Turns out psychology frameworks are basically prompts. Here's how I structured them for production.

I've been building Verdict Buddy - a tool where you describe a conflict, and it breaks it down from multiple angles, gives you a verdict, and suggests concrete next steps. The interesting part isn't the AI. It's the psychology layer sitting between the user's messy input and the model's structured output.

The problem with "just ask AI"

If you paste a relationship argument into ChatGPT and say "help me resolve this," you get generic advice. Be empathetic. Communicate better. Listen actively. Thanks, robot.

The output is useless because there's no framework guiding the analysis. A couples therapist doesn't wing it. They apply specific models. Gottman's Four Horsemen. Nonviolent Communication. Emotionally Focused Therapy.…