# Spotting-Surface Pathway **Entity class:** Analytic pathway ## Definition The **spotting-surface pathway** proposes that a profession rich in introductions, temporary teams, geographic mobility, heterogeneous networks, and evaluation of people can offer useful placement for [[wiki/Talent Spotter|talent spotters]] or [[wiki/Access Agent|access agents]]. ## Evidence Status **Plausible inference:** the roles and occupational compatibility are documented, but the source paper does not identify a contemporary entertainment institution or named person as an intelligence spotting surface. ## Relationships - **depends on:** [[wiki/Placement and Access|Placement and Access]]. - **occupational mechanisms:** [[wiki/Narrative Bandwidth|Narrative Bandwidth]] and [[wiki/Social Attractor|Social Attractor]]. - **part of:** [[wiki/Performance-Labor Pathway Family|Performance-Labor Pathway Family]]. - **source:** [[research/The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy|The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy]].