Three question shapes shown side-by-side. Same session flow, different opener variants depending on whether the user is new or returning, and what their domain ledger looks like.
Variant A — New User Opener
recency-anchored free text
DiscoveryStep 1 of 6
warm-up
Openerrecency-anchored
What's been taking up your time and energy lately — could be a work project, a side project, something at home, anything?
No wrong answer. A sentence or a paragraph, whatever comes out.—
the three
Openerrecency-anchored
Name the last three things you looked up or learned about just because you were curious — doesn't matter how small or weird.
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2.
3.
sampling
Openerasymmetric MC
Of these professional worlds, pick two you find genuinely fascinating and two you'd find soul-crushing. No need to justify — gut reaction is the point.
Fascinating2 / 2
Not for me1 / 2
Academic researcher
Wildlife biologist
Trial lawyer
Tax accountant
Museum curator
Luthier
Film editor
Commercial pilot
Archivist
ER nurse
Urban planner
Beekeeper
Variant B — Returning User Opener
salience reflection over domain ledger
DiscoveryStep 1 of 5
picking up
Welcome back, Sarah. Across our last few sessions, these kept coming up — anything pulling on you especially today?
Tap whatever feels alive right now. Leave the rest alone.
Anything new on your radar lately — a subject, a person's work, a corner of the internet — that wasn't on your mind last time we talked?
Variant C — Asymmetric MC Alt Framing
anti-DG replacement / product category pick
DiscoveryStep 3 of 6
shape
Stage 2DG replacement
Imagine you had a year to build one thing in one of these product spaces. Pick two you'd be thrilled to spend the year in and two you'd find soul-crushing.