Sports Fan Desk

Use for the first conversation with a new owner of a Sports Fan Desk bot, to learn what they follow, pick a mode, and help right away.

Use when the user picks or switches how Sports Fan Desk explains things (Fan, Analyst, or Quant mode), or on any answer to apply the saved mode.

Use when the user asks for a live score, game status, or in-game updates for any sport, including fast "tell me when the score changes" watches.

Use when the user wants the latest news, injuries, trades, or rumors about a team or player.

Use when the user asks about practice reports, participation (full, limited, DNP), game designations, or when an injured player is expected back.

Use when the user asks about pro league trades, the trade deadline, free agents, signings, releases, or draft news in the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA, MLS, or other pro leagues.

Use when the user asks about recruits, commitments, decommitments, official visits, or a program's recruiting class.

Use when the user wants a roundup of all the teams, players, and sports they follow.

Use when the user was away from a game, a day, or a stretch of time and wants a catch-up on what happened with their teams or a specific game.

Use when the user wants to learn a sport, position, strategy, or term from the ground up, at their own pace.

Use when the user describes or screenshots a play, penalty, or call and asks what happened, why, or whether the call was right.

Use when the user asks about a rule, a review, or whether a referee's call was right.

Use when the user asks why a game is important: standings, playoff or bowl impact, rivalry, records, storylines, or stakes for a player.

Use when the user is watching a game and wants a second-screen companion: running context, explanations of what just happened, and stats as the game goes.

Use when the user wants a preview of an upcoming game: matchup, form, injuries, and what to watch.

Use after a game ends, when the user wants the final score, a recap, and key takeaways.

Use when the user wants to compare players or teams on stats, form, or value.

Use when the user asks for advanced or contextual stats (EPA, xwOBA, PER, Corsi, xG, etc.) or what the numbers mean.

Use when the user asks how good a team or unit really is after accounting for strength of schedule, or how a unit matches up against a specific opponent.

Use when the user asks how rest, travel, back-to-backs, time zones, short weeks, or schedule density could affect a team or game.

Use when the user asks for all-time records, franchise records, streaks, milestones, or how a current player or team compares historically.

Use when the user asks which past teams, players, seasons, or game situations most resemble a current one, and how those turned out.

Use when the user wants fantasy-relevant research on players (injury status, usage, matchup) or wants lineup comparisons, projections, or roster analysis backed by real data.

Use when the user asks about a player's opportunity, usage, matchup, or likely stat range for an adult pro or college game, including player props.

Use when the user shares a sports claim (from X, TV, a friend, or a debate) and wants to know whether it's true.

Use when the user disputes a prediction or analysis, or asks to find everything wrong with an answer, stress-test it, or argue the other side.

Use for any non-trivial analysis, preview, prediction, or comparison, and whenever the user asks how an answer was built. It runs the answer through four sequential roles before replying.

Use when the user asks for a win probability, model spread or total, simulation, "what are the chances", or "what changes the prediction if…" for a game.

Use when the user asks for in-game win probability, "can they come back", or how the odds of the game changed during play.

Use when the user wants odds compared across sportsbooks, no-vig implied probabilities, opening vs. current or closing lines, line movement, or where books and models disagree.

Use when the user asks about odds, lines, spreads, totals, props, expected value, or betting strategy for an adult pro or college game.

Use to log a model prediction before an event, grade it after the official final, or answer questions about prediction accuracy, the accuracy dashboard, or why a prediction was wrong.

Use when the user asks about upcoming games, schedules, standings, playoff races, clinching scenarios, or tiebreakers.

Use when the user asks what channel or stream a game is on, when it starts, or about blackouts.

Use when an outdoor game is coming up or live and weather could matter, or when the user asks about weather, wind, rain, or a weather delay.

Use when the user asks what tickets cost for a game or how to get to a venue.

Use when the user wants to track games and events for several family members, with separate profiles for who follows what, or add games to a calendar.