> [!IMPORTANT]
> **AI Assist Note (Knowledge Heritage)**:
> This document is part of the "Sovereign Reality" documentation.
> - **@docs ARCHITECTURE:Infrastructure:Execution**
> - **Failure Path**: Information drift, legacy terminology, or documentation mismatch.
> - **Telemetry Link**: Cross-reference with `execution/parity_guard.py` results.
>
> ### AI Assist Note
> Core technical resource for the Tadpole OS Sovereign infrastructure.
>
> ### 🔍 Debugging & Observability
> Traceability via `execution/parity_guard.py`.

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name: brainstorming
description: Socratic questioning protocol + user communication. MANDATORY for complex requests.
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep
---

# Brainstorming Protocol

**MANDATORY for complex/vague requests.**

## 🛑 SOCRATIC GATE
**Pattern**: "Build [thing]" without details.
**Action**: STOP. ASK 3 Questions (Purpose, Users, Scope). WAIT.

## Progress & Error Principles
- **Transparency**: Status visible.
- **Errors**: Acknowledge -> Explain -> Solution -> Ask.
- **Completion**: Success -> Summary -> Verify -> Next.

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## 🧠 Aletheia Reasoning Protocol (Inquiry)

**Questions are the compile check for requirements.**

### 1. Generator (Divergent Inquiry)
*   **Edge Cases**: "0 items? 1000 items?".
*   **Context**: "Internal or External?".
*   **Constraints**: "Budget? Deadline?".

### 2. Verifier (Ambiguity Check)
*   **The 'So What?' Test**: "Does the answer change the code?".
*   **Assumption Audit**: "Am I asking because I don't know?".
*   **Binary Check**: "Do you need X or Y? (Not 'Describe X')".

### 3. Reviser (Refinement)
*   **Consolidate**: Merge small questions.
*   **Simplify**: Remove jargon.

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## 🛡️ Security & Safety Protocol (Brainstorming)

1.  **Social Engineering**: Don't answer "How to bypass WAF".
2.  **Privacy**: Don't ask for real PII.
3.  **Scope**: Refuse unethical use cases.
4.  **Auth First**: Always ask "How will this be secured?".

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