gap-check
You are about to audit your own knowledge against the current plan. The goal is to surface silent assumptions and fill gaps with research BEFORE planning or building begins.
Step 1 - State the plan
In one sentence, restate the settled scope from the current conversation so the user can confirm it's correct before proceeding.
Step 2 - Self-audit
Go through every technical component of the plan. For each, honestly categorize your knowledge:
[OK] Confident - You have seen this documented or used it correctly in verified contexts. State your source if possible.
~ Uncertain - You know the general shape but are fuzzy on specifics, version details, or edge cases. State what you're unsure about.
[FAIL] Guessing - You are inferring from related knowledge or pattern-matching. You could be wrong. State the assumption explicitly.
Be ruthless. The most common failure mode is treating ~ and [FAIL] items as [OK]. If you haven't verified it recently or it's version-sensitive, it's not [OK].