AMA — Ask Me Anything

01 / Problem

Static portfolios cannot answer a visitor's questions.

A conventional portfolio gives every visitor the same authored sequence, even when each person needs different proof.

02 / Product thesis

Thesis

A portfolio should answer questions, not only display pages.

03 / Design principles

Principles

1. 01

   Ground every answer in portfolio evidence.

   Connect responses to work the visitor can inspect instead of letting the model invent unsupported claims.

2. 02

   Shorten the path to relevant proof.

   Help visitors reach the case studies, decisions, and outcomes relevant to their question without reading every page first.

04 / Experience flow

Flow

1. 01

   Question

   Accept the visitor's own framing.

2. 02

   Intent

   Determine what kind of proof the question requires.

3. 03

   Evidence

   Locate relevant portfolio material.

4. 04

   Answer

   Respond within the available evidence boundary.

5. 05

   Follow-up

   Let the visitor narrow, challenge, or redirect the inquiry.

05 / What was built

What I built

• A question-led entry point into HAND-AXE
• An intent-to-evidence response flow
• Answers designed to remain bounded by portfolio material
• Follow-up interaction for progressively narrower inquiry

06 / Verified outcomes

Verified outcomes

• AMA was represented in the HAND-AXE archive as an AI portfolio interview agent.
• HAND-AXE routed a first-party /ama/ path to the external product deployment.
• The external product path is no longer available and is being retired instead of being presented as live.

07 / Why it was archived

Building the product and operating its market loop were different jobs.

AMA was not archived because the product failed technically. It was archived because I did not have enough time to build the promotion, sales, and feedback loop required to operate it responsibly.

08 / Retrospective

Retrospective