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Prepare a structured brief.
The fastest way to get a useful reply is to send a scoped problem with constraints, links, and a clear definition of done.
Seven questions
Keep this short. If the answer already exists in a repo, doc, or screenshot, link it instead of rewriting it.
- What are you building? One sentence. What is the product or system?
- What’s stuck? What specific problem brought you here?
- What have you tried? Tools, approaches, workarounds, partial wins, failures.
- What does “done” look like? Describe the shipped outcome, not the effort.
- Timeline. Hard deadline or flexible?
- Constraints. Budget, team, stack, compliance, platform limits.
- Receipts. Existing docs, repos, specs, screenshots, or prior work.
Make it your own.
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