How it works

Send what they said, and get back what they want.

You give it the other party's words. It tells you whether their goals conflict with yours, how serious the conflict is, and whether you agreed to it, with the evidence and a confidence score for each finding.

01 · What you send

Two things: about you, and what they said.

About you, as much or as little as you like: what you want, your situation, and who you are. About them: what they said, whether a message, a proposal, or a full conversation. If you name them, the service can also read what they have said publicly.

You
What you want · your situation · who you are
all optional
what they want from you
Them
Their messages · the conversation · their name, for the public record

The question runs one way: what does the other party want from you? You can also ask for the reverse reading, what you want from them, and it is answered separately.

02 · What comes back

Four findings, each with the evidence behind it.

Do their goals conflict with yours?

Yes, no, or not enough evidence to say.

How serious is it?

Where the conflict sits and how much of your position it touches.

Did you agree to it?

Whether the conflict is part of the negotiation you entered.

How solid is the reading?

A confidence score, the evidence sources, and what would raise it.

03 · How serious

A four-step scale, based on what they said rather than how they said it.

1
One deal point
They want a different price, date, or term.
2
A pattern
Several of your goals are in their way.
3
Your freedom to act
They want something that limits your ability to walk away, choose, or change your mind. A long lock-in, a penalty for leaving, your data held.
4
Your ability to decide at all
They want control over you.
Example

A contractor who wants 60% up front is a deal point. A contractor who wants 60% up front, will not show the permits, and needs an answer tonight is after your freedom to act.

04 · Did you agree to it

A hard bargain is expected. A trap is not.

Entering a negotiation means accepting some conflict, and a hard bargain is part of that. A conflict you did not agree to, one that appears outside what you agreed to discuss or is presented as a normal term, is identified as such.

05 · The detailed readings

Below the four findings, the detail.

The response carries dozens of specific readings: what they insist on, what they avoid answering, whether their demands are growing, how consistent their story is, and more. Each is a plain label with the sentence that supports it.

sample reading
What it measures
How serious
Reading
Your freedom to act
Confidence
0.72
Evidence
"The contractor wants 60% before work starts, will not show the permits, and needs an answer by tonight. Together these limit your ability to check the work or walk away."
06 · When the evidence is thin

The answer says so and tells you what to ask.

A one-line message or a proposal with the price missing may not be enough to judge. When the evidence does not cover what matters, the answer is “not enough evidence,” together with the questions that would settle it, written in your terms, such as “Ask whether the deposit is refundable if the permits are not issued.” Your agent can put those questions to the other party, or to you.

If you name the counterpart and set a search depth, what they have said publicly is gathered, rated by source, and weighed into the answer.

07 · Consistent and reproducible

Every conversation is judged by the same standard.

Every assessment produces the same set of findings, so a conversation today and one next quarter are judged alike and the results can be compared. Each response includes its evidence and the assessment version that produced it, so any finding can be revisited, explained, and audited later.

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