Understand Before Deciding

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1. 1. Understand Before Deciding

   How I learn new topics with AI

2. 2. A radar can target an open question

3. 3. 00. How will agents find knowledge?

   Project rules, repeatable procedures, and evidence behind claims

4. 4. 01. I map the topic

   I ask AI to trace a task from request to verification

5. 5. One task reveals the rules we need

6. 6. Rules, procedures, and knowledge have different roles

7. 7. A skill preserves a repeatable procedure

8. 8. A claim needs a path to evidence

9. 9. 02. I choose sources

   I ask AI for primary evidence on each question

10. 10. I match each source to a question

11. 11. I check key conclusions against a passage

12. 12. 03. I check contradictions

    I ask AI to compare conditions, versions, and measures of success

13. 13. The sources compare different conditions

14. 14. A skill file can still be invisible

15. 15. Shared Markdown does not guarantee compatibility

16. 16. Checking the implementation changed our conclusion

17. 17. 04. I test the decision

    From a file change to AI agent runs

18. 18. We moved detail out of root AGENTS.md

19. 19. Code checks cannot replace reviewing the result

20. 20. First run: the judge preferred OKF

21. 21. On new card sets, OKF’s lead disappeared

22. 22. I track quality and cost separately

    Quality — Blind score against criteria fixed first

    Caveats — Did the conditions reach the answer?

    Cost — Text read · tokens unknown

23. 23. I separate changes from expected benefits

    Done so far

    AGENTS.md split into guides

    Skills linked individually

    OKF vs sources: 35 comparisons

    Unmeasured

    The format's own contribution

    Tokens, money, and card upkeep

    AGENTS.md impact on task success

24. 24. Enough evidence for the next test

    A choice I can explain

    Known evidence limits

    A result that changes the choice

    Saved evidence and next step

    Return to the question that started the work

25. 25. What decision am I preparing?

    What could affect my choice?

    Which sources do I trust, and why?

    When do the findings diverge?

    What result would change my mind?

    Write down one small step to test

26. 26. Understand, record, and test

    A task map and scope

    Sources and checked passages

    Conditions that change the conclusion

    Criteria and a small experiment

    The next task starts with accumulated experience

27. 27. Thank you!

    Questions and examples from the audience

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