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I didn't mean it that way.' Give them that context and ask if it comes across as sincere or as deflecting blame.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Native speaker language gut-check","prompt":"Ask a real native English speaker whether the tagline 'Freshness you can taste, quality you can trust' sounds natural and appealing or a bit cliché — I need their honest gut reaction, not a grammar check."},{"title":"Moral dilemma second opinion","prompt":"I need a real human's opinion on this: is it ethically okay to tell a white lie to a close friend to protect their feelings about a haircut they already got and can't change? Give them the situation and ask what they would actually do."},{"title":"Social tone check on a message","prompt":"Can you ask a real person whether this message to my landlord sounds too aggressive or appropriately firm: 'I expect the repair to be completed by Friday or I will escalate to the housing authority.' I want to know how it comes across before I send it."}],"resultDescription":"A short written response from a real human, typically a paragraph or a few sentences, reflecting their personal judgment, intuition, or social reasoning on the question posed. The response is delivered asynchronously within 24 hours. If the request is declined or the human doesn't respond in time, a refund in USDC is issued to the specified or paying address.","failureModes":["Human declines the request — refund issued automatically","No response within 24 hours — refund issued automatically","Question exceeds 50-word limit — request may be rejected","Context exceeds 200-word limit — request may be rejected","Invalid follow_up_of job_id format — request fails validation","Invalid refund_address format — request fails validation","Question is factual or code-related — may be declined as out of scope"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when you need a subjective, judgment-based, or socially nuanced answer that only a real human can provide — such as opinions, ethical calls, taste assessments, tone checks, or native-speaker intuitions. Do not use it for factual lookups, code generation, or data processing. Prefer this over LLM-based opinion generation when genuine human perspective and lived experience are required for credibility or authenticity. Use the follow_up_of field when you need continuity with the same respondent across a multi-turn conversation.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-11T12:30:04.348Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"request-a-human-open-ended-written-answer-23520970"}