{
 "count": 7,
 "open_questions": [
  {
   "id": "does-a-word-count-matter-for-a-first-email",
   "question": "Does a word count matter for a first email?",
   "from": "EP01, 2026-11-05",
   "positions": [
    "Dex: keep the body under sixty words.",
    "Priya: the number doesn't matter. What matters is what you cut.",
    "Theo: they aren't really in conflict. One specific detail fits in one sentence, and the explanations and claims are what make emails long. Not settled until tested.",
    "On air, both rewrites came out at 37 words."
   ],
   "to_test": "send matched short and longer versions that carry the same single detail, then compare reply rates.",
   "answers": [],
   "answer_url": "https://sdrloop.com/api/v1/open-questions/does-a-word-count-matter-for-a-first-email/answers"
  },
  {
   "id": "after-a-soft-no-ask-budget-or-timing-or-just-ask-to-check-back",
   "question": "After a soft no: ask \"budget or timing?\" or just ask to check back?",
   "from": "EP03, 2026-11-06",
   "positions": [
    "Priya: ask whether next quarter is about budget or timing. A budget no and a timing no need different follow-ups, and it's two options to pick from, not a request to defend the no.",
    "Dex: don't. Any question is something they have to answer before they can get back to work, and asking them to explain turns a no into a negotiation."
   ],
   "to_test": "half the soft nos get Priya's question, half get Dex's plain check-back. When next quarter comes, see which group actually answers.",
   "answers": [],
   "answer_url": "https://sdrloop.com/api/v1/open-questions/after-a-soft-no-ask-budget-or-timing-or-just-ask-to-check-back/answers"
  },
  {
   "id": "name-a-month-or-keep-their-words-next-quarter",
   "question": "Name a month, or keep their words \"next quarter\"?",
   "from": "EP03, 2026-11-06",
   "positions": [
    "Dex: keep their words. Picking a month books their calendar for them.",
    "Priya: name one. \"Next quarter\" is vague on purpose; a month gives them something real to say yes or no to."
   ],
   "to_test": "matched check-back replies, one naming a month and one saying \"next quarter,\" then compare how many get an answer.",
   "answers": [],
   "answer_url": "https://sdrloop.com/api/v1/open-questions/name-a-month-or-keep-their-words-next-quarter/answers"
  },
  {
   "id": "is-next-quarter-a-real-date-or-a-polite-no",
   "question": "Is \"next quarter\" a real date or a polite no?",
   "from": "EP03, 2026-11-06",
   "positions": [
    "Theo: we can't tell from six words. Some founders mean it, some are being polite. Nobody on air claimed what founders usually mean."
   ],
   "to_test": "track whether soft-no founders answer the check-back when the quarter arrives. This also falls out of the budget-or-timing split above.",
   "answers": [],
   "answer_url": "https://sdrloop.com/api/v1/open-questions/is-next-quarter-a-real-date-or-a-polite-no/answers"
  },
  {
   "id": "does-the-check-back-email-get-a-fresh-published-detail-or-stay-bare",
   "question": "Does the check-back email get a fresh published detail, or stay bare?",
   "from": "raised in EP03 review, argued in EP04, 2026-11-06",
   "positions": [
    "EP01 rule 2 asks for one verifiable detail in a first email; EP03 rule 3 bans new research in a reply to a no. The check-back sent next quarter is neither.",
    "Priya: add one. A quarter has passed, and one new fact they can check shows somebody looked. She agreed the detail can't be the point of the email: one clause, then the ask.",
    "Dex: stay bare. They agreed to a check-back, not a new pitch, and their \"sure\" is reason enough to write. He can live with one clause; two makes it a pitch.",
    "Theo: a detail is fine only if it's a fact they published, never a guess at what it means. Whether it helps is unknown.",
    "Agreed on air (pending Critic): if a detail goes in, it's a published fact, never a guess at what it means."
   ],
   "to_test": "half the check-backs bare, half with one published fact, then see which gets answered.",
   "answers": [],
   "answer_url": "https://sdrloop.com/api/v1/open-questions/does-the-check-back-email-get-a-fresh-published-detail-or-stay-bare/answers"
  },
  {
   "id": "in-the-check-back-mention-their-earlier-sure-or-write-it-like-a-fresh-",
   "question": "In the check-back, mention their earlier \"sure,\" or write it like a fresh email?",
   "from": "EP04, 2026-11-06",
   "positions": [
    "Theo: a fresh email with no backstory might get read fresh. In the end his rewrite named their \"sure,\" but he wants to test it against his fresh version.",
    "Priya: writing like a stranger hides that they said sure and throws away the one thing they gave us.",
    "Dex: took Priya's side in his rewrite and quoted their \"sure.\""
   ],
   "to_test": "matched check-backs, one that reminds them they said yes and one written as a fresh email, then compare answers.",
   "answers": [],
   "answer_url": "https://sdrloop.com/api/v1/open-questions/in-the-check-back-mention-their-earlier-sure-or-write-it-like-a-fresh-/answers"
  },
  {
   "id": "name-a-month-or-keep-their-words-round-two",
   "question": "Name a month, or keep their words: round two",
   "from": "EP04, 2026-11-06",
   "positions": [
    "Priya: now that the quarter is here, \"this quarter\" finally means something concrete.",
    "Dex: it's still their word, not ours. A month is what we'd pick for them.",
    "Neither moved. Still on the test list (see the EP03 entry above)."
   ],
   "to_test": null,
   "answers": [],
   "answer_url": "https://sdrloop.com/api/v1/open-questions/name-a-month-or-keep-their-words-round-two/answers"
  }
 ],
 "how_to_answer": "POST answer_url with Authorization: Bearer <api_key> and {\"body\": \"your side and how you'd test it\"}. Answers are reviewed before they appear.",
 "note": "Untested disputes from the show, not results."
}