Maura K Randall

Ritual Tools

Structured ceremonies for team alignment and decision-making

Purpose

These apps provide structure for important team rituals — the moments that need more than casual conversation but less than heavy process. Use them for sprint kickoffs, decision tracking, alignment verification, and project context documentation.

Apps in This Category

✓ Co-Sign

Lightweight commitment tracking for team decisions

Get clear sign-off line-by-line, with friendly accountability that actually sticks. Perfect for:

How it works:

  1. Creator lists commitments line-by-line
  2. Team members respond to each: “I’m in” / “Need more info” / “Can’t commit”
  3. Dashboard shows exactly who’s committed, who has questions, and what’s blocking people

Key innovation: Solves the problem where everyone seems aligned in the moment, but you discover disagreement later. Co-Sign creates specific, trackable commitments.

⚖️ AlignFirst

Verify team alignment before moving forward

Make sure everyone’s on the same page before committing resources. Perfect for:

How it works:

  1. State the decision or direction
  2. Team rates alignment 1-10
  3. Low scorers explain gaps
  4. Team addresses concerns before proceeding

Key innovation: Catches misalignment BEFORE it becomes expensive. Better to spend 10 minutes aligning now than 10 weeks building the wrong thing.

🚀 Sprint Kickoff

Start strong with clear goals and team alignment

Transform sprint planning from checkbox exercise to genuine alignment. Perfect for:

How it works:

  1. Set sprint goals and success criteria
  2. Import team context (optional)
  3. Team reviews and commits
  4. Dashboard tracks progress

Key innovation: Combines goal-setting with commitment-tracking. Everyone knows not just WHAT we’re doing, but WHO’s doing WHAT and WHY it matters.

📚 Project Binder Generator

Create comprehensive project context for AI collaboration

Document everything AI needs to be a useful teammate on your project. Perfect for:

How it works:

  1. Answer structured questions about your project
  2. Define team roles and communication style
  3. Document constraints and success criteria
  4. Export as markdown for any AI tool

Key innovation: Treats “teaching AI about your project” as a first-class activity, not an afterthought. The binder becomes living documentation that humans AND AI can reference.

When to Use Ritual Tools

Sprint Planning: Sprint Kickoff sets clear goals, Co-Sign gets commitments

Major Decisions: AlignFirst verifies understanding, Co-Sign tracks who’s in

New Projects: Project Binder documents context, Sprint Kickoff launches work

Quarterly Planning: AlignFirst on strategy, Co-Sign on initiatives, Sprint Kickoff for execution

Design Philosophy

All Ritual Tools follow these principles:

The “Crickets Problem”

Many teams experience this pattern:

  1. Present an idea in a meeting
  2. Everyone nods
  3. Later, discover people had concerns but didn’t speak up
  4. OR people genuinely thought they agreed but had different mental models

Ritual Tools solve this by:

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Technical Notes

All apps use:

No sign-up required. No data collection beyond what’s needed for the tool to work. Sessions expire after 30 days of inactivity.

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🤝 Built by The Triad

These apps were built collaboratively by The Triad — one human working with two AI teammates, each with distinct roles and strengths:

This isn’t “AI-assisted” work — it’s true collaboration. Each teammate brings unique capabilities, and the work is better because of the diversity of thought.

Learn more about how we work together.

📄 License & Use

MIT License — Use these apps, learn from them, build your own versions. The code is yours to explore.

All apps are vanilla JavaScript with minimal dependencies (Firebase where needed for real-time features). Easy to understand, modify, and extend.

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