The 30-Day WatchCognitive Warfare Monitor paid pilot
Thirty days of graded narrative intelligence on your adversaries, scored against a success definition you sign before day one. When the score clears, the pilot fee pays for the annual.
No free trials. A free trial produces feedback from people who were never going to buy. The 30-Day Watch costs $4,500, delivers four Monday editions of the Monitor, one tailored deep-dive, one RFI, flash alerts, and a scored readout, and credits every dollar against an Analyst or Institutional subscription signed within 30 days of the readout. Need one answer, not a watch? The Single Brief is $2,500. Each sits under the federal micro-purchase threshold.
What is the 30-Day Watch?
The 30-Day Watch is the paid pilot of the Cognitive Warfare Monitor, the weekly narrative intelligence subscription from Treadstone 71 LLC. For $4,500 a CISO, StratCom unit, government FIMI cell, or think tank receives four consecutive Monday editions of the Monitor (the weekly brief, or the monthly strategic roll-up when a first Monday falls inside the window), one tailored deep-dive brief on a narrative of its choosing, one RFI answered in five business days, flash alerts within 24 hours, five reader seats, and a 45-minute readout scored against a written success definition agreed before the first brief ships. Every source carries an Admiralty grade, every judgment a Sherman Kent band, every driver a STEMPLES Plus tag. When five of the six criteria are met, Treadstone 71 issues an annual quote with the full pilot fee credited, valid 30 days. The Single Brief, $2,500, is the tailored deep-dive sold on its own.
- Offer
- The 30-Day Watch, paid pilot of the Cognitive Warfare Monitor
- Price
- $4,500, credited in full against an annual; Single Brief $2,500
- Contents
- Four Monday editions, one tailored deep-dive, one RFI, flash alerts, five seats, scored readout
- Start
- Mondays from October 19, 2026; five concurrent pilots
- Converts when
- Five of six signed criteria are met at the readout
- Buyers
- CISOs, StratCom units, government FIMI cells, think tanks
- Procurement
- Under the $15,000 federal micro-purchase threshold; card, SF-182, or PO
A watch, or one answer
- Eight to twelve pages: what the narrative is, who runs it, where it goes next
- Admiralty grade on every source, Kent band on every judgment
- STEMPLES Plus drivers and an indicator list to watch
- Thirty-minute walkthrough call with the analyst
- TLP:AMBER. Never reused in a public product
- Four Monday editions at 0900 Eastern, all five tracks, five reader seats, PDF and EPUB3
- One tailored deep-dive brief (the Single Brief, included)
- One RFI, five business days; flash alerts within 24 hours
- Written success definition signed before day one
- 45-minute readout in week five, scored criterion by criterion
- Five of six met: annual quote at the credited price, valid 30 days
- Analyst: the weekly brief on one track, monthly roll-up, three seats
- Institutional: all five tracks, sector overlay, flash alerts, four RFI credits a quarter, fifteen seats
- Sentinel: a sixth track built to your exposure, named analyst, two-day RFIs, JSON feed, organization-wide seats
Signed before the first brief. Scored after the fourth.
Six criteria, one page, no interpretation left for week five
You name three decisions the Monitor has to inform during the window. We write the six criteria below to fit them, you sign, and the watch starts the next Monday. The readout scores each criterion met or not met against the evidence column. Five of six converts. Four or fewer ends the pilot with a written gap note and no further obligation.
| # | Criterion | Threshold | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Decision relevance | Three of four Monday editions cited in your decision log, meeting notes, or a forwarded email within seven days of issue | Your log entries or forwards, shared at the readout |
| 2 | Warning lead | At least one narrative or campaign named in a brief or flash alert before it appears in your incident, comms, or partner reporting | Brief timestamp against the first internal or partner mention |
| 3 | Source discipline | Zero judgments in the four editions traced to a single ungraded source; every Kent band survives your team's challenge at the readout | Source appendix on each brief; challenge log from the readout |
| 4 | Deep-dive utility | The tailored brief changes at least one line in a plan, a statement, a control, or a partner request, and you say which | The changed artifact, redacted as needed |
| 5 | Service levels | Four editions on time at 0900 Eastern (Tuesday after a US federal holiday); RFI answered within five business days; any flash alert within 24 hours of a qualifying event as published on the Monitor page | Delivery timestamps |
| 6 | Reader verdict | Named readers score the watch four or better on a five-point scale for "changed what we did or how sure we were" | Readout survey, five questions |
The full document runs two pages: parties and window, the three decisions, deliverables and cadence, the six criteria, the conversion clause with the credit, the gap-note clause, data handling and seats, price and payment. Ask for it and it arrives with your name on it and the three decision lines blank.
Four buyers, four decisions
Which story about your company, your sector, or your vendor turns into a phishing pretext, an insider lever, or a board question. The watch names it before the ticket opens.
Brandolini's Law sets the exchange rate. The watch tells you which adversary narratives earn a response and which die faster untouched.
Confidence on who runs a campaign, on a Kent band, with sources graded for the partner who asks "how sure." The brief travels.
Graded, sourced narrative analysis with a published method behind it. Footnote-ready in a report, defensible on a panel.
Original graded assessments, not a curated feed
Every brief runs on the same instruments as every Treadstone 71 product since 2002. Sources graded A to F for reliability and 1 to 6 for credibility under the ASA Evidence Standard. Judgments on the Sherman Kent spectrum with half-open bands. Drivers tagged to STEMPLES Plus. Verified facts and adversary claims never share a sentence. An assessment without a confidence marker is a draft, and drafts do not ship.
Three payment paths, one price
Send the request. A card payment link and the success definition return within one business day. The watch starts the Monday after payment.
$4,500 and $2,500 sit under the $15,000 micro-purchase threshold. Commercial subscription and report, publicly priced. SAM registration, CAGE code, and W-9 on request.
See the Q4 order windowQuote within two business days, PO accepted, watch starts on the Monday after the PO lands. Institutional and Sentinel annuals also run on PO.
The analyst who signs the readout
Jeff Bardin, Founder and Chief Intelligence Officer, Treadstone 71 LLC. Former USAF cryptologic linguist and Army armored scout platoon leader; fourteen years of service. Built the first master's-level cyber intelligence curriculum at Utica in 2009. Author of Tradecraft at Machine Speed, The Mind Domain, and the Comprehensive Manual for Multi-Domain Cyber Operations. Developed STEMPLES Plus and the ASA Evidence Standard the watch is graded on. He writes the deep-dive, answers the RFI, and scores the readout.
About Treadstone 71 · Author page · ASA Evidence Standard, Public Edition 1.0, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.2313788130-Day Watch FAQ
Why no free trial?
A free trial draws readers with no budget and no decision, and the feedback misleads. The paid pilot draws the buyer, forces the success definition into writing, and produces evidence either way. The credit clause removes the risk of paying twice.
What if we meet four criteria, not five?
The pilot ends. You receive a written gap note stating which criteria fell short and why, the four briefs and the deep-dive stay yours, and no further obligation exists. The fee stands; the work was delivered.
Are the four editions written for us alone?
No. The four Monday editions are the Monitor's standing product with all five tracks, the same issues paying subscribers read; when a first Monday falls inside your window, that edition is the monthly strategic roll-up with its forecast scorecard. Only the tailored deep-dive is yours alone, and it is never reused. That split keeps the price at $4,500 rather than a bespoke-research number.
Is there a free sample?
Yes. A redacted sample edition sits on the Monitor page, and the full sample brief is available through the contact form. A sample shows the format. The watch shows the format against your three decisions.
How many pilots run at once?
Five. When five are running, the next start date is the following Monday. The cap protects the readout, which is the part that decides.
When does the first watch start?
Monday, October 19, 2026, the same day as the inaugural Monitor brief. Readouts for the first cohort fall in the week of November 16. Annual quotes issue the same week, valid through December 16.
What does the Single Brief cover?
One narrative, campaign, or actor you name. Eight to twelve pages, graded sources, Kent bands, STEMPLES Plus drivers, an indicator list, and a thirty-minute walkthrough. Ten business days from order. Bought inside the watch it is included; bought alone it is $2,500.
Name three decisions. Sign one page. Read four Mondays.
The readout decides. Your credit means the pilot was never the cost.
Treadstone 71 LLC · Half Moon Bay, California · Woman-owned, veteran-led · NICCS-listed · Operating since 2002. Prices in USD. Subscription tiers and seat counts as published at treadstone71.com/cognitive-warfare-monitor.
Cite as: Treadstone 71 LLC. "Cognitive Warfare Monitor Pilot: The 30-Day Watch." treadstone71.com/cognitive-warfare-monitor-pilot-program. Updated September 16, 2026.
