A clearer way to understandpersonality, values, and style.

Traits helps you explore the patterns that shape how people think, relate, decide, and respond under pressure, using established personality frameworks instead of vague self-help language.

Explore traitsSee the assessments
Traits mapped
89
Core launch set
48
External strengths
24
Future expansion
17
Focus areas

Start with the part of personality you want to understand.

Some traits describe temperament. Others describe values, strengths, or how someone reacts in relationships. This map helps you see the difference.

How you tend to be

Personality traits

Explore enduring patterns like sociability, diligence, patience, curiosity, and emotional sensitivity.

Open area
What matters to you

Values

See the priorities that shape decisions, from security and tradition to achievement, growth, and freedom.

Open area
How you respond under pressure

Relationship and coping styles

Look at patterns like attachment, grit, self-belief, and how much control you feel over your life.

Open area
Why this helps

A less shallow view of personality.

Most personality talk is either too generic to be useful or too technical to be readable. Traits aims for something in the middle: structured, credible, and easy to explore.

  1. 01
    Clear dimensions
    Each trait is broken into specific dimensions, so you can see more than a single broad label like “high conscientiousness.”
  2. 02
    Grounded in real assessments
    The map is built from established psychological frameworks rather than made-up personality language.
  3. 03
    Made to compare, not confuse
    Traits, values, strengths, and relationship styles are kept separate, so different parts of personality do not get blurred together.
  4. 04
    Useful in real life
    The goal is practical self-understanding: better reflection, better conversations, and better ways to notice how you operate.
Featured dimensions

A few examples from across the map.

These examples show the range of what Traits covers, from everyday temperament to values, attachment, emotional style, and character strengths.

Tier 1HEXACO

Diligence

Conscientiousness

Diligence is stored inside Conscientiousness and measured through HEXACO.

hexaco.conscientiousness.diligence
Open dimension
Tier 2SD3

Machiavellianism

Dark Side

Machiavellianism is stored inside Dark Side and measured through SD3.

dark.machiavellianism
Open dimension
Tier 3PVQ-21

Self-Direction

Schwartz Values

Self-Direction is stored inside Schwartz Values and measured through PVQ-21.

values.self_direction
Open dimension
Tier 5ECR-R

Avoidance

Attachment

Avoidance is stored inside Attachment and measured through ECR-R.

style.attachment.avoidance
Open dimension
Tier 6ERQ

Reappraisal

Emotion Regulation

Reappraisal is stored inside Emotion Regulation and measured through ERQ.

cog.emotion_regulation.reappraisal
Open dimension
Tier 4VIA-IS

Gratitude

Transcendence

Gratitude is stored inside Transcendence and measured through VIA-IS.

via.transcendence.gratitude
Open dimension
Tier 1
Core Dispositions

Stable trait structure using HEXACO facet-level dimensions.

Ship in v1
Tier 2
Dark Side

Socially costly and manipulative tendencies that often operate under charm or force.

Ship in v1
Tier 3
Values

Motivational priorities using the 10-value Schwartz model.

Ship in v1
Tier 4
Character Strengths

VIA virtues and strengths, mapped for reference but intended as external link-out.

Mapped for later; external only
Tier 5
Relational & Regulatory Styles

Applied styles for attachment, motivation, control, and cognitive effort.

Ship in v1
Tier 6
Emotional & Cognitive Style

v2 expansion layer for regulation, empathy, risk, curiosity, and chronotype.

Mapped for later