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title: "Guides by job"
description: "This is where you find the job you want done. Open a guide and it walks you through that job, with the calls in the order you make them, the request and the response beside each call, and the result at the end. The eight run from finding companies that show intent to connecting your own agent to the record."
section: guides
address: /guides
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# Guides by job

This is where you find the job you want done. Open a guide and it walks you through that job, with the calls in the order you make them, the request and the response beside each call, and the result at the end. The eight run from finding companies that show intent to connecting your own agent to the record.

[figure: Every guide has the same structure, from the map at its head to the result at its end.]

Every guide has the same shape. A map at the head of the guide lists the objects, the calls and the desk that the job changes. The steps are numbered, and each step shows its call, with the request and the response folded beside it. The guide ends with the result and the page to read next.

## Jobs

| job | result | main calls |
|---|---|---|
| Find companies that show intent | a definition with a useful preview, armed as a monitor, and its first matches | [preview](/reference/ask/preview), [arm a monitor](/reference/act/arm_monitor), [signals](/reference/read/signals) |
| Build an intent ladder | a ladder of definitions from weak to strong, and the rung that each subject reaches | [preview](/reference/ask/preview), [the predicate language](/reference/read/predicate_language) |
| Arm a monitor and read what entered | explained matches, the monitor's strength, and corrections that the monitor learns from | [explain a match](/reference/read/explain_catch), [monitor strength](/reference/read/monitor_strength) |
| Seek alpha in a market | the market's stages, the rivals' shares, and the gap between them | [the market](/reference/read/market), [compare](/reference/read/compare) |
| Read the map | your brand's map, built from its website, with every inferred part under test | [map the brand](/reference/act/map_brand), [what is under test](/reference/read/under_test) |
| Run a play | an armed play, proposed moves with their forecasts, the permission check, and the effect measured against the forecast | [arm a play](/reference/act/arm_play), [propose a move](/reference/act/propose_move), [the effect](/reference/read/effect) |
| Build a document | a short document or a deck built from the record, with the unit of every number and a link to every source | [build a document](/reference/act/build_document) |
| Connect your agent to the record | your own agent, connected, reading the record and handing jobs to the platform's agent | [connecting an agent](/install/connecting-an-agent), [delegate](/reference/tools/si-harness-delegate) |

A guide appears on this page once its checks pass against the served contract. The team is writing the eight guides one at a time.