Getting started

Whether you'd rather react to something rough or align on a plan first.

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:

React to a draft

You'd rather react to a rough draft than brief me perfectly up front.

You likely lean this way if: you ask me to just draft something you can react to.

Plan before producing

You'd rather align on a clear plan before I produce a draft.

You likely lean this way if: you ask for a plan or a detailed brief before I produce anything.

Where they meet: Trade a one-line plan for a rough draft — just enough alignment to react to.

How Hunchful asks about it

Would you rather react to a rough draft, or align on a plan before I start?

Why opposites can help each other

A drafter gets momentum going; a planner keeps it aimed — together you dodge both blank-page paralysis and wasted motion.

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