# Yes, And

> Scene notes for improvisers. Type out a short improv scene you just played - two to four players, one "Name: line" per line - and see what every line offered and what your partners did with it: built on, accepted, ignored or blocked. A coach's notes add the base reality, the first unusual thing, the game, a listening moment, three notes and three suggested next lines.

URL: https://yes-and.skillsafe.ai/
API: https://yes-and.skillsafe.ai/api.html

## What is free (runs in the browser)
- Reading the scene: each line that starts with a name and a colon is a new line for that player; a line with no name joins the line before (stage directions in brackets are fine). Up to 4 players; a run gets the first 30 and the last 10 lines of a long scene, with the cut marked.
- Counts per player: lines, words and questions (with line numbers).
- Cue words: lines that open like a denial (no, but, actually, I can't...) and replies that reuse a word from the partner's line before. These are hints, said as such - the page never guesses the verdict.
- The offer abacus: one wire per line and one bead per line in its player's colour, sitting where the cue words guess (picked up, unclear, maybe a block), and after a run where the notes say the line's offer went.
- Exports: copy, Markdown, CSV of the lines, the abacus as SVG, JSON, print.

## What is metered (one task)
- task "notes": for every line, what it offered and its fate (built, accepted, ignored, blocked, or none) with the later line that decided it; the base reality (who, where, what); the first unusual thing and the game; the lines where the game came back; one listening moment (a reply that answered the words but missed - or caught - what was underneath); three notes tied to line numbers; three suggested next lines for real players; and a closing line. One verdict by a fixed order: blocking (any offer blocked), no_game (nothing unusual found), game_dropped (the game came back fewer than 2 times), found_the_game (otherwise). The page re-checks every reply against the scene. Runs on gpt-terra.

## Notes
- A playful practice aid for improv students and hobby performers, not a teacher's assessment. Nothing typed is kept unless the person presses save.

## Sources and credits
- Built on the SkillSafe skill @louisblythe/active-listening (https://skillsafe.ai/skill/@louisblythe/active-listening): hearing what is really being said, not waiting for your turn to talk.