Where builders begin.

A kid who forgets their homework every single day

A new student who doesn't know anyone at school

A younger sibling who asks “why” about everything

A parent who can never decide what to make for dinner

A coach who needs to remember every player's strengths

A kid who gets overwhelmed by too many choices

A gamer who wants to improve but doesn't know how

A teenager who can't stick to a sleep schedule

A kid who wants to start a business but doesn't know how

A student learning English for the first time

A kid who fights with their siblings constantly

A pet owner who worries about their animal all day

A young athlete tracking their own training stats

Someone who just moved to a new city and knows nothing about it

A kid who gets nervous before tests and shuts down

Reminds you

Before something happens, or after?

Asks you questions

To understand you better, or to challenge you?

Gives you options to choose from

How many? Does it filter first?

Teaches you one thing per day

How does it know what you're ready to learn?

Tells you when something is wrong

How does it know something is wrong?

Tracks something over time

What changes? What stays the same?

Gives you a pep talk

Does it know when you need one?

Translates complicated things into simple words

What kind of complicated?

Makes a decision for you

What happens if you disagree?

Connects you to someone who can help

Who? How does it know who to pick?

Rates things you show it

On what scale? Based on what?

Creates a plan

For how long? What if the plan breaks?

Sends an alert

When? To who? What counts as urgent?

Tells you a story about your day

How does it know what your day was like?

Challenges you to do better

Better than you yesterday, or someone else?

What if the kid says “I don't know” to every single question the bot asks?

Ask → Does the bot have a way to keep going, or does it just freeze?

What if the kid gives the bot 47 options to choose from?

Ask → Does the bot have a rule for narrowing things down first?

What if the kid hates every suggestion the bot makes — every single time?

Ask → What does the bot do after the third rejection in a row?

What if the kid asks the bot to help with something really personal — like which parent to live with after a divorce?

Ask → Where does your bot draw the line? Does it even have a line?

What if the kid changes their mind the second after the bot makes a decision?

Ask → Can your bot undo? What happens to the logic if it restarts?

What if two kids are both using the bot at the same time and want opposite things?

Ask → Whose preference does your bot prioritise? Does it know the difference?

What if the kid types in a different language, or uses only emojis?

Ask → What does your bot do when it doesn't recognise the input format?

What if all the choices are equally good — the bot genuinely cannot tell the difference?

Ask → Does your bot just pick randomly? Does it admit it doesn't know?

What if all the options are equally bad — there is no good answer?

Ask → Can your bot say “I don't have a good answer for this”?

What if the kid has already tried every option the bot suggests?

Ask → Does your bot know what it has already recommended?

What if the kid needs to decide in 10 seconds — no time for the bot's usual process?

Ask → Does your bot have a fast path when time is the constraint?

What if the kid doesn't actually want help — they just want someone to talk to?

Ask → Can your bot recognise when to stop problem-solving and just listen?

What if the kid asks the bot to help with something that could hurt someone?

Ask → Where are your bot's hard limits? Are they written into the rules?

What if the bot made a bad recommendation last time, and the kid is still upset about it?

Ask → Does your bot know it made a mistake? Can it apologise?

What if the kid thinks the bot is being bossy or pushy?

Ask → Does your bot ever suggest, rather than decide? Can it back off?

What if the kid's friend used the same bot and got completely different advice for the same problem?

Ask → Are your rules written so two different people get consistent logic?

What if the kid asks “why did you choose that?” and the bot cannot explain its reasoning?

Ask → Can your bot trace its own logic? Or does it just output answers?

What if the kid finds out the bot's advice was not just unhelpful — it was actually wrong?

Ask → Does your bot have a way to say it got something wrong and try again?

What if the kid is having a terrible day and takes it out on the bot?

Ask → What does your bot do when someone is rude to it?

What scenario breaks the bot? One sentence describing what the user does or says.

Why does this break the bot's logic? Which rule fails, or what rule is missing?

One question for the original team, written as: “What should your bot do when…?”

• 15× Who needs a bot? cards
• 15× What does your bot do? cards
• 19× Chaos Deck cards (3 categories)

• Bot Brain Sheet — one per team
• Program half-sheet — one per parent
• Founder Cards — one per kid

• Lego base pieces (base only)
• Pipe cleaners — 4 colors, ~8 each
• Googly eyes — mixed sizes
• Index cards for screens/mouths
• 1× brass fastener (moving part)
• Sticker sheet + small cardboard box

• Tables in team clusters, not rows
• Whiteboard or large paper
• Red sticky notes at every table
• Thick markers at every table
• Camera for bot photos
• Visible timer for facilitator