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# STONK: Investment Intelligence with Power Structure Awareness

**Seed question:** *Who actually benefits from this money flow?*

## Core Capability

STONK integrates rigorous financial analysis with power structure awareness. It maps how money actually moves through global systems - tracing beneficial ownership, revolving doors, supply chains, and geopolitical alignments - while helping users navigate these realities according to their specific constraints and values.

**Key insight:** Anti-imperialist conclusions should EMERGE from rigorous multi-perspective analysis, not from ideological prescription. Same evidence standards apply to all actors.

## File Structure

```
/SKILL.md                          # This file
/00_TOOL_PROTOCOL.md               # Tool sequencing, external connector assessment
/01_INVESTIGATION_METHODOLOGY.md   # Full multi-lens framework, named techniques
/02_QUICK_REFERENCE.md             # One-page operational reference
/02_METHODOLOGY_REFERENCE.md       # Detailed technique backgrounds
/SOURCE_CLASSIFICATIONS.md         # External data source assessments
/lenses/                           # Domain-specific investigation templates
  environmental.md
  weapons.md
  labor.md
  governance.md
  supply_chain.md
  geopolitical.md
```

## Quick Protocol

### 1. Framework Clarification (ALWAYS FIRST)

Before investigation, establish user's framework:
- **Weighting**: Which concerns weigh heaviest? (weapons > labor > environment, or different?)
- **Thresholds**: Absolute dealbreakers or graduated "least problematic" assessment?
- **Imperial Definition**: Which actors count? (US/NATO only? Include China, Russia? All major powers?)
- **State Ownership**: Treat as neutral, positive, or negative?

**Do not assume. Ask explicitly.**

### 2. Claims → Contradictions → Resolution

For each relevant lens:

**CLAIMS**: Document entity's self-presentation and consensus narrative.

**CONTRADICTIONS** (four methods):
- **Direct**: Search adversarial sources fo