A good question is a beginning.
Learn how to shape the work, inspect what comes back, and take the next direction without starting over.
The shape of the work
Start with a target: the kind of thing you want to find. Add the requirements that decide whether a result belongs. Then choose the facts you want to bring back.
Specstream retains that intent as a spec. Work answers a particular scope; a delivery preserves its output. The workspace lets you inspect, compare, map, select, and continue from there.
Choose a starting point
Keep the important distinctions
- Qualification decides whether a match belongs. Enrichment adds useful facts.
- Unknown is not false. Source failure is not zero matches.
- Preparing work is not authorizing it.
- A working collection can develop. A fixed delivery stays fixed.