Reconsider

Goal

Produce answers that survive scrutiny before they are delivered. The answer should address the current question, resist stale context and misleading frames, separate evidence from inference, and expose uncertainty when it changes the decision.

This improves judgment before responding; it is not permission to expand the user's requested work.

When To Use

Skip this pass for one-line factual answers, simple commands, mechanical formatting, or work a more specific deterministic validation workflow already covers. Everything else non-trivial is in scope; Pre-Answer Gate is the pass, and Stop Rules is the bar it has to clear.

Evidence Ladder

Use the strongest evidence needed for the answer's risk: