B4 Index

For browsing, filtering, or finding the index's name for something. Example: {"query": "warehouse picking", "domain": "Supply Chain"}. Search and filter the B4 Index's 1,600+  ⟨275 unchanged words⟩  which are the ones published on logged-out surfaces. Routing: a vendor or product name → b4_audit (one or many; add a short description of what it does for anything the index may not know); a need or problem in words → b4_recommend; an exact category name or id → b4_score (one category) or b4_compare (build vs buy paths); browsing, filtering, or an unknown vocabulary → b4_browse. When an audit row returns clarification.needed, relay askTheUser to the user and re-run that row with the answer as its description. [Needs a B4 plan: browse and score ⟨4 unchanged words⟩ 

CompareFor one exact category name or id when the question is the build vspath against the buy forpath. aExample: specific{"category": software"Order category.Management (OMS)"}. Returns the authored side-by-side analysiscomparison (build, buy and bridge by dimension), when building is right, when buying is right, and the score-derived case for each path, with the category's banded verdict, scores, vendor options, and AI replacement approach, andapproach. actionUse stepsb4_score for eachthe path.scores alone. Structured output carries the full picture: the banded ⟨261 unchanged words⟩  which are the ones published on logged-out surfaces. Routing: a vendor or product name → b4_audit (one or many; add a short description of what it does for anything the index may not know); a need or problem in words → b4_recommend; an exact category name or id → b4_score (one category) or b4_compare (build vs buy paths); browsing, filtering, or an unknown vocabulary → b4_browse. When an audit row returns clarification.needed, relay askTheUser to the user and re-run that row with the answer as its description. [B4 Agent tool. Browse and score come  ⟨7 unchanged words⟩ 

For a need or problem in words, not a vendor name. Example: {"description": "we need to route warehouse pickers by voice"}. Get B4 Index recommendations from a natural language  ⟨293 unchanged words⟩  which are the ones published on logged-out surfaces. Routing: a vendor or product name → b4_audit (one or many; add a short description of what it does for anything the index may not know); a need or problem in words → b4_recommend; an exact category name or id → b4_score (one category) or b4_compare (build vs buy paths); browsing, filtering, or an unknown vocabulary → b4_browse. When an audit row returns clarification.needed, relay askTheUser to the user and re-run that row with the answer as its description. [B4 Agent tool. Browse and score come  ⟨7 unchanged words⟩ 

For one exact category name or id. Example: {"category": "Expense Management", "org": "medium"}. Score a software category using the B4 Index.  ⟨308 unchanged words⟩  which are the ones published on logged-out surfaces. Routing: a vendor or product name → b4_audit (one or many; add a short description of what it does for anything the index may not know); a need or problem in words → b4_recommend; an exact category name or id → b4_score (one category) or b4_compare (build vs buy paths); browsing, filtering, or an unknown vocabulary → b4_browse. When an audit row returns clarification.needed, relay askTheUser to the user and re-run that row with the answer as its description. [Needs a B4 plan: browse and score ⟨4 unchanged words⟩ 

 ⟨94 unchanged words⟩ and the verdict is the quadrant holding the mostlargest probabilityscenario mass. Every verdict ships with its full distribution, a confidence word — clear (≥70% of the massscenario weight), lean (50–70%≥50% and <70%), split (<50%) — and a near-call ⟨52 unchanged words⟩  → BEWARE → BUILD, cheapest mistake first. Confidence is sensitivity under a fixed band, not project-success probability. Optional org lens: set org to "small" ⟨40 unchanged words⟩  the caller looks through, never a stored profile:profile. noChoose userit attributefrom isdelivery savedcapability, inferred,not orheadcount; askedask for,when andthat thecapability is unclear. The raw scores themselves never change. Omit it and you ⟨23 unchanged words⟩ 

 ⟨109 unchanged words⟩ and the verdict is the quadrant holding the mostlargest probabilityscenario mass. Every verdict ships with its full distribution, a confidence word — clear (≥70% of the massscenario weight), lean (50–70%≥50% and <70%), split (<50%) — and a near-call ⟨52 unchanged words⟩  → BEWARE → BUILD, cheapest mistake first. Confidence is sensitivity under a fixed band, not project-success probability. Optional org lens: set org to "small" ⟨40 unchanged words⟩  the caller looks through, never a stored profile:profile. noChoose userit attributefrom isdelivery savedcapability, inferred,not orheadcount; askedask for,when andthat thecapability is unclear. The raw scores themselves never change. Omit it and you ⟨26 unchanged words⟩ 

 ⟨112 unchanged words⟩ and the verdict is the quadrant holding the mostlargest probabilityscenario mass. Every verdict ships with its full distribution, a confidence word — clear (≥70% of the massscenario weight), lean (50–70%≥50% and <70%), split (<50%) — and a near-call ⟨52 unchanged words⟩  → BEWARE → BUILD, cheapest mistake first. Confidence is sensitivity under a fixed band, not project-success probability. Optional org lens: set org to "small" ⟨40 unchanged words⟩  the caller looks through, never a stored profile:profile. noChoose userit attributefrom isdelivery savedcapability, inferred,not orheadcount; askedask for,when andthat thecapability is unclear. The raw scores themselves never change. Omit it and you ⟨26 unchanged words⟩ 

 ⟨127 unchanged words⟩ and the verdict is the quadrant holding the mostlargest probabilityscenario mass. Every verdict ships with its full distribution, a confidence word — clear (≥70% of the massscenario weight), lean (50–70%≥50% and <70%), split (<50%) — and a near-call ⟨52 unchanged words⟩  → BEWARE → BUILD, cheapest mistake first. Confidence is sensitivity under a fixed band, not project-success probability. Optional org lens: set org to "small" ⟨40 unchanged words⟩  the caller looks through, never a stored profile:profile. noChoose userit attributefrom isdelivery savedcapability, inferred,not orheadcount; askedask for,when andthat thecapability is unclear. The raw scores themselves never change. Omit it and you ⟨23 unchanged words⟩ 

 ⟨137 unchanged words⟩ :"integer"},"costTrajectory":{"description":"1-5Cost Trajectory: How1 muchbuild isTCO buildat least vendor cost, beatingstable vendorgap; cost?2 costly alternative with limited improvement evidence; 3 mixed or modest advantage with material assumptions; 4 substantial and widening TCO advantage; 5 credible 80%+ value for <10% annual cost. Compare equivalent scope and horizons, including transition and operation. Do not supply an invented rating when evidence is missing.","maximum":5,"minimum":1,"type ⟨30 unchanged words⟩ "},"vendorValue":{"description":"1-5: HowPurchased muchcapability vendorfit;

 ⟨3 unchanged words⟩ additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"category":{"anyOf":[{"maxLength":120,"minLength":1,"type":"string"},{"exclusiveMinimum":0,"type":"integer"}],"description":"Name of the software category to compare (e.g., 'Email Marketing', 'CRM')","maxLength":120,"type":"string"},"org":{"default":"medium", ⟨49 unchanged words⟩ 

{"$schema":"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#","additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"capability":{"description":"The bounded capability to evaluate, separate from systems to keep.","maxLength":200,"minLength":1,"type":"string"},"description":{"description":"Describe the software need, business ⟨13 unchanged words⟩  and receipt scanning')","maxLength":1000,"minLength":1,"type":"string"},"exclusions":{"description":"Capabilities or systems outside the requested replacement scope.","items":{"maxLength":120,"minLength":1,"type":"string"},"maxItems":30,"type":"array"},"org":{"default":"medium", ⟨49 unchanged words⟩ 

 ⟨3 unchanged words⟩ additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"category":{"anyOf":[{"maxLength":120,"minLength":1,"type":"string"},{"exclusiveMinimum":0,"type":"integer"}],"description":"Name of a known B4 category (e.g., 'Expense Management', 'CRM')","maxLength":120,"type":"string"},"includeEvidence":{"default":false,"description" ⟨99 unchanged words⟩ maximum":5,"minimum":1,"type":"numberinteger"},"costTrajectory":{"description":"1-5:  ⟨8 unchanged words⟩ maximum":5,"minimum":1,"type":"numberinteger"},"specificity":{"description":"1-5:  ⟨5 unchanged words⟩ maximum":5,"minimum":1,"type":"numberinteger"},"strategicControl":{"description":"1-5:  ⟨6 unchanged words⟩ maximum":5,"minimum":1,"type":"numberinteger"},"vendorValue":{"description":"1-5:  ⟨12 unchanged words⟩ maximum":5,"minimum":1,"type":"numberinteger"}},"required":["specificity","aiFeasibility" ⟨7 unchanged words⟩