Sparring
Sparring Practice · for people

Rehearse the conversation before it costs you.

120 realistic scenarios for frontline staff, sales teams and managers. Counterparts with a stance and a hidden agenda; debriefs that quote the transcript; dashboards that show where a team is actually weak.

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What a learner experiences

A practice session is short — eight to fourteen turns — and built so that what you did, not how confident you sounded, determines the outcome.

  1. 01

    A brief with stakes

    Facts, constraints, what you can and cannot offer, and three or four objectives. The counterpart's stance is visible; their real motive is not.

  2. 02

    A counterpart that behaves like a person

    They stall, guilt-trip, flatter, bargain, or go quiet. Their temperature moves in small steps. They reveal what they really want only when you ask the right question.

  3. 03

    A debrief you can't argue with

    Outcome and performance rated separately. Every strength and weakness quotes your line. Two or three rewrites show what a stronger move would have sounded like.

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Sparring debrief
The debrief

Judged on evidence, not impressions.

Most AI feedback is generic praise with a suggestion attached. Sparring's judge works under a hard rule: every claim must quote the transcript. A verifier checks each quote against what you actually said and deletes anything it can't find. In our last 98-scenario play-test, <3% of claims were removed — the rest you can check yourself.

  • Verdict in one sentence, with the quote that justifies it
  • Objectives met or missed, each with evidence
  • Skill ratings mapped to a competency model
  • Strengths, weaknesses and rewrites — all quoting you
  • The method behind the key move, with its published source
  • Reflection questions for the next session

Everything a learner and a team lead need

Streaming conversation

The counterpart's words appear as they are generated — about 3 seconds to the first word. No waiting on a spinner.

Coach hints, not scripts

Stuck? Ask for a hint. You get one situation-specific nudge — never the line to say.

Objective tracking

Objectives light up as you earn them. The counterpart's temperature shows how the room is moving.

Debrief anywhere

Read it in-app, get it by email, or push it to Slack, Teams or Feishu. Close the tab; the debrief waits.

Team dashboards

Skill heatmaps, trends, completion and weakest areas by team — anonymised according to your transparency policy.

English and 中文

Every scenario ships in English; Simplified Chinese is available for the foundation library. Learners choose per session.

Safety protocol

If a learner discloses intent to harm themselves or others, role-play stops immediately and crisis resources appear — deterministically, before any model is called.

Transparent by design

Learners are told what managers can see. Practice scores are never for employment decisions — it is in our Acceptable Use Policy.

Private scenarios

Use Studio to turn your own policies, SOPs and call notes into scenarios that live only in your tenant.

Content built for the workplace

120 scenarios across 12 packs, each with a cited method.

PackScenariosWhat it covers
Customer Service (Enterprise)15Refunds, outages, policy changes, accessibility, cross-cultural, agent error, VIP exceptions
Sales & Negotiation (Enterprise)15Discovery, discount pressure, security questionnaires, procurement stalls, renewals, incident calls
Management (Enterprise)10Performance conversations, layoffs, peer conflict, skip-levels, feedback upward, raises, RTO, owning mistakes
Workplace (Foundation)18Boundaries, feedback, delegation, meetings, microaggressions, asking for help
Social, Public, Education, Family, Friendship, Romance40Everyday conversations that build the same underlying skills

Frequently asked

How long is a session?+
Eight to fourteen turns — typically six to twelve minutes including the debrief. Designed to fit between meetings.
Can learners see their history?+
Yes. Every session and debrief is under My debriefs, and learners can delete a session at any time.
What can a manager see?+
Whatever your organisation's transparency setting allows — by default, team-level skill data plus individual debriefs for their direct team. Learners are told this on every briefing screen.
Can we use our own situations?+
Yes — Studio drafts a scenario from your policy excerpt, SOP or call notes; you review and publish it to your tenant.
Does it work on mobile?+
Yes. The practice room is responsive and works in any modern browser; no app install.

See it with your own scenarios.

Pilots start with your real policies, your real objections, your real customers — not generic demos.