# 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.

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](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/mcp/proposals)

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](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/concepts/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.