How to use

Follow one case through your first executive decision.

Current product policyLast updated August 25, 2026

First-use path

Your first decision takes six moves—not a software course.

Start with one synthetic or low-sensitivity Gmail thread. Minerva reconstructs the situation first, then shows the executive only the few questions and choices that could change the recommendation.

I am the decision ownerStart at the decision brief, challenge the advice, then confirm or rewrite the action.I prepare decisions for a leaderStart at Gmail, verify the situation and evidence, then hand over a decision-ready project.
01Select

Open one Gmail thread

One bounded decision context

You doOpen the thread that contains the disagreement and invoke Minerva from the Gmail side panel.
Minerva Team doesReads only the current thread you explicitly opened; it does not search the mailbox or send mail.
Minerva decision overview generated from a selected synthetic Gmail thread
02Orient

Read the situation before answering

People, events and the real decision

You doCheck whether the decision question and stakeholder roles match the thread. Correct them if needed.
Minerva Team doesReconstructs commitments, conflicts and the decision fork instead of beginning with a generic question.
Minerva decision context with stakeholder positions and key events
03Challenge

Hear the specialist disagreement

Three views and one shared judgment

You doInspect what the decision, evidence and impact advisors disagree about.
Minerva Team doesSeparates evidence from inference, surfaces a missing assumption and records what would reverse the advice.
Minerva Team specialist findings and shared judgment
04Answer

Resolve one high-value uncertainty

Only a question that changes the route

You doAnswer the one question whose answer would materially change the recommendation—or state that the evidence is unavailable.
Minerva Team doesUpdates the recommendation from your answer; it should not keep asking low-value variations of the same question.
Minerva decision controls for answering a decisive question
05Decide

Choose, rewrite or reject the direction

A human-owned decision

You doConfirm a route only after reviewing the trade-off, downside and reversal condition.
Minerva Team doesKeeps dissent visible and never treats its recommendation as the executive's approval.
Minerva evidence, inference and reversal condition before decision confirmation
06Act

Turn the decision into a controlled action

Owner, next step, stop rule and editable reply

You doEdit the action and reply, assign the responsible person, then send outside Minerva only when ready.
Minerva Team doesPreserves the decision project so later evidence and results can confirm or overturn the route.
Minerva action command and editable reply controls

Follow one complete product run

A Gmail dispute becomes a decision meeting in 3:02

This is an actual narrated product recording using synthetic content. Watch the whole journey once; then use the six-step guide above as your checklist.

Use safely the first time

  • Use synthetic or low-sensitivity content.
  • Remove passwords, tokens, payment data and unnecessary personal information.
  • Do not invoke Minerva on a thread you are not authorized to process.

Your first run is complete when

  • The people, events and decision question match the source.
  • You can name the overlooked assumption and downside.
  • You—not Minerva—confirmed or rewrote the action.
  • The reply remains editable and unsent until you act.

Ready for your first decision project?

Install Minerva, choose one bounded Gmail thread and use this page beside the Decision Room.

Install from Google Workspace MarketplaceSee more complete product proof →