Sat, Nov 21 · 11 am to 4 pm

Pre-Thanksgiving Chips and Dip Booth

Warm chips and dip at the fair booth, five days before Thanksgiving, plus a wheel to spin.

At a fall community fair on Navigation Blvd

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

Music

1
Sauce Walka
2
Dorion

Artists Qloo ranks for Houston, adults 30 to 34 and 35 to 44

Food and drinks

about $20

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1
The Original Ninfa's on Navigation
200 ft from the event
- Large order of chips and warm queso flameado, packed in a to-go container for the table · 1 order at $20about $20

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

Wheel

Free to spin, no purchase needed

Free tablet with a new line
Your choice
$30/mo unlimited
$30/mo unlimited, no annual contractYour choice
1
$10 The Original Ninfa's on Navigation
A $10 gift card to The Original Ninfa's on Navigation.
5
$10 Champ Burger
A $10 gift card to Champ Burger.
Free chips and dip
Winner gets one free cup of warm chips and dip from the table.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 $30

Gift cards for the wheel: The Original Ninfa's on Navigationabout $10
Gift cards for the wheel: Champ Burgerabout $10
Gift card for the free drawing (The Original Ninfa's on Navigation)about $5
Gift card for the free drawing (Champ Burger)about $5

Timeline

7 steps

10:15
Pick up warm chips and queso from The Original Ninfa's on Navigation, set up wheel and sign "Free tablet with a new line"
11:00
Open the booth. Play Sauce Walka and other top city artists, offer chips and dip, one free spin per person
12:30
Call a bonus spin; staff walk winners to the store to hear "$30/mo unlimited, no annual contract"
1:30
Busiest stretch. Keep the dip warm, refill chips, and invite people to spin and enter the free gift card drawing
2:30
Second bonus spin; a staffer walks promo winners to the store to see "Free tablet with a new line"
3:30
Free drawing for the gift cards, no purchase or sign-up needed, then spin leftover wheel prizes
4:00
Close the booth, pack the wheel and sign, and walk back to the store

Get the OK

Drafts

Taking the table away from the store? Send these first.

To your district manager
Table request: A fall community fair on Navigation Blvd, Sat, Nov 21
Email the draft to your district manager
Read the draft to your district manager
Hi, I'd like to take our table to a fall community fair on Navigation Blvd on Saturday, Nov 21, 11 am to 4 pm. Here is the plan. What: our table, "Pre-Thanksgiving Chips and Dip Booth" Where: A fall community fair on Navigation Blvd, 450 ft from the store When: Saturday, Nov 21, 11 am to 4 pm Cost: about $50 of a $50 budget At the table: a playlist of artists Qloo ranks for Houston; large order of chips and warm queso flameado from The Original Ninfa's on Navigation; a free prize game, no purchase needed. The plan: /e/ex-houston-east-end Need your OK by Saturday, Nov 14. Thanks, Navigation Wireless
To the organizer
Vendor table request: A fall community fair on Navigation Blvd, Sat, Nov 21
Email the draft to the organizer
Read the draft to the organizer
Hello, I'm writing from Navigation Wireless, a wireless store at 2810 Navigation Blvd, Houston, TX 77003. May we have a small table at a fall community fair on Navigation Blvd on Saturday, Nov 21, 11 am to 4 pm? At the table: a free prize game (no purchase needed), music and food. We bring our own table, about 6 feet, and clean up after. A few questions: - Is there space for a table? - Is there a vendor fee? - Do you need insurance or a permit from us? Thank you, Navigation Wireless

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For judges

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

Stoop plan lines with a Qloo receipt: 3 of 6
generic plan lines with a Qloo receipt: 0
generic artists in Qloo's top 19: 0 of 3

Music
Generic
Bun B, Selena and Solange: famous, but Bun B and Solange don't make Qloo's own top 19 for Houston adults 30 to 44, and Qloo couldn't find Selena
Stoop
Sauce Walka and Dorion: Qloo's #1 and #3 for Houston adults 30 to 44
Food
Generic
Cookies or sweet bread from “a local bakery”
Stoop
Large order of chips and warm queso flameado from The Original Ninfa's on Navigation, 190 ft from the event
Prizes
Generic
A gift card to “a local food spot”
Stoop
Gift cards to The Original Ninfa's on Navigation and Champ Burger
Places
Generic
Names no place near the store
Stoop
18 places within about 1 mile, from Qloo

Qloo decided: the playlist, the two gift cards, the snack spot and the theme.
Without Qloo, this plan has no local music, no community spots and no local theme.
Also flagged in the generic plan: balloons. Every store's table has balloons; they say nothing about this community.

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

How it was made30 steps · 11 Qloo calls

The storeAgent decision: Planning for Navigation Wireless, 2810 Navigation Blvd, Houston, TX 77003The event is at a fall community fair on Navigation Blvd, so places are searched around it; taste is read for Houston as a whole.
Agent decision: Read the day: Saturday, November 21, 2026Thanksgiving is in 5 days (Thursday). Black Friday is in 6 days (Friday). Small Business Saturday is in 7 days (Saturday). The holiday shopping season is starting. 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 Houston adults 30 to 44 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 Houston adults 30 to 44 lean towardFrom cache
Agent decision: Left out 3 identity tagsEach describes who people are, not what they play. Stoop reads taste, never identity.
Agent decision: Left out 22 noisy music tagsNot a style to play, or not the city's own.
Agent decision: Kept 6 music styles for HoustonFrom 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 a fall community fair on Navigation BlvdFrom cache
Qloo call: Finding cafes, bakeries and dessert shops within about 1 mile of a fall community fair on Navigation BlvdFrom cache
Qloo call: Finding music venues and theaters within about 1 mile of a fall community fair on Navigation BlvdFrom cache
Qloo call: Finding parks within about 1 mile of a fall community fair on Navigation BlvdFrom cache
Agent decision: Left 10 places off the community listBuilt around alcohol (no alcohol at a sidewalk table): Pitch 25, Cidercade Houston, Neil's Bahr, Moon Tower Inn, Voodoo Queen Daiquiri Dive and El Tiempo Cantina. And 4 more.
Agent decision: Kept 18 places near a fall community fair on Navigation BlvdEvery one has a Qloo receipt: partners, gift cards and food runs come from this list.
Qloo call: Asking Qloo what people who love The Original Ninfa's on Navigation, Grotto Downtown, Champ Burger 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: Offering music the nearby places point toIt brings a sound the city's main styles lack: 6 of 10 of its artists, median start year 2005.
Event conceptsAgent decision: Checked Claude's draft and sent 12 fixes backFor example, lines that named a music genre, quoted a price the manager didn't type or ran too long.
Agent decision: Removed 1 line that didn't cite QlooA line that says it comes from Qloo has to name what Qloo found.
Agent decision: Kept "Pre-Thanksgiving Chips and Dip Booth"It scored 24 of 30 on the event rubric (bringing people inside counts double); 2 other concepts stay with their scores.
The planAgent decision: Added 2 drawing prizes to the shopping listGift card for the free drawing (The Original Ninfa's on Navigation); Gift card for the free drawing (Champ Burger); cut to stay within the $50 budget: Case of bottled water for staff and guests; Small paper cups or boats, napkins and a pack of small spoons.
Agent decision: Planned the day: 7 steps, 5 things to buyAbout $50 of the $50 budget, 5 bought from community partners.
Agent decision: Wrote a test: "Pre-Thanksgiving Chips and Dip Booth" against "Small Business Weekend Coffee Warm-Up"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 draft3 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 "Bun B" to a Qloo artistFrom cache
Qloo call: Resolving the generic plan's "Selena" to a Qloo artistFrom cache
Qloo call: Resolving the generic plan's "Solange" to a Qloo artistFrom cache
Qloo call: Checking the generic plan's artists against Qloo's picks for HoustonOne call, one signal: the only fair way to compare affinities.From cache
Agent decision: Checked a generic pick against QlooBun B: beats 0 of 19 of Qloo's own Houston artists, below their median.
Agent decision: Checked a generic pick against QlooSolange: beats 0 of 19 of Qloo's own Houston artists, below their median.
Agent decision: Flagged 4 generic choices in the generic planBalloons: Every store's table has balloons; they say nothing about this community. Generic store-bought snacks: Snacks any table sets out, with nothing from the spots near the store. No 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 2 of its 2 checkable artists below the median of its own picks for Houston.

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