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Be specific — not \"I checked for vulnerabilities\"\nbut \"the modifier on line 47 was doing a state read before the external call\non line 52, which felt wrong because...\"\n\n**Hypothesis:** Before you confirmed anything, what did you think was happening?\nWhat was your mental model of the bug/problem/opportunity?\n\n**Confirmation Path:** How did you verify? What tools did you use, in what order?\nWhat did you check that turned out to be irrelevant? This matters because the\nirrelevant checks are part of the methodology — they narrow the search space.\n\n**Near Miss:** What almost made you miss this? What would have caused you to\ndismiss it? This is the most valuable part — it identifies the boundary of\nyour current judgment.\n\n**Generalized Pattern:** Abstract from this specific case to a reusable heuristic.\nNot \"Contract X had bug Y\" but \"When you see [pattern], check for [consequence]\nbecause [reasoning].\"\n\n**Negative Knowledge:** What did you rule out? What avenues are confirmed dead\nends? Document these explicitly — they prevent future wasted effort."},{"kind":"example","language":"text","snippet":"workspace/\n├── working-state/\n│   ├── YYYY-MM-DD-hypotheses.md    # Current thinking\n│   ├── YYYY-MM-DD-open-questions.md # Unresolved threads\n│   └── YYYY-MM-DD-reasoning.md     # Active reasoning chains"}]}}