Every feature should trace back
to a real user problem.
Most teams build from opinions. Pathmode builds from evidence. We believe structured intent — grounded in real user friction — is the missing layer between discovery and execution.
The full chain — from support ticket to deployed code — is traceable.
Evidence over opinions.
Roadmaps should be grounded in real user friction — support tickets, research transcripts, analytics — not stakeholder guesses or competitor mimicry.
Specs are compiled, not written.
AI synthesizes structured intent from clustered evidence. Humans review and refine. The spec includes preconditions, edge cases, and success criteria — all traced to source.
Every shipped feature is auditable.
From the original support ticket to the deployed code, the chain is unbroken. Every outcome links to an intent. Every intent links to evidence. No black boxes.
Evidence, not artifacts.
Support tickets, research transcripts, analytics events, app reviews — these aren't artifacts to archive. They're evidence to synthesize. Pathmode ingests friction from your existing tools and organizes it by type: friction, quotes, observations, metrics, and requests.
Settings page: 73% drop-off rate before completing changes
"I can't find where to change my password — 5 minutes looking"
Average time-to-complete for settings: 4.2 min (target: <1 min)
6/8 usability test participants struggled to locate preferences
"Just let me see my account info without logging in every time"
Vision first, always.
Everything starts with your product vision. It defines the context — non-negotiables, tradeoffs, what matters. Every signal that flows in from users is checked against it. Aligned evidence becomes intent. Noise gets filtered out. Your vision is the gravity that keeps every decision in orbit.
"Make account management effortless — any change in under 60 seconds."
Guardrails, not guidelines.
Before a single spec is written, define the rules of the game. Your product vision, the tradeoffs you've made, and the non-negotiables no agent can break. Every rule flows automatically into intent specs and agent prompts — so AI knows your constraints before writing a single line of code.
"What should your product never compromise on — even under deadline pressure?"
"Customer data must never leak between tenants. Every destructive action must be reversible."
Intent is compiled, not written.
Users don't write specs — they review them. Pathmode synthesizes structured intent from your clustered evidence: objective, outcomes, edge cases, constraints. Every field links to specific evidence items. When an AI agent asks "why," the answer is always traceable.
Redesign account settings to reduce drop-off and friction
From spec to agent prompt.
Export structured intent directly to AI coding agents — Claude Code, Cursor, or push to Linear and Jira. Every exported prompt includes your constitution rules as non-negotiable constraints. Every agent action traces back to a spec. Every spec traces back to evidence.