Distinguish signals that justify extended thinking from signals that instead call for clearer prompting or cleaner context.
Sort each signal into the bucket that best describes the next move. Use extended thinking Fix the setup first The task involves competing tradeoffs and second-order effects. The prompt never states the decision criteria clearly. The answer will fail if Claude does not trace a multi-step chain of logic carefully. The packet mixes primary evidence with assumptions and unlabeled notes. A quick answer keeps collapsing under hidden assumptions when you test it. The source material is incomplete or contradictory because humans have not cleaned it yet.
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