Sat, Nov 7 · 12 to 4 pm

Warm Cup Wheel Stop

Hot drinks and a spinning prize wheel on a cold Saturday, right outside the door.

of $50 (est.): $49
community spots: 2
to spin: Free

Music

1
Knox Fortune
2
Dreezy
3
Valee

Artists Qloo ranks for Chicago, adults 25 to 29 and 30 to 34

Food and drinks

about $24

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Cafe Jumping Bean
0.3 mi away
- Hot coffee to-go box, picked up fresh before opening · 1 at $11about $11
- Hot chocolate to-go box, picked up fresh before opening · 1 at $10about $10
From any store
Creative suggestion (not from Qloo)
- Paper cups with lids, napkins and stir sticks · 60 at $0.05 eachabout $3

Pin numbers match the Community map. Prices are the plan’s estimates.

Wheel

Free to spin, no purchase needed

$25/mo unlimited
$25/mo unlimited when you switch, taxes and fees includedYour choice
Free 5G phone
Free 5G phone when you port in your number (select models)Your choice
Free tablet with a new line
Your choice
3
$5 La Michoacana Premium
A $5 gift card to La Michoacana Premium.
Free hot drink
A free hot drink from the table, no purchase needed.Creative suggestion (not from Qloo)

Slices in order, clockwise from the top. A numbered pin is that place on the Community map.

Prizes on the shopping list about $25

Gift card for the 2:00 free drawingabout $10
Gift cards for the wheel: La Michoacana Premiumabout $5
Gift card for the free drawing (La Michoacana Premium)about $10

Timeline

8 steps

11:15
Set up the table and sign with an arrow to the door. Start the playlist of the city's top artists. Get hot drinks ready.
12:00
Open. One staffer pours hot drinks, one spins the wheel. Every spin is free, no purchase.
1:00
First busy stretch. Give each spinner the card "Ask inside about the offer on the sign" and point to the door.
1:30
Promo winners walk in with a staffer to see "Free 5G phone when you port in your number (select models)".
2:00
Free drawing, no purchase: pull a slip for the $10 gift card to Cafe Jumping Bean. Announce the winner.
3:00
Second busy stretch. Repeat the cards, point to the door, and walk promo winners in to see their offer.
3:30
Free drawing, no purchase: pull a slip for the $10 gift card to La Michoacana Premium. Announce the winner.
4:00
Wrap up. Pack the table, pour out leftover drinks and clear all cups.

For judges

Compare with a generic AI planSame budget and promos, no Qloo

Stoop plan lines with a Qloo receipt: 2 of 6
generic plan lines with a Qloo receipt: 0
generic artists in Qloo's top 20: 0 of 3

Music
Generic
Frankie Knuckles, Chaka Khan and Muddy Waters: famous, but none of the 3 make Qloo's own top 20 for Chicago adults 25 to 34
Stoop
Knox Fortune, Dreezy and Valee: Qloo's #1, #2 and #3 for Chicago adults 25 to 34
Food
Generic
Cinnamon sugar pastries from “a nearby bakery”
Stoop
Hot coffee to-go box from Cafe Jumping Bean, 0.3 miles from the door
Prizes
Generic
A gift card to “a nearby Pilsen food spot”
Stoop
Gift cards to La Michoacana Premium and Cafe Jumping Bean
Places
Generic
Names no place near the store
Stoop
24 places within about 1 mile, from Qloo

Qloo decided: the playlist, the two gift cards and the snack spot.
Without Qloo, this plan has no local music and no community spots.

Both plans had the same inputs; only Qloo was left out.

How it was made35 steps · 11 Qloo calls

The storeAgent decision: Planning for 18th Street Wireless, 1240 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608Places are searched around the store's own point; taste is read for Chicago as a whole.
Agent decision: Read the day: Saturday, November 7, 2026Veterans Day is in 4 days (Wednesday). Hint only: It is a fall Saturday: college football is on, and game-day crowds can shift foot traffic.
City playlistQloo call: Asking Qloo which artists Chicago adults 25 to 34 loveBy city name: a map point barely changes taste, so the city is the signal. The place Qloo reads is checked against the store's state.From cache
Qloo call: Reading the music styles Chicago adults 25 to 34 lean towardFrom cache
Agent decision: Left out 6 identity tagsEach describes who people are, not what they play. Stoop reads taste, never identity.
Agent decision: Left out 21 noisy music tagsNot a style to play, or not the city's own.
Agent decision: Kept 6 music styles for ChicagoFrom the genres the city's top artists share, plus any broad style the city's own list carries; other city tags join only when the artists agree.
The communityQloo call: Finding food spots within about 1 mile of the storeFrom cache
Qloo call: Finding cafes, bakeries and dessert shops within about 1 mile of the storeFrom cache
Qloo call: Finding music venues and theaters within about 1 mile of the storeFrom cache
Qloo call: Finding parks within about 1 mile of the storeFrom cache
Agent decision: Left 4 places off the community listBuilt around alcohol (no alcohol at a sidewalk table): La Vaca Margarita Bar, Punch House, Pleasant House Pub and Color Cocktail Factory.
Agent decision: Marked 1 national chainJewel-Osco: fine for a gift card or a food run; co-promo partners are local independents.
Agent decision: Kept 24 places near the storeEvery one has a Qloo receipt: partners, gift cards and food runs come from this list.
Qloo call: Asking Qloo what people who love Thalia Hall, Jim's Original, The Duck Inn playThe community's own independents as the signal: a test of what their fans play, next to the city's music, never instead of it.From cache
Agent decision: Left out the music the nearby places point toIts artists are mostly dated (median start year 2004) and sound like the city's list: a category profile, not these places.
Event conceptsAgent decision: Checked Claude's draft and sent 12 fixes backFor example, lines that quoted a price the manager didn't type, ran too long or left out the city's playlist.
Agent decision: Removed lines that quoted a price the manager didn't type or ran too longThe city's playlist is added next.
Agent decision: Added the playlist to concept 1Every concept plays artists Qloo ranks for the city, written plainly.
Agent decision: Added the playlist to concept 2Every concept plays artists Qloo ranks for the city, written plainly.
Agent decision: Added the playlist to concept 3Every concept plays artists Qloo ranks for the city, written plainly.
Agent decision: Kept "Warm Cup Wheel Stop"It scored 25 of 30 on the event rubric (bringing people inside counts double); 2 other concepts stay with their scores.
The planAgent decision: Added 1 drawing prize to the shopping listGift card for the free drawing (La Michoacana Premium).
Agent decision: Planned the day: 8 steps, 6 things to buyAbout $49 of the $50 budget, 5 bought from community partners.
Agent decision: Wrote a test: "Warm Cup Wheel Stop" against "Smoked and Warm Saturday Table"B wins only if its walk-ins beat A's by 20% or more, each counted against that store's usual Saturday; otherwise keep A. One weekend is a first look, not proof.
Generic AI planAgent decision: Checked the generic plan's draft2 lines broke the rules every plan follows, so Claude wrote it again.
Agent decision: Wrote the generic plan with no QlooThe same facts and the same model, with no city or community data: every line is a creative suggestion.
Qloo call: Resolving the generic plan's "Frankie Knuckles" to a Qloo artistFrom cache
Qloo call: Resolving the generic plan's "Chaka Khan" to a Qloo artistFrom cache
Qloo call: Resolving the generic plan's "Muddy Waters" to a Qloo artistFrom cache
Qloo call: Checking the generic plan's artists against Qloo's picks for ChicagoOne call, one signal: the only fair way to compare affinities.From cache
Agent decision: Checked a generic pick against QlooFrankie Knuckles: no measurable affinity for adults in Chicago at these ages.
Agent decision: Checked a generic pick against QlooChaka Khan: beats 0 of 20 of Qloo's own Chicago artists, below their median.
Agent decision: Checked a generic pick against QlooMuddy Waters: beats 0 of 20 of Qloo's own Chicago artists, below their median.
Agent decision: Flagged 2 generic choices in the generic planNo place in this community: It names no food spot, venue or park Qloo found near the store, so any store in any city could run it. Music with no local signal: Qloo put 3 of its 3 checkable artists below the median of its own picks for Chicago.

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