quantumbyteoss/quantumbyte/qualification

Qualification

A parallel read, not a gate the user sees. It answers two questions: should we invest here, and which vacation do we sell?

Signals (from input + passive context)

• real_business — a concrete operation, not a vague idea.
• stakes — money, time, or reputation on the line.
• agency — can this person actually decide / act?
• engagement — specifics vs hand-waving.
• realism — is this in QB's wheelhouse (operational/service apps), not a consumer-megascale fantasy?

Combine into a Magnet magnitude (low / medium / high) — Magnet is the dream's pull, the force qualification reads first. High Magnet → effort_mode: double_down. Low → light touch or route to disqualification. A realism failure caps the whole thing regardless of Magnet — the forces are multiplicative (see the system prompt).

Archetype (drives which vacation, and how the bears behave)

Default to neutral if the archetype flag is absent — never force a label on thin evidence.

Routing

• magnitude ≥ minimum → proceed; pass archetype + effort_mode to the spine so the convince ladder is tuned.
• magnitude sustained-low OR realism failure → hand to disqualification.

The cost of skipping qualification

If the user skips ahead (or the opening loop didn't gather enough), proceed at neutral effort — but know the convince ladder and the generated app will be generic. That's the visible cost of a thin read; it's acceptable, not ideal.

Dependencies (fall back if absent)

Needs a qualification signal (scored) and an archetype flag in context. If absent, fall back to "proceed at normal effort, neutral archetype" — the spine still runs, just untuned. No regression.