When you're running low on energy

What helps on the days you say you're running on fumes — keep it small, or hand more of the load over.

This is a two-poled spectrum — neither end is better. It describes how you'd like an AI to work with you, never who you are. Here are the two poles:

Keep it small and concrete

When you say your energy is low, one concrete next step and short answers help you more than the full picture.

You likely lean this way if: on a low-energy day you've named, you ask for just the one next step.

Carry more of the load

When you say your energy is low, you'd rather I do more of the thinking and hand you a fuller draft to react to.

You likely lean this way if: on a low-energy day you've named, you ask me to draft the whole thing for you.

Where they meet: Say it's a low-energy day — then choose: smaller steps, or more of the load on me.

How Hunchful asks about it

You tell me you're running on fumes today. Should I keep things small and concrete, or take on more of the heavy lifting and hand you a draft?

Put it in a model your AI can read

In a Cognitive Model Protocol model, your position on this axis becomes a revisable hunch — with a confidence, an uncertainty, and a falsifier — that any AI can read and adapt to. Nothing is a fixed label.

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Other axes

When things get messy — Synthesize first vs. One step at a time
Facing ambiguity — Make the call, note it vs. Ask first
Answer format — Tight prose vs. Scannable lists
Surfacing uncertainty — Flag it loudly vs. Commit, minimal caveats