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Get unstuck on a task

Find the smallest next action that isn't the whole thing.

  • procrastination
  • next action
  • unblocking

The prompt

I am stuck on: {{task}}
Specifically: {{stuckOn}}

Ask me nothing. Instead, name the likely reason this is stuck — unclear output,
missing decision, missing information, or it is actually three tasks — and say
which one it looks like from what I wrote.

Then give the smallest concrete action that makes progress in under fifteen minutes.
Not "start writing" — the actual first line or the actual question to ask.

What to fill in

{{task}}
The task — e.g. write the App Store release notes
{{stuckOn}}
Where you're stuck — e.g. don't know how much detail to give

What it produces

This looks like an unclear-output block, not a hard task: you
don't know how much detail because you haven't decided who the
notes are for.

Smallest next action: write one sentence answering "what will
someone who hits the old bug want to know?" Then the length
decides itself.

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