WAYS TO USE PAIA

This time,
start with what you know.

A project, a question, a decision. The things that matter rarely fit into a single conversation.

Put earlier work to use in what matters now.

01

AN ONGOING PROJECT

Keep the boundaries.
Move the work forward.

Keep the goal in view without explaining discarded options again. Recover the earlier decision and build on it.

WHAT YOU ALREADY WORKED OUT
Validate retrieval in the first release.
For independent creators.
No collaboration features yet.
FROM YOUR SAVED INPUTS
YOUR NEXT QUESTION

Within these boundaries, what should the next release test?

Recover the decision in Input Archive. Keep the project together in Thought Library.

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02

A RESEARCH QUESTION

Continue the reasoning.
Keep its conditions.

Recover earlier questions, assumptions and open problems. Keep quotations and experiments distinct from your conclusions, with sources close at hand.

THE QUESTION YOU KEPT
Which assumptions does this conclusion depend on?
Which step is still untested?
FROM YOUR SAVED INPUTS
YOUR NEXT QUESTION

If the second assumption changes, where does the reasoning begin to differ?

Read continuously within a topic. Return to the original input when needed.

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03

AN IMPORTANT DECISION

New information.
A fresh point of view.

Your earlier words carry the circumstances of that moment. Compare the old constraints with what has changed, so your decision can change too.

WHAT MATTERED THEN
Location comes first.
The work should leave room to learn.
FROM YOUR SAVED INPUTS
LOOK AT IT AGAIN

The work itself matters more now. Compare these two options using the updated priorities.

Revise your working content. Update current context independently in AI Context.

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Your next task. Not from zero.

Start with the ChatGPT conversations you already have.

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