NPI Baseline

Narrative–system compatibility snapshot

Mode: WoZ Version: v0.1 Updated: —

This is not a score.

NPI Baseline measures whether your narrative helps a real decision system do its work. It shows where your story reduces uncertainty, where it creates friction, and where it asks the system to say yes without conditions being safe.

Baseline Snapshot

Decision Environment: — Primary Constraint: —

Narrative Fit (directional)

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Low / Medium / High (not a grade)

Most Helpful Element

—

What already reduces uncertainty

Primary Friction

—

Where the story fails the system’s decision logic

Next Narrative Move

—

One change that improves decision usability

Compatibility Dimensions

These are system-facing signals. Use them to improve decision usefulness — not to perfect messaging.

Decision Clarity

Medium

Does the narrative make the decision condition explicit (what must be true)?

Risk Containment

Low

Does it protect the risk holder (reversibility, downside containment, safety)?

System Legitimacy

Medium

Does it signal “real here” in the system’s language (not generic impact claims)?

Stakeholder Alignment

Low

Does it speak to the roles that decide (authority, risk, ops) — not only enthusiasts?

Proof & Evidence Fit

Medium

Are proof signals credible for this environment (clinical, financial, operational)?

Implementation Usability

Low

Can the system picture “how this happens” without doing extra cognitive work?

Friction Log

Specific places where the narrative creates hesitation or extra work for the system.

What You Can Do Differently Now

Calm, concrete narrative shifts that improve decision movement under real constraints.

Rule of Use

If adoption is blocked by a system constraint, improving the story alone won’t move it. NPI helps you make the story usable while you change conditions.

Narratives don’t win decisions.
They reduce uncertainty so systems can release decisions safely.