Decision walk: recover after a bad Cursor run
Recover from a low-signal Cursor run by isolating what went wrong and restarting with a better frame.
After the run The branch passes type-check, but the diff is bigger than your confidence. Recovery quality depends on whether you diagnose the failure mode or just react to the diff size. The framework Inspect → preserve → replay Bad runs become useful only when you separate what to keep from what to learn and what to reframe. Bad shortcut Throw everything away or merge anyway. You learn from the run instead of merely surviving it. Recovery is about changing the frame, not just changing the branch. Diagnose the miss 01 The diff contains correct changes plus broad “cleanup.” What…
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