rehearse before it's real
Practise the conversations
that matter.
Talk through a difficult conversation with an AI counterpart that responds like a real person — guarded, uncertain, sometimes defensive. Afterwards, get a structured debrief on what worked and what to try differently next time.
counterpart
“I don’t see why we need to talk about this now. Can we not?”
debrief · strength
You named the emotion in the room before pushing forward — that’s what opened things back up.
what makes it work
Built for the conversation, not a script
A real difficult conversation doesn’t follow a script, and rehearsing one shouldn’t either. Every part of the practice is built around that.
- A counterpart that responds in character.
- Guardedness and trust shift with how the conversation actually goes — nothing is handed to you on a timer.
- A structured debrief, every time.
- A scored breakdown, a strength, a growth area, and the one moment worth replaying — ready right after you finish.
- Practise it safely, before it’s real.
- Say the wrong thing here and nobody’s actually at risk — that’s the whole point of rehearsing.
- More than one kind of hard conversation.
- Clinical, people-management, and speaking-up-the-hierarchy scenarios — each with its own counterpart behavior and its own debrief rubric.
- Pick up right where you left off.
- Run up to three conversations at once and resume any of them later — nothing is lost if you close the tab mid-conversation.
debrief
Good progress
7 / 10 · goals-of-care conversation
strength
You checked understanding before moving on, every time.
growth area
Naming the silence, rather than filling it, would have opened the door earlier.
how it works
Three steps, no setup
01
Choose a scenario
Pick a real situation to rehearse — clinical conversations, people-management conversations, or speaking up across a power gradient. More domains are still coming.
02
Have the conversation
Talk it through in real time. The counterpart responds in character — guardedness and trust shift with how the conversation actually goes.
03
Get a structured debrief
A scored breakdown, a strength, a growth area, and the one moment worth replaying — generated right after you finish.
get started
Individual or institution account
Sign up free as an individual, or sign up under your institution to unlock your institution’s own scenarios too. Neither is a paid plan; there’s no pricing here because none is decided yet.
Individual
Sign up with just an email — no institution needed.
- Built-in scenarios only (limitation — no institution-scoped content)
- 150 chat turns per day
- 3 debrief runs per day
for teams
Institution
Select your institution at sign-up, or ask us to add yours.
- Built-in scenarios, plus your institution’s own
- More debriefs, so progress is easier to track over time
- Author your own scenarios and debrief rubrics
- Counterpart replies spoken aloud, for a more immersive practice session
for institutions
Bring Candour to your team
Tell us a bit about what you’re looking for and how many people would use it — this sends a message straight to our team, not a tracked ticket, so expect a reply by email rather than a status page.
questions
Frequently asked
What is Candour?
A place to rehearse a difficult conversation before you have it for real — you talk it through with an AI counterpart, then get a structured debrief on how it went.
What happens after I finish a conversation?
You get a debrief — a score, a strength, a growth area, and the one key moment worth replaying, with a suggested alternative.
Which conversations can I practise today?
Three domains today: clinical conversations, people-management conversations (conduct, performance, and retention), and speaking up across a power gradient (escalation). More domains are still coming.
Can my institution get its own content?
Yes, two ways: if your institution isn’t set up yet, reach out using the form above and we’ll follow up by email. If it already is, your institution’s own hand-picked admins can author scenarios and debrief rubrics directly — no request needed for that part.