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It starts by answering common questions from your Knowledge Base, then guides the user through a short menu of decision-shaped diagnostics: which numbers deserve trust, how to spot dirty signal, when automation is safe, what comparisons teams routinely misread, and how to build a signal culture that produces decisions (not just slides).\n\nIt’s designed for the moment right before a confident meeting goes off the rails. The goal isn’t to over-clean the evidence; it’s to surface the failure modes early—coverage gaps, definition drift, survivorship bias, and attribution theater—so leaders know what to trust, what to verify, and what to stop pretending is precise.\n\n## Key features\n- Knowledge Base first: answers known questions before routing into the diagnostic menu.\n- Guided menu with plain-language paths tied to real decisions (trust, compare, automate, culture).\n- Each path returns a tight set of checks you can run in minutes, not weeks.\n- “Another topic” loop so users can self-serve multiple diagnostics in one session.\n- Optional handoff to a human team via a routed fallback when the situation needs judgment.\n\n## Step-by-step\n1. **Trigger:** The workflow starts when a user opens the workflow entry point.\n2. **Knowledge Base assist:** Calypso searches your Knowledge Base and responds if there’s a relevant article; then continues into guided triage.\n3. **Choose a diagnostic:** The user selects one of five options:\n   1) Trustworthy branch numbers vs. polished noise\n   2) Spot dirty signal before the meeting\n   3) Automation vs. human judgment\n   4) Misreads in branch comparisons & attribution\n   5) Build a signal culture that drives decisions\n4. **Get the playbook (per choice):** The workflow sends a focused checklist and practical guidance for the selected diagnostic.\n5. **Next action:** The user chooses either:\n   - **Another topic** (loops back to the diagnostic menu), or\n   - **Talk to an analyst** (routes to the Analytics department).\n\n## Setup requirements\n- **Calypso Knowledge Base:** Enabled and populated with relevant articles (no external credentials required).\n- **Routing:** An **Analytics** department available for handoff (departmentId and name must match your workspace setup).",{"id":13,"teamId":14,"name":9,"version":15,"workflowVersion":16,"nodes":17,"connections":201,"routingEnabled":8,"active":35},"wf_branch_signal_pitfall_finder","calypso-public-library","1.0.0",1,[18,36,43,55,83,93,99,105,110,116,124,130,136,142,148,163,170,176,187,194],{"id":19,"name":20,"type":21,"typeVersion":16,"position":22,"parameters":25,"category":34,"deletable":35,"connectable":35},"node_flow_cfg","Workflow settings","flow-configs",[23,24],-120,80,{"name":9,"description":26,"tags":27,"triggerType":33},"Guided triage for branch signal reliability, dirty data detection, automation limits, attribution misreads, and decision-driving culture.",[28,29,30,31,32],"branch-metrics","signal-quality","decision-making","attribution","triage","input","policy",false,{"id":37,"name":38,"type":33,"typeVersion":16,"position":39,"parameters":42,"category":33,"deletable":35,"connectable":8},"node_input","Start",[40,41],-60,240,{},{"id":44,"name":45,"type":46,"typeVersion":16,"position":47,"parameters":49,"category":54,"deletable":8,"connectable":8},"node_kb","Knowledge Base assist","knowledge-base-policy",[48,41],160,{"enabled":8,"fallbackToRouting":8,"sticky":35,"stickyMode":50,"activationOpener":51,"personalization":53},"default",{"enabled":8,"instruction":52},"Before we diagnose, I’ll check if we already have a known answer in the Knowledge Base. 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Counter: ask ‘what would have happened anyway?’ and sanity-check with holdouts when possible.\n4) **Survivorship in samples:** Only escalated cases are logged, so the dataset “improves” when escalation is discouraged. Counter: measure *capture rate*.\n5) **Ranking addiction:** Leaders love leaderboards, but ranks hide uncertainty. Counter: show confidence bands or minimum sample thresholds.\n\nIf you remember one line: **When branches differ, assume process differs before you assume performance differs.**",{"id":143,"name":144,"type":119,"typeVersion":16,"position":145,"parameters":146,"category":54,"deletable":8,"connectable":8},"node_msg_culture","Guide: build a signal culture",[121,114],{"text":147},"**How to build a signal culture that helps decisions happen (not just slides)**\n\nCulture isn’t posters. 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