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tags:
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# Thinking Space

Claude's scratchpad for reasoning, drafts, and working through problems before committing conclusions to work notes.

## How This Works

- Notes here are **working drafts**, not final output
- Named with date and context: `YYYY-MM-DD-descriptive-name.md`
- Once conclusions land in a work note or decision record, thinking notes stay as reference
- Tracked in git for portability across machines

## When to Use

- Analyzing a complex problem before writing a [[Decision Record]]
- Drafting content that will be refined into a work note
- Reasoning through trade-offs or options
- Capturing intermediate research before synthesizing

## Linking Convention

- Thinking notes link to the work note or decision they feed into via `## Feeds Into`
- The final note links back to the thinking note for audit trail
