hermes-skills/skills/research/recurring-information-scout/references/session-july-11-2026-scout-run.md

Session: Jul 11, 2026 — Exotic Vehicle Scout Run

This was a model run of the recurring-information-scout workflow. Key patterns:

Batching Strategy

9 web searches in 3 parallel batches (3 searches each) to maximize coverage:

• General "new exotic car announcements July 2026"
• "New hypercar/supercar 2026 revealed"
• "New performance SUV 2026-2027"
• Event-specific: Goodwood FoS 2026 (the main event happening that week)
• Chinese market: Denza BYD etc.
• Korean market: Genesis Magma
• Startup/boutique: McMurtry, Apollo, Sanrivatti

Deep-Dive Pattern

After initial search, extracted Goodwood FoS debuts from Motor1 and CarThrottle (both covered the same event with different niche angles). Cross-referenced:

1. Motor1: Encyclopedic event entry list with all manufacturers and model names
2. CarThrottle: Journalistic writeup with HP figures and quirky details (Ruf B8 flat-eight, Apollo Evo Ferrari V12)
3. Manufacturer press sites (Hennessey, Pagani) for exact figures

Prior-Session Cross-Reference

Used session_search(query="exotic-vehicle-scout", limit=5, sort="newest") which returned 3 prior runs (Jul 8, 9, 10). Also found a deeper prior session from Jul 5/7 about the initial vehicles.json build. Extracted all claimed missing vehicles from these reports.

Then ran a Python script to check every claimed missing vehicle against /root/portal-mockup/vehicles.json:

• 41 vehicles from prior reports still missing
• 16 that were already in the DB (either added between runs or mis-classified)
• 3 spec corrections needed (Valhalla 998->1064, M5 missing 2025+ generation, Polestar 6 missing entirely)

De-duplication Bug

The prior report from Jul 10 listed 6 vehicles as "new" that were actually already flagged on Jul 9. Without cross-referencing the prior reports against each other, these get double-counted. The Phase 5 step (cross-referencing prior reports) catches this.

Goodwood FoS 2026 Timing

The festival runs July 9-12, 2026. The Jul 11 run caught debuts that were JUST announced on Jul 9-10:

• Hennessey Venom F5-M Evolution (Goodwood debut)
• McMurtry Speirling Pure production version (Goodwood debut)
• Pagani Huayra 70 Derecho (world premiere at Goodwood)
• Apollo Evo production version (Goodwood debut)
• McLaren 788HS (Goodwood debut)
• Zenvo Aurora Tur production prototype (Goodwood debut)
• Ruf B8 prototype (Goodwood debut)

This was the most productive single run because the event concentrated many debuts in one week.