We don’t question what we’ve already defined.
The problem. The customer. The underperformer. The strategy.
The smallest change.
What if the smallest change with the greatest consequence isn’t a change in what we do, but a change in how we see? Bring to mind the thing you feel surest of. The first answer may be the old definition repeating itself. You don't have to come up with a better one. Notice what may already be in the way.
- Notice
- Question
- See again
- Act
AI scales what we see.And what we don’t.
Before we hand a task to AI, we have already given it a way of seeing the situation. SEEING.md helps examine that seeing before it becomes action. A more rigorous answer can still begin with an unexamined question.
Get the file.
A portable file for examining what shapes intent before AI amplifies it.
Download SEEING.mdVersion 1.1.0 · 21 October 2026 · Free under CC BY 4.0
A lens, not the lens: question this file too. It addresses the human assumptions behind AI use; it does not prevent misuse, deception, or loss of control.
Use it in your work
Attach it to an AI conversation, a brief, or a project. Then ask the AI to read it first.
Read SEEING.md before responding. Apply it when the work involves people, judgment, strategy, interpretation, or a consequential decision. Question what may be shaping the request, including the assumptions this file brings to the inquiry.
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Seeing First