what-you-seek
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Iroh asking Zuko what he really seeks. Restate in your own words what you think the user's goals are and what problem they are trying to solve, so a wrong reading surfaces before any work starts. Use for in-your-own-words, /in-your-own-words, "what do you think I want", "say it back", "do you understand the goal", or before a large task when the ask is ambiguous.
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