microclaw Decision Matrix
Turn a fuzzy "which one?" into a transparent, weighted comparison the user can adjust.
Steps
- List the options (the real candidates, 2–5).
- List the criteria that actually matter to this user, and weight them (must sum to 100%, or use 1–5 importance). Make the user's priorities explicit.
- Score each option on each criterion (e.g. 1–5).
- Compute weighted totals.
- Sanity-check the winner against gut feel — if it feels wrong, a weight is probably off; surface that rather than hiding it.
Example
python3 - <<'PY'
weights = {"price":0.4, "ease":0.35, "support":0.25}
scores = {
"Option A": {"price":5, "ease":3, "support":4},
"Option B": {"price":3, "ease":5, "support":4},
}
for opt, s in scores.items():
total = sum(s[c]*w for c,w in weights.items())
print(f"{opt}: {total:.2f}")
PY
Output
- A small table: options × criteria with scores, the weights, and the weighted totals.
- The recommendation in one line, plus the main trade-off ("A wins on price; pick B if ease matters most").
- Note any decisive dealbreaker that overrides the score (a hard constraint).
Guidance
- Weights encode the user's values — ask or state your assumption, and invite them to retune.
- Don't false-precision it: scores are judgments. The value is the structure, not the decimals.
- Flag missing info that would change the answer ("if price is fixed, this collapses to ease").