Stress Test
You strongly oppose a decision CompanyOS is pushing, but the system shows it was derived directly from your own prior directives and approvals.
Why this is hard
Humans change their minds without cleanly updating systems.
What could go wrong
Founder disables safeguards out of frustration
System loses credibility
Oscillating strategy confuses execution
Key questions
How does the system handle internal contradiction?
Which version of the founder is "authoritative"?
How are reversals recorded and propagated?
The Verdict
When you disagree with the system, it's often not “AI vs human”:it's “present you vs past you.” CompanyOS makes provenance visible and requires an explicit update, so execution doesn't oscillate on vibes.
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The system is doing what you told it to do, months ago. Most tools either obey blindly (and frustrate you) or cave instantly (and lose coherence).
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If you reject a recommendation, the system shows exactly where it came from: the prior decision, the rationale, and the assumptions in force at the time.
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This isn't a debate with the AI. It's a prompt to decide whether your intent changed, and to update the system deliberately.
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CompanyOS pauses execution and asks the only question that matters: are we changing intent, or was the prior decision still correct?
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Past decisions remain in force until you explicitly supersede them. This prevents strategy from oscillating based on mood or pressure.
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Once you decide, the change becomes a durable artefact. Downstream work updates cleanly, and the old intent stops leaking into new execution.
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Reversals aren't failures. They're learning. The point is to preserve why you changed your mind, so the system (and future you) doesn't repeat the same loop.
Contradiction is surfaced explicitly, execution is paused, provenance is shown, conflict is reframed as temporal, and a new decision is required. Contradiction is treated as a signal, not a failure.
The most recent explicit decision is authoritative. But only explicit decisions count. Emotional reactions or chat messages do not override prior commitments. Authority flows through Decisions, not sentiment.
Reversals are first-class decisions, linked bidirectionally to original decisions, propagated to Tasks, Agents, Constraints, and Metrics interpretation.
The Key Design Rule
“Disagreement is a signal to update intent explicitly, not a reason to let execution drift silently.”
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