# Keep Apart

> A playful thinking aid for an everyday clash between two of your own wants. Instead of choosing one, separate them: give each want its own time, place, situation or part of the thing.

URL: https://keep-apart.skillsafe.ai/
API tutorial: https://keep-apart.skillsafe.ai/api.html

## What it does

- You write two wants that seem to cancel each other out, plus (optionally) where they collide and what you tried.
- You answer four questions: do you need both at the same time, in the same place, in every situation, for the whole thing? A "yes" shuts that separation; "no" or "not sure" leaves it open.
- The page reads your words for clue words and picks a verdict by a fixed rule: the first open separation (time, place, condition, parts) with a clue word, else the first open one; if all four are shut, "a real trade-off".
- It draws a four-ring trap holding the two wants apart, free and in the browser, with .svg and .png downloads.
- One metered run (task `separate`, model gpt-terra) names the clash, writes an idea per open separation, and a short plan saying what each want keeps. The page re-checks the reply against your answers.

## Input contract (all strings)

task = "separate"; want_a; want_b; clash; tried; checks (four lines: separation, open or closed, your answer, clue words); verdict (split-time, split-place, split-condition, split-parts or trade-off).

## Output contract (JSON)

verdict; clash; separations (time, place, condition, parts - each with state and idea); resolution (name, steps, keeps_a, keeps_b); first_try; watch_for; closing.

## Sources and credits

- Built on the SkillSafe skill @tjboudreaux/thinking-triz: https://skillsafe.ai/skill/@tjboudreaux/thinking-triz
- The separation idea comes from TRIZ, a problem-solving approach for contradictions.
- Inspired by the way physicists keep antimatter from touching matter: each is held in its own part of a trap.

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