Rubric builder chatbot

# Rubric builder chatbot

A conversational interface for teachers to create or refine a rubric — analogous to Flint's two-mode lesson design (manual or chatbot-facilitated).

## Problem

Reported 2026-04-20 as a Monday-call brainstorm. Teachers building a rubric from scratch face a blank-page problem; a guided conversation lowers the activation energy. Especially relevant if Yawp ships [features/differentiated-rubrics-by-assignment-type.md](differentiated-rubrics-by-assignment-type.md) — more rubric variants means more rubric authoring.

## Goals (rough)

- Two paths to a rubric: manual editor (likely already exists or planned) and chatbot-facilitated.
- The chatbot asks targeted questions ("what kind of essay?", "what do you want to weight most?", "how do you handle late thesis statements?") and produces a draft rubric.
- Teacher reviews and edits the draft.

## Non-goals

- Replacing the manual editor. Both modes coexist.
- Full autopilot rubric generation without teacher input.

## Open questions

- [ ] What's the right starting question? "Tell me about the assignment" vs structured intake.
- [ ] How does the chatbot handle a teacher who has a strong existing rubric they want to digitize?

## Engineering handoff

Not ready. Idea-stage. Brand-stance reminder: no AI branding in user-facing UI ([AGENTS.md](../AGENTS.md)). The chatbot exists; it just isn't called an AI assistant.