to-brief

📄 Think To Brief

ID: think-it-through/to-brief
HACP: 0.4
Kind: operation
Mode: artifact
Traits: read-only, artifact
Default Binding: Result supplied by the combo, otherwise full available conversation
Accepts: hacp/content, hacp/result
Produces: think-it-through/thinking-brief
Duration: until-confirmed

Effect: Verify coverage, infer a useful document form and audience, and produce a portable Markdown checkpoint using the subject's vocabulary.

Limits: Keep traces and deck vocabulary outside the artifact unless they are the subject or requested. Do not run a hidden recap, invent conclusions, claim cross-session memory, synchronize later, or overwrite without permission.

Flow

flowchart TD
    A["Final result or default binding"] --> B["Verify coverage and choose document form"]
    B --> C{"Destination?"}
    C -->|None| D["Return Markdown inline"]
    C -->|Inferred| E["Show creation preview"]
    E --> F["Wait for confirmation"]
    C -->|Explicit| G{"Already exists?"}
    G -->|No| H["Create artifact"]
    G -->|Yes| I{"Overwrite approved?"}
    I -->|Yes| H
    I -->|No| J["Wait for permission"]

Follow an applicable method or project convention; otherwise use portable Markdown. A creation preview states the overview, outline, inclusions, exclusions, and proposed path.

Format

Add → 📄 **BRIEF** after the final move in the combo trace, or begin with > 🎯 **<binding>** → 📄 **BRIEF** when used alone. Add presentation cards with +.

Keep that trace in the conversational envelope, outside the brief. Show status only while awaiting confirmation or overwrite permission. A later session resumes only when the user supplies the brief or its content.