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Deep WHY probing inspired by i* Intentionality modeling. Understand the user's motivation, success definition, risk tolerance, innovation preference, independence preference, time urgency, and learning willingness. The most important SOP in actor-profiling — understanding WHY drives everything downstream.

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Ask Intentionality

Deep WHY probing (i* Intentionality). Understanding motivation shapes every downstream decision.

Execution

Dialogue — inline, no subagent.

What to Ask About

  • If user has a stated goal: Why this specific goal? What's driving it?
  • Motivation depth: graduation requirement / pure interest / career advancement / impact / combination
  • Success definition: What does "done well" look like to you?
  • Risk tolerance: safe incremental improvement vs. high-risk high-reward breakthrough
  • Innovation preference: improve existing methods vs. create entirely new approaches
  • Independence preference: complete solo vs. depend on collaborators
  • Time urgency: deadline-driven vs. long-term accumulation
  • Learning willingness: use familiar tools/domains vs. learn new ones

Key Behaviors

  • User may decline to answer (privacy). Accept gracefully. Note that downstream work becomes broader and may require more iteration.
  • This SOP can be re-invoked by the tactic whenever new WHY questions emerge.
  • Don't ask all dimensions at once — probe naturally based on conversation flow.

Output

Intentionality section of ActorProfile.