Second brain
Pick Shawn's second brain
Thinking about asking Shawn out? Testing an opportunity? Paste the situation and see how Shawn would likely respond.
It reads the situation against the same rubrics Shawn uses, and it answers in his register rather than a generic one.
Ask the little brain
Choose a lane. It turns your note into the likely read.
Buttons fill the note below.
What it actually does
The tool sorts what you paste into one of five lanes, then scores it against the rubric for that lane. The rubrics are the ones Shawn already uses to decide what to take on, written down instead of held in his head. It rewards specifics, because specifics are what make a request answerable: a named constraint, a real timeline, a stated scope, an actual owner. A vague paragraph scores low not as a judgement of you, but because there is not enough in it to read.
A low signal is never a closed door. Every lane's low verdict says the same thing Shawn would say in person: preferences change, the instinct behind the ask is usually right, and you should ask him for real anyway. Where a request sits outside his strengths, it will tell you that plainly and point you toward who would light it up.
The five lanes
- Work
- Consulting, ERP and AI engagements, delivery and architecture questions. His clearest lane.
- Study
- Research questions, reading, and anything where the goal is understanding rather than shipping.
- Travel
- Castles, gardens, history, and a cozy pub or bookstore.
- Romance
- Asking him out, or reading whether a personal ask is likely to land.
- Wildcard
- Everything that refuses the other four. Scored on its own merits, not forced into a category.
What it is not
It is not Shawn, and it does not commit him to anything. It is a fast read on how a request is likely to land, so you can sharpen it before you send it, or skip the guessing and just ask him directly. If you would rather see the thinking behind the rubrics, the essays are where that reasoning lives in long form.