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  "edition_id": "2026-05-31",
  "kind": "edition-zero-public",
  "published_at": "2026-05-31T16:00:00+01:00",
  "next_pass_at": "2026-06-05T09:00:00+01:00",
  "source_url": "https://monetise-claude-code.pages.dev/api/v1/edition-2026-05-31.json",
  "note": "Edition Zero. Real, full, public. No paywall. Same format the weekly Friday email will take.",
  "summary": {
    "candidates_scanned": 50,
    "survived": 41,
    "killed": 9,
    "added_this_pass": 0,
    "killed_this_pass": 0,
    "named_operators": 22
  },
  "operators": [
    {
      "claim_id": "vdr.monetise.claudecode.v1.2026-05-31.001",
      "operator": "Cameron Trew",
      "product": "Kleo · LinkedIn content SaaS",
      "claim": "$62k MRR three months post-launch",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "primary_source": "https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/0-to-62k-mrr-in-3-months-with-an-ai-tool-for-linkedin-creators-bbe8b69e0f",
      "first_seen": "2025-12-31",
      "last_checked": "2026-05-31",
      "chapter": "s5"
    },
    {
      "claim_id": "vdr.monetise.claudecode.v1.2026-05-31.002",
      "operator": "Rob Hallam",
      "product": "SuperX · viral content growth",
      "claim": "$23k MRR six months post-launch, ~650 customers at $39/mo",
      "confidence": "high",
      "primary_source": "https://x.com/robj3d3",
      "cross_check": "LinkedIn build-in-public day count",
      "first_seen": "2026-02-04",
      "last_checked": "2026-05-31",
      "chapter": "s5"
    },
    {
      "claim_id": "vdr.monetise.claudecode.v1.2026-05-31.003",
      "operator": "Marc Lou",
      "product": "ShipFast + CodeFast",
      "claim": "$1.032M across products in 2025, TrustMRR row",
      "confidence": "high",
      "primary_source": "https://newsletter.marclou.com/p/i-made-1-032-000-in-2025",
      "first_seen": "2025-12-31",
      "last_checked": "2026-05-31",
      "chapter": "s5"
    }
  ],
  "killed": [
    {
      "claim_id": "vdr.monetise.claudecode.v1.2026-05-31.kill.001",
      "claim": "Pieter Levels' portfolio: $3.1M total ARR, Photo AI $600k, Nomad List $700k, RemoteOK $3.4M",
      "refute_votes": 3,
      "score": "0/3",
      "killed_at": "2026-05-31",
      "reason": "No primary dashboard cited; operator's own Lex Fridman #440 appearance contradicts steady-state per-product cashflow.",
      "survives": "The small-bets thesis survives. The specific dollar breakdown does not.",
      "sources": ["https://cheekypint.substack.com/", "Lex Fridman #440"],
      "chapter": "s11"
    },
    {
      "claim_id": "vdr.monetise.claudecode.v1.2026-05-31.kill.002",
      "claim": "Managed Claude Code agent costs $0.42/mo vs marketed $58/mo, a 137x discrepancy",
      "refute_votes": 3,
      "score": "0/3",
      "killed_at": "2026-05-31",
      "reason": "Apples-to-oranges. The $0.42 assumes a one-shot demo; the $58 includes hosting, monitoring, on-call, and operator labour.",
      "survives": "Nothing of the 137x figure. The note that demos misrepresent production survives, but is methodology, not a pricing claim.",
      "sources": ["Logicweave blog", "Hire Overseas pricing page"],
      "chapter": "s11"
    },
    {
      "claim_id": "vdr.monetise.claudecode.v1.2026-05-31.kill.003",
      "claim": "Typical 2026 Claude Code pricing: custom tools $1k-$5k/mo retainer, audits $500-$1.5k, templates $27-$97, cohorts $500-$1.5k",
      "refute_votes": 3,
      "score": "0/3",
      "killed_at": "2026-05-31",
      "reason": "No named operator at any cited tier. Internal inconsistency: same post quotes operators selling $300+ template packs.",
      "survives": "The shape of the category (retainers > audits > templates) survives as folk knowledge. Specific dollar bands do not.",
      "sources": ["0xmega Medium piece", "Hire Overseas pricing page (counter-example)"],
      "chapter": "s11"
    }
  ],
  "repriced": [],
  "cliff_watch": {
    "event": "Anthropic Agent SDK billing split",
    "effective": "2026-06-15",
    "days_until": 15,
    "advice": "Reprice any flat-rate-subsidised agent-as-a-service retainer before the split lands. See Chapter Two."
  },
  "methodology_integrity": {
    "pass_kind": "edition-zero",
    "human_editor": "Victor del Rosal",
    "ed25519_signature_status": "pending key setup; will be populated from edition 1 onward",
    "build_verifier_status": "manual sha256 check on this file; automated build-gate pending"
  }
}