Every decision has one of two types. The type decides how much of the process Midfire runs, so a small call stays quick and a large one gets the scrutiny it deserves.
How your two answers set the type
Decision type asks two questions:
- How costly if wrong? Recoverable, or damaging with a lasting impact.
- How hard to reverse? Easy (a two-way door), or hard (a one-way door).
A decision that is damaging or hard to reverse is a . Everything else is an everyday. Under the two questions, the result says which answer made it so, for example "Hard to reverse, so a big bet, even though it is recoverable". The result is a tile with the type on it. The type is still yours: select Change, and both types appear side by side, the one your answers point to marked. Pick one and the tile shows it, saying your answers point the other way if they do. The chip on every decision then reads Everyday or Big bet.
What each type includes
With an everyday decision, you get:
- the purpose and the objective as the Frame's questions, the others optional;
- for every path, with up to three failure modes per path;
- one prediction with a review date, and a that tells you when to look again.
With a big bet, you get:
- the full Frame: purpose, trigger, timing, scope, who it affects, and the lines it must never cross;
- up to five failure modes per path;
- a Hearing that makes the case against the path you lean toward;
- a fuller commitment, with success, predictions and tripwires, and a rollout plan in Execution.
Changing the type
You can change the type until conditions are generated. After that it is locked, because the conditions were drafted at that depth. An everyday decision can still grow: on its conditions, select "Go deeper: make this a big bet" to draft the extra failure modes and add the hearing, keeping the conditions you already have.
Pick everyday when in doubt and the call is easy to undo. You lose nothing by starting light.
Last checked against the app on 26 October 2026.