Cognitive Maps

This is the foundational map. It helps you understand if you are delegating or empowering.

When the prompt "seems right" but the output is vague, you're asking too much in one sentence, or you can't explain to a human what you want.

When you don't know what to ask, you're looking for ideas, options, alternatives. You want to expand the space of possibilities.

When you start from existing content and need to adapt, rewrite, translate, synthesize. The problem isn't creating, but transforming.

When the output is "too good", you need to check quality, consistency, bias. You're about to use a result critically.