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# Mise en place

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![@image(height=360 fit=contain).lightbox Ingredients prepared in bowls before cooking](../images/mise-en-place-bowls.jpg)

<figcaption>Mise en place. Photo: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mise_En_Place_Bowls.jpg">PilotChicago</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>; unchanged.</figcaption>
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Often the hardest part of creative work is regathering and scaffolding the mental context you need to even start:

- Where did you leave off? 
- What feedback came in to consider?
- What does this work connect to?
- Etc.

Agents are great at gathering and scaffolding all that context if you:

- Describe the outcome you want from a task.
- Create a “router” list of where it should look for inputs (a project management system, email, calendar, notes).
- Tell it to prepare all the links you’ll need.

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![@image.lightbox Presentation outline Step with collected sources and preparation](./outline-preparation-example.png)

<figcaption>Outline the presentation: existing materials, source links, and preparation gathered in one Step.</figcaption>
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![@image.lightbox Standing desk purchase Step with research and source links](./desk-preparation-example.png)

<figcaption>Purchase a desk: prior research, requirements, and purchase checks ready to use.</figcaption>
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