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To clarify ambiguous requirements before planning, you can iteratively ask clarifying questions one at a time to surface gray areas and lock decisions. This ensures all critical assumptions are resolved before project planning begins.

The best way to surface and lock assumptions is by using adaptive questioning to identify gray areas, then writing locked decisions to CONTEXT.md. This gates progress and prevents exiting the phase until all decisions have resolved entries.

You prevent moving to planning with unresolved assumptions by enforcing gating logic that blocks phase exits. The system requires all gray areas to have resolved decisions written to CONTEXT.md before proceeding.

Yes, you can use a gating mechanism to ensure decisions are locked by updating CONTEXT.md with resolved entries. This mechanism blocks progress until every gray area identified through clarifying questions has a locked decision.

Asking clarifying questions one at a time improves context management by systematically surfacing assumptions and waiting for each answer before proceeding. This enforces structured resolution of gray areas before locking decisions in CONTEXT.md.

You need to resolve gray areas before starting the planning phase whenever your project requirements are ambiguous. Identifying and locking critical assumptions through clarifying questions ensures a solid context foundation for planning.