Reject Teacher-Replacement Positioning
The app will not present itself as a replacement for a qualified violin teacher.
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AI coaching products often imply substitution:
- immediate answers;
- unlimited access;
- lower cost;
- personalized feedback;
- no scheduling constraints.
This could be commercially tempting.
The app will not present itself as a replacement for a qualified violin teacher.
Why
This decision matters because reject Teacher-Replacement Positioning constrains the product toward continuity, evidence, and human judgment rather than broad AI helpfulness.
Why-Not
In violin, the teacher often possesses:
- embodied knowledge;
- direct observation;
- responsibility for sequence;
- awareness of the student’s history;
- contextual judgment;
- authority over technique changes;
- ability to intervene physically and musically.
A generic AI claim could undermine trust with teachers and increase risk for beginners and parents.
Do not publish exact escalation rules or user-level thresholds.
Commit
Decision: The app will not present itself as a replacement for a qualified violin teacher.
- onboarding must ask about teacher status;
- beginners without teachers require more conservative routing;
- teacher-facing summaries become valuable;
- “bring this to your teacher” becomes a legitimate successful outcome.
Do not publish exact escalation rules or user-level thresholds.
Public boundary: This ADR publishes the judgment and product boundary while withholding exact prompts, routes, thresholds, schemas, tests, and other reproducible implementation details where applicable.
Confidence: Medium-high for public architecture; implementation details remain private and subject to launch evidence.
Timestamp
2026-07-17