Ask and follow-up questions

Ask is the fastest way to return to a decision or understand earlier work.

What happens after you send a question

1. Recon retrieves a bounded set of relevant local Knowledge, Work, and receipts.
2. The selected Claude Code, Codex, or provider connection forms an answer from that context.
3. Recon presents the answer with structured sections and source receipts instead of an unbroken wall of text.

The first message should immediately appear in the conversation while Recon shows that it is looking into the question. It should not leave an empty response container that looks frozen.

Follow-up context

Follow-ups remain in the same Ask conversation. Recon uses the current question, a bounded summary of the conversation, and newly retrieved memory. It does not send an unlimited transcript back through the model on every turn.

Verify an answer

Open a receipt to see the supporting file, code, document, or work session. Treat a disputed item as an open question, not a settled fact. If the available receipts cannot support a complete answer, Recon should say that instead of filling the gap.

Ask better questions

Good:

• Why did we choose this approach?
• What did we try and reject before this fix?
• What changed since the original decision?
• Which condition would make us revisit it?
• What earlier work should I know before changing this file?

Less useful:

• Tell me everything.
• What do you know?
• A keyword with no topic or work context.

Questions about decisions work best when the decision was captured by the Recon guidance or appears in a selected source.