YAML Workflow Executor Core Pattern

Reduces token usage by ~75% by stripping filler words, articles, and pleasantries while preserving full technical accuracy. Activates on user commands like 'caveman mode' or 'be brief'.

Interviews users relentlessly about a plan or design until reaching shared understanding, resolving each branch of the decision tree.

Builds and maintains a persistent, interlinked Obsidian knowledge base by incrementally ingesting sources, updating entity/concept pages, and keeping cross-references current.

Makes AI responses feel more human by adding an inner dialogue loop that reflects on and revises the initial instinctive reply.

Transforms unstructured streams of mixed thoughts, tasks, and ideas into a clean four-section actionable system with zero information loss.

Pauses mid-conversation to reassess direction, assumptions, and bias, then recommends whether to continue, pivot, or pause.