Step 4 — Data ingestion

A strict silent-storage mode. Claude reads and stores research data you paste in, one country at a time, with no analysis until you explicitly request it.

Flow

flowchart TD
  Start([Step 4 begins]) --> Receive[Receive pasted message]
  Receive --> MultiCheck{Multiple countries\nor none?}
  MultiCheck -->|yes| Err1[Stop — explain issue\nNothing stored]
  Err1 --> Receive
  MultiCheck -->|no| FieldCheck{Required fields\ncomplete?}
  FieldCheck -->|no| Err2[Stop — state missing fields\nNothing stored]
  Err2 --> Receive
  FieldCheck -->|yes| ListCheck{Country on\nStep 2 candidate list?}
  ListCheck -->|no| AskStore[Ask: store or reject?\nWait for answer]
  AskStore --> Receive
  ListCheck -->|yes| DupCheck{Already\nstored?}
  DupCheck -->|yes| AskOver[Ask: overwrite or keep?\nWait for answer]
  AskOver --> Receive
  DupCheck -->|no| Store[Store verbatim\nReply: Received N]
  Store --> Receive
  Receive --> Done{User says\ndone?}
  Done -->|no| Receive
  Done -->|yes| End([Proceed to Step 5])

What it reads

• Candidate lists from Step 2 (to validate that each pasted country was expected)

Rules

Every rule below applies to every message received in this step:

Situation	Claude’s response
Valid, complete data for one country	Received: N (running count only, no names)
Message contains multiple countries	Stops and explains — nothing stored
Message contains no recognizable country	Stops and explains — nothing stored
Required field or section missing	States exactly what is missing — nothing stored
Country not on either Step 2 candidate list	Asks whether to store or reject — waits for answer
Country already stored	Asks whether to overwrite or keep original — waits for answer

Claude preserves all values, wording, and formatting exactly as provided. It does not correct, improve, or reinterpret the data.

Progress check

Type list countries at any point and Claude replies with the country names stored so far and which track(s) each covers. No other data is shown.

What Claude does not do in this step

• No analysis, scoring, or ranking
• No summaries or tables
• No opinions or recommendations
• No additional actions unless explicitly instructed

Moving to Step 5

Tell Claude you are done pasting data and want to proceed to scoring.