Workflows
Neo is most useful when you treat substantial work as a small workflow rather than a single prompt. A workflow creates checkpoints for alignment, execution, and verification.
A reliable pattern
- Define the outcome. Describe what should exist or be true at the end.
- Provide context and inputs. Identify the audience, source of truth, and current state.
- Set scope and constraints. State what is included, excluded, and approval-gated.
- Ask Neo to plan. Review the approach before expensive or irreversible work.
- Execute or draft. Work through clear milestones.
- Review evidence and assumptions. Correct issues while they are still contained.
- Revise. Give targeted feedback tied to the acceptance criteria.
- Validate and deliver. Check the final artifact and record open questions.
Choose checkpoints by risk
A short, reversible task may not need a formal plan. Add checkpoints when work is long, ambiguous, expensive, external, destructive, or difficult to reverse.
Inspect the existing materials and propose an outline first. After I approve it, draft the guide. Do not publish anything. Finish with a link check and a list of claims that need owner review.
Keep a source of truth
Long workflows drift when new instructions conflict with older ones. Name the authoritative file, brief, or decision log. Ask Neo to summarize confirmed decisions before continuing after a major change.
Workflow families
- Learning and tutoring
- Research and decision support
- Writing and communication
- Software and technical work
- Personal organization
- Long-running work
Finish clearly
A useful completion summary states what was done, where outputs are located, what checks ran, what failed or remained unavailable, and which decisions still require you.