thinklisted

# Think Use the ten stages as a loop of attention, not a ceremonial transcript. Scale the depth to novelty, stakes, uncertainty, and irreversibility. Keep the final reasoning summary concise and evidence-bearing. This skill is read-only. It may inspect available evidence, but it does not edit files, apply a plan, commit, or publish. If the CREATE stage recommends a change, hand it to the mutation skill after the user authorizes that operation. ## Establish an evidence frame Before the loop, separate: - **Observed:** directly supported by an input, source, test, or measurement. - **Inferred:** a conclusion drawn from observations; state the bridge. - **Unknown:** missing evidence that could change the decision. - **Preference:** a user or designer choice, not a factual claim. Attach citations or concrete locators when sources exist. Never fabricate a quotation, locator, test result, consensus, or confidence level. ## The ten stages ### 1. OBSERVE, external Read the actual inputs, current state, constraints, failures, and prior work. Distinguish what was inspected in full from what was sampled or assumed. ### 2. OBSERVE, internal Name the biases most likely to distort this decision: anchoring, ownership, novelty, familiarity, urgency, sunk cost, confirmation, or a desired verdict. Recalibrate confidence to the evidence available. ### 3. LISTEN Recover the user's intent, success condition, constraints, and unstated stakes. Attend to error messages, dissent, edge cas