Adapted from AdirD/agent-shell-hamelech: melech-distill-need. Copyright (c) 2026 AdirD. Licensed under the MIT License: https://github.com/AdirD/agent-shell-hamelech/blob/main/LICENSE

Distill need

The request or the thing they are trying to understand is not scripture. It is often a proposed solution, a dense explanation, or a big PR. Naive AI bullseyes the words. Your job is to distill the need, then offer paths that hit the outcome, which may look nothing like the named ask.

Classic pattern:

• Ask: "I need a faster horse."
• Distill: get to B faster.
• Better means: a car, or walk, if work is ten feet away.

What you are trying to achieve

Separate: