# Decision Files | Harmate Connect hypotheses, evidence, test questions, and readiness in a readable decision file, without automatic verdicts. - Canonical URL: https://www.harmate.com/en/product/decision-files - Language: en - Updated: Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:07:41 GMT ## Content #### From Signals to Defensible Decisions. Harmate connects hypotheses, answers, evidence, tests, and readiness so every arbitration stays traceable. - Decision Files Human & Traceable Decision Framed Suggestions, No Opaque Generation Connected Evidence & Questions - See a File Example - Create Free Account #### A Reasoning Chain You Can Replay Four markers are enough to replay the reasoning without opening a dashboard. Overview Hypotheses Questionnaires Evidence Tests Readiness Exports Weak Evidence Open Target Question Convert the test question Topic, audience, and constraint keep the decision readable. - Framing - What Must Be Decided Each evidence item keeps its source, segment, and strength. - Evidence - What Supports It The next question stays open, neutral, and linked. - Test - What Remains to Test The file prepares the decision without turning status into a verdict. - Readiness - What Stays Human #### What the File Actually Does - Product Flow #### Set the Topic and Decision Topic, audience, signals, constraints, and expected decision frame the file without forcing a hypothesis. - 1. Framing #### Attach Several Questionnaires A file explicitly links several questionnaires, without an implicit primary questionnaire. - 2. Sources #### Write or Accept an Idea The team can write a hypothesis or generate deterministic suggestions from the framing. - 3. Hypotheses #### Qualify Results Signals Evidence can support, weaken, contradict, or stay neutral, with weak, medium, or strong strength. - 4. Evidence #### Create an Action or Question A draft question converts only into an explicit target questionnaire and stays open. - 5. Tests #### Review, Decide, Export Readiness, synthesis decision, PDF, and JSON schema v4 restore the trace without an automatic verdict. - 6. Output #### Make a Hypothesis Defensible - Evidence Chain #### The Friction Comes from Admin Setup The team states what must be tested, with scope, criticality, and expected impact. - Hypothesis #### SMB Segment: Recurring Blocker Evidence does not become an opaque score: it keeps its stance, strength, and segment. - Results Evidence #### Observe Without Asking for Confirmation The question stays open and neutral before conversion into the target questionnaire. - Test Question #### Ready to Decide, Still to Review The synthesis shows decision readiness without turning evidence into a verdict. - Readiness #### Several Questionnaires, One Evidence Trail to Build - Multi-Questionnaire #### Field Feedback - Questionnaire 1 #### Test Question - Questionnaire 2 #### Segment to Review - Questionnaire 3 #### Readiness Is Not a Verdict - Not an Oracle The file stays exploratory until an idea has been written or accepted. - No Hypothesis Hypotheses exist, but useful evidence or questions are still missing. - Tests Needed Structured material can support an arbitration, without automating the decision. - Ready to Decide A sensitive segment or weak evidence requires review before committee. - Decision at Risk A strong contradiction or missing test prevents the arbitration from being defended. - Decision Blocked #### What the File Does Not Pretend to Do - Explicit Safeguards #### No Forced Hypothesis A file can remain exploratory until an idea has been written or accepted. #### No Added LLM Call Hypothesis and question suggestions are deterministic in the delivered scope. #### Supported Does Not Mean Validated A supported hypothesis remains an evidence-backed idea, not an automatic truth. #### Explicit Target Questionnaire A converted question keeps its target questionnaire; no implicit hierarchy is recreated. #### Complementary Pages Around the File - Inside the Harmate Ecosystem #### Mirror Questionnaires Compare two viewpoints before linking signals to the same file. - Cross-View #### AI Assistant Speed up questionnaire preparation without replacing the human decision. - Preparation #### AI Job Descriptions Structure a hiring case before writing the hypotheses to test. - HR Case #### Automatic Grouping Read group differences before qualifying evidence. - Segments #### Volume & Data Cleaning Know whether answers are clean enough before turning them into evidence. - Data Quality #### Statistics & Tracking Track participation and signal robustness feeding the file. - Measurement #### Language Score Add a language signal when the decision depends on expression level. - Language #### What You Take Out of the Platform #### A File You Can Reread Framing, hypotheses, evidence, questions, and decisions stay structured for later review. #### A PDF That Travels The report restores useful material for a committee, client, or team that was not part of the analysis. #### A JSON You Can Replay The export keeps structured links so context can be recovered and work can continue. #### Frequently Asked Questions About Decision Files #### Does the file force users to create hypotheses? No. A file can stay exploratory. Hypotheses become useful when a team wants to test an idea, connect evidence, and prepare a defensible arbitration. #### Do hypothesis suggestions use an LLM call? No. Current suggestions are deterministic and built from the file framing: topic, audience, signals, constraints, and decision. #### Can one hypothesis be tested by several questionnaires? Yes. A file can carry several questionnaires without an implicit primary questionnaire, and each converted question keeps its target questionnaire. #### Does Harmate automatically decide that a hypothesis is true? No. The system qualifies evidence and updates a status reading, but the decision remains human, contextual, and reviewable. #### Ready to Make Decisions Defensible Again? Create a file, attach your questionnaires, and keep the trace that will let people reread the arbitration later. - Create Free Account - See Exports