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Negotiation Prep

Tell it who's across the table and what you want — walk in with a BATNA, probing questions, a concession ladder and talking points.

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The ten minutes before a negotiation decide more than the hour in the room. Yet most of us walk in with a number in our head and nothing else. This tool turns three things you already know — who's across the table, what you want, what you're holding — into a one-page prep sheet built on the frameworks negotiators actually use: BATNA, range probing, a concession ladder.

How it works

  1. Pick your scenario: a B2B deal, a salary or job offer, or something else entirely.
  2. Describe the other side — the company or person, their situation, what you know about their pressures and alternatives.
  3. State your goal in concrete terms: a number, a term, a date.
  4. Optionally list your constraints and cards: budget lines, deadlines, tradeables, must-not-give-ups.
  5. Get a structured prep sheet, ready to read on your phone before you walk in.

What you get

  • Your goal, restated with 2–3 checkable success criteria — so "winning" stops being a feeling and becomes a signature.
  • Your BATNA — your best alternative if this deal dies, and the walk-away line it implies. If you don't have one, the sheet tells you to build one instead of pretending.
  • Questions to probe their range — what to ask about their constraints, timeline and alternatives to discover where the deal can really land. Questions to ask, never numbers we invented.
  • What they probably want, marked clearly as speculation to verify — guesses grounded in what you told us, not facts.
  • Your leverage, item by item, each traceable to something you actually wrote.
  • A concession ladder — what to give, what it costs you, and what to ask in return, ordered cheapest-for-you first. Concessions get traded, never donated.
  • Words for the room — how to open, how to concede without losing ground, and what to do when talks stall. Approach guidance for honest pressure, not scripts to deceive.
  • The gaps to fill — what you still don't know and should find out before sitting down.

Straight talk about limits

This is decision support, not professional negotiation, legal or financial advice — the sheet says so itself, every time. It is built for honest negotiations: ask it for fake promises, invented competing offers or anything deceptive or illegal, and it will refuse and explain why. And it works only from what you tell it — it does not research the other side, and it will not invent facts to fill the blanks. What it doesn't know, it lists.

Tips

Concrete beats broad in every field: "renew at $45k, standard tier, two weeks" produces a sharper sheet than "get a good deal." Include deadlines and alternatives when you have them — they are where leverage lives. And skip anything you'd call a trade secret; describe situations, not confidential numbers. Run it again whenever you learn something new — a prep sheet is a living document until the meeting starts.

Questions

Is it free to try?

Yes. You can run it once without an account. After that, sign in to get free credits — each run costs 13 credits.

Will it research the other side for me?

No — and that is deliberate for this first release. The sheet is built only from what you tell it: your read on the other side, your goal, your constraints. Anything it doesn't know goes into the "gaps to fill" section instead of being invented. Researching the other side's public information automatically is planned for a later release.

Does it ever guess what the other side wants?

It reasons about likely interests from what you described — but those lines are labeled as speculation to verify and never presented as facts. It will not make up the other side's numbers, policies or bottom line, because a prep sheet built on invented facts is worse than none.

Can it help me pressure someone with a fake competing offer?

No. Requests for manipulation — fake promises, invented buyers, bluff numbers — are refused with an explanation, as are fraud, threats and anything illegal. Honest pressure is more than enough: real deadlines, real alternatives and verifiable value all survive scrutiny, and the sheet shows you how to use them.

I'm negotiating a job offer. Is this career or legal advice?

Neither. It is decision support: framing base, bonus and PTO trade-offs, probing questions, and a concession ladder for the conversation. Where employment law comes up — contract clauses, non-competes, notice periods — it sticks to general facts and points you to a lawyer or HR professional for your situation.

Should I paste confidential numbers from my deal?

Please don't. Share only what the sheet needs: situations, positions, ranges you're comfortable describing. The input fields are deliberately minimal, your input is not used to train models, and you can rerun anytime with better information.

Can I edit the sheet or export it?

Editing happens the practical way: adjust your inputs and rerun — new facts in, new sheet out. For the meeting itself, use the copy action to take the full sheet with you.

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