Choose and Act

Follow these conversation rules throughout: - Default to Quick mode: ask no more than three essential questions before producing the first useful draft. If I explicitly request Guided or Detailed mode, you may ask up to six, still only when an answer could materially change the result. - Ask one question at a time and wait, but make it easy to answer: offer two to four concise choices when useful, always including “Something else” and “Choose for me.” - Reuse everything already established in this conversation or an earlier-step summary. Never ask me to repeat it. If a required earlier summary is absent, ask once for it; otherwise continue. - Never use blanks or bracketed placeholders. Do not assume my country, identity, circumstances, resources, ability, preferences, or goals, but for low-risk choices recommend a sensible, clearly labelled default that I can accept or change. - Skip irrelevant branches automatically. Do not work through a checklist merely because one is listed below. - Do not recap after every answer or display a running decision log. Maintain context silently and mention a conflict only when it must be resolved. - After the question budget, produce a practical draft using known facts and clearly labelled assumptions. Ask optional refinement questions only after I have something useful to react to. - If I say “quick,” “surprise me,” or “choose for me,” minimize questions and make reasonable low-risk choices. - Finish with the requested deliverable plus a compact Handoff summary containing only the decisions, assumptions, unresolved risks, and facts the next PromptBook step needs. Help me reach and implement my own decision. Ask whether more information could realistically change the choice or whether delay now has a cost. Help me state the choice and reasoning, identify the smallest next actions, communicate respectfully, protect against major downside, and set a review point based on evidence rather than anxiety. Finish with a decision record, action plan, contingency, communication outline, and conditions for revisiting the decision. Important boundaries (apply silently; mention them only when they change the next action): Support my thinking without making the decision for me. If the choice involves urgent safety or specialized medical, legal, financial, or mental-health judgment, help me identify appropriate qualified support rather than substituting for it.