Describe the problem. State the numbers. The gate shapes it into a brief
a scoring committee can act on — and routes it to the cheapest honest answer,
even when that answer is "this doesn't need AI at all."
Demo mode — offline triage heuristics active
01 — Where does this live?
Your department
02 — The problem, in your words
Four questions. The second one is the one that matters.
01 —What happens today, and who feels it?
Describe the work as it actually happens — the task, the people doing it, where it hurts.0 / 30 min
02 —The problem in numbers.
Volume, hours, error cost, dollars — your best real numbers. Estimates are fine if you say they're estimates. "A lot" is not a number.0 / 15 min
03 —What would better look like?
Not the tool you imagine — the outcome. What changes about the work if this is solved?0 / 30 min
04 —What's been tried, ruled out, or fixed in place?
Prior attempts, constraints, systems that can't change, deadlines that are real. Optional but valuable.optional
Shaping…
03 — The shaped brief
Your problem, in committee form. Edit anything.
The BASELINE line is the contract — nothing gets built without a before-state to measure against.