{"id":"client-zero","type":"concept","title":"Client Zero","created":"2026-07-13","status":"active","authors":["Upstream Zero"],"edges":[{"rel":"cites","to":"EXP-0001"}],"pubState":"published","body":"We ran the method on ourselves first. This website is the first thing we\nstudied. Its claims are tiered, you can trace where each one comes from,\nand its machine representation is public.\n\nPublishing our own research changes the thing we're studying: our objects\ncan end up in what evaluators read and repeat back. We don't pretend that\nisn't happening. We measure it. Propagation Records track which of our\nobjects show up in evaluator behavior, how accurately, and with what\neffect.\n\nA company that is also a participant should say so. We do.","url":"/concepts/client-zero","machineUrl":"/objects/client-zero","referencedBy":[],"_meta":{"site":"Upstream Zero · Commercial Intelligence for AI-Mediated Commercial Evaluation","version":"0.1","note":"Claims are presented at their evidence tier; Narrated is the lowest. Verify by walking edges, not by trusting us."}}