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Proposals

A proposal is an idea or option that nobody has decided yet. It stays open until a person decides it or sets it aside, and ZeroWidth can suggest some too.

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A proposal is an idea or an option that nobody has decided yet: "offer yearly billing", "move the images to a CDN". It is kept with who put it forward, why, and the other options that were weighed.

A decision is a choice someone agreed to. A proposal is not. Most decisions are made on the spot, in a meeting or a chat, and are recorded as decisions straight away. Proposals are for what is put forward and left for later.

What happens to a proposal

A proposal is in one of these states:

  • Open. Nobody has decided it yet.

  • Decided. A person decided it, and the decision is linked back to the proposal.

  • Set aside. A person said it will not be done, with a reason. It stays on the record as considered and not chosen.

An open proposal with no activity for 30 days is marked stale and listed last.

Who can put one forward

A person adds a proposal in the console, under Proposals. A connected AI tool adds one when a person calls something an idea, an option or a proposal. Proposals over MCP

When a person agrees to an open proposal, the decision is recorded with Decide in the console, or by the connected AI tool, and the proposal is marked decided.

Suggestions from ZeroWidth

While ZeroWidth dreams, it also looks through your decisions and numbers for things worth trying, and files them as suggestions. Dreaming

A suggestion is marked Found by ZeroWidth, so it is never mistaken for something a person or an AI tool put forward. It says:

  • what ZeroWidth saw: a number going the wrong way, something that worked elsewhere, or something missed;

  • how sure it is;

  • the decisions and numbers it rests on, each linked.

A suggestion needs a person. Nobody can decide or set aside a suggestion until a person accepts it, and a person can dismiss it with a reason. Accepting one makes it an ordinary open proposal. A dismissed suggestion is not suggested again.

ZeroWidth files at most three suggestions in one dream, and only when your decisions and numbers back them up. A suggestion appears under Proposals, on the Suggested tab, and the menu shows how many are new to you.