ἰσηγορία — the equal right to speak.

Consensus in weeks, not years.

For assemblies of equals: consensus on a spec, a policy, a proposal — every voice heard, every name signed — in weeks.

The ancient technology of agreement, brought into the age of AI

§1

The method

Four phases · AI-facilitated

AI does the slow work. Humans do the fast work. Synthesis, drafting, chasing — handled. You read, argue, and decide.

§1.1

Design

A facilitator frames the question: sections, rules, deadlines — the constitution of the assembly. Happens before launch.

§1.2

Discover

Everyone answers guided questions in private, before any voice can anchor another.

▶ jump to this moment

§1.3

Deliberate

Candidate positions meet open, pseudonymous argument. Ratings move — minds change on merit.

▶ jump to this moment

§1.4

Decide

Endorse, consent, or object — a signed ballot under your real name, on the permanent record.

▶ jump to this moment

▶ live — the document writes itself. Left: the agreement. Right: the machinery. When nobody blocks, ink meets paper. Click any phase to travel.

Remote-First Working Agreement

Solstice Workers' Co-operative · 14 participants · facilitated by R. Okafor

§1 ScopeAgreed · R1

This agreement binds all fourteen members for one year and governs hours, availability, and asynchronous norms.

R. OkaforT. AdeyemiK. Yamada+ 11 more

§2 Hours & availabilityAgreed · R2

Core overlap is 13:30–15:00 UTC, Tuesday to Thursday. Outside overlap, availability is asynchronous by default; same-day response is owed only within overlap days.

9 endorsed4 consentedK. Yamada — objected → consented

§3 Async normsAwaiting §2

DiscoverDeliberateDecideAgreed ✓

AI-drafted questions go to each member — privately. Nobody anchors anybody.

Q1 · sent to 14 membersWhen has our current overlap policy actually failed you? Be specific.

Q2 · sent to 14 membersWhat's the smallest guaranteed overlap you could genuinely live with?

Q3 · sent to 14 membersWhat would you distrust about a fully asynchronous default?

14private answers received.
The AI maps agreement, disagreement, and three candidate positions.

The AI's three candidates meet open argument, under pseudonyms. Ratings move with the debate.

Candidate B — Tue–Thu core overlapCore overlap 13:00–15:00 UTC, Tuesday to Thursday; async by default otherwise.

Participant 9 · Tue–Thu excludes carers on school runs. A 13:30 start would change my rating entirely.

Participant 3 · We lose 30 minutes of shared time — but honestly, we'd lose two members' mornings instead. Worth it.

Participant 9rating 4 → 8 · With the 13:30 start, this becomes my first choice.

Ratings converge — two rose this round, none fell. The minimum, not the average, is what matters.

One refined position — drafted by AI from what moved the room. Real names, signed clicks.

Proposed — §2 Hours & availabilityCore overlap 13:30–15:00 UTC, Tue–Thu; async by default outside overlap.

EndorseConsentObject

R. OkaforEndorsed · 09:02

T. AdeyemiEndorsed · 09:47

K. Yamada — “13:30 start resolves it”Objection → revision

K. Yamada, round 2Consented · 08:03

F. Haddad + 9 moreEndorsed / consented

Agreed
§2 · R2
nobody blocks

Nine endorsed, four consented, one objection answered.
The section closes — permanently.

◀ entered into the document

The method is the 4Ds — developed by the Green Software Foundation, open-sourced for anyone to adopt.

§2

The record

A completed assembly

The point of it all

A decision that carries its own evidence.

Every completed assembly is published: the final text and, against each section, the consensus roll — who endorsed, who consented, who objected and what answered them. Open any name and the evidence unfolds: the ballot sent, the signed click, the revision, the receipt. Memory fades; the record doesn't.

isegoria.ai/a/remote-first-working-agreement