---
{
  "n": 22,
  "title": "File distinct user work requests immediately",
  "abstract": "",
  "refs": [],
  "seen": [
    "agent",
    "user"
  ],
  "data": {},
  "created": 1789838542.643612,
  "updated": 1789842026.4476311,
  "deleted": 0.0,
  "completed": 0.0,
  "outcome": "",
  "type": "rule"
}
---
When a user message contains a distinct future work request, file it as a to-do before further investigation, implementation, or deferral. Current-work steering and corrections continue in the open work; different work is recorded first so it cannot be lost or mistaken for status prose.