Principlev1
Prevent cognitive thrashing by defining agent execution
Prevent cognitive thrashing by defining agent execution sequences before starting work rather than discovering the correct order through repeated failed attempts and task-switching.
Why This Is a Principle
Grounded in Task-switching generates attention residue that persists (attention residue from task-switching), Task switching between different types of cognitive work (switching costs increase with complexity), and Directed Attention as Depletable Resource (executive function as finite resource). The principle prescribes pre-planning to avoid switch costs. Actionable and derives from switching cost axioms.