Scenarios and AI characters · Autessa Roleplay
Scenario builder
The Autessa Roleplay scenario builder is where a coach writes a roleplay scenario: the trainee brief, the situation as the character sees it, the hidden brief, objections, success goals, which characters may play it, the rubric it is scored against, and how it runs. One scenario can be practiced with several characters and assigned to anyone.
The problem it solves
Generic roleplays teach generic skills
A discovery call for a freight broker is not a discovery call for a hospital. Enablement teams need scenarios in their own words, with their own objections and their own definition of a good outcome, and they need to change them the day the pitch changes, without waiting on a vendor.
What you get
- The basics: name, a one-line description trainees read on the card, a pack and a difficulty.
- A trainee brief, a hidden brief and a character situation: what the trainee knows, what the character secretly thinks, and the situation written to the character as "you" statements.
- Objections specific to this situation, one per line.
- "What good looks like": success goals shown to the trainee.
- Who plays it: tick any number of characters, and pick the rubric that scores it.
- How it runs: who speaks first, the opening line, time limit, warning minute and pressure mode.
- Separate create and edit pages, and a scenario page with Practice now, Assign, Edit and Deactivate.
- Coach notes on the scenario page show the hidden brief and character situation to authors only.
The run-through
How does scenario builder work?
- SCENE 1
Name it and place it
Give it a name and a one-line description, pick the pack it belongs to and a difficulty.
- SCENE 2
Write the briefs
Write the trainee brief, the hidden brief and the situation for the character. Add objections and what good looks like.
- SCENE 3
Cast it
Tick the characters a trainee may face and choose the rubric it is scored against.
- SCENE 4
Set how it runs
Choose who speaks first (with an opening line in the character's voice), a time limit, a warning and pressure mode.
- SCENE 5
Practice or assign
Save, then press Practice now to try it yourself or Assign to hand it out.
The cue sheet
Every scenario field
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Name | For example "Discovery call". |
| One-line description | What a trainee reads on the card before opening it. |
| Pack | The pack it is grouped in. |
| Difficulty | Easy, Moderate or Hard. |
| Trainee brief | A paragraph the trainee reads first: their goal, what they know and what they do not. |
| Hidden brief | What the character really thinks and will not volunteer, plus what makes them walk away. Never shown to the trainee. |
| Situation for the character | Written as "you" statements, for example "You are on a thirty-minute first call with a salesperson you have not met." |
| Objections | One per line: what the character pushes back with in this situation. |
| What good looks like | One per line, in plain language; shown to the trainee as goals. |
| Characters | Any number of characters who may play the scenario. |
| Rubric | How the conversation is scored. |
| Who speaks first | The character speaks first, or the trainee speaks first. |
| Opening line | The first thing the character says, in their voice. |
| Time limit and warning | Minutes, with 0 for no limit, and the minute to warn the trainee. |
| Pressure mode | The character interrupts, pushes harder and gives less ground. |
The cast
Who can do what?
| Who | Can |
|---|---|
| Coach | Create, edit and deactivate scenarios (the write scenarios, characters and rubrics permission). |
| Trainee | Read the scenario page: brief, goals, characters, objections and how it runs. Coach notes stay hidden. |
| Administrator | Everything a coach can do. |
What the AI does
Behind the scenes
Every field you write becomes part of what the character plays. The situation, hidden brief, objections, opening line, difficulty and pressure mode are handed to the character agent at the start of each session.
Connected
How it connects to the rest of Roleplay
Questions
Questions about scenario builder
Can one scenario be played by different characters?
Yes. Tick any number of characters. The coach can pin one on an assignment or let the trainee choose.
What happens to a scenario I deactivate?
It is turned off and no longer offered for practice or assignment. Past sessions and reports are kept.
Can trainees see the scenario details?
They can read the brief, goals, characters, objections and run settings. The hidden brief and character situation appear only to people who can author content.
100% customizable, code and all
Make Autessa Roleplay fully your own.
Use it out of the box, then change anything. Ask Autobot, Autessa’s AI builder, for a new field, screen, report, workflow or agent and it builds it into your copy of the app. Or open the code and edit it yourself. Nothing is locked: the app, its data and its code are yours.
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