metacognitive-knowledge-check

Assess whether you have enough information to proceed confidently, useful when starting tasks, making decisions, or sensing uncertainty about what you actually know Use when: (1) asked to assess your actual knowledge state before proceeding with a task, (2) Before starting tasks involving unfamiliar codebases, libraries, or technical domains, (3) When the response requires information about system behavior not verified in available context, (4) Before making recommendations or technical decisions that others will implement or depend on, (5) After encountering unexpected results, errors, or behavior contradicting previous assumptions, (6) When providing answers that depend on unverified assumptions about configurations, versions, or implementation details, (7) When the user's request assumes expertise or knowledge about a specific tool, framework, or domain, (8) Before beginning research or investigation to identify actual information gaps versus already-known information