JobJitsu Product Principles
Decision filters for every module, roadmap item, and experience in the AI Career Operating System.
Parent: PRODUCT_VISION.md · Brand beliefs: ../brand/PRODUCT_PHILOSOPHY.md
Principles
1. Privacy is the platform
On-device by default. Outbound only when the user acts. Visible Agent · On-device trust chrome is part of the product, not a footnote.
2. Sovereignty over convenience theater
User owns preferences, pause, approve, and send. Convenience never removes the signal.
3. Leverage over volume
Optimize for well-aimed throws and fit — not vanity send counts or “50 today” quotas.
4. One calm operating system
Modules share voice, visual language, and mental model. No cockpit sprawl; one job per view.
5. Agent as belt, not leash
Automation increases readiness and technique. It does not replace judgment or invent urgency.
6. Craft over choreography
Celebrate consistency and skill. Treat setbacks as information. No confetti for routine saves; no shame for rest.
7. Open trust
Open-source inspectability and local execution beat marketing promises.
8. Native, light, fast
Desktop tool energy: crisp, keyboard-capable, respectful of the machine. Dark mode first; Midnight + teal identity holds.
9. Honest AI
Help draft, tailor, queue, and remind. Never claim hiring outcomes the product cannot promise.
10. Brand as product behavior
If it wouldn’t fit calm confidence — Leverage Belt, teal flap sacred, metaphor as seasoning — it doesn’t ship as JobJitsu.
Principle checklist
Use before committing roadmap or module work:
| Ask | Must answer |
|---|---|
| Does this keep data on-device by default? | Yes, or redesign |
| Does this increase leverage or only volume? | Leverage |
| Does the user retain control of outbound actions? | Always |
| Does this reduce anxiety or manufacture it? | Reduce |
| Does this deepen the Career OS or distract into a side quest? | Deepen |
| Would a black belt say this calmly? | If no, rewrite or cut |
| Does it violate a non-goal? | If yes, stop |
Relationship to brand
Product principles operationalize brand philosophy. Copy, motion, and empty states must still follow ../brand/VOICE_AND_TONE.md and ../brand/DESIGN_SYSTEM.md. Principles decide whether something belongs; brand decides how it feels.
