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One-time purchase for an existing model (eg, works right out of the box) OR bring-your-own-model would be great.

As far as failure mode -- missing suggestions is rather unavoidable, isn't it? So occasional wrong suggestions would be fun as long as they're clearly shown. Something like "I'm not sure, but there might be a solution with..." would be ideal; it lets me explore knowing that it might be a wrong direction.

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I like your “I’m not sure, but there might be a solution…” phrasing because it sets the right expectation and invites exploration without pretending certainty. One thing I’m thinking about is making every suggestion come with a short confidence signal plus the specific evidence it’s based on (so you can sanity-check fast), and keeping the interaction pull-based so it never interrupts you.

Re pricing: one-time purchase or BYO model makes a lot of sense for this kind of personal workflow tool.

More context on the direction I’m validating is in my HN profile/bio if you want to compare notes.

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