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| <h1>Give your agent a question layer.</h1> |
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| Crux installs where your agent already runs. Before it commits, Crux |
| surfaces the gap between what the agent assumes and what the work |
| actually requires—then asks the smallest useful question. |
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| <span>Crux · plan gap</span> |
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| Is the launch optimizing for adoption this quarter, or a reusable |
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| Why this matters: the current plan assumes both. The answer changes |
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| <p class="eyebrow">One engine, different jobs</p> |
| <h2>Start at your altitude.</h2> |
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| Crux changes its interface and vocabulary for the work in front of |
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| <h3>Turn ambiguity into a buildable, testable plan.</h3> |
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| Connect goals, requirements, architecture, tickets, and evidence. |
| Let Crux catch the consequential assumption before it becomes rework. |
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| <h3>Get to the decision beneath the document.</h3> |
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| Use your existing AI tools for diligence, strategy, and client work |
| while Crux asks what would actually change the recommendation. |
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| <p class="eyebrow">What exists now</p> |
| <h2>Integration first.</h2> |
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| V1 uses the mechanisms agent tools already expose—hooks, skills, |
| plugins, and MCP—so teams can experience better questions without |
| moving into another workspace. |
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| <h3>Install beside the agent</h3> |
| <p>Start with a hook or skill in the environment where work already happens.</p> |
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| <h3>Detect the missing decision</h3> |
| <p>Compare the goal, available evidence, and proposed action for a material gap.</p> |
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| <h3>Ask only what changes the plan</h3> |
| <p>Route one high-value question to the person who can answer it.</p> |
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| <h3>Carry the answer forward</h3> |
| <p>Update the artifact, preserve the decision, and evaluate the outcome.</p> |
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| <h3>Questions before actions</h3> |
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| Hooks and skills that surface hidden requirements, tradeoffs, and |
| success criteria inside existing agent workflows. |
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| <h3>Mechanistic signals and bounded steering</h3> |
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| Open-model research asks whether internal state can make the ask, |
| act, or halt decision more precise. It is experimental—not a feature |
| claim for the current preview. |
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| <p class="eyebrow">Bring one consequential workflow</p> |
| <h2>Find the question it turns on.</h2> |
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| Private-preview access is provisioned manually. Founder-led |
| deployments are available for teams that want a custom integration |
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