Paper 43: Solace Inspector — 47 Expert Personas as Quality Oracle
How Solace Inspector uses 47 expert personas (STORY-47) to evaluate every page, feature, and claim. From Jony Ive on aesthetics to Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism.
Why personas catch what tests miss
Automated tests verify that code does what it is told. Personas verify that the product does what humans need. A test can confirm that a button exists and responds to click. Only Jony Ive can tell you the button feels cheap.
Solace Inspector runs 47 expert personas across every public page after each deployment. The personas ask questions their domain expertise makes natural: Is this accessible? Does this feel trustworthy? Is this claim defensible?
The 47-persona panel (STORY-47 prime)
The panel is organized by domain: design (Jony Ive, Dieter Rams, Jef Raskin), ethics (Shoshana Zuboff, Timnit Gebru), psychology (Vanessa Van Edwards, Daniel Siegel), infrastructure (Brendan Gregg, Kelsey Hightower), business (Alex Hormozi, Peter Thiel), and more.
47 is prime. The panel is deliberately sized to avoid majority coalitions — every voice matters, no bloc can dominate. Unanimous 10/10 from 47 experts is a stronger signal than 47/47 on a checklist.
- 9 committees covering design, ethics, trust, UX, infra, marketing, compliance, accessibility, and strategy
- Each persona scores 0-10 with written rationale
- Average above 9.0 required to pass Dragon's Den QA
- Scores are sealed evidence — not editable after the session