Figure it out

When the task matches no playbook, design one. The deliverable before any code is the workflow itself: a sequence of phases that scales rigor to the task, runs the scientific method, and leaves a decision trail a human can audit after stepping away.

Start

Open a todolist with the todo tool whose first item is to read the Principles section of the poteto-mode skill (skill://poteto-mode). Then add the phases below as todos.

Phase A: Frame

Ground first, then commit. Don't start the run until you can state:

• The definition of done as a falsifiable predicate (the prove-it-works principle skill, skill://principle-prove-it-works).
• Scope, quantified: rough units and effort, plus the blockers grounding surfaced.
• The rigor level, biased high. One-way doors and high blast radius get more. Reversible low-stakes steps get less. Rigor is gates and artifacts, not "try harder".

Present the framing and tradeoffs before committing to a long run. Reversible work proceeds (the never-block-on-the-human principle skill, skill://principle-never-block-on-the-human), but a multi-hour run earns one checkpoint.

Phase B: Design the workflow