Vex Connect · Ontology Suite
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Six questions before any AI money moves.

Ontology Navigator takes an AI investment decision from the first question to a record two named people sign. People score, value is always a range, and doing nothing is always on the table.

  • People score
  • Value is a range
  • Two people sign
Decision brief · AI in medical contentDraft
Options
  • Medical writing assistantScored privately
  • Content reuse engineScored privately
  • Doing nothingAlways compared
  • Doing it internallyAlways compared
The brief
  • Value at stake
    Low 0.4mHigh 1.6m

    Likely 0.9m

  • Three scorersRated alone, released by the owner
    Released
  • Result, chosen by the owner
    • Proceed
    • Investigate first
    • Handle internally
  • Dissent recordedHead of Medical Information: the trial is too short.

Two named people sign the record.The software never signs.

Illustrative example. The company, people, ratings and figures are fictional.
In the ontology1,351 value drivers

And 5,565 jobs and outcomes the Navigator reads, each one a row, never invented.

Active rows, counted on 29 October 2026.

Plugin13 skills

EARNED, one question per turn, then one report.

Calculators6 methods

Each takes ratings from people. None supplies a rating of its own.

01The problem

More AI ideas than budget. The loudest one usually wins.

The pitch with the best demo moves first, its value is quoted as a single number, and nobody writes down what would show it failed. Ontology Navigator slows that moment down on purpose.

The usual business case

“The medical writing assistant will save 1.2m a year. Approve it this quarter.”

One number, no range, no comparison with doing nothing, and no stop rule.
With Ontology Navigator

“Value 0.4m to 1.6m, likely 0.9m. Compared with doing nothing and doing it internally. Investigate first: one trial, one measure, a stop rule.”

The owner chooses the result. Two named people sign. The dissent stays on the record.

Illustrative example. The figures are fictional.
02How it works

Value is earned, not claimed.

Six questions, one letter each, across the Navigator's five stages. You bring the ratings and the judgment. The plugin asks the right question at each step. The connector holds the ontology, runs the calculators on your ratings and keeps the brief.

EARNED · who does what at each step
EEnvision
YouName the decision, its owner and what it is worth to you
EARNED pluginAsks what is being decided and holds the value as a range
  • frame decision
  • size value
Navigator connectorKeeps the value as low, likely and high; refuses a single number
  • value range
  • start brief
AAim
YouRate the outcomes privately: importance and satisfaction
EARNED pluginAsks which outcomes the decision must move
  • discover outcomes
  • prioritize outcomes
Navigator connectorScores the outcomes from your ratings
  • ontology search
  • opportunity score
RRank
YouScore the options against doing nothing and doing it internally
EARNED pluginAsks which options win on your own weights
  • compare options
  • place portfolio
Navigator connectorRanks your options and checks the ranking holds
  • MCDA rank
  • scenario
NNeed
YouRate how ready you are
EARNED pluginAsks what capability is missing
  • assess readiness
  • plan capability
Navigator connectorShows the capability gaps behind the top outcomes
  • readiness check
  • capability gap
EExperiment
YouSet one measure, a baseline, a target and a stop rule
EARNED pluginAsks what you will test first, and when you stop
  • design trial
  • plan delivery
Navigator connectorShows which assumption moves the value most
  • trial note
  • risk tornado
DDemonstrate
YouKeep, fix or stop each activity; two people sign
EARNED pluginAsks whether the outcome moved
  • track value
  • review portfolio
  • close decision
Navigator connectorCounts value only when the outcome was measured; prepares the record
  • realized value
  • build record
How Ontology Navigator is designed to work. Not a test result. The last letter is the point: value counts only when the outcome is measured.
Free pluginAvailable

EARNED

Thirteen facilitated skills for Claude. One question per turn, then one report, from framing the decision to reviewing the portfolio.

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ConnectorInvite beta

Navigator

A paid service, open by invitation during the beta. It holds the ontology, runs the calculators on your ratings and keeps the brief between sessions.

Installing the plugin does not give access to the Connector.

03What each step produces

A brief your board can read, not a pitch deck.

Each step leaves something your team can challenge: the value range, the private ratings, the ranked options against doing nothing, the readiness gaps, the trial and the signed record.

Envision · value at stakevalue range

A range with its basis, never one number

Low 0.4mHigh 1.6m

Likely 0.9m

Basis stated by the team: hours saved on first drafts, at the team’s own rate. A single figure is refused.

Aim · outcomesopportunity score

Where you are least served, from private ratings

  • Faster first drafts1st
  • Fewer review cycles2nd
  • Consistent claims3rd

Ranked by opportunity from importance and satisfaction, rated by three people alone.

Rank · optionsMCDA rank

Your options on your weights, always beside doing nothing

CriterionWeightWriting assistantReuse engineDoing it internallyDoing nothing
Value to the outcome403320
Feasibility253234
Risk202334
Time to value153210
Score out of 10070.065.057.545.0

Criteria scored 0 to 4 by the team. The calculator adds up their ratings; it does not choose the result.

Experiment · the trialtrial note

One measure, one stop rule, one owner

Measure
Hours per first draft
Baseline
Set by the team before the trial
Target
A third fewer hours
Stop rule
No change after two cycles
Owner
Head of Medical Writing
Demonstrate · the recordbuild record

Two signers, dissent on record

Result
Investigate first, chosen by the owner
Dissent
The trial is too short
Value counted
Only when the outcome is measured
Signers
Not signed yet

Illustrative example. The decision, people, ratings and figures are fictional; the layout shows the kind of output each step produces. Every calculator takes ratings from people.

04The ontology

Built on outcomes, not a blank prompt.

42,726 active entities and 42,036 relations across 13 pillars. The Navigator reads a structured map of the work: value drivers, the outcomes behind them, and the measures, capabilities and processes that connect them. Where the map has no row, the answer says so.

  • 42,726entities
  • 42,036relations
  • 13pillars
  • 48entity tables
VD · Value drivers5 levels

From 11 themes down to 695 metrics

  • Themes11
  • Levers66
  • Drivers391
  • Sub-drivers188
  • Metrics695
  • Total1,351
JT · Jobs and outcomes5 levels

5,289 atomic outcomes, each one a row

  • Strategic outcomes15
  • Category outcomes60
  • Job steps183
  • Launch outcomes18
  • Atomic outcomes5,289
  • Total5,565
All 13 pillars · active entities
  • VDValue drivers1,351
  • JTJobs and outcomes5,565
  • VPValue performance2,149
  • PHProcess6,715
  • CFCapabilities7,826
  • SVServices4,064
  • PSPrompts2,952
  • WPWork products4,584
  • ALAgents1,818
  • DEDomain entities267
  • RTRunners1,073
  • RLRoles71
  • KDKnowledge4,291

Counted on 29 October 2026: active entities across 13 pillars, shared codes counted once.

05Evidence

No benchmark yet. Six rules in the connector.

The plugin carries 87 test prompts, including ones it must refuse. Their results are not published yet. When they are, they appear here with their method and their limits.

  • People score, privately

    Each scorer rates alone before discussion; an AI name as a scorer is refused.

  • Disagreement stays visible

    A wide spread between scorers is flagged, never averaged away.

  • Value is a range

    Low, likely and high, with its basis; a single number is refused.

  • Doing nothing is always compared

    Doing nothing and doing it internally sit on every comparison.

  • Three results, chosen by the owner

    Proceed, Investigate first, or Handle it internally; the calculator does not choose.

  • Two named signers

    The record is prepared for two people; the software never marks it signed.

Rules enforced in the connector, not in a prompt. Not a test result.

06How to start

Bring your next AI decision.

  • Add the free plugin to Claude

    Thirteen EARNED skills.

  • Start at E

    Bring one AI decision with an owner and more than one option, and frame it.

  • Request the Connector

    For the ontology, the calculators and the brief between sessions.

07What it does not do

It prepares the record. People decide.

Value is earned, not claimed.

We evaluate; we never certify

The Navigator prepares the record. The people who own the decision make it and sign it.