Layer 04 — Retrieval
The answer already exists — in a scout report, a meeting, last season's debrief. The retrieval layer is how you find it in seconds instead of redoing the work.
The Opposition Brief in 3 Prompts
An opposition brief is three documents pretending to be one: the threat map, the defensive plan, the team-talk version. Most analysts write all three from scratch every week. These three prompts, run inside a Claude Project with your scout report uploaded, get you 80% of the way there in under 10 minutes. Tier: Free.
Research Your Next Opponent in 5 Minutes with Perplexity
Opposition research used to mean hours of video and manual scouting reports. Perplexity doesn't replace your video analysis — but it gives you a head start. In 5 minutes you'll have their recent results, tactical tendencies reported in the press, and key personnel changes. It's the briefing note before you sit down with the footage.