1. Choose Your Lens
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Mini Radar
Best for identifying emerging social trends, consumer shifts, and grassroots movements. Scans niche blogs, forums (like Reddit), and recent news while actively filtering out established encyclopaedias.
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Deep Research
Best for deep-tech and academic exploration. The AI synthesises multiple dense documents, academic papers, and long-form reports to generate a comprehensive markdown summary of a landscape.
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Governance Radar
Best for regulatory intelligence. Forces the search algorithm to hunt for policy drafts, reach codes, tax credits, and official government (.gov) or NGO publications.
2. Understanding the Metrics
Score (1-10)
Measures the "Novelty" and "Actionability" of the signal. Higher scores indicate highly disruptive or mission-aligned developments.
AI Confidence (%)
Measures the authority of the source. Official gov sites receive high confidence, while subjective social media posts are flagged for manual verification.
3. Saving to the Database
When you spot a valuable signal, click the ★ Star button. This automatically formats and pushes the data to the central Google Sheets Database (Signal Scout DB v2), tracking its Typology, Mission, and Source links for your team.