Bounty

Map procurement chains from specimen source to data delivery, with per-link evidence states.

Usage

CLI

vcro bounty "50 AD plasma samples, commercial use, under 80k EUR"

Slash command

/bounty 50 AD plasma samples, under 80k EUR

How it works

Bounty identifies candidate sources from the wiki, maps a procurement chain for each, and prices every link from verified sources. Budget and target N are optional — the cost picture is an output, not an input.

Understand Parse request

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Discover Scan wiki

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Score Three axes

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Chain Map procurement

The procurement chain

Every bundle is an ordered list of 2-7 typed links. Only include links relevant to the query — no forced empty entries. Each link carries an evidence tier: PUBLISHED, DERIVED, or open_question.

specimen_source

Where the samples come from. References a cohort or institution entity. Cost: biobank vial fee, data access fee, or shipping.

specimen_fitness

Verification that the samples will produce signal for the buyer's assay. Re-QC, depletion check, DNA integrity assessment.

provider

The institution or CRO performing the assay. References a wiki institution entity with a services: block when available.

assay_execution

Cost to run the analytical workflow. Provider quote for the intended platform. References a wiki platform entity.

logistics / prior_art / data_delivery

Shipping, existing validation studies, and data transfer costs. Included only when they carry meaningful cost or timeline.

If any link is open_question, the total stays open. The buyer sees the known links plus the gaps. No fake totals.

Budget honesty

Over-budget options are emitted with within_budget: false. They are not filtered out. The buyer sees them with the flag in card.risk. A good option that costs 20% more than budget is more useful than silence.

What gets written to disk

store/wiki/bundles/bundle-ad-plasma-50-2026-04-08.md

Bundle entities live in store/wiki/bundles/. Each bundle is a wiki entity with frontmatter containing:

opportunity_type: bounty_bundle
status: draft
chain:
  - link: specimen_source
    entity: adni-blood-dnam-csf-biomarker
    evidence: PUBLISHED
    cost: "$35/vial via ADNI biorepository"
    timeline: "6-8 weeks"
    note: "NIA RARC biorepository, DUA required"
  - link: assay_execution
    entity: illumina-epic-methylation-beadchip
    evidence: DERIVED
    cost: "$120-150/sample"
    timeline: "4-6 weeks"
    note: "Based on references/pricing-data.md"
total_known:
  low: 42000
  high: 58000
  within_budget: true

Every link with an entity: slug references an existing wiki entity. At least one link must have evidence != open_question.

Example

$ vcro bounty "150 NSCLC FFPE blocks with RNA-seq, no neoadjuvant, EUR 80k"

Bounty workflow. 2 bundles mapped from 3 scored candidates.
Bundle 1: TCGA-LUAD source + Broad RNA-seq assay, EUR 52-68k,
within budget, 4 chain links (3 PUBLISHED, 1 DERIVED).
Bundle 2: institutional biobank source + commercial provider,
assay_execution link is open_question, total open.
Bundles at store/wiki/bundles/bundle-nsclc-ffpe-rnaseq-2026-04-08.md.