Feature
Ability to ask one advisor, several, or the whole board
Put one question to one advisor, several, or your whole board, and read each answer under the name of the advisor who gave it.
What it is
When your board has more than one advisor, you choose who hears each question. You can ask one advisor, a few of them, or the whole board at once. Ask the whole board and your Chair picks the 2 to 4 advisors best placed to answer, then gives you its call first: what it recommends, how sure it is, who disagrees when someone does, what would change it, and your first step. Every advisor asked answers the same question separately, and each answer is one tap away, under the name of the advisor who gave it.
On the Ink plan and the Brass plan your board holds all five built-in advisors, plus any advisors you have built yourself. That is where asking several comes in. On the Paper plan all five are on your board too, and each question goes to the one you choose beside the question box; once a month you can ask the whole board, in your free board meeting.
Why it matters
A real decision rarely sits in one area. Taking a new role is a money question, a work question and a people question at the same time. Asked one at a time, you would repeat yourself and read the answers days apart. Asked together, you see where your advisors agree and where their answers pull in different directions, while the decision is still in front of you.
Seeing every answer side by side also shows you whose view you lean on. When two advisors disagree, that is often the part of the decision worth thinking about hardest.
How it works
- On your board's page, write your question in the question box.
- Under the box, "Who are you asking?" starts with "Ask the whole board" ticked, and lists every advisor on your board who is on and live on your plan. To ask only some advisors, tick them.
- Press Ask. Asking the whole board, your Chair reads your question, your North Star and what each advisor covers, and picks 2 to 4 of them. Each advisor asked answers separately, from what that advisor knows about you, your North Star and your most relevant past decisions. While they answer, the screen says "Your board is meeting", and when you named the advisors it shows each one as Thinking, then Done.
- For a whole-board question, the answer screen opens on your Chair's call: the call itself, how confident the Chair is (never 5 of 5), who disagrees and why when an advisor does, what would change the call, and your first step with the date to do it by. Under it are two links: "See what each advisor said" shows each answer under its advisor's name, with how confident the advisor said it was and what it drew from, such as a file you shared and the day you saved it, or your North Star. "Ask a follow-up" opens the question box. When you ticked several advisors yourself, the answers are shown one under another, as before.
- If an advisor you asked could not answer just then, the screen says how many did not answer, so you can ask again. If you asked too many questions in a short time, the screen names the advisors that were not asked yet.
- "Save this decision" on your Chair's call opens the save form with the call filled in as what you decided. Change it to what you actually decided, then save. When you check in on the decision, you can mark for each advisor whether you followed them or went against them. The marks are optional.
A worked example
Priya is on the Brass plan. She has been offered a partnership at her firm that comes with a large buy-in. She writes "Should I take the partnership and the buy-in that comes with it?" and leaves "Ask the whole board" ticked. Her Chair sends it to three advisors: money, work and people. The answer screen opens on her Chair's call, and under "Who disagrees" it names the advisor who sees it differently. She taps "See what each advisor said (3)" to read all three answers. She saves her decision from the call, and at the check-in marks that she followed her money advisor.
Which plans include it
The Ink plan and the Brass plan. Both seat all five built-in advisors, so a question can go to one, several or the whole board, and to any advisors you have built. On the Paper plan each question goes to one advisor of your choice, and the whole board meets once a month.
Privacy and what the board keeps
Each advisor you ask answers from its own memory of you and from your North Star. What one advisor knows about you is not passed to another advisor when you ask several at once. Your Chair reads your question, your North Star and the answers, to choose who answers and to sum up; it reads no advisor's memory. Each answer is kept on your board under the advisor who gave it. Your advisors are AI, not people, and they can be wrong. Your board gives perspective on decisions. Advicity is not a doctor, a therapist, a lawyer, an accountant or a licensed financial adviser.
Questions
- Can I ask only some of my advisors?
Yes. Tick the advisors you want before you press Ask. With advisors ticked, only they are asked, and the Chair is not used.
- Why is one of my advisors missing from the list?
The list shows only advisors who are on and live on your plan. An advisor you have switched off, or one your plan has set aside, is not listed. Your board's page lists every advisor and says which of those it is.
- Can I ask an advisor I built myself?
Yes. Advisors you have built are listed with the built-in advisors, and you tick them the same way.
- What if an advisor does not answer?
The answer screen says how many of the advisors you asked could not answer just then, and shows the answers that did come back. Ask again for the rest.
- Does the Chair give advice of its own?
It makes one call from their answers: what it recommends, how sure it is, who disagrees when someone does, what would change it, and your first step. It does not answer your question itself, and it adds no advice none of your advisors gave.
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Last reviewed 2026-10-12.