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Custom debate planner: questions, turns and agenda
Choose an original debate motion or open question, add your own, calculate equal speaking time and download a two-person conversation agenda.
01 / Choose your question
71/280 characters. Both people should agree on the wording.
Define first: Which branches, evenings, budget and six-month evaluation?
A reason to support: Consider access for people who cannot visit during work hours.
A reason to challenge: Consider staffing costs and whether another service meets the same need.
Evidence to look for: Check local opening hours, use by time of day and a costed staffing plan.
These are possible lines of inquiry, not factual findings or arguments generated about your custom text.
02 / Give both people time
03 / Your usable agenda
Total planned time10:00
Speaking time each3:00
- 0:00–2:00Agree on definitions and prepare
- 2:00–3:00For · Make your case
- 3:00–4:00Against · Make your case
- 4:00–5:00For · Respond to the other side
- 5:00–6:00Against · Respond to the other side
- 6:00–7:00For · Explain the deciding reason
- 7:00–8:00Against · Explain the deciding reason
- 8:00–10:00Reflect and check common ground
Preparation and reflection happen manually. This is an agenda, not a running timer; AI review time is not included. Open questions have no assigned winner.
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What makes a question usable?
A debate statement needs a clear actor, proposed action and scope that both sides can challenge. An open question invites different experiences without assigning a winner. Agree on definitions before the first turn, and treat suggested arguments as questions to investigate.
How the timing works
Speaking time is 2 people × rounds each × seconds per turn. Preparation and reflection are added once for the whole session; an optional follow-up adds exactly 180 seconds. With three 60-second turns each, two minutes of preparation and two minutes of reflection, the agenda takes ten minutes. These are Debagle planning defaults, not official tournament rules.
Original question bank
Twelve scenarios pair a debatable statement with an open question, a definition checklist and evidence to look for. Written by the Debagle team with AI assistance; reviewed 5 October 2026. No proposal here asserts that a policy is already in place or that a suggested benefit has been measured.
Read all 24 statements and open questions
Community · library hours
The city should fund a six-month trial of longer evening library hours.
What would make a public library more useful to our community?
Define: Which branches, evenings, budget and six-month evaluation?
Investigate: Check local opening hours, use by time of day and a costed staffing plan.
Community · car free street
Our town should trial a car-free main street on one Sunday each month.
How should we balance access, local business and public space on our main street?
Define: Which street, hours, access exemptions and trial end date?
Investigate: Check access needs, traffic counts and feedback from affected businesses.
Community · participatory budget
Our city should let residents allocate a small pilot fund through participatory budgeting.
Who should help decide how a local pilot fund is spent?
Define: What fund, eligibility, voting process and accountability?
Investigate: Check comparable program reports, participation and completed-project costs.
Technology · ai disclosure
Organizations should disclose substantial AI assistance in public-facing written advice.
When would knowing that AI helped write something change how you trust it?
Define: Which advice, what counts as substantial assistance and what disclosure?
Investigate: Find concrete examples of helpful and unhelpful disclosures; separate opinion from measured effects.
Everyday life · phone free dinner
Our household should try phone-free dinners for one month.
What makes time together feel attentive rather than obligatory?
Define: Which dinners, emergency exceptions and a review after the trial?
Investigate: Ask everyone affected what they need; a preference is not a universal fact.
Everyday life · repair first
Our community group should repair usable equipment before replacing it when the repair is affordable.
How do you decide whether to repair, replace or do without something?
Define: What counts as usable, affordable and safe?
Investigate: Compare item-specific repair quotes, replacement costs and expected lifetime.
Technology · ai workplace
Teams should document an AI-assisted workflow before making it their default.
What would make an AI-assisted workflow worth trusting at work?
Define: Which tasks, tests, responsible owner and review date?
Investigate: Compare errors and task completion on the actual workflow, not a general model benchmark.
Technology · notification default
Apps should default optional promotional notifications to off.
Which notifications help you, and which interrupt you without adding value?
Define: Separate promotional messages from security and requested reminders.
Investigate: Inspect actual notification settings and distinguish opt-in choices from stated preferences.
Work · four day trial
Our team should trial a four-day workweek for three months without reducing pay.
What would a more sustainable workweek look like for our team?
Define: Which team, total hours, coverage, pay and trial success criteria?
Investigate: Check task volumes and coverage requirements; do not infer results from an unrelated company.
Work · meeting default
Our team should replace routine status meetings with written updates unless discussion is needed.
Which meetings are worth having together?
Define: Which meetings, response expectations and a route for urgent questions?
Investigate: Review actual meeting purposes and whether written updates resolve questions.
Community · public art
Our neighborhood should reserve part of its public-space budget for locally chosen art.
What makes a shared place feel like it belongs to the people using it?
Define: Which budget, selection process, maintenance and accessibility?
Investigate: Compare costed proposals and ask people who use the space, including less-visible groups.
Everyday life · skill sharing
Our community group should hold a monthly free skill-sharing session.
What could we teach each other that would improve everyday life?
Define: Which skills, venue, accessibility and limits on advice requiring qualifications?
Investigate: Collect requested skills and volunteer availability before assuming attendance.
Download the original question bank (JSON). Reuse these original prompts with attribution to Debagle; they contain no third-party quotations.
Product settings were checked against Debagle’s in-person setup on 5 October 2026. Read how one-device debate works or use the common-ground worksheet after the conversation.