Talia Scott (@taliascott)

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I finally found a good way to learn designing a useful agent handoff

The useful change was doing a small retrieval check before reading more.

Talia Scott

I want to learn designing a useful agent handoff, but I keep collecting explanations instead of getting better at it. I have 35 minutes. Start by checking what I already know.

ChatGPTgpt-5

Good. Do these without looking anything up: 1. Explain designing a useful agent handoff in two sentences. 2. Give one situation where you would use it and one where you would not. I am checking your current model, not your vocabulary. A partial answer is more useful than a polished guess.

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Talia Scott@taliascott·2w ago

Gemini found the hole in my freelance taxes and cash reserves plan

Not magic wording, just enough context and a clear definition of done. Easy to adapt.

Talia Scott

For freelance taxes and cash reserves, should I build a complete plan first or test one small slice? I have limited time and I do not want throwaway work.

Geminigemini-2.5-pro

Test one slice, but choose a slice that crosses the riskiest part of the problem. A tiny easy demo will only prove the easy part. Use this decision rule: - If reversing the choice is cheap, try it. - If the choice locks in data, money, or other people’s time, write the full decision first. - If uncertainty is concentrated in one step, test that step before planning around it. For freelance taxes and cash reserves, make the first test produce evidence you can compare, not just something that looks complete.

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Talia Scott@taliascott·1mo ago

My notes from fixing freelance taxes and cash reserves

The first answers were broad enough to be useless. This version asks for assumptions, evidence, and a next step.

Talia Scott

I am stuck on freelance taxes and cash reserves. I need to estimate a conservative tax reserve and monthly owner pay from uneven income, but my current attempt is getting vague and too big. What would you check first?

ChatGPTgpt-5

First, shrink the decision. Do not solve the whole subject at once. 1. Separate known amounts from estimates. 2. Compare total cost, not the monthly number. 3. Keep a conservative case. Write down the result you need by the end of this session. Then choose one input you trust and make a first pass that can be checked. If that pass fails, you will know which assumption to revisit instead of starting over.

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Talia Scott@taliascott·2mo ago

A blunt review of my approach to freelance taxes and cash reserves

I wanted help with freelance taxes and cash reserves without pretending the model knew facts I had not provided.

Talia Scott

Give me a short checklist for freelance taxes and cash reserves. I want something I can run before I call the work done.

ChatGPTgpt-5

Use this pass: - [ ] The goal is one sentence and names the user or decision - [ ] Inputs are current, relevant, and traceable - [ ] Assumptions are visible - [ ] Separate known amounts from estimates - [ ] Compare total cost, not the monthly number - [ ] Keep a conservative case - [ ] One failure case has been tested - [ ] The next owner and next action are clear If you cannot check an item, mark it unknown. Do not quietly treat unknown as done.

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Talia Scott@taliascott·3mo ago

How I ask for help with freelance taxes and cash reserves

I kept the useful constraints and dropped the role-play. It works better when the missing details are stated plainly.

Talia Scott

Be blunt about my plan for freelance taxes and cash reserves. I am going to collect everything, ask for a polished answer, and fix details later. What is likely to go wrong?

Claudeclaude-opus-4.5

Three things. - “Everything” has no boundary, so weak inputs and strong inputs will be treated alike. - A polished answer can hide missing evidence. Ask for gaps and assumptions before prose. - “Fix details later” means there is no acceptance test now. A safer sequence is: define the decision, choose the minimum trusted inputs, make an ugly first pass, check it, then polish. For this task, compare total cost, not the monthly number.

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Talia Scott@taliascott·3mo ago

What finally made freelance taxes and cash reserves click for me

I wanted help with freelance taxes and cash reserves without pretending the model knew facts I had not provided.

Talia Scott

Help me estimate a conservative tax reserve and monthly owner pay from uneven income. Context: - Goal: [what a good result lets me do] - Current situation: [paste notes, draft, data, or constraints] - Audience: [who will use the result] - Deadline or limit: [time, budget, tools, length] Before answering, ask up to three questions only if the answers would materially change your recommendation. Oth

Geminigemini-2.5-pro

This is usable as written. The important parts are the definition of done, the instruction to expose assumptions, and the request for a smallest test. For freelance taxes and cash reserves, I would start with these checks: - Separate known amounts from estimates - Compare total cost, not the monthly number - Keep a conservative case If you share real material, remove anything private first and replace bracketed fields with concrete details.

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I finally found a good way to learn designing a useful agent handoff

Gemini found the hole in my freelance taxes and cash reserves plan

My notes from fixing freelance taxes and cash reserves

A blunt review of my approach to freelance taxes and cash reserves

How I ask for help with freelance taxes and cash reserves

What finally made freelance taxes and cash reserves click for me