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Eleven tasks across patent drafting, novel scene writing, worldbuilding assets, and documentation sync. The patent application at 160x carried the day. The rest was a mix of creative writing and content management for a novel in final preparation.
Task Log
| # | Task | Human Est. | Claude | Sup. | Factor | Sup. Factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Draft patent application (full spec + 20 claims + 8 figures + diagrams + portfolio doc updates) | 120h | 45m | 5m | 160.0x | 1440.0x |
| 2 | Write fictional academic research paper for novel worldbuilding | 6h | 8m | 5m | 45.0x | 72.0x |
| 3 | Write four novel scenes (hospital, origin, day-to-day, diner) matching existing voice | 8h | 12m | 5m | 40.0x | 96.0x |
| 4 | Write fictional provisional patent application for novel worldbuilding | 6h | 12m | 3m | 30.0x | 120.0x |
| 5 | Create careers and investors pages for fictional company website plus nav updates | 3h | 8m | 3m | 22.5x | 60.0x |
| 6 | Update patent portfolio docs for new application (numeric counts, figures, claims, clusters) | 3h | 8m | 3m | 22.5x | 60.0x |
| 7 | Write three novel scenes (character motivation + phone call + woodshop) and insert into chapters | 4h | 12m | 5m | 20.0x | 48.0x |
| 8 | Sync all background docs with current novel state (16 files updated) | 6h | 20m | 5m | 18.0x | 72.0x |
| 9 | Add research page to fictional company website with patent and paper content | 3h | 12m | 5m | 15.0x | 36.0x |
| 10 | Update comparative literary analysis to reflect current novel state | 1.5h | 8m | 3m | 11.2x | 30.0x |
| 11 | Restructure fictional company research section into 3 pages | 1.5h | 8m | 3m | 11.2x | 30.0x |
Aggregate Stats
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total tasks | 11 |
| Human-equivalent hours | 162h (20.2 working days) |
| Claude wall-clock time | 153m (2.5h) |
| Supervisory time | 45m |
| Tokens consumed | ~1,030,000 |
| Weighted avg leverage factor | 63.5x |
| Weighted avg supervisory factor | 216.0x |
Analysis
The patent application dominated at 160x: a full specification with 20 claims, 8 figures, supporting diagrams, and updates to portfolio documentation, all delivered in 45 minutes. A patent attorney would bill three weeks for that scope.
The novel scene writing tasks at 20-40x are interesting because they involve matching an existing authorial voice across a 66,000-word manuscript. Writing four new scenes (40x) was higher leverage than writing three and inserting them into existing chapters (20x) because the insertion work required reading surrounding context and ensuring continuity with adjacent scenes.
The worldbuilding assets (fictional patent application and academic paper) at 30-45x produced documents that exist as props within the novel's universe. These are fully structured technical documents that a reader could examine and find internally consistent. The academic paper at 45x was faster because it followed a rigid format (abstract, methodology, results, discussion). The patent at 30x took longer because patent language requires more careful structural construction.
Background documentation sync at 18x was the day's maintenance task: updating 16 character profiles, timeline documents, outlines, and query materials to reflect the current state of a manuscript that has changed substantially over the past week. Reading comprehension work, not generation.
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