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To run one framework on a company, open Generate Framework in the side menu, pick a framework, fill in the business context, then click Generate Framework. StratEngine analyzes the company and opens the result, where you can edit it and turn it into a strategy brief. Use this when you already know which framework you want. If you’d rather describe your situation and let StratEngine choose, use Strategy Builder instead.
Generate Framework builds a framework analysis, not a strategy. You get the framework applied to your company, such as a SWOT or a Porter’s Five Forces, which is a useful foundation for a strategy. To get a full strategy with a recommended direction, generate a strategy brief from the result, or start in Strategy Builder.
Which frameworks you can run depends on your plan. Free includes 4 frameworks, Essential includes 13, and Professional includes all 29. Pay-as-you-go accounts can run every framework and pay per run. Frameworks outside your plan show an Upgrade button instead of Select. See Strategy plans and pricing.

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Run a framework

The page is titled Framework Generation and walks you through three steps, shown at the top as Framework, Context and Generate. You can click an earlier step to go back. You can only move forward once a framework is selected.
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Open Generate Framework

In the side menu, under Quick Frameworks, click Generate Framework.If you already had a framework open, the page skips to the Context step with that framework’s inputs filled in. To start fresh, click New Project at the top of the page.
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Pick a framework

Under Select Framework, frameworks are grouped into four categories:
  • Market & Product Strategy
  • Positioning & Strategic Analysis
  • Organizational & Change Management
  • Financial & Performance Analysis
Each card shows the framework’s name, a short description (click Show more to read all of it) and a tier badge: Foundational, Growth or Advanced. Click Select on the one you want.Not sure which to pick? Click Help me choose to open Strategy Builder, where you can talk through your situation instead. The full list is in the Framework library.
Step 1 of Framework Generation: Select Framework with Help me choose and framework cards labelled Advanced or Growth
Selecting a framework clears every field on the Context step. If you go back to step 1 just to check your choice, click the Context step at the top to return instead of clicking Select again.
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Describe the business

The Business Context step asks about the company you’re analyzing. None of the fields is required, but the more you fill in, the more specific the analysis.Below these, Framework Inputs (Optional) lists extra questions specific to the framework you picked. Click the heading to collapse or expand it.When you’re done, click Continue.
The Business Context step with the pay-as-you-go depth notice, the Saved companies row, Autofill from a document and the first fields
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Generate

On the Generate step, click Generate Framework. Below the button, the app shows the processing time for the depth the framework will run at, for example Processing time is ~8 min. See Analysis depth and cost.A progress overlay shows while the analysis runs. When it finishes, the framework opens on its results page. See Work with framework results.

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Fill the form faster

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Load a saved company

The Saved companies card at the top of the Context step fills the form from a company you’ve saved before. Choose it from Load saved company. The project name stays as it is, because it’s specific to this run.
  • Save this company saves the details you’ve entered so you can reuse them. You’ll be asked for a name.
  • Update saved company appears when a saved company is loaded. It writes your changes back to that saved company.
  • The x next to the dropdown unlinks the saved company but keeps the fields as they are.
Saved companies are shared with everyone in your workspace. See Saved companies.

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Autofill from a document

Click Autofill from a document (PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, MD, TXT), then drop a file on the upload area or click it to choose one. StratEngine shows Parsing text… while it reads the file, then fills in the fields it found, including the framework’s optional inputs. Review every field before you continue.
Autofill fills only the fields it finds in the document. Other fields keep what you typed, so you can run it before or after entering your own details.
Click Hide to collapse the upload area again.

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Save a draft

Once Project Name has text, a Save button appears at the top of the page. Click it to save your inputs as a draft without running the analysis. You’ll see Inputs saved successfully!

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Analysis depth and cost

How deep the analysis goes depends on your account:
  • Subscription plans: there’s no depth choice on this page. The framework runs at the deepest depth your plan includes. Free runs the shortest depth, so its results don’t include momentum or assumptions.
  • Pay-as-you-go: the Generate step shows an Analysis depth panel with Quick Scan, Standard and Deep. A card under the options lists what the selected depth adds, followed by the Cost of the run and your Balance (or how many free analyses you have left). If your balance is too low, the panel says how much more you need and offers amounts to add.
See Analysis depth and Pay-as-you-go.
The pay-as-you-go notice listing Quick Scan, Standard and Deep with the cost of each and buttons to add funds

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If the analysis fails

If you see Analysis failed. Please try again in a few minutes. If this persists, please contact support., nothing was saved as a result. Your inputs are kept as a draft, so you can wait a few minutes and click Generate Framework again. If it keeps failing, email help@stratengineai.com.