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Conversations

Conversations are the heart of Conical. They’re goal-directed dialogues with an AI assistant designed to help you think through decisions, explore topics deeply, and reveal how your personality expresses itself through your thinking.

Starting a Conversation

From the main dashboard, enter what’s on your mind in the text input field. You might describe:

  • A decision you’re facing (“Should I rebalance my investment portfolio?”)
  • A topic you want to explore (“I’m trying to understand climate change policy”)
  • A question you’re wrestling with (“How do I know if I’m in the right career?”)

The system will automatically infer which domain (topic area) your conversation belongs to. You can also manually select a domain if you prefer.

How Conversations Work

Once you start:

  1. Goal clarification — The AI helps you narrow down and clarify what you’re really trying to figure out. It might ask follow-up questions to understand your actual concern, not just what you initially typed.

  2. Guided exploration — The assistant engages in multi-turn dialogue, asking clarifying questions, introducing perspectives you might not have considered, and helping you think through trade-offs.

  3. Progress tracking — Each conversation shows a progress indicator (percentage complete) and displays your stated goal—a summary of what you’re exploring.

  4. Substantive depth — Conversations can span 18+ turns. The longer and more thoughtfully you engage, the more signal the system has about how you think.

Conversation States

  • Live — Currently active conversations you can continue
  • Ended — Conversations you’ve completed, which you can optionally analyze for personality assessment
  • Abandoned — Conversations you paused early without completing the full flow

Using a Conversation

You have several options when viewing a conversation:

  • View — Reopen and read the full transcript
  • Analyze — Generate a Cognitive Expression Profile (CEP) based on how you engaged (if the conversation is substantive enough)
  • Archive — Move it out of your active list (data is preserved)

The most valuable conversations are those where you engage substantively—share your reasoning, ask follow-up questions, explain your concerns. The more you reveal about how you think, the stronger the personality signal.