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Option A is 'charge per seat', Option B is 'charge per usage', and context is that our users are small startups with variable team sizes.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Agent model disagreement arbitration","prompt":"My two agents are split on whether to send the outreach email now or wait until Monday — option 1 is 'send today', option 2 is 'send Monday morning'. Send both to a real human and ask: 'Which send time is more likely to get a reply from a busy founder?' and let me know what they decide."},{"title":"Product roadmap tie-breaking","prompt":"I've got three roadmap options I can't decide between: 'build the mobile app first', 'improve onboarding first', or 'launch the API for developers first'. 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