Listen

Conduct a structured deep listening session — clearing assumptions, attending with full reception, parsing multiple signal layers, reflecting understanding back, noticing what is unsaid, and integrating the complete picture of the user's intent.

When to Use

• A user's request feels ambiguous and rushing to action risks solving the wrong problem
• The user's words say one thing but the context suggests something else (mismatch between literal and implied)
• Previous responses have missed the mark — the user keeps clarifying or rephrasing
• A complex request arrives that contains multiple layers: technical needs, emotional context, unstated constraints
• Before beginning a large task where misunderstanding the intent would waste significant effort
• After meditate clears internal noise, listen directs cleared attention outward toward the user

Inputs

• Required: User message(s) to attend to (available implicitly from conversation)
• Optional: Conversation history providing context for the current request
• Optional: MEMORY.md or CLAUDE.md with user preferences and project context
• Optional: Specific concern about what might be misunderstood