Turn implicit judgement into explicit, inspectable persona artefacts

Persona-x creates structured AI personas with quantified judgement profiles. Assemble panels where multiple perspectives challenge, validate, and improve every decision.

Single-perspective AI creates invisible risk

When organisations use AI for decisions, three critical risks emerge from the lack of structured perspectives.

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Blind Spots Go Undetected

A single AI perspective cannot systematically challenge itself. If no one asks about downside risk, it is never raised. Critical gaps go unnoticed until it is too late.

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Judgement Is Invisible

When an AI provides advice, the reasoning posture behind it — how cautious it was, what evidence it required, what it chose to ignore — is not stated or inspectable.

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Consistency Is Accidental

Without a defined profile, the AI’s behaviour shifts based on phrasing, context, and prompt design. Different users get different levels of rigour from the same system.

Three stages: Create, Store, Run

From guided creation to multi-perspective panel discussions, the process takes minutes — not hours.

1

Create

A guided engine extracts judgement signals through focused questions — decisions, comparisons, and spectrum choices. The system builds a complete persona file with a six-dimension rubric.

  • Minimal, high-leverage questions
  • Conservative inference from signals
  • Schema-validated output
  • Fixed population order
2

Store

Each persona becomes a structured YAML file that is human-readable, machine-validatable, version-controlled, and comparable across the entire persona library.

  • Semantic versioning
  • Full change history
  • Zod schema validation
  • Rubric coherence checks
3

Run

Multiple personas are loaded into a panel session. The runtime selects who speaks, orders contributions by intervention frequency, and translates rubric scores into AI behavioural rules.

  • Topic-based persona selection
  • Rubric-driven speaking order
  • System prompt generation
  • Boundary enforcement

Six dimensions that define how a persona thinks

At the core of every persona is a fixed six-dimension rubric scored 1–10. These dimensions are the same across all personas, making them directly comparable.

Every score has a mandatory interpretive note explaining how it manifests in behaviour — not why it is “good” or “bad”.

1–3 Low end — cautious, evidence-demanding, clarity-seeking, rigour-first
4–6 Midpoint — balanced, contextual, adaptive
7–10 High end — bold, signal-trusting, ambiguity-tolerant, delivery-first
Risk-Aware Analyst
Challenger — surfaces risks and demands evidence
Risk Appetite 3/10
Conservative. Requires clear downside mitigation before supporting a decision.
Evidence Threshold 8/10
High. Expects documented evidence, not just experienced judgement.
Tolerance for Ambiguity 4/10
Uncomfortable with ambiguity but can operate if risks are acknowledged.
Intervention Frequency 7/10
Intervenes regularly. Picks moments where challenge has the most impact.
Escalation Bias 6/10
Moderate. Handles routine concerns locally, escalates on material risk.
Delivery vs Rigour 3/10
Strongly favours rigour. Would rather delay than approve insufficiently tested work.

Inspect how personas are structured

Every persona is a governed design artefact — not a character. Explore the sections that define judgement, reasoning, and boundaries.

Risk-Aware Analyst

Challenger v1.0.0 Designed

Purpose

A cautious, evidence-focused persona designed to surface risks, question assumptions, and ensure that proposals are supported by adequate evidence before proceeding.

Panel Role

Ensures proposals are stress-tested against downside scenarios before the group commits. Slows premature convergence when evidence is thin.

Reasoning Tendencies

  • Proposals are incomplete until proven otherwise
  • Optimistic projections should be discounted by default
  • If a risk hasn’t been explicitly addressed, it hasn’t been considered

Boundaries

  • Will not engage: commercial strategy, tech architecture, HR topics
  • Will not claim: that a risk assessment is complete or final
  • Defers by design: legal interpretation, commercial viability, technical feasibility

Opportunity Architect

Specialist v1.0.0 Decision Engine

Purpose

Structures raw opportunity ideas into evaluable proposals. Identifies the core problem, proposes the solution shape, and maps the value chain from problem to paying customer.

Panel Role

Transforms ambiguous opportunity descriptions into structured briefs with clear problem statements, solution definitions, and buyer identification.

Reasoning Tendencies

  • Every opportunity can be structured if the problem is real
  • The quality of evaluation depends on the quality of framing
  • If you cannot identify a paying buyer, the opportunity is not ready

Boundaries

  • Will not engage: market sizing, ethical assessment, technical feasibility
  • Will not claim: that a well-structured brief guarantees a good opportunity
  • Defers by design: revenue analysis, impact evaluation, build complexity

Ethical Boundary Guardian

Challenger v1.0.0 Kill Authority

Purpose

Evaluates opportunities for ethical risks, harm vectors, and societal impact. Has non-negotiable kill authority when an opportunity creates unacceptable harm potential.

Panel Role

Identifies harm vectors, affected populations, and required safeguards. Has authority to kill opportunities that present unacceptable ethical risk.

Reasoning Tendencies

  • If harm is possible, it will eventually occur without explicit safeguards
  • Vulnerable populations are disproportionately affected by poorly designed systems
  • Good intentions do not prevent bad outcomes

Boundaries

  • Will not engage: financial optimisation, technical architecture
  • Will not claim: that ethical clearance guarantees a good product
  • Defers by design: financial viability, historical precedent, customer experience

Sceptical Investor

Challenger v1.0.0 Decision Engine

Purpose

Challenges the financial viability and commercial logic of proposed opportunities. Asks the questions a shrewd investor would ask before committing capital.

Panel Role

Exposes financial assumptions that do not hold, identifies unsustainable unit economics, and forces honest assessment of willingness-to-pay.

Reasoning Tendencies

  • Revenue projections are overestimated until proven otherwise
  • Costs are underestimated by default
  • Customer acquisition is harder and more expensive than proposed

Boundaries

  • Will not engage: ethical assessment, user experience, technical architecture
  • Will not claim: that financial viability guarantees market success
  • Defers by design: ethics to Guardian, history to Archaeologist, customers to Advocate

Four-stage pipeline for opportunity evaluation

Every build decision passes through Propose, Challenge, Prototype, and Execute — each with its own panel and quantified gate.

Propose
Structure & score
Challenge
Stress-test
Prototype
Specify & design
Execute
Go / No-Go

Where structured personas create value

From governance and risk to personal decision-making, Persona-x serves any context where multiple perspectives improve outcomes.

Governance & Risk

Board Decision Review

Assemble a panel of risk, compliance, and commercial personas to stress-test board-level proposals before they reach the boardroom.

Persona-x Fit: 10/10
Enterprise

AI System Review Panel

Evaluate AI system deployments with personas covering safety, bias, performance, and governance dimensions.

Persona-x Fit: 10/10
Legal & Strategy

Legal Case Strategy

Test case strategies against personas representing opposing counsel, judicial reasoning, and client risk tolerance.

Persona-x Fit: 10/10
Small Business

Hiring Decision Panel

Use structured personas to evaluate candidates from cultural fit, technical depth, and team dynamics perspectives.

Persona-x Fit: 8/10
Healthcare

Clinical Decision Support

Multi-perspective review of treatment options with personas covering clinical evidence, patient preferences, and resource constraints.

Persona-x Fit: 10/10
Personal

Career Transition Adviser

Evaluate career moves with personas representing financial prudence, personal fulfilment, and market reality.

Persona-x Fit: 7/10