interview-style-doc-building

Interview-Style Doc Building

The user's preferred mode for creating durable strategic docs. AI does NOT propose content — AI asks one question, the user answers, AI patches the file, AI asks the next question. The file IS the conversation's output, updated incrementally.

When to Use

• Building a new SSOT file (life priorities, life vision, principles, frameworks, ranked lists).
• Filling out a structured doc the user explicitly wants to author themselves.
• Quarterly/annual reviews where the user's words go into the file.

NOT for: day planning (use day-plan), task triage (organize-tasks), or anything where AI proposes content first.

The Loop

1. Create the file with a skeleton (header, sections, "to be filled in" placeholders). Single write_file for the new file. After this, NEVER overwrite — only patch.
2. Ask ONE question. Concise. Specific. Single-faceted. Open-ended where possible.
3. Wait for the answer. Don't ask the next question yet.
4. Patch the file with the user's answer in the correct section.
5. Re-ask — next question, or follow-up if the answer was incomplete.
6. Repeat until the file is complete.

Hard Rules

• One question at a time. Never dump multiple questions in a single message. The user has flagged this.
• Patch, don't overwrite. After the initial skeleton, use patch for every update. Never `write_