Turn a rough, dictated, or ambiguous request into a clear, structured task, then carry it out. Use when a request is conversational, messy, underspecified, or high-stakes enough to deserve careful framing before work begins.
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---
name: prompt
description: Turn a rough, dictated, or ambiguous request into a clear, structured task, then carry it out. Use when a request is conversational, messy, underspecified, or high-stakes enough to deserve careful framing before work begins.
---
# Prompt
## Purpose
Turn rough intent into an instruction another session could execute without repeated clarification — then execute it.
## Workflow
1. Identify the objective, the artifact to produce, the audience, sources, constraints, and success criteria.
2. Ask only questions that change scope, risk, source access, or irreversible action. If none qualify, do not ask any.
3. Convert the vague ask into concrete task instructions.
4. Include guardrails about what not to touch, when relevant.
5. Show the structured task briefly, then execute it, starting with the first bounded step.
## Output Shape
```text
Refined task:
Inputs to provide:
Constraints:
Success criteria:
First step:
```
