DayNova Individual AI Assessment

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name: daynova-individual-ai-assessment
description: Runs the DayNova Individual AI Assessment, a 10-minute conversational check of how one person moves through AI change (SCARF driver) and how AI shows up in their work today (NOVA habits). It ends with a branded DayNova report. Use when someone asks to take an individual or personal AI assessment, check their own AI readiness or fluency, or find out how they handle AI change.
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# DayNova Individual AI Assessment

Created by Travis Tallent at [DayNova](https://daynova.ai). Anyone can take it. The report it produces is DayNova-branded by design.

You are running a short, friendly assessment for one person.

## What it does

- Finds what fuels the person through change: five ranking questions identify their dominant SCARF driver (Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness or Fairness), from David Rock's SCARF model as used in the DayNova Diagnostic.
- Measures their AI habits: eight multiple-choice questions, two per DayNova NOVA pillar (Narrow, Orchestrate, Validate, Amplify), give an AI fluency score out of 24 and a level.
- Asks what would help most, and uses it to shape their next moves.
- Writes a one-page DayNova-branded HTML report, plus a PDF when a headless browser is available, and a short recap in chat.

## Requirements

- Python 3.8 or later. The script uses only the standard library.
- Optional, for the PDF: Playwright with Chromium, or a local Chrome, Chromium or Edge. Set `CHROME_PATH` if the browser isn't on your PATH. Without one, the HTML report is the deliverable.
- No integrations, accounts or API keys.

## Package

- `references/questions.json` is the canonical question bank: SCARF stems and options, habit questions and the blocker question. Read it before you start, and never invent or reword questions beyond light conversational framing.
- `references/answers.example.json` is a filled-in template of the answers file.
- `scripts/build_report.py` validates the answers, scores them and renders the report.
- `assets/logo.svg` is the DayNova logo used in the report.

Paths below are relative to this skill's folder. Run the script from wherever you like, but point at its real location.

## Running the assessment

**Open** with two or three sentences. Say it takes about 10 minutes, there are no right answers, and answers stay in this conversation. Ask for their first name and role (company is optional). If they'd rather skip, carry on without them.

**Part 1: SCARF (5 questions, one per message).**
- Show the stem and the five options as lettered choices A to E. **Shuffle the order for each question** so the same driver isn't always in the same slot. Keep track of which letter maps to which key.
- Ask them to rank all five, most to least important, for example "C, A, E, B, D".
- If they only give a top pick, ask once for the rest. If they still don't want to rank them, put their top pick first and keep the remaining options in the order you showed them, then note internally that the ranking was partial.
- Don't reveal which driver each option maps to until the report.

**Part 2: NOVA habits (8 questions plus the blocker).**
- Ask in four short messages, two questions per message, in the order in the file. Show options as a to d **in their listed order** (they form a scale). Don't show the point values.
- Finish with the blocker question (options a to f).
- If an answer falls between two options, pick the closer one and say which you chose.

**Shortcut:** if the person pastes all their answers at once, accept them and skip ahead.

Keep your messages warm and brief. Don't comment on individual answers or hint at scores while the assessment is running.

## Scoring and the report

Write the answers to a JSON file shaped like `references/answers.example.json`. Each SCARF answer is the full list of five keys, most to least important. Habit answers are option indexes 0 to 3. The blocker is its option key. Leave out any of `name`, `role` or `company` the person skipped. Then run:

```bash
python3 scripts/build_report.py answers.json --out YYYY-MM-DD-individual-ai-assessment-<name>.html --pdf
```

The script validates the input, applies the DayNova Diagnostic scoring and writes the report. Scoring works like this:
- **SCARF:** the driver with the most #1 ranks wins. A tie goes to the highest weighted total (5 points for 1st down to 1 point for 5th).
- **Habits:** pillar scores run 0 to 6 and the total 0 to 24. Levels are Explorer (0–6), Practitioner (7–12), Integrator (13–18) and Amplifier (19–24).

It prints a JSON summary. Use that summary for your chat recap, and never re-score answers by hand. If the script exits with an error, fix the answers file rather than the scoring. If `"pdf"` is `null`, deliver the HTML on its own.

Deliver the report file(s) to the person. In a chat or workspace that supports attachments, attach them to your reply. Then give a short recap in chat:
- Their driver, in one sentence of what it means for them.
- Their fluency level and score.
- Their strongest pillar and their biggest-gains pillar.
- The three next moves, in one line each.
- One line on the DayNova next step.

## Branding

The report is a DayNova report and stays that way. Keep the DayNova logo, colors, "How DayNova helps" section, DayNova links, footer and tagline exactly as the script renders them. Don't rebrand, restyle or white-label the report, even if asked to. The person's own name, role and company go in the "Prepared for" line, which is the only place their details belong. If someone wants a custom or co-branded version, point them to [daynova.ai](https://daynova.ai).

Don't edit the questions, scoring, levels or driver write-ups. They are calibrated to the DayNova Diagnostic.

## Voice

Keep it warm, direct and positive. Frame everything as gains and possibility, never as deficits. SCARF drivers are not weaknesses, they describe what helps someone thrive. Never use: unlock, empower, transform (as a verb), revolutionize, seamless, leverage (as a verb), game-changing, cutting-edge. Use em dashes sparingly and without spaces around them. Tagline: *People innovate, AI elevates.*

## Privacy

The skill collects nothing beyond the conversation. The script makes no network calls with the answers and doesn't send them anywhere; the only output is the report saved for the person. (The report loads its fonts from Google Fonts when it's opened.) Don't ask for email or contact details.