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Late Answer Reconciliation

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# Lens: Late Answer Reconciliation

> Reusable planning lens. Compare newly supplied answers with the current plan, resolve assumptions, and summarize what changed.

## Purpose
Avoid rerunning the full planning workflow when a user returns later with answers. Refresh the existing plan only where the new information materially changes it.

## Length budget
**<=25 lines.** Summarize deltas only. Do not restate the full plan.

## When to use
- User responds after `plan.md` already exists.
- Story details changed after the previous planning pass.
- Assumptions or provisional steps need confirmation.

## Inputs expected
- Current `decisions.md`
- Current `plan.md`
- New user answers or updated story details
- Current assumptions and provisional notes

## Reconciliation rules
- Update in place when the new answer confirms an existing assumption.
- Ask a follow-up question only if the new answer creates a contradiction or leaves a dependency unresolved.
- Record only meaningful deltas: steps reordered, files added or removed, risks upgraded or downgraded, assumptions resolved or replaced.
- Keep previous reasoning out of the output unless it changed.

## Output template

when to use it

Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo shuchitajain/story-agent (MIT). A "Late Answer Reconciliation" style prompt — adapt the placeholders and specifics to your task. Imported as-is and not independently retested here, so check the output before relying on it.