Coverage ledger

16 audited inputs. No inflated denominator.

This bounded review separates direct embodied-agent research, contextual material, operational records, and keyword collisions. The original scaffold contained no general-chatbot report; new primary-source research is identified separately from inherited work.

3direct

4contextual

6operational

3irrelevant

Document audit

Readable input	Class	Decision	Representation
Deep Research Brief: 3D-Powered AI Chatbots	direct	Owner-supplied original brief; defines the strict embodied-agent scope and requested deliverables.	A taxonomy of embodied and 3D chatbots The embodied-agent stack The economics of presence Embodied safety: disclosure, likeness, and dependency Embodied-agent market map
Character Current research edition	direct	Completed research synthesis created from the supplied 3D brief; its taxonomy, product map, stack, evidence, economics, safety, and roadmap are represented.	A taxonomy of embodied and 3D chatbots The embodied-agent stack The economics of presence Embodied safety: disclosure, likeness, and dependency Embodied-agent market map
Character Current research notes	direct	Documents comparable product and editorial research used to frame the embodied section.	The embodied-agent stack Research room
Character Current asset manifest	operational	Provenance and rights record for local-preview source imagery; not editorial research evidence.	Research room About this edition
0028 site profile	operational	Authoritative mission, audience, tone, visual direction, required blocks, and null domain state.	Reader-facing page About this edition Guide library
0028 build scaffold readme	operational	Confirms the canonical folder was scaffold-only and supplied no substantive research.	Research room
Portfolio project memory	operational	Controls identity, source/date discipline, imagery review, no-deployment status, and workflow boundaries.	About this edition Research room
Portfolio model routing	operational	Governs execution cost and delegation; not reader-facing evidence.	Not represented as editorial content
Research coverage ledger	operational	Supplied seven broad keyword matches for audit; explicitly marked inventory incomplete and denominator unknown.	Research coverage
Agentic coding research	contextual	Relevant only to bounded agent/tool design; not direct chatbot research.	Flows, retrieval, and agents are different tools Tools need permissions, not personality
AI advertising research	contextual	Customer and conversational marketing references inform use-case boundaries but do not establish chatbot performance.	What a chatbot actually is
AI products and productivity research	contextual	Broad product/agent context; used only for system-category framing.	Flows, retrieval, and agents are different tools
AI use field guide research	contextual	General prompting and workflow context supports tool and evaluation boundaries, not chatbot-specific claims.	Evaluate conversations before launch Tools need permissions, not personality
Screen Method research	irrelevant	A keyword match on support; its film/visual-method subject is not substantive chatbot research.	Not represented as editorial content
Short-form content research	irrelevant	A keyword match on support; the source concerns short-form media, not conversational systems.	Not represented as editorial content
Writing and AI research	irrelevant	Contains isolated chatbot references but its publishing subject does not materially support this guide.	Not represented as editorial content

Recovered 3D research, section by section

A mapped route is not automatically complete coverage. Each row below names the synthesis and its residual gap.

Source section	Status	Public synthesis	Residual gap
1. Market definition and categoriesOriginal 3D-powered chatbot brief	covered	A taxonomy of embodied and 3D chatbots — the inclusion test A taxonomy of embodied and 3D chatbots — useful categories A taxonomy of embodied and 3D chatbots — do not collapse adjacent fieldsDefines a realtime conversation-plus-embodiment inclusion test and separates adjacent categories.	No exhaustive market census is claimed.
2. Leading products and platformsOriginal 3D-powered chatbot brief	covered	Embodied-agent market map The embodied-agent stack — authoring and runtime are separate Source libraryPreserves all eight product and platform entries available in the recovered edition, with official links and explicit non-testing limits.	The broader hands-on scorecard requested by the brief was never present in the recovered research and remains future work.
3. Creation tools and technology stackOriginal 3D-powered chatbot brief	covered	The embodied-agent stack — seven coordinated layers The embodied-agent stack — authoring and runtime are separate The embodied-agent stack — time is the integration surfaceSeparates authoring, speech, dialogue, behavior, animation, runtime, and operations.	Exact vendor prices and hardware requirements require current procurement checks.
4. Product experience and engagementOriginal 3D-powered chatbot brief	covered	The embodied-agent stack — time is the integration surface The economics of presence — prove the incremental valueConnects turn timing and embodied coordination to task evidence rather than visual novelty.	Long-term retention evidence remains thin; no universal uplift is claimed.
5. Use cases and market opportunitiesOriginal 3D-powered chatbot brief	covered	A taxonomy of embodied and 3D chatbots — useful categories The economics of presence — model five different businessesMaps service, training, companion, entertainment, brand, and spatial categories to different obligations.	No fabricated demand score or market-size ranking is supplied.
6. Economics and business modelsOriginal 3D-powered chatbot brief	covered	The economics of presence — separate fixed and variable cost The economics of presence — operator noteSeparates fixed character production from voice, inference, rendering, moderation, and support costs.	No vendor quote or universal break-even number is asserted.
7. MonetizationOriginal 3D-powered chatbot brief	covered	The economics of presence — model five different businesses The economics of presence — monetization follows the buyer Embodied-agent market mapPreserves the recovered consumer, creator, enterprise, event, and advertising guidance plus its five planning bands.	Marketplace, sponsorship, and virtual-goods benchmarks requested by the brief were not present in the recovered edition.
8. Legal, ethical, and safetyOriginal 3D-powered chatbot brief	covered	Embodied safety: disclosure, likeness, and dependency — disclosure belongs in the experience Embodied safety: disclosure, likeness, and dependency — rights are a supply chain Embodied safety: disclosure, likeness, and dependency — design against dependencyCovers disclosure, likeness rights, dependency design, age and crisis concerns, and explicit legal-review limits.	This is an editorial framework, not jurisdiction-specific legal advice.
9. Website strategyOriginal 3D-powered chatbot brief	operational	Guide library Research room Source libraryThe architecture implements a searchable guide library, research room, and source index.	Rankings, affiliate plans, sponsorship products, and a public 90-day launch are intentionally not activated.
10. Final deliverablesOriginal 3D-powered chatbot brief	partial	A taxonomy of embodied and 3D chatbots The embodied-agent stack The economics of presence Embodied safety: disclosure, likeness, and dependencyPublishes taxonomy, stack, economics, use-case, and safety synthesis as full guides.	A verified live directory, complete comparison tables, rankings, and vendor-specific financial models remain unresolved.
Thesis and category boundaryCharacter Current research edition	covered	A taxonomy of embodied and 3D chatbots — the inclusion testPreserves the requirement that conversational state and embodied behavior form a responsive loop.	None beyond the stated non-exhaustive census.
Market map and directoryCharacter Current research edition	covered	Embodied-agent market map A taxonomy of embodied and 3D chatbots — useful categoriesPreserves all eight recovered directory entries, differentiators, official links, and evolving-product caveats.	Current product verification and hands-on comparison remain future updates.
Stack and recommended orderCharacter Current research edition	covered	The embodied-agent stack — seven coordinated layers The embodied-agent stack — time is the integration surfaceReframes the prior stack into seven coordinated layers with timing as the integration surface.	None at architecture level; implementation details remain product-specific.
Experience and evidenceCharacter Current research edition	covered	The economics of presence — prove the incremental valueRetains the evidence limit: embodiment can affect engagement, but human-likeness is not a universal trust or ROI proxy.	No new user study or longitudinal trial was performed.
EconomicsCharacter Current research edition	covered	The economics of presence — separate fixed and variable cost The economics of presence — operator notePreserves the variable-cost warning and replaces fragile sample numbers with a reusable unit model.	Current vendor pricing must be rechecked before budgeting.
Trust and safetyCharacter Current research edition	covered	Embodied safety: disclosure, likeness, and dependencyPreserves AI disclosure, consent, likeness, dependency, health, age, and moderation boundaries.	Country- and sector-specific legal review remains necessary.
90-day roadmapCharacter Current research edition	contextual	Pilot one job before scaling the agentGeneralizes prove-the-job, prove-the-loop, prove-the-business into a bounded service pilot.	No public launch or fixed schedule is authorized.
Source listCharacter Current research edition	covered	Source libraryReader-facing source library links original documents and the guides that use them.	Fast-changing product pages require re-verification before publication.