Three Modes

Pick by stake. Not by curiosity.

Fast lookup. Full deliberation. Steered deliberation.

Pilot5 runs in three modes. The Expert is one smart-routed model answering a factual question fast. The A-Team is the full five-perspective panel deliberating automatically across two to four adaptive rounds. The Dream Team is the same five-perspective panel but with a human-in-the-loop pause after every round, up to six rounds.

The same panel architecture and audit guarantees apply across all three modes. What changes is depth, time, and your level of involvement. Cost scales with how much deliberation you actually consume — credits are reserved at start and finalised to actual token usage, with excess always refunded.

01 · 1 (smart-routed)

The Expert

One smart-routed model, ~30 seconds, factual answers you can quote.

Cost
0.4–0.7 credits
Time
≈ 30 seconds

A single benchmark-selected AI for the question type — pricing routing for cost, code routing for technical, strategy for analysis. No multi-round deliberation, no Minority Report. Token-metered: you pay for what the model actually consumes, never more.

Best for: Quick factual lookups, calculations, definitional questions, anything where one good answer is enough.

02 · 5 (full panel)

The A-Team

Five perspectives, automatic deliberation, no interruptions.

Cost
3–5.5 credits
Time
≈ 5–8 minutes

The full five-perspective panel runs Divergence + Critique + Synthesis end-to-end without pausing. Adaptive rounds (Devil's Advocate, Focused Research) inserted by the orchestrator when consensus is too clean or evidence is thin. You walk away, the result lands as a chat message.

Best for: Strategic decisions, competitive analysis, investment evaluation, anything that needs cross-perspective stress-test but doesn't need you in the room.

03 · 5 + HITL

The Dream Team

Five perspectives plus you, with HITL pauses between rounds.

Cost
3.8–7 credits
Time
≈ 8–12 minutes

Same five-perspective panel as The A-Team, but the orchestrator pauses after every round to invite your steering. Up to six rounds. Use the pauses to add context, redirect angle, or pin a constraint the panel hasn't surfaced. The deliberation closes only when you sign off.

Best for: Board-level decisions, M&A diligence, regulatory strategy, anything where you need to steer the analysis as it develops.

How to pick

  • Reversible decision? The Expert is usually enough. Save the panel for stakes that justify it.
  • Stakes you'd want a record of? The A-Team. Five preserved positions, calibrated confidence, Minority Report — defensible after the fact.
  • Stakes plus context the panel can't infer? The Dream Team. The HITL pauses are where you correct course before the synthesis bakes in.

Continue

  • Pricing comparison → — side-by-side credit cost, plan tiers, and what each plan includes.
  • How it Works → — the deliberation pipeline that runs inside The A-Team and The Dream Team.
  • The Panel → — the five perspectives that deliberate every A-Team and Dream Team question.
  • Audit Trail → — what every mode produces as a permanent governance record.