Profile Stages

The Living Profile moves through four clear stages: Quick Start, Baseline Coverage, Core Profile, and Core Recalibration.

The Living Profile is built in stages rather than all at once. The path is: Quick Start, Baseline Coverage, Core Profile, and Core Recalibration.

Each stage has a different job. The profile starts by creating broad coverage, then fills in every Pattern more fully, then keeps the same foundation current over time.

Quick Start is the beginning of the Living Profile and consists of 26 questions. Its purpose is to make sure every Area receives at least one answered question.

This gives the user an early outline of the profile instead of letting signal build too deeply in one place while the rest of the map stays empty.

Baseline Coverage is the second stage and consists of 130 questions. Here, every Pattern across every Area begins receiving its own input.

This is the stage where the first outline starts turning into a more recognizable profile because the whole map is no longer being inferred from sparse coverage alone.

Core Profile is the third stage and consists of 390 questions. This is where each Pattern is understood through the three core Angles: Trait, Motivation, and Reluctance.

At this point, the profile becomes more complete and more distinctly the person's own because each Pattern is no longer just seeded, but understood from multiple Angles.

Core Recalibration is the final stage, and once someone reaches it, they stay in it. This stage goes back through the same 390-question core foundation to keep the profile current over time.

That is what keeps the Living Profile adaptive instead of freezing an old version of the person in place after the first complete pass.

A stage tells you what kind of progress the product is currently prioritizing. It does not mean every Area inside that stage is equally clear or equally mature yet.

If you want to understand why one specific next question was chosen within that broader stage, that belongs on the scheduling page.