Pacing a conversation

How much reflecting-back you want as you work together.

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 up, don't recap

You think out loud and want me to keep up — not summarize back every turn.

You likely lean this way if: you tell me the recaps slow you down — just keep up.

Recap to stay aligned

You like me to reflect back and confirm before moving on.

You likely lean this way if: you ask me to pause and reflect back what I heard before moving on.

Where they meet: Recap only at decision points, not every turn.

How Hunchful asks about it

Should I keep pace without recapping, or reflect back to confirm we're aligned?

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