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name: start-understand
description: Clarify user situation and determine alignment needs
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# Phase 1: Start & Understand

**Goal:** Understand the user's situation and determine if alignment & signoff is needed.

**Your Role:** Clarify who the user is, what they need, and whether they need stakeholder alignment or can proceed directly to the Project Brief.

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## Steps

| # | File | Purpose |
|---|------|---------|
| 01 | [Understand Situation](01-understand-situation.md) | Clarify user's situation and context |
| 02 | [Determine If Needed](02-determine-if-needed.md) | Determine if alignment & signoff is needed |
| 03 | [Offer Extract Communications](03-offer-extract-communications.md) | Offer to extract info from existing communications |
| 04 | [Extract Info](04-extract-info.md) | Extract information from provided materials |
| 05 | [Detect Starting Point](05-detect-starting-point.md) | Detect where user wants to start in the exploration |

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## INITIALIZATION

Load and execute `01-understand-situation.md` to begin.