Every element below earns its place: stewardship delegation needs all five, and most failed handoffs trace back to a missing one. Copy it, fill it, delegate. Then save the filled version — that's the move that compounds.

## TASK One sentence. What needs to exist when this is done. ## DONE LOOKS LIKE [desired results] - The deliverable, its format, its length - An example of good output, attached or linked - The one question this must answer ## BOUNDARIES [guidelines] - In scope: … - Out of scope: … - Constraints: tone, audience, deadline, budget ## CONTEXT [resources] - The 2-3 files/links that matter (curated — not everything) - What to ignore, and why - Definitions of any terms of art ## CHECKPOINTS [accountability] - Where I want to look before you continue: … - What to do if blocked or ambiguous: propose 3 options, pick one, flag it ## SHIP / SEND BACK [consequences] - Ships if: matches DONE LOOKS LIKE - Comes back if: … (with specific feedback, not a rewrite from scratch)

Three usage notes.

Curate, don't dump. Nine files where two matter is worse than the two alone — the noise actively misleads. The CONTEXT section is an editing job, and it's where most brief time should go.

The example beats the description. One attached sample of good output outperforms three paragraphs describing it. If you have neither, write the first paragraph of the ideal output yourself and include it.

Sixty seconds after. When the task ships, improve the brief while the failure modes are fresh, and file it by task type. The second use costs half as much. The tenth costs almost nothing. Delegation used to evaporate; now it compounds.