Interview

A phased conversational interview refines PAI context files by orchestrating priority-based questions across TELOS, IDEAL_STATE, and preferences. It applies foundational TELOS alignment first, ensuring structured, incremental context updates with guided one-question-at-a-time prompts.

Validating TELOS alignment across multiple context files requires a phased workflow that reviews foundational TELOS before moving to IDEAL_STATE, preferences, and identity. This structured approach ensures context accuracy and consistency through controlled, one-question-at-a-time updates.

Context management handles automatic backups during TELOS edits by generating timestamped backups and applying controlled writes to TELOS and PRINCIPAL_IDENTITY files. This ensures safe, reliable, and incremental context updates without risking data loss during the interview workflow.

Automated workflows can update PRINCIPAL_IDENTITY and preferences incrementally by applying phased interview logic that adapts to file completeness. The system uses review and fill modes to determine when to surface questions or walk prompts for safe, structured edits.

Phase 9 RHYTHMS should be deferred during a context interview when foundational TELOS, IDEAL_STATE, preferences, and identity require prioritized validation first. Deferring RHYTHMS ensures safe edits and reliable, incremental context updates across multiple PAI files.