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Ponder with a Parable

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Sources

Docs: Ponder Primer Web App: Open Ponder from your Workspace sidebar, then select or create a Problem and open the Parable or Piece that should provide context. A Parable in Ponder supports work that begins with a question, decision, risk, or desired outcome. It keeps the conversation attached to the material being considered so the result can be reviewed later.

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Start one durable Problem

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Name the outcome

Create a Problem under the Problem it serves, with a name another Workspace member can recognize, a description of the outcome, and an icon.
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Open the relevant context

Select the Parable, version, Patch, or Piece that the next request should consider.
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Choose a model and effort

Keep Ponder Standard or choose another model and effort, and type @ to add any Powers this request needs.
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Send a clear Message

State the outcome, constraints, and evidence that would make the result trustworthy.
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Review before acting

Check sources, proposed actions, and audience. Approve only the exact action you intend.

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Keep context and conversation together

Opening a different Piece can sharpen the next request without erasing earlier Messages. Each part of the Problem remains reviewable with the context used at that moment. Keep the same Problem while refining one outcome; create another under it when the outcome, the people involved, or the review path changes. Each Problem holds at most one set of Changes, so a new outcome gets its own Changes too. Use a Ping when another person should answer a question or know some news. Neither mentions nor Pings bypass Workspace access. A Problem holds no Proofs of its own: the Proofs that a Patch must pass before it publishes come from the Proofs Platform Parable.

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Recover without losing the thread