Conflicts in Decision Slots

This is Phase 3. See Plans for how blocks are composed and Schedule Pairs for how they’re ranked.

When Conflicts Don’t Go Away#

Even after choosing a well-ranked Schedule Pair, some overlaps are unavoidable.

At this point, planning isn’t about finding a better combination. It’s about deciding how you will handle the conflicts that remain.

That’s what Decision Slots are for.

A Decision Slot is a specific time interval where the study groups in your chosen Schedule Pair overlap.

Once you select a Schedule Pair, Sisukas identifies every remaining overlap and turns each one into an explicit Decision Slot that requires a choice.

You’ve selected a Schedule Pair where:

This overlap becomes a Decision Slot.

At this point, you are no longer choosing between schedules. You are choosing how you will actually spend that hour.

For each Decision Slot, you explicitly decide how to handle it.

Mark CS as Primary
Mark MATH as Secondary
System action:
Your calendar shows CS. MATH is treated as recorded or self-study.

Making these decisions explicit has important effects:

No hidden state
You don’t have to remember what you planned to skip — the system records it.
A truthful calendar
Your exported calendar reflects what you actually plan to attend, not every overlapping possibility.

Over time, you can see which courses repeatedly forced compromises and where your workload pressure came from.

Decision Slots are the final step where plans turn into commitments:

Discover → Plan → Optimize → Decide

Reflection and workload tools will build on Decision Slot data to help you understand your patterns across a semester.

For now, see: