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Fusion vs Fan-Out
Correlated domain intelligence means one call returns five layers already joined, not five results you stitch together yourself. This cluster covers why fusion beats fan-out, and how correlated layers collapse into a single ICP signal.
5 questions about fusion vs fan-out
- Can an AI agent correlate intelligence on its own?
An agent can fan out and join tool outputs, but correlation is a collection-time property one crawl gives for free. Fan-out throws the joins away.
- How does correlating layers produce a buying signal?
You get a buying signal by joining the five dossier layers. Each layer alone is ambiguous. The agreement across them is what names a company worth acting on.
- What is an ICP signal and how is it computed?
An ICP signal is a fused hot/warm/cold verdict on whether a domain matches your ideal buyer, computed by correlating five dossier layers in one call.
- What is correlated domain intelligence?
Correlated domain intelligence joins tech, infra, firmographics, AI-readiness, and security into one dossier so the layers cross-reference each other.
- Why is fusion better than fanning out to five MCPs?
Fusion returns five correlated layers in one call. Fanning out to five MCPs costs latency, tokens, and auth, and loses same-crawl correlation.
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Frequently asked questions
Why is fusion better than fanning out to five MCPs?
You can call five separate MCPs and get five layers. You cannot cheaply get the correlation between them, since joining infrastructure, AI-stack, and firmographics into one verdict is work each agent would repeat on every domain. Bassethound does that join once, server-side, inside a single call.
What is an ICP signal and how is it computed?
The icp_signal (hot, warm, cold) fuses the AI-readiness verdict, the security grade, and firmographic fit into one field an agent can score in bulk. It is not a sixth lookup; it is the product of correlating the five layers you already have.
Sniff a domain.
Run sniff_domain on any site and read its five-layer dossier in one call.