tomevault-io Assessment
Assessment prevents wasted execution on poor-quality inputs by providing:
- Critical evaluation of input quality and completeness
- Identification of assumptions, gaps, and conflicts
- Generation of execution plan with explicit steps
- User review and approval mechanism
- Iterative refinement based on feedback
Workflow
Question the premise
- Evaluate necessity
- Check for duplication
- Identify hidden assumptions
- Question maintenance burden
Check existing state
- Read relevant files first
- Search for similar patterns
- Verify problem exists as described
- Empirically verify without guessing
Identify trade-offs
- List downsides of proposed approach
- Compare alternatives
- Analyze cost-benefit
- Consider token/complexity/maintenance costs
Flag problems upfront
- State flaws clearly before proceeding
- Surface redundancy or conflicts
- Identify better approaches
- Question if simpler solutions suffice
Present assessment and request direction
- Summarize findings with rationale
- Present alternatives with analysis
- Request confirmation before proceeding
- Challenge incomplete framing
Stop and Explain Risks
Before implementing anything that:
- Modifies user configuration files (dotfiles, shell configs)
- Violates security best practices
- Breaks established conventions without clear justification
- Could affect system stability or user experience negatively
- Duplicates existing functionality in another location
Stop immediately and explain the risks explicitly before proceeding.
Output
Return structured results including:
- Premise Evaluation: Summary of necessity analysis, duplication checks, and hidden assumptions
- Current State Findings: Verified existing patterns, confirmed problem scope (empirically validated, not assumed)
- Trade-off Analysis: Comparison of alternatives with cost-benefit analysis and recommendations
- Flagged Problems: Clear statement of flaws, conflicts, redundancy requiring attention
- Execution Plan: Explicit steps with coordination requirements for complex work
- Approval Status: User confirmation received or autonomous selection made with rationale
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