Leads

Leads are the action-facing records for people and labs. They exist to help a work package move into qualification, outreach, or follow-through without turning the wiki into a directory.

Action Layer Versus Coverage Layer

Layer	Use It When	Primary Page
Action people	the next move is contact qualification, outreach prep, or conversation support	People Index
Action labs	you need a capability container rather than an individual	Labs Index
Coverage register	completeness, deduplication, or long-tail recovery matters more than immediate action	Professor and Lead Coverage Register

Hard Rules

• Do not let institutions become the main navigation spine.
• Do not create lead pages with no links from work packages or opportunities.
• Keep institutions thin.
• Keep people practical: only create standalone pages when they help action, qualification, or CRM work.
• Treat the full professor register as a coverage artifact, not a co-equal front door.

Start Here

• Use People Index when the next move is contact qualification or outreach preparation.
• Use Labs Index when you need a capability container instead of an individual.
• Use Professor and Lead Coverage Register only when coverage completeness matters more than immediate actionability.

Open Questions

• Should the first leads layer be created manually, or later generated from frontmatter and tables?
• Should institution pages live here or be deferred until the first real cross-links exist?

Sources

• Structure review and synthesis from the May 15, 2026 working session