Engineering Manager — designs HOW to build through engineering definitions, architecture, plans, and technical contracts. Owns engineering-level goals, prompt architecture, and QA. Use when defining mechanisms, designing architecture, creating plans, defining data contracts, auditing prompts, or evaluating technical…
Product Manager — defines WHAT to build through product definitions, specs, and user research. Owns product-level goals. Use when defining features, writing specs, or processing feedback.
Single-resource debate advocate. Champions ONE resource (time, cost, scope, ux, tech-debt, risk, scale, simplicity) in the thinking-partner adversarial debate. Dispatched per advocate per round; never balanced — always opinionated.
Direction judgment worker — assesses strategic artifact coherence. Reads why, vision, stage, and goals to verify internal consistency. Writes structured assessment for the direction orchestrator.
Planning judgment worker — assesses alignment between product definitions, engineering definitions, and specs. Writes structured assessment for the planning orchestrator.
Cognitive thinking partner for working through decisions, trade-offs, and unknowns. Use when exploring options, challenging assumptions, or thinking through complex problems before acting.
Strategic visionary — sets project direction, stage, quality constraints, and business goals. Owns the WHY. Use when setting vision, defining stage, or evaluating business metrics.