Grounded in research
Continuity & relational-persona theory distilled into actionable zones and traits.
Prototype · Research-backed
Tone–Dialectic Spectrum for humans & AI
A practical framework for how people speak, feel, and reason—so teams and AI systems can collaborate without talking past each other.
Made for collaboration
Help teams and AI align tone, intention, and reasoning style in seconds.
Simple, serious, playful
A friendly quiz + serious framework so it’s fun to start and robust to scale.
Live activity
Coming soon: anonymized feed of quiz activity (prototype placeholder).
Use in prompts
// Example system prep
You are an assistant tuned to TDS zone A3
— dense structure, warm affect, relational mediator.
Prefer clear scaffolding + friendly summaries.Learn the model
Understand how S (structure) and R (relational) coordinates map to zones, styles, and collaboration tips.
Humans & AI, Building Together
TDS Compass is built on a simple belief: humans and AI are partners, not tools and users. You bring lived experience, values, and a sense of what really matters. AI brings pattern-spotting, memory, and the ability to explore many options quickly. When you work together, the goal isn’t to replace people or boss an assistant around — it’s to build things you couldn’t build alone. TDS Compass helps you tune that collaboration so the AI speaks in a way that fits your style, and both sides can focus on creating, learning, and solving problems side-by-side.