What decision are you trying to make?
Start with the question that can still change the move. Chemistry and day quality come first; calibration, batch changes, journaling, and troubleshooting come after the risky ambiguity is named.
Start with the check that can still stop the day.
Clear the costly misses first: chemistry, whether today is actually workable, the first careful floor, then protocol cleanup or journal work once the basics are no longer guesswork.
Could anything I'm taking change this?
Safety before dose Medication ScreenStack Screen · Verdict · chemistry-risk
Check meds, supplements, and recent substances for safety issues or a dulled response.
Does today actually feel clean enough to dose?
Go / no-go Pre-Flight ChecklistChecklist · Verdict · day-read
Check your mood, the room, your timing, and anything else in the mix before you commit.
Where should I begin with this batch?
Conservative floor Starting FloorFloor Finder · Spectrum · dose-floor
Get a careful first dose instead of starting too high and spending weeks correcting for it.
What is the single unresolved gate once the basics are roughly known?
Next gate only Protocol CoachProtocol Coach · Protocol · protocol
Use the quick lane when you need stop, wait, or proceed conservatively without bouncing between five separate screens first.
How do I stop guessing and find my range?
Requires logging Discovery JournalField Journal · Protocol · protocol
Use ten sessions to learn what actually works for your body instead of calling a lucky week a plan.
Is this still a microdose, or am I kidding myself?
Zone honesty Dose SpectrumZone Map · Spectrum · zone-honesty
See where the number really lands before you call it subtle.
Get calmer before you try to explain it.
Quiet Room helps when things are loud, fast, or spiraling. Emergency is for red flags, unclear chemistry, or anything that feels medically wrong.
What is the fastest move to reduce momentum right now?
Grounding only Quiet RoomQuiet Room · Stabilize · stabilization
Move from breath to grounding to human support without making yourself solve the whole story first.
Does this feel medically wrong, unclear, or too loud to interpret?
Red flags outrank tools Emergency SupportEmergency boundary · Escalation · no self-diagnosis
Use this when there are red flags, unknown chemistry, or you need the shortest path out of guessing.
Open the narrow read and move.
If the question is clearly meds, washout, prep, or batch change, open the narrow read and move.
New batch. How far back do I go?
Reset uncertainty Batch Transition PlannerReset Planner · Protocol · batch-reset
Reset cleanly when the source, species, or format changes.
Has it actually been long enough?
Spacing, not advice SSRI Recovery TimingRecovery Timeline · Timeline · washout-stage
Compare minimum spacing with something closer to a readable baseline.
How do I make this measurable?
Prep math only Volumetric PrepPrep Read · Recipe · precision
Turn tabs, powder, or tiny weights into something you can dose with less guesswork.
Useful when you need a read, not a guarantee.
These help with tolerance, potency drift, and troubleshooting. Use them to sharpen judgment, not to pretend the ambiguity is gone.
Could tolerance be messing with this?
Estimate only Tolerance ReadRecovery Curve · Timeline · recovery-stage
See whether recent doses are flattening the signal before you chase the number.
How wrong could dry weight be here?
Variance only Potency ExplorerVariance Map · Recipe · variance
Check how much species, storage, and chemistry could move the number before you trust it.
What likely went wrong?
Not diagnosis Diagnostic TroubleshooterFailure Trace · Trace · trace
Trace the likeliest failure before you change your dose again.
A few narrower routes still belong on the board.
Compound fit, storage drift, and first-time setup still matter. They are simply less common starting points.
Use the compound fit lane when the real question is substance choice, not just the number.
Storage drift Storage + Potency ReadUse this when age, heat, light, moisture, or species drift may have quietly rewritten the batch.
First time First-Time Foundation PassUse this when the broad blockers matter more than a day-of checklist: mental, medical, practical, and pressure signals.