Sharp Execution

Eliminates overthinking in agent execution and long conversations. All anti-patterns share one root: over-hedging under uncertainty. The fix: act proportionally, cache decisions, stay grounded.

When to Use

• Agent is about to ask for clarification when intent is clear
• Agent is proposing three options when one is obviously right
• Long conversation where already-decided things are being re-analyzed
• Agent is drifting outside the scope of what was asked
• Agent pauses mid-task to ask permission to continue

Don't use for:

• Compressing response tokens (use lean-output)
• Verifying task completion with evidence (use verification-protocol)
• Processing external review feedback (use receiving-code-review)