Deployable safeguards for human flourishing.
Balance the Triangle Labs turns insight into practice: small, reusable controls you can run in minutes to reduce risk when technology, human pressure, and governance lag collide.
These controls are designed to be:
Practical (5–15 minutes)
Pressure-aware (built for real conditions, not ideal ones)
Portable (usable without special tooling)
Auditable (leave behind a trace of use)
If you only download one thing, start with HPC-1.
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1) The Human Pressure Check (HPC-1)
Use when: decisions are happening fast, stakes are real, and “help” could drift into harm.
What it does: identifies pressure type (cognitive / emotional / authority / dependency), runs the Stop Ladder, and records a trace.
Download: (PDF link)Core controls
2) Stop Ladder Card (SL-1)
Use when: you need a simple, shared rule for when to slow, stop, or escalate.
What it does: standardizes the escalation pathway so it’s not improvised under stress.Download: (PDF link)
3) “Assurance Before Scale” Checklist (AS-1)Use when: you’re about to expand an AI assistant to more users, more autonomy, or higher stakes.What it does: forces proof questions: scope boundaries, failure modes, human handoff, logging, and rollback.Download: (PDF link)
4) Provenance & Claims Test (PC-1)Use when: an AI output is being treated like a fact, diagnosis, legal claim, or policy guidance.What it does: separates “helpful synthesis” from “unsupported claim,” and prompts verification steps.Download: (PDF link)
Controls by scenario
Deploying AI assistants
HPC-1 — Human Pressure Check (pressure + stop ladder + trace)
AS-1 — Assurance Before Scale (proof gates before expansion)
PC-1 — Provenance & Claims Test (verification trigger)Managing incidents and near-misses
SL-1 — Stop Ladder Card (shared escalation protocol)
(Coming soon) NM-1 — Near-Miss Capture (one-minute logging that becomes learning)Leadership and governance
(Coming soon) GT-1 — Governance Triage (what must be decided now vs deferred vs escalated)
(Coming soon) RB-1 — Role & Boundary Check (authority clarity + accountability)
How to use this library
Pick the control that matches your situation
Run it once with a real decision in motion
Save the trace (one sentence is enough)
Repeat under pressure until it becomes habit
Want the “enforced” version?
These controls are designed to stand alone.
SpiralWatch™ implements the same logic as fail-closed, auditable assurance for AI systems operating under human pressure.
Explore SpiralWatch 1.6 (link)
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New controls are added as the library grows.
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