Matching narrows the field. It does not choose for you.
What it reads
Your brief (the research question, methodology, field, deliverable, deadline and budget) against expert profiles: field of expertise, methodologies, skills, stated availability, and delivery history on Researchor.
What it returns
A shortlist with a stated reason for each suggestion, so you can tell whether the match was made on the thing you care about. A match explained by "experienced in mixed-methods health research and available within your deadline" is checkable. A ranked list with no reasoning is not.
What it does not do
Matching does not decide who you hire, does not evaluate whether an expert is good, and does not make any decision with a legal or similarly significant effect. A human (you) always chooses.
It also cannot see what you did not write down. If a requirement matters, put it in the brief.
If the matches are wrong
Rewrite the brief with more specificity about method and deliverable; those two fields carry the most weight. You can also ignore matching entirely and browse the directory.
Status: this part of Researchor is built in the interface but is not yet connected to live systems. The steps below describe how it will work. We will update this article when it goes live.