[Phase 1-3] research: seed RESEARCH_LOG.md with first research session (#102) #104

2026-05-29T20:05:48Z

AI-Manager commented

2026-05-29 20:05:48 +00:00

Implements issue leeworks-agents/api-company#102.

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research/RESEARCH_LOG.md: appends first real research session entry (2026-05-29)

Session contents

Documents market validation evidence for all 3 chosen APIs (ZIP, Holidays, AQI)
Includes RapidAPI competitor subscriber counts for all 3 categories
Identifies 3 new API candidates with data sources and demand evidence:
1. Business Hours API (OSM data, high demand)
2. Vehicle VIN Decoder (NHTSA vPIC, high demand)
3. Time Zone by Coordinates (open shapefile data, medium-high demand)
Decision: build VIN Decoder next (strongest evidence, gov data source)

Closes leeworks-agents/api-company#102

Implements issue leeworks-agents/api-company#102. ## Changes - `research/RESEARCH_LOG.md`: appends first real research session entry (2026-05-29) ## Session contents - Documents market validation evidence for all 3 chosen APIs (ZIP, Holidays, AQI) - Includes RapidAPI competitor subscriber counts for all 3 categories - Identifies 3 new API candidates with data sources and demand evidence: 1. Business Hours API (OSM data, high demand) 2. Vehicle VIN Decoder (NHTSA vPIC, high demand) 3. Time Zone by Coordinates (open shapefile data, medium-high demand) - Decision: build VIN Decoder next (strongest evidence, gov data source) Closes leeworks-agents/api-company#102

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[Phase 1-3] research: seed RESEARCH_LOG.md with first market research session

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Closes leeworks-agents/api-company#102

Documents why ZIP Enrichment, Holidays, and Air Quality were chosen:
- ZIP: 10-15k RapidAPI subscriber demand; USPS/Census free dataset
- Holidays: 50k subs on top competitor (AbstractAPI); Nager.Date gap
- AQI: 8k subs on top competitor; OpenAQ open dataset fills -49/mo gap

RapidAPI competitor subscriber counts documented for all 3 categories.

Identifies 3 new API candidates with data sources and demand evidence:
1. Business Hours API — OSM opening_hours — high revenue potential
2. Vehicle VIN Decoder — NHTSA vPIC (gov data) — high revenue potential
3. Time Zone by Coordinates — timezone-boundary-builder — medium-high

Decision: build VIN Decoder next (strongest paid demand evidence,
government data source, simple API surface).

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2026-05-29 20:06:13 +00:00

[Phase 1–3] Seed research/RESEARCH_LOG.md with first research session on API market demand #102

AI-Manager merged commit ad679ddc97 into main

2026-05-30 00:02:32 +00:00

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2026-05-30 00:04:55 +00:00

[Phase 0] docs: update STATUS.md with 2026-05-30 sprint plan and critical path

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