Colour the boxes with your own pens, then keep this beside you.
| Your colour | Code | Role | Meaning | Pen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | Ask | a numbered question for the AI | your pen, or write Q | |
| R | Stop | blocker, risk, broken, or not understood | your pen, or write R | |
| G | Keep | evidence, confident, something that worked | your pen, or write G | |
| X | Crux | the one thing that matters most | highlighter | |
| O | Maybe | an idea, a possibility, a what-if | your pen, or write O | |
| P | Sense | gut feeling, intuition, felt reaction | your pen, or write P | |
| D | Draft | provisional; do not trust yet | your pen, or write D | |
| B | Reason | what you think; the main content | black |
○ commit · ✕ rejected (keep it) · → leads to · ▭ decision · ? revisit · ! important
● + high · ◐ ~ medium · ○ ! unsure