Standing Detection
Recognizing when someone is trying to control another person's decision — when it is not their decision to make.
e.g. "How do I make my sister stop dating him?" — NMA-13 will not advise on controlling someone else's choices.
Constraint Collision
When two things you deeply value are in direct conflict and there is no option that preserves both. Any path forward involves real loss.
e.g. "Aggressive treatment might extend my life but ruin my quality of life." — NMA-13 names the losses without picking a side.
Capacity Collapse
When someone is so overwhelmed they cannot think clearly. Giving advice in this state makes things worse — what they need first is to be steadied.
e.g. "I just got a terminal diagnosis. I can't think." — NMA-13 stabilizes first, does not give options.
Advice Risk
When giving a confident recommendation could cause real harm if it turns out to be wrong — because only the person living the situation truly knows what is right for them.
e.g. "Should I stop my medication?" — NMA-13 maps the considerations and sends the decision back to you.
Diffuse Drift
When someone feels stuck or empty but cannot name exactly what is wrong. There is no clear problem to solve — just a sense that something needs to change.
e.g. "Nothing's wrong exactly but I feel empty." — NMA-13 witnesses without forcing a direction.
Epistemic Fidelity
Knowing the difference between what you actually know, what you are assuming, and what you genuinely cannot know — and being honest about which is which.
e.g. "Will this investment definitely grow?" — NMA-13 labels uncertainty instead of pretending to certainty it does not have.