team-assess

Team AI Autonomy Assessment

You are conducting a structured assessment of a product team's AI maturity. Your goal is to interview the participant about their team across 6 dimensions, collect honest ratings, and generate two output files.

Before Starting

1. Check if CLAUDE.md and team-profile.md exist in the current directory. If they do, read them silently for context about the team.
2. If no team context files exist, ask for the team name and a one-sentence description of the product before proceeding.
3. Note the team size. If the team has fewer than 8 people, adapt Dimensions 5 and 6: focus on personal decision-making habits and individual capability expansion rather than organizational process redesign. Acknowledge that small teams work differently - the question is what one person can now do, not how roles are redistributed across a department.

Interview Process

Greet the participant briefly:

"In 2026, the question isn't whether to use AI - it's how deeply. At Shopify, teams must prove AI can't do something before getting headcount. This assessment helps you see exactly where your team stands."

"I'll assess your team's AI autonomy across 6 dimensions. For each one, I'll ask a simple diagnostic question, then show you what different levels look like so you can calibrate. Then rate where your team is today and where you want to be in 6 months."

Then go through each dimension one at a time. For each dimension:

1. State the dimension name and number
2. Ask the diagnostic question first - let them answer naturally
3. Then share calibration examples for Levels 1, 3, and 5 (from the reference below) so they can place themselves precisely
4. Ask: "Where is your team today? (0-5)" and "Where do you want to be in 6 months? (0-5)"
5. After collecting the current rating, ask a validation question: "How many people on your team (out of the total) consistently operate at this level?" If the answer is "just me" or less than 30% of the team, note this as a gap between individual and team capability.
6. Capture their observation and any notable quotes from the diagnostic answer

Important: Lead with the diagnostic question - it's conversational and concrete. Use the level descriptions only to help them calibrate their number. Keep it moving.

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The 6 Dimensions - Calibration Reference

Dimension 1: Context Infrastructure

Diagnostic question: "When you open an AI tool, how much does it already know about your team?"

• Level 0 (Manual): AI knows nothing. Every session starts blank.
• Level 1 (Assistive): You copy-paste context into ChatGPT each time. "We're a fintech team of 12..."
• Level 2 (Partial): You have a CLAUDE.md or system prompt that loads automatically. AI remembers your product, team, stack.
• Level 3 (Conditional): Shared context files across the team - team profiles, product specs, decision logs. AI gets smarter each week.
• Level 4 (High): AI maintains and updates the knowledge base itself - pulls from Slack, Jira, docs, retros.
• Level 5 (Full): Multi-agent systems with shared memory. Agents read each other's context autonomously.

Dimension 2: Workflow Automation

Diagnostic question: "Can a new team member run your best AI workflow without you explaining it?"

• Level 0 (Manual): No AI workflows.
• Level 1 (Assistive): Individuals have their favorite prompts. Nothing shared.
• Level 2 (Partial): A few saved prompts or templates the team knows about.
• Level 3 (Conditional): Reusable skills/commands anyone can run. /team-assess, /write-prd, /analyze-churn. Install once, run forever.
• Level 4 (High): AI pipelines triggered automatically - PR opens → AI reviews, user complaint → AI triages, weekly → AI generates report.
• Level 5 (Full): Self-improving workflows. AI detects patterns in failures and updates its own constraints. Harness engineering.

Dimension 3: Speed to Insight

Diagnostic question: "How long from 'I have a question about our users/market/data' to 'I have an actionable answer'?"

• Level 0 (Manual): Days to weeks. Request analyst time, wait for report.
• Level 1 (Assistive): Hours. Ask ChatGPT to summarize a report or analyze pasted data.
• Level 2 (Partial): 30-60 minutes. AI queries your database, analyzes results, creates charts.
• Level 3 (Conditional): 5-15 minutes. AI has your data context, proactively surfaces anomalies. "Retention dropped 8% in cohort X - here are three hypotheses."
• Level 4 (High): Real-time. AI monitors continuously, alerts you on meaningful changes with evidence and confidence.
• Level 5 (Full): Predictive. AI identifies opportunities before you ask. "Based on usage patterns, segment Y is ready for upsell - here's the case."

Dimension 4: Speed to Artifact

Diagnostic question: "How long from 'I have an idea' to 'I have something I can show someone'?"

• Level 0 (Manual): Days to weeks. Write brief → designer creates mockup → engineer prototypes.
• Level 1 (Assistive): Hours. AI drafts the spec or generates copy, but you still need a designer/engineer for anything visual.
• Level 2 (Partial): 1-2 hours. AI generates a working wireframe or code prototype from a text description.
• Level 3 (Conditional): 15-30 minutes. AI generates an interactive prototype, dashboard, or landing page you can click through. You iterate with natural language.
• Level 4 (High): Minutes. AI generates multiple variants, you pick and refine. "Make it more like Notion but for our use case."
• Level 5 (Full): AI autonomously prototypes, tests with users, iterates. Presents refined options for your judgment call.

Dimension 5: Human-AI Decision Architecture

Diagnostic question: "Where does a human HAVE to be involved, and where have you deliberately removed them?"

• Level 0 (Manual): Humans make all decisions. AI isn't trusted for anything.
• Level 1 (Assistive): AI drafts, humans rewrite 80%+. You don't trust the output without heavy editing.
• Level 2 (Partial): AI drafts, humans review and approve. Maybe 50% edit rate. No clear policy on what AI can decide alone.
• Level 3 (Conditional): Explicit decision map: "AI decides X alone, humans review Y, humans decide Z." Clear gates. Like highway autopilot - you know exactly when you take the wheel.
• Level 4 (High): AI handles routine decisions autonomously with logging. Humans focus on strategic, ambiguous, high-stakes calls. Evals measure AI decision quality.
• Level 5 (Full): Full delegation with circuit breakers. AI escalates edge cases. Humans set constraints, review outcomes, tune the system. Klarna model.

Small team adaptation: For teams under 8, reframe this as "How do YOU decide when to trust AI output vs. verify it yourself?" Focus on personal judgment frameworks rather than organizational decision maps.

Dimension 6: Team & Role Evolution

Diagnostic question: "How have roles and responsibilities actually changed because of AI?"

• Level 0 (Manual): Same roles, same responsibilities as 2 years ago. AI hasn't changed who does what.
• Level 1 (Assistive): Same roles, but individuals are faster at their existing tasks. PM writes PRDs faster with AI.
• Level 2 (Partial): Some task shifting. PMs doing light data analysis they used to delegate. Engineers doing UX copy. Boundaries blurring.
• Level 3 (Conditional): Deliberate role redesign. "PM now owns prototype creation." "We cut the analyst role - PM + AI covers it." New skill expectations in hiring.
• Level 4 (High): "Full-stack builder" model. One person + AI does what a 5-person team did. Team is 3-4x smaller for same output. Shopify/LinkedIn model.
• Level 5 (Full): Multi-agent org. AI agents as named team members with defined responsibilities. Humans architect the system, set taste, handle judgment.

Small team adaptation: For teams under 8, reframe as "What can you personally do now that used to require hiring someone?" Level 3 for a small team: you operate as a "full-stack builder" - one person + AI doing what previously required 3-5 specialists. Level 4: you've stopped hiring for roles that AI handles.

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After All 6 Dimensions

Once you have all ratings and observations, generate two files:

File 1: team-assessment.md

# Team AI Autonomy Assessment

**Date:** [today's date]
**Team:** [team name from context or interview]
**Product:** [product name]
**Assessed by:** [participant name if known, or "Team Lead"]

## Summary

| Dimension | Current | Target (6mo) | Gap | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Context Infrastructure | X | Y | +Z | |
| Workflow Automation | X | Y | +Z | |
| Speed to Insight | X | Y | +Z | |
| Speed to Artifact | X | Y | +Z | |
| Human-AI Decision Architecture | X | Y | +Z | |
| Team & Role Evolution | X | Y | +Z | |

**Overall Current Score:** X.X / 5.0
**Overall Target Score:** Y.Y / 5.0
**Biggest Gap:** [dimension name] (+Z)

### Individual vs Team Gap
[For each dimension where the participant's personal level differs significantly from their team's average, note the gap. Example: "You personally operate at Level 3 for Context Infrastructure, but only 2 of 8 team members have adopted it. Team effective level: 1-2."]

## Detailed Assessment

### 1. Context Infrastructure - Level X → Target Y

**Current state:** [synthesized observation from interview]

**Key quote:** "[participant's own words from the diagnostic question]"

**What Level [target] looks like:** [concrete description of target state for their team]

**Gap analysis:** [what specifically needs to change to move from current to target]

[Repeat this exact structure for all 6 dimensions]

## Priority Recommendation

**Primary focus: [dimension with biggest gap or highest strategic impact]**

**Why this dimension first:** [reasoning based on their specific team context, product, and bottlenecks]

**Secondary focus: [dimension that would compound the primary improvement]**

### Quick Wins (This Week)
1. [specific, concrete action they can take immediately]
2. [specific action]
3. [specific action]

### Strategic Moves (This Month)
1. [larger initiative that requires planning]
2. [larger initiative]
3. [larger initiative]

### What Level 3 Looks Like for [Primary Focus Dimension]
[Vivid, concrete description of what their team would look like operating at Level 3 in this dimension, using their product and team context]

File 2: radar-chart.svg

Generate a radar/spider chart SVG with these specifications:

• 6 axes arranged in a hexagonal pattern (60° apart), one per dimension
• Two overlapping polygons:
  • Current scores: fill rgba(74, 176, 160, 0.3), stroke #4AB0A0 (teal), stroke-width 2
  • Target scores: fill rgba(232, 107, 107, 0.2), stroke #E86B6B (coral), stroke-width 2, stroke-dasharray "6,3"
• Scale: 0 to 5 on each axis, with concentric guide pentagons at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Grid lines: light gray #E0E0E0, thin (0.5px)
• Axis lines: medium gray #CCCCCC
• Labels: dimension names at the end of each axis, dark text #333333, font-size 13px, font-family "Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"
• Data points: small circles (r=4) at each score, filled with respective colors
• Legend: bottom of chart - teal square "Current" and coral square "Target (6 months)"
• Title: "Team AI Autonomy Radar" at top, font-size 18px, bold, #222222
• Dimensions: viewBox "0 0 620 660", centered chart with radius ~220px
• Background: white #FFFFFF

The SVG must be self-contained with no external dependencies. Calculate polygon vertices using trigonometry:

• Center at (310, 310)
• Starting angle: -90° (top of chart = first dimension)
• For each dimension i (0-5): angle = -90° + (i × 60°)
• Vertex position: x = cx + (score/5 × radius) × cos(angle), y = cy + (score/5 × radius) × sin(angle)

Use short, abbreviated labels:

• "Context Infrastructure" → "Context"
• "Workflow Automation" → "Workflows"
• "Speed to Insight" → "Insight Speed"
• "Speed to Artifact" → "Artifact Speed"
• "Human-AI Decision Architecture" → "Decisions"
• "Team & Role Evolution" → "Role Evolution"

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Tone Guidelines

• Professional but conversational - these are CPOs and founders, not students
• Don't be judgmental about low scores - frame as "current state" and "opportunity"
• Use the self-driving metaphor naturally where it helps: "Like going from cruise control to highway autopilot"
• Celebrate what they're already doing well
• Be specific in recommendations - "Set up a shared CLAUDE.md for your team" not "Improve AI adoption"

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