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title: "Advanced Elicitation"
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description: Push the LLM to rethink its work using structured reasoning methods
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sidebar:
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order: 6
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Make the LLM reconsider what it just generated. You pick a reasoning method, it applies that method to its own output, you decide whether to keep the improvements.
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## What is Advanced Elicitation?
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A structured second pass. Instead of asking the AI to "try again" or "make it better," you select a specific reasoning method and the AI re-examines its own output through that lens.
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The difference matters. Vague requests produce vague revisions. A named method forces a particular angle of attack, surfacing insights that a generic retry would miss.
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## When to Use It
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- After a workflow generates content and you want alternatives
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- When output seems okay but you suspect there's more depth
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- To stress-test assumptions or find weaknesses
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- For high-stakes content where rethinking helps
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Workflows offer advanced elicitation at decision points - after the LLM has generated something, you'll be asked if you want to run it.
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## How It Works
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1. LLM suggests 5 relevant methods for your content
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2. You pick one (or reshuffle for different options)
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3. Method is applied, improvements shown
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4. Accept or discard, repeat or continue
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## Built-in Methods
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Dozens of reasoning methods are available. A few examples:
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- **Pre-mortem Analysis** - Assume the project already failed, work backward to find why
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- **First Principles Thinking** - Strip away assumptions, rebuild from ground truth
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- **Inversion** - Ask how to guarantee failure, then avoid those things
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- **Red Team vs Blue Team** - Attack your own work, then defend it
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- **Socratic Questioning** - Challenge every claim with "why?" and "how do you know?"
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- **Constraint Removal** - Drop all constraints, see what changes, add them back selectively
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- **Stakeholder Mapping** - Re-evaluate from each stakeholder's perspective
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- **Analogical Reasoning** - Find parallels in other domains and apply their lessons
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And many more. The AI picks the most relevant options for your content - you choose which to run.
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:::tip[Start Here]
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Pre-mortem Analysis is a good first pick for any spec or plan. It consistently finds gaps that a standard review misses.
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