ContextLens — Think Deeper. Decide Better.

Description and use

ContextLens is a local tool that guides users through structured reflection on complex decisions, uncovering facts, assumptions, and perspectives before a human finalizes the choice.

Problem

When faced with a difficult decision, people often ask “What should I do?” and receive a direct answer, mixing facts, assumptions, and perspectives, which can lead to incomplete or biased decisions.

Outcome

ContextLens demonstrates that local, structured AI reasoning can improve decision quality by encouraging users to ask better questions and uncover hidden assumptions, while preserving privacy and keeping the final decision human‑controlled.

Workflow

• Understand the situation
• Question what is known and unknown
• Expand by exploring assumptions and perspectives
• Connect related factors
• Challenge contradictions and blind spots
• Reframe the problem
• Compare options and trade‑offs
• Synthesize insights
• Human decides

Evidence

ContextLens is a structured thinking workspace designed around a simple principle: AI should help you examine a decision, not make the decision for you.

Source

ContextLens uses Gemma 3 4B, served locally through Ollama.

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The application also stores local case information and replay data using SQLite.

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