CONTINIUMTCE · Temporal Causality Engine
Know what actually changed.
TCE is Continium’s counterfactual engine: it isolates the impact of a decision by holding everything else constant and measuring the delta — so you can see causes, not just outcomes.
DEFAULT MODE
Clarity-first
Explanations over vibes.
OUTPUT
Future Snapshot
Narrative + deltas.
QUICK LOOK
Forks, not a single path
compare outcomes
Assumptions visible
edit + rerun
Explainable deltas
why it changed
COMPARE FORKS
// Pseudocode
const delta = compare({
a: "scenario_A",
b: "scenario_B",
holdConstant: ["income", "location"],
});
// → topDrivers, sensitivity, evidenceTCE is about attribution: which inputs caused which deltas, and how robust the conclusion is.
OVERVIEW
Designed for decisions you can defend
The core idea is simple: forks stay comparable, assumptions stay visible, and outputs stay legible.
01
Counterfactual deltas
Quantify the difference between futures and attribute it to specific decisions.
02
A/B thinking for life
Treat choices like experiments: compare, learn, iterate, and keep the best.
03
Explainable tradeoffs
Makes tradeoffs explicit so a decision is defensible — not a vibe.
CAPABILITIES
A small surface area. Deep leverage.
Capabilities are designed to compose: orchestrate → simulate → compare → narrate.
Decision attribution
decisionAttribution()
Links outcome changes to the smallest set of inputs that plausibly caused them.
Ripple mapping
rippleMapping()
Shows downstream impacts: a small choice today that compounds over years.
Robustness checks
robustnessChecks()
Tests whether a conclusion holds across different assumptions and parameter ranges.
Narrative-ready causal proofs
narrativereadyCausalProofs()
Feeds the Dynamic Adapter with structured deltas for clear storytelling.
OUTPUTS
Artifacts you can inspect
Outputs are structured so you can compare forks cleanly, trace drivers, and keep context over time.
ARTIFACTS
• Causal deltas between scenario A and B
• Top drivers: the changes that mattered most
• Risk notes: where conclusions are sensitive
• Evidence for narrative explanationsThink of these as the stable, comparable units the UI (and you) can reason about.
NEXT STEP
Make tradeoffs explicit
Use TCE when you need to know whether a decision is truly better — and under what assumptions it stays better.
No commitment. Just insight.