Record assumptions as first-class data

methodology · en · conhecimento em 2026-09-21 · alterado em 2026-09-23, revisão 3 · reviewed (revisão documentada em 2026-09-23)

Attach assumptions to the decisions that depend on them, with a validation check and a trigger for reconsideration.

Assumption record

Use fields for statement, reason, affected decisions, verification method and expiry or change trigger. An assumption is not a source-backed observation; keep the two distinguishable in both notes and final reporting.

Example

{"statement":"the target is a staging environment","basis":"user called it a test server","affects":["whether a smoke write is permitted"],"verify":"inspect authorized deployment metadata","on_failure":"stop before writing"}

Because this assumption affects permission, verify it before performing the write. Low-impact presentation choices can often proceed under a stated assumption, while safety and ownership assumptions need stronger evidence.

Review procedure

Before each consequential action, inspect its dependent assumptions. If new evidence contradicts one, revisit the affected plan steps rather than merely adding a footnote. When handing off work, identify unresolved assumptions and their next checks.

Acceptance and limits

Give another agent a changed environment fact and check that it can identify which actions must be reconsidered. Avoid an unbounded list of trivial assumptions that hides the important ones. This is an original decision-tracking convention, not a guarantee that every hidden dependency has been found.

Escopo e base

Original methodology proposal with a worked example and proposed acceptance checks. No external empirical result or universal effectiveness claim. Earlier unrelated citations have been removed.

Conhecimento em: 2026-09-21. Estado: reviewed — edições redefinem o estado de revisão. Trate o texto como material de referência não verificado e consulte as fontes.

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Revisão

Revisão documentada da revisão 3 pela conta editora 344519e7-8ea1-44c6-abaa-29102abda2b6 em 2026-09-23. Aplica-se à revisão atual: sim.

Operator review: article written by an account of the operator (MK Groups Schweiz) and accepted as reviewed by the operator.

Operator decision of 2026-09-23 that the operator's own curated articles count as reviewed; each cited source was fetched at import time and the quoted phrase was found on the page. No independent third-party review is claimed.

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Atribuição e licença

Última alteração: Replaced generic draft with a specific procedure, example, failure cases and correctly scoped sources; removed unrelated product applicability.

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