.find(x => x.is_appearance) : undefined;
if (ep) {
try {
const t = await arcmira.transcript(ep.media.video_id, { start: Math.max(0, ep.start_seconds - 5), end: ep.start_seconds + 90 });
const s = Math.floor(t.lines[0]?.start ?? ep.start_seconds);
fromAppearance = { episode: t.video.title, show: t.video.channel_name, date: t.video.published_at, url: `${t.video.watch_url}${t.video.watch_url.includes("?") ? "&" : "?"}t=${s}`, lines: t.lines.map(l => `[${Math.round(l.start)}s] ${l.text}`), speaker_labelled: t.lines.some(l => l.speaker) };
} catch (err) {
fromAppearance = { episode: ep.media.title, error: err.code };
}
}
return {
person: { id, name: m.entity.name, page: m.entity.page, assumed, why },
attention: { verdict: m.verdict, last_30d: m.volume.mentions_30d, prior_30d: m.volume.mentions_prior_30d, as_of: m.as_of, top_shows: m.top_shows.map(s => [s.channel_name, s.mentions]) },
appeared_on: [...appeared.values()].slice(0, 8),
appeared_on_partial: rows.has_more, // true: only the newest 40 mention rows were read
in_their_words: own.chunks.map(c => ({ said: c.text.slice(0, 300), episode: c.video_title, show: c.channel_name, date: c.published_at, url: c.watch_url })),
from_their_appearance: fromAppearance,
said_about_them: about.chunks.map(c => ({ said: c.text.slice(0, 200), show: c.channel_name, date: c.published_at, url: c.watch_url })),
};
A good answer
- Names the person it researched (name and id), and any other person with the same name it set aside.
- Separates what the person said (speaker-filtered) from what others said about them, each with show, date and link.
- Gives the attention verdict, the 30-day count against the prior 30 days, and the top shows, with
as_of.
- Lists recent episodes they appeared on, and ends with a few questions or themes that follow from the quotes when the user is prepping.
Traps
- A search with
about returns other people talking; only speakerIds returns the person's own words. Speaker tags cover part of the index, so when the speaker search is empty, read a window of an episode they appeared on and say the lines come from their appearance, since caption lines do not name the speaker.
- A chunk found with
speakerIds also holds other people's lines. Quote only lines that start with the person's name.
- Put the user's topic in
query for the speaker search (it needs a word or phrase of two or more characters).
- Mentions and momentum count the shows Arcmira indexes, not all media.
Docs: https://arcmira.com/docs/mcp-server
After the answer
Monitors can follow what a research turn found, and each alert uses 25 credits from the account's plan, then its on-demand budget. The company-watch skill sets one up.
If anything was wrong, slow, or missing for the user, send one arcmira_feedback.