figure-it-outlisted

# Figure it out The catch-all so an unmatched task still gets a frame instead of being improvised. Sequence it explicitly, do it, then decide whether it's worth capturing. ## Steps (paste as todos) 1. **State the goal and the done-condition** in one line. What does success look like, and how will you *prove* it (the artifact)? 2. **Map what it touches** before editing — the files, the real flow end to end. Don't start on the smallest diff until you understand the whole thing. 3. **Write the todolist.** Break the task into ordered, checkable steps. This list is the missing playbook. 4. **Do it**, one step at a time, acting on reversible work and pausing for irreversible writes (autonomy contract). 5. **Prove it on the real artifact**, not a self-report. 6. **Decide: capture or drop.** Did this task shape recur, or is it likely to? If yes and it has a nameable trigger → propose turning your todolist into a playbook (`authoring-a-playbook`). If it was a one-off → drop it, capture nothing. ## Guardrails - Don't skip step 2 to reach a small diff faster — the smallest change in the wrong place is a second bug. - One occurrence is not a pattern. Resist skilling a task you've done once.