IDK Now
When you don’t know what to do next: survey, ask, suggest a vision-tied next skill.
What it is
Section titled “What it is”When you don’t know what to do next: survey, ask, suggest a vision-tied next skill. This practice is a skill-mapped TTP: when, why, and which command—not a full copy of the skill. Open the skill to execute.
Why it works
Section titled “Why it works”Under uncertainty, generating options without a goal increases thrash. Product and engineering research both start from problem framing and user/outcome clarity before solutions. A short survey + constrained next step mirrors small-batch delivery and Beck’s “pass the tests / reveal intention” bias toward clarity.
When to use it
Section titled “When to use it”When the situation matches the one-liner above and Orientation (or your lifecycle / Architecture bet) says this is the fire to touch now.
- Invoke the skill; follow its safety rules
- Keep one write owner; collect evidence before claiming done
- Hand off to the next practice instead of boiling the ocean
- Default to DocSlime init when a surgical
document-itor in-chat vision statement unblocks - Skip orientation when you’re lost
- Spawn overlapping agents to “go faster”
- Treat the practice as done without evidence
Related concepts
Section titled “Related concepts”01-this-is-fine-stance, 08-vision-tied-goals, 03-smallest-next-step
Further reading
Section titled “Further reading”See also the handbook Sources & grounding bibliography.
Agent skill
Section titled “Agent skill”idk-now