From your decision to a sealed choice.

A Dywan deliberation has eight stages. Each one is deliberate. Here is what happens — and why.

  1. Bring a decision

    Start with anything real: a job offer, a relocation, a hard conversation, a fork in a relationship. Write it the way you'd explain it to a friend.

  2. The keeper asks first

    Before any debate, the Dywan-keeper asks a few clarifying questions — the things a good advisor would need to know before weighing in.

  3. The council deliberates

    A council of distinct voices takes turns across several rounds. They respond to each other by name, hold their own positions, and argue the substance — not a polite consensus.

  4. A moderator keeps them honest

    After each round a moderator scores how much the voices are converging. If they're agreeing too easily, it names a position no one has defended yet and sends them back in.

  5. The steelman round

    Every voice then argues the strongest case against what it has been saying — so the best version of each side is on the table, not just the comfortable one.

  6. The keeper synthesizes

    The keeper draws the threads together: where the council agreed, where it genuinely split, and the strongest case on each side — in one clear voice.

  7. You seal a direction

    You decide. You record the direction you're taking and why — a commitment you can look back on.

  8. Dywan follows up

    Later, Dywan checks back on how it went, so your decisions become a record you actually learn from.

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