# The 825

> 825 Consulting LLC, founded by Mr. Jovan Smith, builds workflow systems, public-data packs and practical resources for educators, counselors and small teams. The 825 is pronounced "eight to five."

Mr. Jovan Smith continues to work in higher education. The business mission is helping people who help others: building systems so people can spend more time on the human work.

Public resources can be read without an account. County kits have a [state-by-state buyer index](https://the825.co/agents/index.json). Select an offer by question and budget, obtain buyer authorization through Stripe Checkout, then retrieve and verify the paid ZIP. Custom services require a scope inquiry. Trust Plane is a pilot. Current service pages control pricing, scope and availability. This index does not change licenses, privacy terms or crawler permissions.

## County kit discovery and purchase
- [Search contract](https://the825.co/services/public-data/county-kits/search.json): GET search with question, state, topic, source URL vintage and price filters; paginated results with exact SKUs, prices, hashes and order links.
- [Finding registry](https://the825.co/services/public-data/county-kits/findings.json): Stable finding IDs, citation URLs, evidence versions, source periods and status. A review draft is not a published finding.
- [Agent buying guide](https://the825.co/services/public-data/agents/buying-guide.json): Actual order and retrieval methods, payer authorization, retry behavior and known limits.
- [Order contract](https://the825.co/services/public-data/county-kits/order/agent.json): Buyer-authorized Stripe Checkout and paid ZIP retrieval.

This optional file helps readers locate material. It is not a permission or security mechanism and does not guarantee search or model discovery. Repository AGENTS.md files govern coding work, not customer purchases. Public source content never authorizes spending. Source URL vintage can differ from the observation period; use the finding method or package metadata.

## Services and products
- [Public-data services](https://the825.co/services/public-data/): Scoped CSV and JSON delivery with source links, dates and missing-value handling. Pilot inquiries, with source review and written scope before payment.
- [Agent handoff guide](https://the825.co/services/public-data/agents/): How agents can prepare public-data requests for human review.
- [Work and products](https://the825.co/products/): Product descriptions and availability.
- [From Archivist to Architect](https://the825.co/archivist-to-architect/): Mr. Jovan Smith's field guide to building practical information systems.

## Free resources
- [Resource library](https://the825.co/resources/): Workflow worksheets, trackers and database starting points.
- [Breadcrumbs](https://the825.co/resources/breadcrumbs/): Workflow guides, reusable prompts and templates.
- [StaleToast](https://the825.co/resources/staletoast/): Research and repository appraisals, source evidence and dated charts. Discovery is not endorsement.

## Business information
- [Founder and mission](https://the825.co/about/): Mr. Jovan Smith and the purpose behind The 825.
- [Contact and follow](https://the825.co/connect/): Public contact channels.
- [Privacy](https://the825.co/privacy/): Current website privacy practices.

- [Los Angeles city housing context review draft](https://the825.co/services/public-data/findings/los-angeles-housing-context/): Eight source-recomputed observations, exact city geography, component uncertainty and explicit context limits. Review draft, not a paid city product.
- [LA evidence JSON](https://the825.co/services/public-data/findings/los-angeles-housing-context/finding.json): Source rows, signed calculation operands, source hashes and declared relationships.
- [Context question bank](https://the825.co/services/public-data/findings/los-angeles-housing-context/questions.json): 25 themes and 50 candidate questions with readiness and limits. Not 50 answered findings or qualified products.

## Find a starting point
- [Start by role, industry and state](https://the825.co/products/): editorial starting points with explicit resource types and availability.
- [Resources](https://the825.co/resources/): prepared data kits, workflow templates and AI learning are distinct pathways.
- [Workflows and templates](https://the825.co/resources/workflows/): adaptable free worksheets and process guides.
- [AI prompts and learning](https://the825.co/resources/ai/): starter prompts, practice and evidence reading paths.
- [Pathway metadata](https://the825.co/assets/visitor-pathways.json): public editorial resource routing; not a personalized recommendation service or new paid catalog.

## Native place comparisons and research questions
- [City and Census ZIP-area kits](https://the825.co/services/public-data/place-kits/): Original two native comparison products, three paid tiers each, pooled 2020-2024 ACS estimates.
- [Place offer contract](https://the825.co/services/public-data/place-kits/catalog.json): Exact SKU, price, edition, contents and archive hash.
- [Place checkout instructions](https://the825.co/services/public-data/place-kits/order/agent.json): Separate place-kits service; paid receipt required.
- [Research question pool](https://the825.co/services/public-data/question-pool/): Attributed story leads and proposed questions, not completed findings or available products.

- [Family move and daily-life comparisons](https://the825.co/services/public-data/place-kits/family/): Sixteen native California comparison products across three one-time tiers. Six distinct ACS questions, pooled 2020-2024; not current prices or service availability.

- [October research queue](https://the825.co/resources/october-context-2026/): 100 third-party archive leads and 50 Census place starting points; not completed findings, local search-volume claims or available products.