# Documentation

> Methodology, data policy, and quickstart for the Signal Room market report.

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LLMS index: [llms.txt](/ai-market-research/llms.txt)

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**Applied research, actively maintained.** Signal Room is inspectable decision
support for AI infrastructure-oriented developers choosing models,
configurations, subscriptions, agent harnesses, and self-hosting options. It
is intentionally non-exhaustive: pricing can change, vendor-reported claims
and heterogeneous benchmarks are not universally comparable, and its
recommendations may not fit every workload. Evidence classes, source links,
and measurement caveats stay visible throughout the report so readers can make
their own tradeoffs.

## Where to start

| If you want to... | Go to |
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| See the current report | [Open the Signal Room](/ai-market-research/report/) |
| Understand the formulas and evidence classes | [Data Methodology](/ai-market-research/docs/data-methodology/) |
| Understand source handling and verification | [Research Data Policy](/ai-market-research/docs/research-data-policy/) |
| Build and deploy this repository | [Quick Start](/ai-market-research/docs/quick-start/) |
| Know what's supported and maintained | [Project Status](/ai-market-research/docs/project-status/) |

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Section pages:

- [Quick Start](/ai-market-research/docs/quick-start/): Build the report, validate the data, and open it locally.
- [Project Status](/ai-market-research/docs/project-status/): Lifecycle, support, and what is and is not covered by this report.
- [Data Methodology](/ai-market-research/docs/data-methodology/): Formulas, evidence classes, chart encodings, and the repeatable update procedure behind the Signal Room report.
- [Research Data Policy](/ai-market-research/docs/research-data-policy/): Source rights, attribution, permitted use, retention, verification, and privacy review for the data behind Signal Room.