channel-research-deployment

name	channel-research-deployment
description	Deploy interviews, surveys, and diary studies via messaging channels (Telegram, Slack, WhatsApp, Google Chat) with adaptive questioning and real-time analytics.
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Channel Research Deployment

Capabilities

• Deploy research studies across Telegram, Slack, WhatsApp, and Google Chat
• Adaptive questioning with LLM-powered follow-up probes
• Real-time analytics dashboard (response rate, completion rate, per-question stats)
• Automatic nugget extraction from participant responses into the Atomic Research chain
• Conversation state machine: intro, questions, probing, wrap-up
• Configurable rate limiting between questions
• LLM-judged saturation detection to avoid over-probing
• Cross-deployment overview with progress tracking

Workflow

1. Plan -- Define research goals, generate question set with adaptive rules
2. Configure -- Set up channel instances and link to a project
3. Deploy -- Create and activate a deployment across selected channels
4. Collect -- Participants respond via messaging; adaptive probing deepens insights
5. Monitor -- Real-time analytics show progress, response rates, and per-question stats
6. Analyze -- Complete the deployment; synthesize findings into nuggets, insights, recommendations

Input

• Research goals and questions (text or generated via plan)
• Channel instance IDs (configured Telegram/Slack/WhatsApp/Google Chat connections)
• Deployment configuration (adaptive rules, rate limits, intro/outro messages)
• Project context (auto-loaded from context layers)

Output

• Deployment plan with question set and adaptive rules (JSON)
• Real-time analytics (response rate, completion rate, per-question breakdown)
• Nuggets with source attribution (participant, channel, deployment)
• Insights and recommendations synthesized from responses
• Full conversation transcripts per participant

Deployment Types

• Interview -- Semi-structured conversational interview via messaging
• Survey -- Structured question set with optional branching
• Diary Study -- Longitudinal prompts sent on a schedule over days/weeks

Best Practices

• 5-15 questions per interview deployment; 3-5 for diary studies
• Enable adaptive probing for interviews to capture deeper insights
• Set rate limits (30-60s between questions) to avoid overwhelming participants
• Use the intro message to set expectations and build trust
• Monitor per-question skip rates to identify confusing questions
• Complete deployments promptly to avoid participant fatigue