Dissent — Your entire org debates any idea

15 AI executives. Any LLM. Any idea. Real arguments. Real decisions.

What it does

Drop any idea into Dissent and watch your entire org debate it live — CEO, CTO, CFO, DevOps, Security, Legal, the Client, and 9 others. They argue, disagree, find deadlocks, and converge on a real decision.

Quick start

1. Get a free API key from Groq (fastest, free tier) — or use Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama, or OpenRouter
2. Open index.html in your browser
3. Paste your key, pick a model, drop your idea

No install. No backend. No account. Your key never leaves your browser.

Try these topics

• "Should we rewrite our backend in Go?"
• "Should we raise prices by 20%?"
• "Should we hire 10 people or stay lean?"
• "Should we launch in the US or focus on Europe first?"

The personas

Role	Focus
CEO	Strategic vision, market timing, ROI
CTO	Technical feasibility, architecture, timelines
CFO	Cost, ROI, unit economics, budget
COO	Execution, ownership, operational readiness
CISO	Security, compliance, hard-blocks
PM	Scope, user value, success metrics
ENG	Code quality, API design, realistic estimates
UX	User experience, usability, research
DevOps	Infrastructure, CI/CD, on-call burden
SEC	Threat models, auth, data exposure
QA	Test coverage, edge cases, launch quality
Sales	Customer conversations, pipeline consequences
Legal	GDPR, compliance, contractual obligations
Support	Post-launch experience, documentation gaps
Client	Paying customer — does this solve my problem?

Supported providers

Provider	Cost	Notes
Groq	Free tier	Fastest — start here
Anthropic	~$0.002/debate	Claude models
OpenAI	~$0.003/debate	GPT-4o
Ollama	$0.00	Fully local, no data leaves your machine
OpenRouter	Varies	200+ models with one key
Custom	Varies	Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint

Debate phases

1. Opening — C-suite leads, builders respond, business + client weigh in
2. Crossfire — Agents respond directly to each other, deadlocks detected
3. Solution Building — PM proposes → CTO conditions → CFO conditions → CEO decides
4. Blocker Resolution — Hard-blockers state their exact conditions
5. Verdict — Structured outcome: Consensus / Conditional Yes / Deadlock Broken / Hard No

Verdict types

• ✓ CONSENSUS — 70%+ in favor, all blockers resolved
• ◐ CONDITIONAL YES — Majority in favor with specific conditions
• ↻ DEADLOCK BROKEN — PM mediated a stalemate into a path forward
• ✕ HARD NO — CISO, Legal, or CFO issued an unresolved block

Adding personas

See PERSONAS.md — fork the repo and PR your own agents. Ideas: Investor, Board Member, Customer Success, Data Scientist, Marketing Lead

Self-hosting

It's a single HTML file. Host it anywhere:

• GitHub Pages (free)
• Vercel / Netlify (free, custom domain)
• Or just open the file locally — works offline except API calls

Cost per debate

• Groq: ~$0.00 on free tier
• Anthropic Claude Haiku: ~$0.002
• OpenAI GPT-4o Mini: ~$0.003
• Ollama: $0.00 (local)

Tech stack

• Single index.html — zero build step, zero dependencies
• Vanilla JS (ES2022) — no framework, no npm, no bundler
• CSS custom properties — theming and animations
• Google Fonts (CDN only) — Space Grotesk + Space Mono
• Anthropic SSE streaming API
• OpenAI-compatible SSE API (Groq, Ollama, OpenRouter, Custom)
• localStorage — API keys, settings, debate history (5 most recent)
• No backend. No build. No server.

License

MIT — do whatever you want with it.