Run: 2026-05-04__008__phoenix-lal-targets · Date: 2026-05-04 · Phase 1 author
WebSearch was blocked for all sub-agents in this session — "Permission denied" on tool call. Company discovery fell back to the Conductor, who used WebSearch directly as the primary research tool. 35 companies found across 4 verticals: Commercial Landscaping (14), Pest Control (9), Fire Protection (7), Environmental (5). Owner names confirmed for 8 of 35. Revenue verified for 2 of 35 (Burns Pest Elimination $41M, Native Environmental $8-11M). The tool permission gap is the primary finding from this phase — not a research failure, a configuration gap between what the brief instructs ("use WebSearch") and what the harness allows.
Because discovery ran through the Conductor rather than a dedicated hunter agent, the company lists have lower coverage than a focused hunter pass would produce. A proper hunter would have run 20-30 targeted searches per vertical (AZCC lookups, LinkedIn company searches, BBB directory scrapes, Google Maps category queries). The Conductor ran approximately 12 searches total across all 4 verticals. Owner names are missing for 27 of 35 companies as a direct result of this coverage gap.
This is the first run where hunter was completely blocked from its primary tool. It is NOT the first run where tool permissions were misconfigured — run #002 had a similar Exa template reference bug that blocked company enrichment. The pattern: permission/configuration problems surface mid-Phase-1 rather than at intake. The fix (check tool availability at Phase 0, before parallel agents launch) has been logged in prior runs but not yet implemented as a Phase 0 gate. Evidence: 2026-04-30__002__hrcom-buyers-exa-mastery.md.
Going forward, I will attempt a single test WebSearch call at the very start of Phase 1 before launching any batch research, and if blocked, immediately notify the Conductor so discovery can be rerouted rather than completing after a full timeout.
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