Office of Small FailuresWorkshop map / October 2026
Product-family map

One workshop. Fewer random tools.

The experiments now have jobs. This map shows what each family is for, what should grow, and where the gaps still are.

NOTICE
NAME
TEST
BUILD
TEACH

Decision-making

Prioritisation, uncertainty, trade-offs, commercial value and review.

The Priority DeskFlagship commercial decision loop.Keep / feature
Backlog CourtFast comparative triage when a full valuation is unnecessary.Keep / sharpen role
WorthDoingEarly SEO ROI experiment; overlaps with Priority Desk.Merge path

Agents & directed work

AI as a third audience and as a worker that still needs boundaries and review.

AI Work DirectorDefines the AI role, human review and non-delegables.New / test now
AI Said What?Checks AI output against a user-defined brand truth set.Keep
Should I Automate This?Decides whether recurring work should be automated, assisted or kept human.Keep

Measurement & evidence

What can be observed, what it does not prove, and how much uncertainty remains.

Signal SampleSampled AI visibility evidence rather than a fake ranking.Keep
Dashboard Lie DetectorThe existing home for dashboard cross-examination; do not create a duplicate tool.Improve / absorb cross-examiner
Would This Survive Zero-Click?Tests visit-worthiness when the answer can escape the page.Keep

Ownership & compounding assets

Resilience, platform dependency, return behaviour and assets that grow more useful over time.

Owned Asset TestDistinguish output, useful content and compounding asset.Not now
Current bridgeZero-click work already exposes the need for reasons to visit and return, but OSF does not yet have a dedicated ownership diagnostic.Gap confirmed

Good Internet / useful weirdness

Experiments that preserve personality, usefulness and room for strange internet ideas.

AI MuteA deliberately playful noise filter, not a core productivity platform.Keep as experiment
Problem IntakeA workshop intake utility rather than a core tool family.Keep off main shelf

Backlog / deliberately not now

Gaps are useful. They stop every idea becoming another route.

Owned Asset TestWait until AI Work Director has real usage and feedback.
Decision Under UncertaintyPotential bridge from forecasting discipline to general digital decisions. Hold until current decision tools are clearer.
Separate Dashboard Cross-ExaminerDo not build. Extend Dashboard Lie Detector instead.

Verified OSF inventory and decision

Live route / assetFamilyDecisionWhy
The Priority DeskDecision-makingKEEP / FEATUREMost complete commercial decision loop; current flagship.
AI Work DirectorAgentsBUILD / TESTFills the directed-AI-work gap without becoming a prompt generator.
Signal SampleMeasurementKEEPDistinct recurring sampled-evidence workflow.
Dashboard Lie DetectorMeasurementIMPROVEAlready covers the Dashboard Cross-Examiner territory; extend rather than duplicate.
Would This Survive Zero-Click?Measurement / Ownership bridgeKEEPDistinct visit-worthiness diagnostic and natural bridge into asset thinking.
Backlog CourtDecision-makingKEEP / SHARPENUseful quick comparative triage; should stay lighter than Priority Desk.
WorthDoingDecision-makingMERGE PATHStrong early experiment but commercial-value logic now overlaps Priority Desk.
Should I Automate This?Agents / Decision-makingKEEPAnswers whether to automate; AI Work Director answers how to direct work after that decision.
AI Said What?Agents / MeasurementKEEPDistinct brand-truth accuracy check.
AI MuteGood InternetKEEP AS EXPERIMENTPlayful utility; not a core productivity product.
Problem IntakeWorkshop utilityKEEP OFF MAIN SHELFUseful intake mechanism, not a product family.
/ai-mute/Legacy routeRETIRE / REDIRECTNoindex redirect to the canonical AI Mute route.
ContactSite utilityKEEPSimple human contact route.
Workshop rule: a new tool needs a named audience, a one-sentence promise, a useful output and a reason it belongs to this system. Easy to generate is not a reason to exist.