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Intelligence ROI

Dacard.ai goes beyond measuring activity. It measures whether your product team is getting smarter over time by tracking decision quality, recommendation accuracy, and the compound intelligence flywheel. Navigate to Intelligence > ROI to access this view.

What it measures

ROI Analysis operates on the compound flywheel model: agents surface findings, findings drive actions, actions improve dimensions, dimension improvements compound into better composite scores.
MetricDescription
Actions dispatchedTotal actions sent by agents (Linear issues, Slack messages, re-scores) in the selected period
Dimensions improvedCount of dimensions that scored higher on re-score after an action was dispatched
Score deltaComposite score change across all products in the period
Loop closure ratePercentage of dispatched actions that have a verified score improvement linked to them
VelocityScore points gained per week, averaged over the last 30 days

Decision intelligence score

The decision intelligence score (0-100) is a longitudinal metric that correlates your team’s launch decisions with actual outcomes. Unlike dimension scores that measure current capability, the DI score measures whether acting on recommendations actually improves your product operations.

Three components

ComponentWeightWhat it measures
Outcome quality40%Weighted hit rate of recommendations. Larger score improvements count more than small ones.
Decision velocity30%How fast your team acts on recommendations. Faster action = higher score.
Learning acceleration30%Whether your recent hit rate is improving compared to your historical average. Positive trend = the system is learning.

Confidence levels

Cycles completedConfidenceInterpretation
< 5LowEarly stage. Score is directional but needs more data.
5-9MediumDeveloping. Patterns are emerging.
10+HighReliable. The score reflects real decision quality trends.
The DI score compounds: the more cycles your team completes (Score, Connect, Correlate, Act, Learn), the more reliable the measurement becomes.

How loop closure works

A loop is considered closed when:
  1. An agent dispatched an action targeting a specific dimension
  2. A re-score occurred after the action was dispatched
  3. That dimension’s score improved on the re-score
Loops that are still pending (action dispatched but no re-score yet) appear as open in the flywheel view.
To maximize loop closure rate, re-score products after your team addresses an agent recommendation. Even a quick URL re-score captures recent changes.

Time ranges

Use the period selector to view ROI over:
  • Last 7 days recent agent activity
  • Last 30 days monthly view (aligned with billing and credit resets)
  • Last 90 days quarterly view for planning and investor updates
  • All time full account history

Knowledge graph

Behind the scenes, Dacard.ai builds a decision graph connecting signals, scores, decisions, and outcomes across cycles. This graph powers compound intelligence queries:
  • What caused this score change? Trace from an outcome back through the recommendation, the agent that produced it, and the signals that informed it.
  • Which recommendations worked? Follow paths from recommendations through to measured outcomes.
  • How did human decisions affect outcomes? Every approval, rejection, and feedback reaction is recorded as a node in the graph.

Node types

NodeWhat it represents
SignalAn integration event (PR merged, issue completed, deploy shipped)
Score snapshotA point-in-time dimension or composite score
RecommendationA coaching action suggested by the intelligence engine
OutcomeA measured score change after a recommendation was acted on
Human decisionAn approval, rejection, feedback reaction, or outcome attribution
The graph grows with every cycle. Over time, it becomes a queryable history of your team’s decision patterns and their consequences.

Peer benchmarking

When enough teams have scored, Dacard.ai computes anonymized peer benchmarks by segment (company stage, team size, industry). Your coaching observations include benchmark comparisons:
“Your score of 2.1 is below the peer median of 3.2 (25th percentile across 150 teams). Closing this gap could improve your overall maturity.”
Benchmarks are computed nightly from the aggregate scoring database. Your individual scores are never shared or identifiable.

Product breakdown

The ROI view breaks down by product, showing:
  • Which products have the most active flywheel loops
  • Which products have the highest score velocity
  • Which products have open (unverified) loops that need a re-score

Reading the charts

Score velocity chart weekly composite score deltas per product. Upward trend = your team is improving faster than the platform is raising the bar. Actions dispatched by type breakdown of Linear issues, Slack messages, re-scores, and coaching recommendations. Skew toward re-scores suggests agents are catching regressions; skew toward Linear issues suggests proactive improvement. Dimension heat map which of the 27 dimensions are improving most consistently across all products. Strong dimensions (4/4 across multiple products) indicate systemic organizational strength.

Measuring compound ROI

The compound flywheel on the Agent Studio dashboard tracks real operational impact:
MetricWhat it measures
Completed cyclesFull Score, Connect, Correlate, Act, Learn revolutions
Accuracy trendRecommendation hit rate per period (monthly)
Intelligence depthHow much the system’s recommendation precision has improved
Score velocityComposite score change per month

The flywheel effect

Each revolution makes the next more accurate:
  1. Score — assess current maturity
  2. Connect — integration signals ground-truth the assessment
  3. Correlate — agents identify cross-function patterns
  4. Act — recommendations become actions (Linear tickets, coaching)
  5. Learn — outcomes are measured and attributed
Teams with 10+ completed cycles see measurably better recommendation accuracy than teams in their first cycle. This is the compound intelligence moat: a competitor can copy the framework, but they cannot copy 12 months of your team’s decision intelligence data.

Use in investor updates

The ROI view is designed to be screenshottable for investor and board reporting. The headline metrics (score delta, loop closure rate, velocity) quantify your team’s continuous improvement cadence in a format that goes beyond subjective self-assessment.

Agent Studio

Configure agents and manage the compound flywheel.

DAC Copilot

Financial attribution and evidence citations in coaching.

Peer benchmarks

Understanding your position relative to peers.

How scoring works

Signal-score blending and the 27-dimension methodology.