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Common-ground worksheet for two people
Compare two perspectives, attach each person’s words and record shared ground only when both people confirm it. Copy or download your worksheet.
01 / Keep both perspectives
Each person writes their own position, what matters to them and what would change their mind. You can still disagree.
02 / Propose, then confirm
Write a shared value or a narrow agreement. Paste a supporting excerpt from each perspective above (at least 8 characters). Each person confirms the exact statement for themselves; quoted overlap alone does not prove agreement.
03 / Leave room for disagreement
Your confirmed common ground
No common ground confirmed. You can keep exploring or leave the disagreement unresolved.
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# Common-ground worksheet ## Person A’s perspective [not entered] ## Person B’s perspective [not entered] ## Confirmed by both people No common ground confirmed. Disagreement can remain. ## Still proposed — not an agreement None recorded. ## Where we still differ [not entered] ## Next question [not entered] Checkboxes record the participants’ own confirmation on one device; they do not authenticate identity or verify facts. The tool does not infer agreement or judge either person. Created with https://debagle.com/tools/common-ground
Each person confirms on this shared device. This records their choices; it does not authenticate identity, verify factual claims or create a binding agreement.
Your entries stay in this tab’s memory. This tool does not upload, save or send them to AI. Refresh or clear the worksheet to remove them. Copying or downloading is your choice.
Agreement needs both people
Write each perspective first, propose a shared statement, attach each person’s words, then ask each person to confirm it. Editing a statement or excerpt clears that proposal’s confirmations. Editing either perspective clears every confirmation. Missing or mismatched excerpts block confirmation.
Example: agreeing on a goal, disagreeing on a policy
One person supports longer library hours; the other worries about staffing. Both may say that people working late need access. They can confirm that goal while leaving the policy unresolved. The worksheet’s example is hypothetical, and loading it never confirms an agreement.
Method and limits
This is an original Debagle worksheet, written with AI assistance and reviewed on 5 October 2026. The tool checks whether excerpts appear in the supplied perspectives, ignoring capitalization and repeated whitespace. It does not assess whether an excerpt logically supports the proposal; participants must review that themselves.
The distinction between understanding and agreeing draws on Search for Common Ground’s learning-conversation guide. Reviewing ground rules together is also described in PCORI’s productive-disagreement activity. These sources inform the approach; neither organization endorses or validates this tool.
A shared value is not a verified fact or a complete compromise. It is fine to record no common ground. Read the practical common-ground guide, how to represent another view fairly, or plan your next conversation.