/help — Socratic Triage

You've installed 15 commands and you have no idea which one to run first.

When you need this

• You're new to the toolkit and stuck choosing between commands that sound similar
• You have a situation in mind but aren't sure which command fits
• It's late, you're stuck, and you want a recommendation not a manual

What it does — and what it won't

/help asks zero or one clarifying question, then recommends 1–3 toolkit commands for your situation. It also tells you which commands are NOT what you need right now — reducing the paradox of choice. It does not execute anything — you run the recommended command yourself.

Best for toolkit navigation when you're unsure which command fits. For domain-specific research guidance, use /coa instead.

Worked example

Maya is a first-year PhD student who just installed the toolkit. She has 15 PDFs she downloaded today and needs to cite figures from them in her chapter next week.

/help I have 15 PDFs I downloaded today and I need to cite figures from them in my chapter — where do I start?

/help returns: Start with /readable "papers/" to extract text from all 15 PDFs. Then run /audit "chapter3.qmd" to verify every figure you cite against the source. Skip /review for now — that's for understanding a paper's argument, not verifying citations. Two commands, one skip, no manual needed.

Try it

/help [describe your situation in one line]
/help I'm not sure which command to use for [situation]