ABOUTME: Structured requirements refinement using AskUserQuestion before planning
ABOUTME: Identifies gray areas, clarifies with concrete options, captures decisions for the plan
Requirements Refinement
Invoke explicitly or triggered automatically by plan-first-workflow for 🟡/🔴 tasks.
Process
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Identify gray areas by domain:
- •Visual → layout, density, interactions, empty states
- •API/CLI → response format, error handling, auth flow
- •Infrastructure → scaling, redundancy, monitoring
- •Integration → protocol, auth method, error recovery
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For each gray area, use
AskUserQuestion:- •Concrete options ("JWT" not "Option A"), 2-4 choices
- •Include "You decide" when Claude's discretion is fine
- •Follow threads: each answer may reveal the next question
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Scope guard: if user suggests new scope, capture as deferred idea, redirect back
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Output: list of decisions to include as
## Decisionsin the plan file
Anti-patterns
- •Generic questions ("What are your requirements?") → ask about specific decisions
- •Checklist walking → follow the thread the user cares about
- •Expanding scope → clarify HOW to implement what's requested, not WHETHER to add more