JAMES · LINTON
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ASK&DO Compose a request
Universal behavioral security

Every request
has a grammar.

Risk hides in the gap between what is asked and what gets done. Ask&Do makes that structure visible - across people, messages and AI agents.

ENTER

01 / GRAMMAR LAB

See the ask.
Trace the do.

Choose a familiar request, then change any term. The model responds as the grammar shifts.

LIVE INPUT

Compose the grammar

LIVE

02 / THE PRINCIPLE

THE CORE QUESTION

Does what’s being done actually match what was asked?

03 / UNIVERSAL PATTERN

Different target.
Same grammar.

Whether it’s a person or an AI making the decision, manipulation follows the same structure.

HUMANClassic phishing
  1. ASK“Verify your account now”
  2. YOUEmployee processing quickly
  3. DOClicks and types in their login
  4. VALUETheir inbox - and a way into other accounts
PAUSE AT THE CLICK
AI AGENTAutonomous manipulation
  1. ASK“We’re authorised testers”
  2. YOUAgent accepts the persona
  3. DOScans, breaks in and takes data
  4. VALUELogins + access to systems
CHECK AGAIN WHEN THE ASKS GET BIGGER

04 / FIVE COMPONENTS

A small language for consequential decisions.